KYIV TOUR
Kyiv
is a really beautiful city with its marvelous hills and unique sights.
Having bunch of trees and flowers it is always associated with chestnuts. Kyiv
architectural landscape is unique. Due to the huge number of orthodox churches
it is called sometimes the Gold-Domed city.
During
our one-two days Kyiv City tour you’ll see the most beautiful and world known
historic monuments of the oldest Ukrainian city.
We
start our Kyiv Tour from
the main triumphal entrance of ancient Kyiv – Golden Gate.
Its construction is mentioned in the
chronicle for the year 1037. Was part of the urban defense system created by
Yaroslav the Wise. Destroyed in 1240 during the Tatar-Mongol raids. In
1982 a pavilion was erected above the Golden Gate which recreates the original
appearance of this monument.
And
after step that you’ll learn the whole long and interesting history of Kyiv
looking at it’s beautiful monuments.
You
enjoy the city's oldest surviving church, St. Sophia's (Holy Wisdom)
Cathedral,
dates from 1037 and contains the tomb of Yaroslav the
Wise, the 11th-century ruler of Kiev. Also it’ll be
interesting to see evolution
of Ukrainian architecture, examining the 76 meter Bell
Tower that was built in the 18th century at the southeast of the
cathedral.
Then
we'll go across the reconstructed Mykhailivska square, pass the monument to
Cyrill, Methodius, St. Andrew and Princess Olga (the new
copy of the monument with a very interesting history - it was initially 
built
in XIX century. In 1920s it was stolen by the communists and for a long time was
considered to be lost. But in 1995 during the reconstruction of the square it
was discovered buried under the road.) and stop to enjoy wonderful
sounds of the bells of the
reconstructed St. Michael's Cathedral.
Our
next stop - one the most beautiful churches of Kyiv - St. Andrews
Church.
(Constructed on the site of the
13th century Khresovozdvyzhenska Church. The iconostasis is embellished with
carved, gilded ornamentation, sculpture, and paintings).
Then we'll go down the famous Anriyivsky Uzviz, where you can find any kind of Ukrainian souvenirs, and our car will take us to the Dnipro river bank to enjoy the unforgettable view on the longest river of Ukraine.
After
lunch we’ll walk around the Kiev's most
celebrated historic site - the Pecherska Lavra (or Monastery of the Caves).
Founded in 1051, the monastery covers 75 acres and comprises many churches,
cathedrals, bell towers (one which reaches to the highest point on the Kiev
skyline), and monastic cells. Two 
separate
networks of underground caves beneath the monastery contain the mummified bodies
of more than 100 monks and six subterranean churches.
If
you’d like we’ll even go up to the Bell tower of the Pechersky Lavra and you
be expressed by the view of the Kyiv's gold domes. 
Than
you’ll see the famous Word War II Museum and the tallest statue of Ukraine -
Motherland Statue. After that our driver will take you to the Babyi Yar monument,
actually comprising of two historical monuments, marks the sites where thousands
of Jews and Soviet prisoners of War were massacred by the Germans during World
War II.
And
at the end of the day after dinner at one of the national Ukrainian restaurants
our guide will show you the main street 
of
Kyiv - renovated Khreshchatyk street. You'll go from the famous and beautiful
Kyiv Opera theater to the Ark of Friendship at the bank of the Dnipro river and
after a short break at a branch with a view to the whole left bank Kyiv - to the
President Palace and House of Parliament.
And at next days other historical signs will show you the beauty and greatness of an ancient Kyiv.
VISIT GOLD-DOMED KYIV WITH UKRAINETOUR !
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