Excursions, 2017

Excursion guide: Professional English speaking guide with Historical education. Licenced by Kyiv State Administration

Cost of 1 excursion per person: 1 - 4 persons - Euro 30 per person 5 persons and more - Euro 20 per person * Museums entrance tickets are purchased by the students themselves directly at the museums

Time of excursion: 2 hours by foot

To reserve in advance: Please call Mikhail Biyata at +38 06 707 47 47 or email: [email protected] If you need some other excursions, please inform Mikhail Biyata at +38 06 707 47 47 or email: [email protected]

Day Start Time Excursions

Cultural trip # 1. Historic District, Walking Tour. Ancient Kyiv . Meeting: near the Golden Gates monument, monument to Yaroslav Mudriy, 'Zoloti Vorota' ('Золоті Ворота') .

Cultural trip # 2. Local Religious Establishment. Kievo - Pecherskaya Lavra. Meeting: near the entrance to metro ''

Cultural trip # 3. Andrew's Descent. Meeting: near the Mihaylovskiy Sobor (cathedral). Transport: Metro Maidan Nezalezhnosti. Place: Andreevskiy spusk (Andriyvs'kyi Uzviz). Museums nearby: Bulgakov Museum, Andreevskiy spusk, 13; The One Street Museum, Andreevskiy Spusk, 2B.

Cultural trip # 4. Strolling Pechersk. Meeting near the entrance to Hotel "Ukraina", which you may see when coming out from the subway "Maidan Nezalezhnosti" (Майдан Незалежности).

Cultural trip # 5. Museum of Fine Arts. Folk Architecture and Life Museum Pyrogovo. Meeting: Entrance of metro (Либидска)

Cultural trip # 6. Old history of Podil. Meeting: near to Hrygoriy Skovoroda monument on Kontraktova Squre. Metro 'Kontraktova Ploshcha'

Cultural trip # 7. Along Khreshchatyk Street. Meeting: near on European square, near to National Philarmony entrance. How to get there: metro “Maidan Nezalezhnosti”.

Cultural trip # 8. Botanical Garden and Vydubetsky monastery. Meeting: near to near the entrance to garden. Metro 'Druzhby Narodiv' Description of Excursions

Excursion # 1: Andrew’s Descent Start: St. Andrew’s church. How to get there: metro “Maidan Nezalezhnosti”, then up the street to the church. Entrance ticket: 6 UAH (Andrew’s church). Time of the excursion: 2 hours, by foot.

Entrance ticket: 6 UAH (Andrew’s church). Time of the excursion: 2 hours, by foot. We start the excursion near St. Andrew’s church, then go down the hill and get to know about one of the oldest and historical streets of our city, the legends about the Kyiv witches, Richard the Lion Heart’s Castle, then go up to Uzdykhalnytsya Hill and see panoramic view of river and Podil. We finish our short tour at Kontraktova square.

Excursion # 2: Ancient Kyiv

Start: Golden Gates. How to get there: metro “Golden Gates”. Entrance ticket: 22 UAH (St. Sophia Cathedral). Time of the excursion: 2 hours, by foot.

We start near the monument to Grand Prince Yaroslav the Wise, then go to the main temple of ancient Kyiv — St. Sophia Cathedral with the largest collection of 11-century mosaics and frescoes in the world. Having taken photos near the monument to Bogdan Khmelnytskiy, we move to the place where Kyiv was founded in the 5th century AD — Old Kyiv Hill, and see the panoramic view of Podil and Castle Hill. Our route leads us to Michael Square where we will find out about the tragic history of St. Michael Cathedral the Golden Domes. We finish our tour at Volodymyr Hill near Grand Prince Volodymyr the Baptizer. From here, you will see one of the best panoramic views of the Dnipro river and the Left Bank.

Excursion # 3: Old history of Podil Start: the monument to Grygoriy Skovoroda. How to get there: metro “Kontraktova square”. Time of the excursion: 2 hours, by foot. We start at Kontraktova square and get acquainted with significant monuments of history and architecture like Gostinniy Court, Kontraktovy House, National University of “Kyiv Mohyla Academy” and former Bratsky monastery, the monument to Ukrainian philosopher Grygoriy Skovoroda, Peter the Great’s House. We also visit church of Nikola Prytyska, Frolovsky nunnery, Pyrogoshcha church, Pokrovska church, St. Elias church.

Excursion # 4: Along Khreshchatyk Street Start: European square, National Philarmony. How to get there: metro “Maidan Nezalezhnosti”. Time of the excursion: 2 hours, by foot.

The tour starts near the Arch of Friendship with a panoramic view of Podil and Dnipro river. Then, we make our way down to European Square, and along Khreshchatyk Street, we pass Independence square, the National Musical Academy, then go up to the Franko Theatre and see House with Chimeras. Then we continue our route to the monument to Panikovsky, the Kyiv City Administration, the monument to Volodymyr Lenin. We finish at Besarabska square.

Excursion # 5: Strolling Pechersk Start: metro “Kreshchtyk”, Instytutska Street . Time of the excursion: 2 hours, by foot.

We start near a very unusual building — the House with Chimeras. The building is decorated with fantastic fish, elephants, rhinoceros, antelopes, frogs, lizards, eagles, snakes... Then we move to Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) and Mariinsky Palace. The palace was constructed in the middle of 18th century for the Great Empress Elizabeth but she never lived there. After that, we have a look at the traces of gunfire on the wall of the Arsenal since the civil war. Askold’s grave, our next stop, is one of the oldest places in our city. The chronicles provided evidence for the story 9th century stories. Then we move to the monument of Eternal Glory and finish near Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, a sacred place for Orthodox Christianity. This monastery was founded in the 11th century and since then it has been visited by millions of believers. You may visit of the monastery on a separate excursion.

Excursion # 6: Open Air Museum of Folk Architecture and Life. Start: near the entrance of the museum. How to get there: bus to Pyrogovo from metro “Lybidska” or “Druzhby Narodov”. Entrance ticket: 10 UAH. Time of the excursion: 2 hours, by foot.

The Open Air Museum of Folk Architecture and Life is situated in Pyrogovo, in Kyiv’s outskirts. Here, you can experience life in a village of 18th — 19th century. The real houses and household buildings were brought here from different regions of Ukraine. On the territory of 150 hectares you will see the different zones of Ukraine — the central and southern regions, the Carpathian Mountains, Polissya, Podillya. The wooden churches of 18th century are of special interest. National fairs and holidays are held there. The exhibits tell us how Ukrainian people lived centuries ago.

Excursion # 7: Botanical Garden and Vydubetsky monastery. Start: near the entrance to the garden. How to get there: metro “Druzhby Narodiv”. Entrance ticket: 5 UAH. Time of the excursion: 2 hours, by foot.

The Botanical Garden is beautiful in any season. It is located on Sverynetskaya Hill, a very special place. Two monasteries are located nearby — Iona monastery and Vydubetsky monastery. The last one is one of the most ancient monasteries of our country. It was founded in the 11th century by Grand Prince Vsevolod and is situated on the Dnipro’s riverbank. The Monastery acquired its present appearance in the 18th century. Iona monastery was founded in the 19th century by a monk of Vydubetsky monastery. This excursion will help you get a feel for the profound tranquility of orthodox monasteries and forget rapid tempo of the city.