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1st Day: Arrival, transfer to the hotel. Excursion all around the city (St. Sophia Cathedral, Golden Gate, St. Volodymyr Cathedral, St. Mykhaylo Golden Domed, Mykhaylo's Street, Pecherskiy parks). River excursion by motor ship with dinner and folk show.
2nd Day: Going to Kiyvo-Pecherska Lavra: This functioning monastery (founded in 1051) consists of several churches, towers, and miles of underground tunnels (caves) with ancient crypts and ecclesiastical objects.
Visiting caves and museums of miniature and jewels.
Andrew's Descent (Montmartre of Kyiv with art shops and exhibits, cafes, etc.). Andrew's Church (built in 1754 by Bartolomeo Rastrelli, of Baroque fashion), Bulgakov's property (a popular Russian writer lived in 1906-1919).
Dinner at the Ukrainian national restaurant "Hata Karasya" with folk present.
3rd Day: Excursion to the Ukrainian Museum of Folk Architecture below the open sky (representative folk architecture of the 16th-19th centuries).
Transfer to the airport.
Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine and one of the largest cities in Europe. It has been standing on steep hills overlooking the Dnipro River for a lot more than 1,500 years. According to the ancient legend, Kyiv was founded by the three brothers Kyi, Schek and Khoryv and their sister Lybid, and it was named following the eldest brother Kyi. Since then, Kyiv has created into a beneficial center of East Europe attracting foreign businesses and investors to its financial and all-natural likely. As an essential administrative center, Kyiv is a spot for Ukrainian Presidential Administration, Verkhovna Rada, Parliament, and almost all ministries and governmental departments. Its financial part consists of the Nationwide Financial institution of Ukraine around the globe, as effectively as investment organizations and funds, representative offices of foreign economic institutions, exchange markets, and far more than 220 business banking institutions. In Kyiv, a lot more than two,000 objects belong to historical, cultural, and architectural monuments.
Well-known Spots Visited by Vacationers:
Kyivo-Pecherska Lavra
The Dnipro hills are dominated by the best monument of Kyiv, the Kyivo-Pecherska Lavra, constructed practically 9 centuries ago. A complex of churches, masterpieces of architecture by themselves, has been a holy position of worship for devoted Christians. Renowned for its catacombs with the saints' relics, Lavra is also called the Monastery of Caves. Museum collections of miniatures and church treasures amaze visitors from all over the planet
Nationwide Opera Home
The theater is found in downtown Kyiv, close to the Khreschatyk st. The beautiful exterior of the developing is supported by the majestic interior design and style. Considerably of the theater's inventive efforts are concentrated on productions of classical Ukrainian and Russian operas and ballets. Skilled actors, imaginative lighting, and brilliant decorations leave the most memorable impression about Ukraine's dramatic art.
Volodymyr the Baptizer
On the slope of the Volodymyr Hill stands the imposing monument to Prince Volodymyr who is also known as the Baptizer of Rus. He converted Kyivan Rus to christianity in 988. The bronze statue was erected in 1853.
