Sokyryntsi and Hustynia. The 60-room Galagan Palace and a monastery painted by Shevchenko in one day from Kyiv

Sokyryntsi is the family estate of the Galagans, an old line of Cossack officers. The white two-story palace with porticoes and a decorative dome stands in a landscape park that still has its Gothic footbridge and statues of Ceres and Hera, and a wide ramp descends from the garden facade into the park. The ensemble is considered the most characteristic example of manor architecture in Left-Bank Ukraine from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Today the palace houses an agricultural college, so the visit focuses on the facades, the history of the estate and a walk in the park. The Hustynia Holy Trinity Monastery is an active convent behind walls with defensive towers. The golden and blue domes of its 17th-century churches rise above the walls, and members of the princely Repnin family are buried on the monastery grounds. FantoTravel takes care of transportation and a guide for the whole day – from departure in Kyiv to the return in the evening. Lunch in Pryluky is paid separately.