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WEEKEND IN KIEV
Excursion tour program
Tour duration – 3, 4, 5 days
1st day: Arrival to Kiev. Meeting in the airport. Transfer to the hotel. Hotel accommodation. Free
time. Optional tour “Night Kiev”* . An overnight at the hotel.
2nd day: Breakfast. City car-walking sightseeing tour “Meet Kiev”: St. Volodymyr’s Cathedral
(visiting), National Opera House, Golden Gates, Bohdan Khmelnytsky monument, St. Sophia
Square, Mykhailivska Square, Independence Square, cable railroad, Podol, the Dnipro river quay,
Kiev founders monument, Mother Motherland monumental statue.
3rd day: Breakfast. Free day. Optional program*.
4th day: Breakfast. Free day. Optional program*.
5th day: Breakfast. Transfer to the Kiev airport.
The price includes:
 Accommodation: 2,3,4 nights at Kiev
 Meals – breakfasts
 Transfer - airport-hotel-airport
 Kiev car-walking tour
Extra pay:
 Optional program*
Украина, 01004, Киев, пл. Бессарабская, 9/1
Ukraine, 01004, Kyiv, 9/1, Bessarabska sq.
тел. +38 044 2551602
tel. +38044 255 16 02
факс. +38044 2551601
fax. +38044 255 16 01
+38067 4836961
+38067 486 69 61
www.almaritour.com.ua
almari@almari.com.ua
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*OPTIONAL TOURS:
Tour “Monasteries and churches of Kiev” (by car): This tour is the meeting with temples and churches of
central part of the city. You will see the oldest churches of Kievan Rus, such as St Sophia’s Cathedral, St.
Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral, a beautiful Saint Andrew's Church in baroque by architect B. Rastrelli,
and St Volodymyr's Cathedral. Also you will see these temples decorations – the ancient mosaics of Rus and
the paintings of Victor Vasnetsov and Michael Nesterov, the mosaic “Virgin Orans” (Oranta). You will learn
the religious meaning of Kiev and walk the path of ancient pilgrims.
Kiev-Pechersk Lavra + walking tour “Churches and mansions of Pechersk”: During this tour you will meet
the beautiful old district of Kiev, which represents entire architectural complex of art nouveau period. You
will walk along Luteranska street, where the German community used to live, you’ll see Lutheran Church,
House with Chimaeras, that become the visiting card of the city, the Presidential Administration, National
Bank of Ukraine, one of the most beautiful banks of Europe, the House of Weeping Widow – the model of
early modernism, the Chocolate Little House –Italian medieval castles emulation, the Parliament building,
Mariyinsky Palace, constructed by order of Elizabeth Empress of Russia. You’ll learn about inhabitants who
used to live in this prestigious district.
Kiev-Pechersk Lavra is the Ukraine pride, the sacred object of UNESCO World Cultural Heritage, the popular
pilgrimage center. There are more than 120 saints in its cave mazes (The tour lasts 1,5 hour approximately).
You can visit (optionally) the following museums on the upper area: the museum of jewellery, the museum
of decorative art, the book printing museum, the dramatic art museum, N. Syadristi museum of micro
miniature.
Walking tour “Andriyivskyy Descent – the Montmartre of Kiev”: This is the most famous street in Kiev
after Kreschatik street. This street is very Kiev street. This street is the oldest street of whole Eastern
Europe. During this tour you’ll learn a plenty of interesting and at times mysterious stories about this
street, without which Kiev is unable to exist. Today Andriyivskyy Descent is the street-museum, one of the
main tourist attractions of the capital of Ukraine. The theatres, art galleries and exhibitions function in the
buildings along the street. You’ll see The Castle of Richard the Lionheart with its mystical reputation, the
Mikhail Bulgakov's house – the house of Turbins, near which the writer’s statue is since recently, the One
Street Museum, Zamkova hora and Uzdyhal’nytsia hills, the cat Behemoth and the Nose of Gogol.
Walking tour “Along the main street of the capital”– that is one of the most world-famous high streets.
The center of Kiev’s political, commercial and cultural life is in full swing here for the last two centuries
now. The first telephone, telegraph, tramway, water supply and sewage system, electric and gas lighting
and the first Kiev’s skyscraper at last – all this is Kiev. The tragic 1941 put an end to the old Kreschatik, but a
new, unique in the Eastern Europe block of building arose in its place – one of the most beautiful
constructions of the middle of 20th century.
Walking tour “Latin quarter” – this name was given by residents imitating Parisians to the place around the
University, where the students lived last century. The tour will tell you about weekdays of these clamorous
and cheerful Kiev residents, engaged not only in learning and science. Who taught, what learned, where
lived and boarded, the way they amused and how the poor earned their living sometimes and the way the
wealthy did the heavy. You will also remind former students names, such as surgeons Yanovsky, Pirogov
and Karavaev, historians Maximovich, Kostomarov and Krimsky, writers Bulgakov, Statsky and Paustovsky …
Украина, 01004, Киев, пл. Бессарабская, 9/1
Ukraine, 01004, Kyiv, 9/1, Bessarabska sq.
тел. +38 044 2551602
tel. +38044 255 16 02
факс. +38044 2551601
fax. +38044 255 16 01
+38067 4836961
+38067 486 69 61
www.almaritour.com.ua
almari@almari.com.ua
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The Museum of Folk Architecture and Life in Pirogovo tour.
The museum represents the open air exposition of ethnographic regions of the country; the territory of
museum is located under the open sky. The nearly three hundred architecture pieces are placed on the
more than 150 hectares-square. The museum pieces will tell you about national peculiarities of life and art
of different regions of Ukraine. The huge collection of folk garments, furniture, wood tableware and
pottery, one of the best in the world collection of folk musical instruments are gathered in the museum.
Kiev Rus Park tour - The model of Detinets – Kremlin of Ancient Kyiv is rebuilt on a scale of one to one in
the park and the atmosphere of Kyivan Rus of V – XIII centuries is completely recreated with maximum
historical accuracy. The spirit of ancient Kiev is reproduced at the most there. You will climb the watch
tower and ramparts, sit for a while on the prince throne, try on the Old Russian garments, and master the
archery and knife-throwing. You will meet merry skomorokhs (wandering minstrel-cum-clowns), strict Old
Russian epical heroes and citizens of old Kiev here. You will watch the bright colorful life of medieval city,
the ceremonial changing of the prince’s guard, get the diploma from Nestor chronicler personally, be a
witness of Old Russian epical heroes single combats and prince’s court.
Украина, 01004, Киев, пл. Бессарабская, 9/1
Ukraine, 01004, Kyiv, 9/1, Bessarabska sq.
тел. +38 044 2551602
tel. +38044 255 16 02
факс. +38044 2551601
fax. +38044 255 16 01
+38067 4836961
+38067 486 69 61
www.almaritour.com.ua
almari@almari.com.ua