Excursion department of Literra offers you a wide range of exciting and interesting excursions in Kiev and Kyiv region in Ukrainian, Russian, English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Polish and other popular languages. Excursions in Kiev and Kiev region are provided by professional guides knowing excursions topics and foreign languages professionally.
We have a great base of both standard and not standard excursions. As well tailored and exclusive excursion tours are provided in Kyiv and the main landmarks of Kyiv region. Besides guided excursions and tours we propose the following services: airport transfers (Boryspil, Zhulyany) and railway station transfer in Kiev, daily rent of apartments and flats, hostels and hotels in any part of Kyiv and its suburbs, cars and buses for rent, etc.
The most popular excursions devoted to acquaintance with sightseeings and landmarks of Kiev one should pay attention to the following ones: Kiev Pechersk Lavra, Ancient Kyiv, St. Sophia Cathedral, Andriivsky Descent, Podil, Mariinsky Palace, Government Block, Golden Gate, Pyrohiv, Kytaiv, St. Volodymyr Cathedral, Mamayeva Sloboda, Botanic Garden. In addition, unique excursions are available such as Brides of Kyiv, Mysterious Kyiv, Underground Kyiv, etc.
We strongly recommend you the following excursion programs in Kyiv:
1. General sightseeing tour in Ancient Kyiv (it takes 3-4 hours). During this tour you’ll get acquainted with the ancient part of Kyiv: National Opera Theatre, a great masterpiece of Kyiv architecture; one of the oldest streets of Kyiv, Volodymyrska; Golden Gate being then used as the solemn entrance into the town in times of Yaroslav the Wise; St. Sophia Cathedral listed as a cite of UNESCO world heritage and monument to B. Khemlnytsky; St. Mykhaylo Golden Domed Monastery; monument complex to Princess Olha, apostle Andrew and Cyril and Mefodiy; monument to St. Volodymyr, the baptizer of Kievan Rus; St. Andrew Church, masterpiece of architect Rastrelli; Andriivsky Descent. The final point of this unforgettable tour will be legendary Kontraktova Ploshcha on Podil and monuments to H. Skovoroda and hetman P. Sahaydachny.
2. Sightseeing tour across Pechersk and Government Block (it takes 4 hours). During this tour you’ll see these legendary landmarks: the central street and square of Kyiv, Khreshchatyk str. and Maidan Nezalezhnosti; masterpieces of Horodetsky, the building of National Bank of Ukraine and House with Chimeras; Chocolate little house and House of the Weeping Widow; Klovsky Palace; respectable Lypky and Lypska street; Verkhovna Rada and Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine; Mariinsky Park and Mariinsky Palace; FC Dynamo Kyiv stadium; Puppet Theatre; Khreshchatyy Park and Peoples’ Friendship Arch.
3. Sightseeing tour across Podil (it takes 4 hours). Podil is one of the oldest districts of Kyiv. During this tour you’ll see these famous places of interest: River port of Kyiv, St. Nicholas Church on water, Sahaydachnoho str., Kontraktova square, monuments to H. Skovoroda and P. Sahaydachnyy, Samson fountain, Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Florovsky Monastery, etc.
4. Car (bus) tour “Spiritual Kyiv” (it takes 4-6 hours). Kyiv has more than 100 churches, cathedrals and other religious centers. During this tour you’ll see the most known spiritual centers of the capital of Ukraine: St. Volodymyr Cathedral, ancient Kyrylivska Church, Florovsky Monastery, Vvedensky Monastery, catholic St. Nicholas church, Kytaiv Monastery, Feofania Monastery, Pokrovsky Monastery, etc.
5. Walking tour across Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (it takes 4-6 hours). During this tour you’ll get acquainted with one of the most important sanctuary of the orthodox world included into UNESCO World Heritage list with more than 950 years of history.
6. Car (bus) tour “Bridges of Kyiv” (it takes 3 hours). Kyiv is not famous just for its spiritual places but bridges over the legendary Dnipro as well. When taking this tour you’ll be able to get to know these Kyiv bridges: Pivdennyy, Darnytsky, Paton, Metro Bridge, Pedestrian bridge, Moskovsky bridge.
7. Museum of national culture and history Pyrohiv (it takes 6 hours). It’s a unique open air museum complex where the life the Ukrainian people in XVII-XX centuries is represented: village houses, miles, churches, streets together with picturesque landscapes and nature which will give you unforgettable impressions.
8. Cossacks’ village “Mamayeva Sloboda” (it takes 3-4 hours). This piece of Ukrainian Cossacks history, nature, architecture is located near the center of Kyiv just 7 km off Khreshchatyk street, the central street of Ukraine.
9. National M. Hryshko Botanical Garden (it takes 3-4 hours). This garden is a complex of unique collections of plants, flowers and trees located on the territory of about 130 ha in the central part of Kyiv.
In addition we strongly recommend you to visit the following unique museums of Kyiv: Water Museum in the very heart of Kyiv exposing everything connected with water; Aviation Museum located just near the runway of Zhulyany Airport (Kyiv) where the rich exposition of both military and civil aircrafts is available and nearly over heads airplanes continuously land and take off in this airport; Toys Museum with the richest collection of toys and puppets made in Ukraine for the last 70 years; Chornobyl Museum where about 7000 exhibits connected with the biggest nuclear disaster of the mankind history are present; Famine Museum devoted to Stalin’s genocide of Ukrainians in 1932-33; Memorial Complex to World War II; Mykhaylo Bulhakov House-museum, creator of the masterpiece “Master and Margarita”, where he lived and wrote his works.
