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Traditions of festival:
Beaujolais in Uzhgorod is a kind of prototype of the holidays traditionally celebrated in Europe as a sign of the new harvest wine and honey. Transcarpathian festival is held in the "Owl's Nest" - at the intersection of Rakoczy, Dovzhenko and Post Office Square. At this place traders are deploying their tents and marquees. It is important to try not only the wine, honey, and their derivatives, but also eat meat dishes (kebabs, steaks, grilled sausages) and baked potato with bacon. More recently, the hawkers were offering guests and bakery products - homemade cakes, bagels and cakes with various fillings.
Interestingly, the tasting of traditional Transcarpathian dishes can be extended to wine cellars, located directly under the trading floors. In the shadows of the underground facilities, anyone can try more kinds of young wine than hawkers offer and spend a festive evening in a romantic ambience.
PROGRAM:
1-st day, 15th of November
Arrival in Uzhgoro (railway station) by morning train
10:00 Meeting with guide
10:00-13:00 Panoramic tour of Uzhgorod: building of former Hasidic Synagogue (1905), Frid’s Palace (1910), Korzo street, ancient catholic cathedral of St. George, architectural masterpiece - . Holy Cross Greek-Catholic Cathedral. Visit of Uzhgorod Castle (founded at the end of IX century by Alavic Prince Laborets excursion to Transcarpathian open-air museum of folk architecture and rural life. Walking at river Uzh waterfront. Visit of the the longest lime avenue in Europe.
13:00 Check-in the hotel
Participating in the program of Festival.
- Optional: dinner at funny restaurant-museum ‘Detsa u notarya”
- Optional: transfer to Kosino. Bathing in the thermal pools (you should have a swimsuit, swimming trunks, towels, slippers). The outdoor pools have a temperature of 41 +.
2 day, 16-th of November
Breakfast at hotel
09:00 - 10:00 Transfer to Mukachevo (45 km)
10:00 - 13:00 Panoramic tour “Mukachevo – the city of counts and legends”. During excursion you’ll learn about period of count von Shemborn, see the palace of Rakotzi counts called “White house”. See Shenborn hunting castle (now sanatorium "Carpathians") - one of the most beautiful and best preserved palaces in Ukraine. You will find out why once fought the owners of Austria and Transylvanian rulers, and how was created semi-autonomous Russian Krajina. See Mukachevo Monastery of St. Nickolas, Gothic chapel of St. Martin, the town hall and the mysterious narrow streets of the old town. Visit of Mukachevo castle "Palanok", founded around the IX century - a monument of history and architecture of fortification (XIV - XVIII centuries.).
- Optional: visit to the farm of wild boars.
- Optional: tasting of honey and bee products in the first Ukrainian tasting room "Honey House". This is a unique museum of honey
13:00 - 14:00 – time for lunch
14:00 - 15:00 – return to Uzhgorod
Participation in Festival events
18:00 - Трансфер Transfer to railway station
Price includes:
- transportation as per program
- guide services according to the program;
- entrances to the museums and objects
- meals: 1 breakfast
- insurance
Not included:
- accommodation
- meals
- tickets for the train;
- souvenirs, personal expenses
HOTELS
Praha 3*, buffet breakfast included
http://www.hotel-praha.com.ua
- standard room with separate beds, for 1 pax. – 25 Eur
- standard room with separate beds, for 2 pax. – 29 Eur
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- business room with one large bed, for 1 pax. – 29 Eur
- business room with one large bed, for 2 pax – 33 Eur
Olymp 3*, continental breakfast included
http://hotel-olymp.com/
- single economy room, for 1 pax. – 20 Eur
- single standard room, for 1 pax. – 21 Eur.
- standard room with one large bed or two separate beds, for 1 pax. – 23 Eur
- standard room with one large bed or two separate beds, for 2 pax – 26 Eur
Ungvarskiy hotel 3*, continental breakfast included
http://www.ungvarskiy-hotel.com.ua/
- standard room with one large bed or two separate beds, for 1 pax – 16 Eur
- standard room with one large bed or two separate beds, for 2 pax. – 18 Eur
- superior room with one large bed or two separate beds, for 1 pax – 21 Eur
- superior room with one large bed or two separate beds, for 2 pax. – 23 Eur
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