Golden autumn in ancient Kyiv : 3 days / 2 nights

• Arrival to Boryspil / Zhuliany airport.
• Meeting. Transfer to the city.
• Lunch. 

City tour. During the city tour you will plunge into the atmosphere of ancient Kyiv and also feel the rhythm of modern city.

You can see Saint Volodymyr Cathedral, Saint Sophia Cathedral – the first monument in Ukraine listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was built in XI century by the Order of Yaroslav Mudry; St. Michael’s Cathedral, which is unique by its architecture and painting, is the first cathedral with golden domes of Kyiv; The Golden Gate, one of four fortifications crossing the city of Kyiv; National University named by Taras Shevchenko, Kyiv Opera House, monument of Bogdan Khmelnytsky, monument of princess Olga, Saint Andrew’s Church, River Station, Funicular, Kontraktova Square, Kyiv Mohyla Academy, monument to founders of Kyiv «Ladiya», monument of Motherland, embankment of Dnieper River, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.

Excursion duration – 3 hours. 

• Transfer to the hotel. Check in.
• Free time. Overnight at the hotel.

• Breakfast at the hotel.

Excursion to Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra is the most famous monastery in Eastern Europe, one of the most sacred sites of Orthodox Christianity. It is also venerated as the most ancient monastery of Rus. Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra is the third most important site after Jerusalem and the Holy Mount Athos of the Orthodox Christian. The monastery was founded in 1051. The founders of the monastery – Saints Anthony and Theodosius – made their choice. Their choice was to spend many hours praying in the caves. Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site from 1990.

Excursion duration – 3 hours. 

• Lunch.

Walking tour Pechersk Pearls. You will see the most famous masterpieces of the favorite architect of Kyiv - Vladyslav Gorodetsky. The famous «House with Chimeras», «House of the Weeping Widow», «Chocolate House», the National Bank of Ukraine. You make sure that the architectural creations of Gorodetsky like fairy tale, as colorful illustrations of favorite books! Visit at the President Administration Building, where they worked and made decisions, each of the five presidents of the country.

Excursion duration – 2 hours. 

• Free time. Overnight at the hotel.  

• Breakfast at the hotel. Check out. 

Excursion Kyiv Monasteries. There are a lot of places, revered by believers. Among them are the monasteries of Kyiv, as St. Michael, Florovsky, Vydubitsky and Jonah.

Built in 1108-1113 Michael's Cathedral has particular importance for Kyiv because he was dedicated to the archangel Michael - patron saint of Kyiv. Supposedly, the first temple with a gilded top was St. Michael's, hence its name - Michael's.

Holy Ascension Monastery Florovsky - a convent at the hem in Kyiv, founded in the early 16th century. Florovsky Monastery ensemble evolved over two centuries, then you can see the buildings belonging to different eras and different styles. The oldest building of the monastery is preserved Church of the Ascension, built in 1732.

Vudubitsky - one of the oldest in Kyiv (XI century), was founded by Yaroslavich Vsevolod, son of Yaroslav the Wise. Is a family monastery of son Vsevolod, Volodymyr Monomakh and his descendants, was the center of social life in Kyiv. The monastery is a necropolis, in which are buried many prominent figures of science, the arts and public figures, mostly of the 19th century.

Holy Trinity Jonah Monastery - Orthodox monastery in Kyiv. Founded in the 60th of the 19th century. Archimandrite Jonah Vydubitsky Monastery. In 1935 the monastery was on the territory of the newly founded Botanical Garden.

During the tour you will visit the major temples of the monastery and to hear the details of their origin and development.

Excursion duration – 4 hours. 

• Transfer airport Boryspil / Zhuliany airport.