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Kyiv Hidden Gems Tour with a Local

Kyiv is a city of art and culture, city full of historical places and interesting stories. I am offering you to join me in this pleasant walk and discover the hidden gems of modern and ancient Kyiv, discover its meaning, its history of appearance and current usage. Happy to see you on my tour!
Duration 3 hours
Private tour available in English, Russian
Group tour available in English, Russian
Group tour pricing from 65 EUR per person
Yanna‘s tour was very interesting, with lots of different stories from Kiev. Also, she was so kind to adapt her program to our interests, with different stopovers.

Highlights

Pass trough the centuries and see the basements of the ancient Kyiv buildings and gates

Take a walk from one famous ancient gate to another and get to know why Golden gates are called so

Discover how the oldest Kyiv fountain and the oldest Kyiv tree were making money from nothing

Get to know favourite Kyiv dish and see mini-monument to it

Dive into cultural and art life of Kyiv by making a pleasure of Kyiv murals sightseeing

See the Raven courtyard and feed the ravens

Taste Ukrainian wine at the local bar and listen to the story of the place from the owner

Description

Hello, dear guest! Welcome to Kyiv and let`s start discovering its hidden gems together!

I can definitely convince you that Kyiv prepared a lot of spots to for you and sometimes its enough just to look down in order to see them. Better to make it with a real local so I will gladly accompany you during this trip.

Let`s take a brief look on what you will see:
- Golden Gates - they are not hidden and very famous but what do you know about the metro station named the same?
- Stay directly on the most ancient Kyiv basements.
- Why it`s so many murals on the city walls, who painted them and why.
- How to make money by being an owner of the fountain.
- Laughing chimera and mini-sculpture to the most recognised Ukrainian dish.

NB! If you are interested to visit or get to know about some particular places just let me know and I will show you them during the Tour or after.

Also after the Tour I am open to all your questions and will answer for sure where to buy local food, to try local dishes, to buy national souvenirs and questions like 'Oh, I wanna go to the Theatre and need some make up and haircut' and so on:)

What’s included & not included

guide service

private walking tour

welcome gift (postcard/chocolate/magnet)

fee for museums

visiting a cafe

paper map of Kyiv

tips are welcome (but optional)

Meeting point

Founders of Kyiv Fountain

Reviews from travelers (14)

5.00/5
Smart, funny & knowledgeably
Yanna‘s tour was very interesting, with lots of different stories from Kiev. Also, she was so kind to adapt her program to our interests, with different stopovers.
MUST SEE in Kyiv - so much fun
Yanna is friendly and very knowledgeable. We walked around the central area for a good 4 hours, but she told these stories that really brought the city to life. After the tour you'll probably know a lot of interesting places that even the locals haven't heard of. This was a great way to spend my first day in Kyiv. 10/10 would recommend to a friend.
Hidden Gems, the title of this tour fits !
Yanna speaks English fluently. She isn't pushy, knows how to handle in a perfect way with visitors to her city (what is generally called 'tourists'). After her tour I performed the walk mentioned in the Lonely Planet. Besides the starting point + about 300 metres + the end of her walk, nothing was common ! So I recommend to everyone visiting Kiev to book her walking tour !
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