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The sights of Kiev
Is it your first time in Kiev? Have you come just for a couple of days and are very busy? It is impossible to leave Kiev without having seen it; you will regret it your whole life. We offer you a general excursion together with the person who knows and really loves this city. Kiev is more than 1,500 years old. Antiquity and the present amazingly co-exist on its streets. During this tour you will have a chance to see the most interesting sights of the city, which, like the landmarks of time, designated the pages of its history: the Old-Kiev hill, where the old-Russian land descended from; the famous Golden Gate, St.-Sophia Cathedral, St.-Vladimir Cathedral, St.-Andrew Church and St.-Michael Church, the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. You will admire the temples of Podil and aristocratic mansions of Pechersk; you will walk through the City history of IХ –XI centuries, XIIX -ХIХ –ХХ cent., will see the City of the modern age.
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Discover Kyiv with us
We are ready to open you Kyiv’s secrets and mysteries, to show you old Podil streets and imposing buildings of Pechersk. We are ready to take you deep in Kyiv caves and to Secret Stalin Tunnels beneath the Dnieper River. As well we are ready to invite you to Chernobyl tour.We can offer you more that a hundred different tours in Kyiv and surrounding.
Discover Kyiv with us to remember our city forever!
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On a Segway around «Park circle».
Park circle” – is a chain of the most beautiful parks in Kyiv - Mariinskiy and Khreshchatyi. They are masterpieces of landscaping, the inherent part of the City history, romantic, tragic, glorious…… Since the one before last century these parks became the most popular places for kievans to walk. How many words of love these old maples and lindens have already heard? Many Kievan stories are being looked back on these shady aisle… The masterpiece of architect Rastrelli - Mariinskiy palace – is situated in Mariinskiy park.
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Chernobil. The catastrophe of XX century.
26th of April is the date, marked in all calendars as Chernobyl catastrophe Day. From that moment the meaning of the word "Zone" has been changed for Ukrainians. Zone is the unique reminder for technical catastrophe of XX century today. We want to invite you to a whole-day trip to Chernobyl Zone. During the trip you'll be able to visit Chernobyl city and learn more about history of the tragedy, to consider the forth block of Chernobyl Nuclear station and to see the Pripyat' – dead city, life in which was stopped in one day. At the end of the trip we will visit "self-settlers" – people, who decided not to leave the Zone.
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The Caves of Kiev and Menagerie’s Mysteries
Would you like to figure out the mysteries and secrets of the underground monasteries of Kiev, feel the eternal coolness of Kiev caves preserved since XV-XVI centuries? Do you want to imagine what it’s like to be a monk living in the underground cell and participating in miraculous events? You will look into Menagerie’s (Zverinets) and Kitaevski caves; learn their stories and fates of well-known monks. Moreover, look forward to a fascinating walk around the Menagerie, visiting the Saint-Trinity Ionovsky monastery and Vydubitsky monastery.
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Stalin tunnels under the Dniepro river.
In the year of 1936 Stalin has gave an order to build the top-secret object – "Object#1" – two secret tunnels under the Dniepro river. For whom and why it was needed? Which was the result? The history, which they can't hide, which is blown upon a secret and million of conjectures. You will find the truth during our interesting trip.
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Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
Real Spiritual Center of Ukraine, of the most famous monastery in all Ukraine. Founded by monks in 8th century, laying on pictorial Dnieper hills, it became the holly place for all Ortodox Christians. It combines majestic churches, build in classical, Byzantine and Baroque style. Also on a territory of the monastery you can find a lot of museums: museum of Historical Treasures and Jewellery, the Museum of Ukrainian Decorative and Applied Art, the Museum of Miniatures.. Also Lara in known for it`s caves with ancient crypts. We tell in Kyiv: “The one who has not visited Lavra have not seen Kyiv”
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The Jewish Kiev
Centuries-old history of Kiev is inseparable from the history of Jewish community, which origin dates back to the pre-Christian Rus times. The Jewish community of Kiev left bright tracks on every single sphere of the City life. Kiev used to have many synagogues, Jewish schools and academies. Prominent Jewish manufacturers and merchants, engineers and lawyers, penmen and artists worked here. Future political leaders of Israel – Golda Meir and Yefraim Katsir – were born in Kiev. The famous writer Sholem Aleikhem lived and worked in Kiev, just like Isaak Babel’ and Joseph Mandelstam, Ilia Erenburg was born in Kiev, too. During our tour you will have a chance to visit two synagogues and Babiy Yar – the place of mass execution of the Jews in the World War II.
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The old mystery of Podil
Podil it's not only an administrative district of Kyiv. Podil is a live history of Kyiv, its legend, it is the most ancient settlement in these lands and ever-living source of jokes and yarns. Plunge into the atmosphere of Podil in the beginning of 20th century. Visit the trade fair, come to see local shops, famous temples and feast your eyes with the unique monuments of Ukrainian Baroque
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The Mansions of Pechersk
Pechersk has got its name from the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra (the Caves). The “Pechersk-City” started owing to Peter the Great, who has founded the old fortress here on the caves, as well as the residence of the Kiev governor. The empress Elizabeth proceeded with it, having built the Tsar's Palace. Mulberry-linden gardens of Lavra in the 18-19th centuries were once and for all replaced by the mansions of Kiev elite. Among them - famous house of the weeping widow, chocolate and Arabic houses, the House with chimeras.
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Secret Kyiv
What do you know about Kiev? Is the Kyiv city just Saint Sophia, Khreshchatyk or Lavra for you? The tour, we would like to invite you for, will show you places, in which you probably have never been before. Hidden streets, non-standard views, attractive sights. We'll show you secret courtyards, unique elevators, the most small church, ravens or even more unexpected animals for the big city, and other incredible and unnoticeable places of our city.
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