Kamenets Podolsk balloons. Balloon festival in Kamenets-Podolsk. Balloon Festival program

Description

Look at your familiar city from a new perspective and fit it into the palm of your hand. No, it's not a joke, it's just an opportunity fly in a hot air balloon in Kamenets-Podilskyi. A great adventure that will brighten up even dull everyday life. Bring a group of friends and buddies with you and go on a heavenly journey. Don’t forget to bring your camera, because you’ve never had such photos together before. Unforgettable events await you hot air balloon flights Kamenets-Podolsky invites all lovers vivid impressions. Specialists from the Into the Sky Flight Agency will help you celebrate a birthday or any other holiday. Our managers will create a great atmosphere and take care of all the details. The best and unforgettable is yours hot air balloon flight Kamenets-Podolsky our company will do in a team with excellent weather. What you need to feel at least once - balloon flight Kamenets-Podolsky opens the season to everyone.

Flight program

Arrival at the balloon launch site
Preparing the balloon for flight
Pre-flight briefing
60 minute hot air balloon flight in the direction of the wind
Landing on the ground
Transfer from the landing site to the base by escort vehicle

Important!

A hot air balloon flight completely depends on meteorological conditions: cloudiness, precipitation, visibility, wind strength, etc. On the day of the flight, a few hours before the Client leaves for the launch site, the pilot confirms the possibility of carrying out the flight according to weather conditions. However, there are rare cases - even after the Client arrives at the launch site, the flight may be canceled and rescheduled for safety reasons.
A hot air balloon flight, on average, lasts about an hour, but the entire procedure (including preparation for the flight, instructions, balloon assembly, etc.) takes approximately 3-4 hours.
In summer, they fly in hot air balloons in the morning from 5.00 to 8.00 before the onset of thermals (vertical air currents), and in the evening from 19.00 to 21.00 after the thermals disappear. In autumn and spring, morning flights begin a little later, from 8:00 am, and evening flights begin earlier, from 16:00. in winter Balloons They fly throughout the daylight hours.
The flying balloon is accompanied by a car, with which radio communication is constantly maintained. After the flight, the car delivers passengers and the balloon to the base.
During the ascent, the air temperature drops by 6.5 degrees per kilometer. Your flight will take place at an altitude of no more than 1 km. Due to this, you will not feel the temperature difference.

KAMENETS-PODILSKY: BALLOON FESTIVAL! The long-awaited tour from "Globe of Ukraine"!

2 days - 21.05 - 22.05 + train
2 cities - Kamenets-Podolsky and Khotyn
2 holidays - City Day in Kamenets-Podilskyi and Festival balloons"Towards the Sun!"

Ticket reservations are made IN ADVANCE!, contact
Veronica 067 600 74 92
Alyona 050 180 29 24
Anyutka 093 018 28 49

During the trip we will visit:

Aeronautics Festival "Towards the Sun!"- this long-awaited event (after all, the May launch of balloons is especially beautiful) annually brings together thousands of lovers of beauty, photographers and just tourists from all over the world globe! The uniqueness of holding aeronautical events in Kamenets-Podolsk lies in the fact that balloon flights are carried out directly above this beautiful medieval city, which is located on the banks of the picturesque canyon of the Smotrich River.

Festival "May Days in Kamenets-Podolsky"- This is the main city holiday of the year. On City Day, many grandiose events and activities traditionally take place in Kamenets-Podilskyi: exhibitions, competitions, competitions and fun, and the highlight of the holiday is a parade through the streets ancient city. During the festival, street concerts take place for several days in a row. The central city hall acquires a special charm and business card Kamenets - Old Fortress. Courageous knights and beautiful ladies appear in its courtyard, and the fortress takes on a historical appearance.

Trip program:

12:20 – departure of trip No. 120 from the station. Zaporozhye 1

08:00 - meeting of the group at the Khmelnytsky train station.
Transfer to Kamenets-Podolsky.

10:00 - hiking in Kamenets-Podolsky. This city enchants with its romantic mood; it is easy to breathe and dream, love and feel every moment of life to the fullest. City of Legends, amazing landscapes and exciting stories - this is how numerous tourists speak about Kamenets-Podolsky and call it “a pearl on a stone.” During our excursion we will: visit the Old Fortress and the New Castle, walk along the Castle (Turkish) Bridge, explore Old city, with its medieval houses and dragons, we’ll go to the Armenian Quarter, see the Town Hall, walk along Market Square, take unforgettable photos from the very high bridge in Ukraine - "Running Doe". We will see the amazing churches of the city: the Armenian Cathedral, the St. Nicholas Church - the oldest in Podol, the Roman Catholic Church of Peter and Paul, the Trinitarian and Dominican churches.

14:00 - time for lunch

16:00 - We quickly check into a hotel and go out to watch the balloons launch and ride (pre-registration for balloon rides is in progress). Those who want to stay in the city will be able to stroll along the ancient streets, take part in festive events, sit in one of the cozy cafes, ride along the river in an armored personnel carrier and, of course, watch hot air balloons fly over the Old Fortress.

20:00 - night tour of the Old Fortress (optional)

08:00 - breakfast. Checking out from the hotel.

10:00 - bus tour to Khotyn . The ancient Ukrainian city of Khotyn interests tourists from all over the world. In the northern outskirts of the city, two kilometers from its center, there is one of the most amazing sights of Ukraine - the Khotyn Fortress.
The name Khotin most likely comes from the word “want”. After all, an ancient fortress located on important transport routes has always been and remains desirable. For more than a thousand years of history, they constantly wanted to conquer it; it was one of a dozen principalities, kingdoms and empires.

14:00 - time for lunch

15:00 - free time to say goodbye to the most beautiful city Kamenets-Podolsky, riding on armored personnel carriers, making wishes, promises to return here again and again.

17:00 - transfer to the railway station in Khmelnitsky

19:05 - train departure home

Tour cost:
780 UAH - adult
720 UAH - children (up to 12 years)

Included in the price:
- hotel accommodation in rooms with all amenities in the city center
- 1 breakfast
- transport services
- walking tour of Kamenets-Podolsky
- bus excursion to Khotyn
- accompaniment of a tour guide along the entire route
- insurance
- accompaniment of our representative along the entire route (starting from Zaporozhye)!!!
- unforgettable experience
- holiday celebrations on City Day
- colorful photo report
- love for aeronautics for life!

Additional charges:
- nutrition
- personal expenses
- entrance tickets - 50 UAH per person
- hot air balloon flight (registration and details in PM)
- train tickets Your city - Khmelnitsky - Your city (for the train from Zaporozhye: reserved seat - 320 UAH, compartment - 530 UAH)

Take your friends with you! It will be more fun together!

Prepayment - 400 UAH
If you cancel your trip after 05/05/2016, the prepayment cost will not be refunded.

Join the group

A fortress and balloons in Kamenets-Podolsky, an Austrian holiday in Chernivtsi or leaf fall in the Sofievsky Arboretum. We have selected three cities in Ukraine where it is best to go in the fall.

Kamenets-Podolsky inspires

The ancient architecture of Kamenets-Podolsky creates a special atmosphere of the city at any time of the year. But it is in the fall that thousands of tourists come to the city to fly in a hot air balloon.

Every year since 1998, Kamenets-Podilskyi hosts balloon festival. And if at first less than 10 balloons took part in it, now there are several dozen of them. The venue was chosen for a reason. It was here in the 18th century that a person flew in a hot air balloon for the first time in Ukraine. During the festival, professional athletes compete for the title of champion of Ukraine in balloon flights. Watching this action is exciting. Well, after the winner is determined, everyone can fly. Just imagine - you rise above the picturesque canyon of the Smotrich River and the ancient fortress at an altitude of 200 meters!

If you've never flown on such a transport before, don't worry. An instructor will accompany you on this air journey - he knows exactly how to operate this thing correctly. If you want to take part in such an adventure, you need to hurry - the aeronautics festival will be held from October 4 to 8.

It is better to book your flight in advance (for example, or). The price of an air tour is on average from UAH 2900 (€ 93) per person. You can fly at sunrise at 05:30 or at sunset at 18:00, but flights at these times will cost more.

Kamenets-Podolsky will not limit itself to one festival in October. Almost simultaneously with this event, on October 7-8, the city will host the Oktoberfest beer and good mood festival. The program includes a wide variety of beers, traditional beer snacks, fun games and performances by rock bands.

In your free time from entertainment, be sure to stroll through the old town and feel the medieval atmosphere in the Kamenets-Podolsk fortress.

Chernivtsi is fun

Chernivtsi celebrates its 609th anniversary this year. The city's birthday is traditionally celebrated in the first week of October. In 2017, this date is October 7.

Even on weekdays the city looks elegant thanks to its architecture (it’s not for nothing that it’s called little Vienna!), but on holidays Chernivtsi is completely unrecognizable. Fairs with food and souvenirs open in the center, artists exhibit their works, local artists and musicians dance and sing, animators entertain guests, and interactive zones operate. The program of events can be found in the online poster of the city of Chernivtsi.

When you are in the city, go for a walk along the pedestrian street named after. Olga Kobylyanskaya, walk through Cathedral Square, St. Mary's Square, where magnificent views open up, along the Central Square near the Town Hall. Once at the Town Hall at 12:00, listen - at the top of the tower, a trumpeter in a Bukovinian costume plays the anthem of Chernivtsi - the melodic “Marichka”.

And don't forget to go to Chernivtsi National University (Kotsyubinskogo str., 2) . Previously, the former residence of the metropolitans of Bukovina. The university is considered one of the most outstanding works of European architecture, and the building complex is listed world heritage UNESCO. Be sure to walk along the ancient corridors of the academic buildings, look into the Metropolitan and Seminary buildings, and take a walk through the arboretum. You can even feel like a student and join the lecture for a while.

Uman inspires

Everyone goes to Uman to take a walk in the Sofievsky Arboretum. At least 500 thousand people visit Sofiyivka every year.

The arboretum in Sofievka is a man-made monument to world gardening art. Back in the 16th century, it was founded for his wife Sofia by Count Pototsky, who owned the city of Uman. 800 serfs worked on the construction of the park. Some of them even died from hard physical work.

Fountains, grottoes, caves, unique trees, shrubs, flowers, antique sculptures - Sofiyivka stretches over 180 hectares (or 250 football fields). Now imagine how it all looks in the fall! Best time for autumn walks in the park - early to mid-October.

If it's not too cold, go for a boat ride on the "underwater river Styx". You will find yourself in a cave and swim in a tunnel for almost a quarter of a kilometer. Through small holes in the stones, the sun's rays penetrate inside, and it looks impressive.

The arboretum is open every day from Tuesday to Sunday inclusive. Opening hours are from 9:00 to 18:00. Entrance fee - 25-40 UAH. You will find “Sofievka” at the address: st. Kyiv 12-a. The park is open from April 15 to November 15.

An unforgettable weekend in the skies over Ukrainian Podolia!

Tour program

The national historical and architectural reserve “Kamenets” is rightfully considered one of the seven wonders of Ukraine. Dozens of colorful hot air balloons will rise into the sky above, gracefully hovering over the medieval city. The combination of such beauties is breathtaking! But even more exciting will be the hot air balloon flight itself, which anyone can do together with a team of professionals.

One of the most exciting festivals in Ukraine!

WE HAVE PREPARED AN AMAZING PROGRAM FOR YOU!
YOU ONLY NEED TO BOOK YOUR TICKETS!

We have prepared for you an amusing trip through the historical territory of Podolia! Our the route will pass to the most charming places, in each of which you will see your own miracle: Kamenets. Bakota. Khotin. Medzhibozh.

Kamenets-Podolsky

A city-museum, fascinating with its unique cultural and historical heritage: ancient monuments, temples and cathedrals, coffee houses and barracks. As well as unique streets, paved with paving stones, on which the feet of many famous historical characters walked.

Khotyn

One of the oldest Ukrainian cities, which has already celebrated its millennium. Here you will visit where time stops.

Bakota

We will find ourselves on the high steep banks and wide flood of the majestic Dniester, which will mean arrival in, where the 11th century is located. The unique rock-cave structure is located right in the rock, and legends tell about the power of the water of three healing springs - living, dead and female - the water heals and fills with strength.

And if you want extreme sensations, we will organize for you walk on the BRDM(combat reconnaissance patrol vehicle) along the Smotritsky Canyon!

Want even more experiences? Come Saturday night for an exclusive night excursion “Witch Hunt”(includes fire show)!

ARE YOU READY TO SPEND ONE OF THE MOST UNFORGETTABLE WEEKENDS OF YOUR LIFE?
Then hurry up to book tickets for a unique tour to the hot air balloon festival in Kamenets-Podilskyi!

Tour plan

1 DAY

16:30 Departure from Kyiv (metro station Akademgorodok).
24:00 (approximately) Arrival in Kamenets-Podolsky, check-in at the hotel.

DAY 2

09:00 Breakfast at the hotel.
10:00 Departure for an excursion to the Khotyn fortress.
13:30 Transfer to Kamenets-Podolsky. Dinner.
15:00 Excursion around Kamenets-Podolsky with a visit to the castle.
18:00 Walk on the BRDM along the Smotritsky Canyon (optional - 250 UAH).
21:00 Night excursion“Witch Hunt” (optional - 350 UAH).

DAY 3

08:00 Breakfast at the hotel.
09:00 Release of rooms. Departure to Bakota.
10:30 Excursion to the Bakota Monastery.
12:00-13:00 Boat trip along the Dniester (only for the “Comfort” package)
14:00 Return to Kamenets Podolsky, lunch. Departure to Kyiv. (For the “Standard” package, a visit to Medzhybizh Castle is planned along the way)
23:00 Estimated arrival in Kyiv

Balloon Festival program

Balloon launches are scheduled in the morning and evening. Balloons take off outside the city. At least 12 aeronautical crews participate in the flights. The launch location depends on the wind and is determined at the pre-flight briefing - immediately before the flight.

Balloon flights take place over the city. You can see them while walking around the old town.

Estimated flight times:

in the morning - from 05:30 to 08:00
in the evening - from 18:00 to 20:30

Where to watch hot air balloons:

Castle Bridge
Kamenets-Podolsk Fortress
Armenian bastion

Is it possible to fly?

Every year more and more people want to fly in hot air balloons in Kamenets-Podolsky, but the number of balloons is limited. Hurry up. Those who book a tour receive priority when booking seats on flights.

If you have already planned independent trip in Kamenets-Podilskyi for this period, we recommend that you book excursions (link will open in a new window):

Additional Information

Duration: 3 days / 2 nights

Start: 16:30 Kyiv, Akademgorodok metro station

Package “Standard” - from 2800 UAH.

Included in the price:

2 nights accommodation at the Cleopatra Hotel;
travel along the route;
food: breakfasts;
insurance;
visiting the SPA center at the hotel

Package “Comfort” - from 3200 UAH.

Included in the price:

2 nights accommodation in the center of Kamenets-Podolsky - hotel “Reikartz”;
travel along the route;
boat trip along the Dniester (with a visit to the Bakota Monastery)
food: breakfasts;
excursions and entrance tickets to excursion sites;
insurance.

type of number	tour cost (per person)
Reikartz, Standard”, ½ DBL	3200 UAH.
Reikartz, “Superior”, ½ DBL	3400 UAH
Reikartz, “Standard”, SNGL	3900 UAH
Reikartz, “Superior”, SNGL	4200 UAH
3rd person in room on extra bed	2700 UAH
Child under 6 years old sharing bed with parents	1800 UAH

The price does not include and is paid additionally (for 1 person):

- from 3500 UAH;
excursion to the BRDM - 250 UAH;
night excursion “Witch Hunt” - 350 UAH.

Attention!!! For those who travel by their own transport, we offer

Additional Information

Castle or Turkish Bridge connecting the fortress and the Old Town.

Kamenets-Podolsky owes its attractiveness largely to its geographical location. The old part of the city is comfortably located on a huge cliff in the center of the loop canyon formed by the bend of the Smotrich River.

Over the course of its existence, the old town has accumulated a large number of architectural monuments and other interesting things.

Queue for entrance tickets to the fortress.

Since City Day and the balloon festival were held at the same time, people gathered in the city great amount of people. It was necessary to work hard to find housing.

Therefore, if you are planning to visit this a beautiful city In the midst of some festival or holiday, I recommend taking care of accommodation for the night in advance.

Fortress diagram.

The fortress is very ancient, almost the same as Kamenets-Podolsky itself.

I will not list its entire history, about which hundreds of articles have been written. But in almost every one of them, there is one interesting legend about the fortress. When, in 1621, the Turkish Khan Osman, approaching with his army close to the walls of the fortress, with the intention of capturing it, he asked the guards: “Who strengthened this fortress like that?” “God himself,” the guards answered the khan. “Then let God take it,” replied Osman, and turned his army in the opposite direction.

We will limit ourselves to this.

Medieval cannon.

Castle well.

Wheel for raising water.

In one of the towers of the fortress, still sitting in indefinite imprisonment, is the famous Ukrainian peasant, leader of the peasant movement in Podolia in 1813 - 1835 - Ustim Yakimovich Karmelyuk.

Interior of Karmelyuk's cell.

For his actions during his life, Ataman Karmelyuk was repeatedly imprisoned in one of the towers of the Kamenets-Podolsk fortress.

In a pottery workshop, anyone can feel like a master and, after taking a short master class from a real potter, make a clay souvenir as a souvenir.

Potter's wheel.

What comes out of a piece of ordinary clay.

The entire courtyard of the fortress is paved with cobblestones.

As usual, there are various attractions and entertainment for tourists: you can do archery, visit an exhibition of medieval weapons, go down to the cellars of the casemates, take part in various medieval amusements, buy something as a souvenir in one of the souvenir shops, or just climb into your fun along the fortress walls and corridors.

It must be said that all towers and fortress walls are equipped with wooden stairs for the convenience and safety of visitors.

View of Kamenets-Podolsky.

From the fortress walls there are beautiful views of all the city surroundings.

Towers of the fortress.

St. George's Cathedral is visible in the opening of the loophole.

For the sake of good photos, many tourists try to climb higher and more extreme, even despite prohibiting signs.

What to do. Although people are not birds, they also love heights.

I don’t know about the whole day, but it will definitely take three or four hours to visit the fortress.

Everything about the food here is also well thought out.

In a small castle cafe, you will be offered: borscht, solyanka, shish kebab, baked potatoes and vegetables, amazing banosh, and other snacks.

You will be offered to wash down all these delicacies with knightly mead or medieval beer.

Everything is simple, but believe me, it’s quite tasty and not at all expensive.

There are so many people who want to have a snack in the fresh air that the griller simply has no time to rest.

Potatoes are prepared here according to a special recipe, having previously been wrapped in pork fat mesh.

The smells dissipate incredible; it’s simply impossible to pass by without ordering a portion of kebab.

Banosh (porridge made from corn grits) from a cauldron is also an excellent side dish for barbecue.

And here is the cauldron with borscht. The costumes of the waiters and cooks add even more flavor to the dinner.

After lunch, you should definitely go down to the casemates.

Here, wax figures will try to convey all the horror of the bygone times of this fortress.

Not Madame Tussauds, but the figures help transport you back in time.

You can get there by going down the stone stairs in the center of the Turkish Bridge.

A serious building.

Suspension bridge over Smotrich.

It’s interesting that ordinary modern people live among all these medieval buildings.

I love suspension bridges, you experience unusual sensations. Especially when it is suspended somewhere in the Himalayas.

On the way you come across the wooden Church of the Exaltation of the Cross; they say it was built without a single nail.

The climb is actually not as difficult as it might seem.

From the hill there are simply magical views of the fortress and surrounding area.

The Kamenets-Podolsk Fortress often serves as a backdrop for historical films; numerous thematic festivals and historical reconstructions are held here.

Look how well this couple got along. So, taking a blanket with you would be a great idea.

Homes of local residents.

By the way, it is always interesting to find out the correct name of the inhabitants of cities with complex names. For example, those who live in Kamenets-Podilskyi are called “Kamenets”.

The Cross of Concord is not an ancient monument. It was installed quite recently - in 2001.