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Sophia’s Travel is offering agents a chance to experience Poland, Ukraine and Romania from a cultural perspective with three new FAM trips that focus on Jewish history and traditions in these countries.

Traveling May 28-June 5, 2018, agents on the Poland Jewish Heritage Journey FAM trip will explore the history of Poland with an emphasis on its Jewish community throughout the centuries. The small group trip will be led by Sophia Kulich, the certified travel counselor behind Sophia’s Travels, as they spend three nights in each Krakow and Warsaw, as well as two nights in Gdansk. Highlights of the trip include guided tours and five-star luxury hotel accommodations in each city, a Chopin concert, a food market tour, and a visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum. To see the full itinerary, click here.

For agents interested in Ukraine, the Ukraine Jewish Heritage FAM trip departs June 6, 2018 and will take agents on a 10-night/11-day journey to the cities of Lviv, Chernivtsi, Kamenets-Podolsky, Kiev, and Odessa. During this trip, agents will also enjoy several guided sightseeing activities along with visits to the catacombs of Odessa, several Holocaust museums and memorials, as well as monasteries and cathedrals. Agents who can’t stay for the entire 11 days can participate in the Lviv to Kiev leg of the trip and leave on day seven or arrive in Kiev on their own on day four and join Sophia and the rest of the group on day five for the Kiev to Odessa part of the trip. To see the full itinerary, click here.

Through the Tracing Legends and History in Romania FAM trip, agents will learn about the Romanian Jewish heritage, take in the scenery of Transylvania, Bukovina, and the Carpathian Mountains, plus visit castles, synagogues, museums, and more while enjoying guided sightseeing tours in several cities including Bucharest, Sinaia, Brasov, and Sibiu. The trip will take place June 24-July 1, 2018 and will also be led by Sophia. To see the full itinerary, click here.

Brasov, a city in the region of Transylvania, will be one of many stops on this FAM trip through Romania.
Brasov, a city in the region of Transylvania, will be one of many stops on this FAM trip through Romania.

Sophia’s Travel is now offering a 10 percent discount from the currently published price for travel agents who want to participate in one of the Jewish heritage FAM trips. Prices are pp dbl and start at $2,925 for the Poland Jewish Heritage Journey trip, while the Ukraine Jewish Heritage and Tracing Legends and History in Romania FAM trips start at $2,673 and $2,646, respectively.

For more information, visit sophiastravel.com.