“Swallow’s Nest” castle

Crimea tour "Magical taste of the Crimean wine"  Simpheropol; Sevastopol; Chersonese; Balaclava; Inkerman; Bahchesaray; Lubimovka; Yalta; Massandra; Livadia; Alupka; Noviy Svet; Solnechnaya Dolina; Koktebel.

Day 1: Simpheropol– Sevastopol

1. Pick up of the group in Simpheropol – the capital of the Crimean Autonomous Republic;
   
2. Sightseeing excursion around the city;
3. Visit to the agrarian-industrial association “DIONIS”;
   
4. AIA “Dionis” specializes in making vintage and ordinary, strong and sweet wines. Lecture on vine-growing and wine-making in the Crimea. Good sherries are made here: “Crimean sherry” and “Dry sherry” were awarded with prizes on international competitions;
   
5. Excursion to the workshops of the winery and wine-testing;
   
6. Lunch;
   
7. Transfer to Sevastopol. Placement in the hotel.
   

* Supper at the hotel UAH 30.

* Dinner at the restaurant “Ribatskiy stan”.

Day 2: Sevastopol

1. Count’s warf, P.S Nakhimov square;
   
2. Sightseeing excursion around the city;
   
3. State enterprise “SEVASTOPOLSKIY WINERY”;
   
4. The winery produces high-quality sparkling wines. Sparkling wines “Sparkling Muscat” (awarded with Grand Prix on international wine competition in Montr?al) and “Sevastopolskiy Sparkling Wine”, having unique technological and gastronomical features, are indisputable masterpieces of the Sevastopol wine-makers. Products of the factory were awarded with more then 30 of gold and silver medals;
   
5. Excursion to the workshops of the factory, wine-testing;
   
6. Panorama of Sevastopol port defense 1854-1855;
   
7. Lunch;
   
8. Excursion to dolphinarium.
   

* Performance of Sevastopolskiy dance theater.

Day 3: Sevastopol – Chersonese – Balaclava - Sevastopol

1. Excursion to historical and archeological preserve “Chersonese Tavricheskiy”.
   
2. Visit to agronomical firm “Zolotaya Balka”
   
3. The firm specializes in strong, sparkling and table wines. Wine-testing and excursion through vineyards.
   
4. Lunch.
   
5. Naval museum complex of Balaklava (former submarine repair factory), top secret factory, unique in the kind.
   

* Sea trip through bays of Sevastopol

Day 4: Inkerman – Bahchesaray – Sevastopol

1. Sapun Mountain.
   
2. Saint Clementine monastery of Inkerman.
   
3. INKERMAN factory of vintage wines.
   
4. The winery specializes in making vintage table wines, strong and sweet wines. Excursion through underground factory workshops and wine-testing.
   
5. Lunch.
   
6. Excursion to the memorial palace of the Crimean Khans in Bahchesaray.
   

Day 5: Sevastopol – Lubimovka – Yalta

1. Excursion to agro-industrial enterprise “ALKADAR”.
   
2. Visiting the winery, where the famous “Muscat Alkadar” is made, testing the local wines.
   
3. Visiting vineyards of the state farm named after Sophia Petrovskaya, famous for their muscats. / Excursion to museum of the Petrovsky family.
   
4. Excursion to the Coast Troops Museum of the Chernomorsky fleet of Russia.
   
5. The 30-th battery of the Russian fleet: its cannons stroked targets on land and at sea during the First and the Second World Wars. The shells of 471 kg of weight striking simultaneously from 6 barrels reached targets at more then 40 km distance.
   
6. Lunch.
   
7. Transfer to Yalta. Placement in the hotel.
   

* National Tatar meals dinner in the restaurant .

Day 6: Yalta – Massandra – Yalta

1. Sightseeing excursion “Along the ancient streets of Yalta”.
   
2. Excursion to the State Nikitsky botanical garden.
   
3. Lunch.
   
4. Visiting Massandra Palace of Alexander III – the archeological monument of the South Crimean coast.
   
5. Visiting the agrarian-industrial association “MASSANDRA”.
   
6. The association specializes at making vintage and ordinary strong and sweet wines. Visiting the wine cellar and testing the finest wines from the collection.
   

* Testing of exotic fruit grown in the Nikitsky botanical garden.

* Sea trip along the South Crimean coast.

Day 7: Livadia – Alupka - Yalta

1. Excursion to the Palace of Livadia – the former summer residence of the last Russian emperor Nikolay II and the memorial palace of Alupka, built in 19th century for governor-general of Novo Russia – count M.S Vorontsov.
   
2. Lunch.
   
3. Visiting museum at the Institute of wine-growing and wine-making “MAGARACH – the main research center for raising the new types of grapes and development of new sorts of wine in Ukraine. Excursion and vintage wines testing.
   

*Excursion to the House-museum of A.P Chekhov

*Excursion to the Yalta Zoo

Day 8: Yalta – Sudak – Noviy Svet

1. Transfer to Sudak. Sightseeing excursion along the south-east coast of the Crimea, visiting the archeological monument – the Genoa fortress.
   
2. Placement in the hotel.
   
3. Lunch.
   
4. Visiting the factory of sparkling wines “Noviy Svet”
   
5. The factory specializes in making elite sparkling wine (champagne). Visiting the wine cellars and getting an insight into classic technologies of champagne making. Testing of famous “Noviy Svet” champagne. Excursion to the house-museum of the prince Lev Golitsin.
   

* Sea boat trip

Day 9: Sudak – Solnechnaya Dolina – Koktebel - Simpheropol

1. Visiting the famous wine cellars of Arhaderesse (founded by the prince Lev Golitsin) of “SOLNECHNAYA DOLINA” winery.
   
2. The winery specializes in making vintage, ordinary strong and sweet wines. Excursion through the workshops of the winery, testing strong and sweet vintage wines.
   
3. Lunch.
   
4. Transfer to Koktebel, excursion through the workshops of Koktebel wine and cognac (brandy) producing factory. Testing of vintage wines and cognacs.
   
5. Transfer to Sempheropol. Departure.
   

Events marked with (*) are not included into the tour price and may be ordered for additional price.

Included in the tour price:

1. Hotel accommodation (bed and breakfast);
   
2. Lunch;
   
3. Transport service in accordance with tour program;
   
4. Guide services;
   
5. Excursions and wine-testing in accordance with tour program.
   

Charged separately:

1. Dinner;
   
2. Medical insurance.