Highlights

Encounter the isolated communities that live along the Danube Delta, many of whom have no road access and survive on traditional activities like fishing, during a full-day boat trip on the river.

Become one of the few travellers to visit Transnistria, a breakaway republic in eastern Moldova where Soviet values are still upheld, and locals continue their fight for independence

Explore Ukraine’s Chernobyl Exclusion Zone on a guided tour, wandering the eerie streets of Pripyat that have lay abandoned since the 1986 nuclear disaster.

Discover lively mountain hospitality during a two-night stay in the hills of the Carpathians – a proud Ukrainian mama will even teach you to cook some local specialties.

Sip Moldovan wines while you tour some of the 200 kilometres of underground passages that make up the world’s largest wine cellar in Milestii Mici.

You will visit the following places:

București

Bucharest is the capital city, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania and was first mentioned in documents as early as 1459. Since then it has gone through a variety of changes, becoming the state capital of Romania in 1862 and steadily consolidating its position as the centre of the Romanian mass media, culture and arts. Its eclectic architecture is a mix of historical, interbellum, Communist-era and modern. In the period between the two World Wars, the city's elegant architecture and the sophistication of its elite earned Bucharest the nickname of the "Little Paris of the East".

Lviv

Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically also for Ukraine’s neighbour, Poland, as the city before WWII and the following population transfers was the second most important Polish cultural centre. The historical heart of Lviv with its old buildings and cobblestone roads has survived World War II and ensuing Soviet presence largely unscathed. The city has many industries and institutions of higher education such as the Lviv University and the Lviv Polytechnic. Lviv is also a home to many world-class cultural institutions, including a philharmonic orchestra and the famous Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet. The historic city centre is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Lviv celebrated its 750th anniversary with a son et lumière in the city centre in September 2006. 

Odesa