Kiev always attracted people with its golden domes - ancient churches and monasteries: Vladimir Cathedral, St. Michael's Cathedral, St. Sophia Cathedral, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, monasteries of Kitaevo and Feofanii, Florovsky Monastery, St. Andrew's Church and other shrines.
We tried to collect together in one round the main holy monasteries of Kiev:
Compound of St. Sophia's Cathedral
the oldest monastery of Rus - Kiev-Pechersk Lavra
Florovsky Monastery in Podil
Kitaev deserts - Holy Trinity Chinas Monastery
Holosievskaya desert with the relics of the Monk Oleksiy
Desert Feofaniya - Holy Panteleimon monastery.
In the program of the tour: railway travel from Kharkov, transport and excursion services, accommodation in Kiev at the hotel, meals, excursions around Kiev, Kiev temples and monasteries, reserve "Kiev-Pecherskaya Lavra".
We remind that we are not an ecclesiastical organization, and cult Orthodox shrines interest us more from an aesthetic and historical point of view. So we go to an aesthetic pilgrimage!
Route
Duration of the tour
Placement
hotels to choose from
Transport
Type of tour
Excursion program
Departure from Kharkov to Kiev by train number 124 in 22-41
1 day Meeting the group in Kiev at the station in 8-33.
Sightseeing tour of To Kiev: Vladimirsky Cathedral, Mikhailovskaya Square, St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, the highlight of the Baroque - St. Andrew's Church, Sofia Kievskaya, built by Yaroslav the Wise, "Golden Gate", monument to Bohdan Khmelnitsky, Institute of Noble Maidens, Starokievskaya Gorka, Landscape Alley, National University named after T. Shevchenko, Teacher's House, Presidium of the Academy of Sciences, a monument to Princess Olga, embankment The Dnieper, a monument to the founders of Kiev, Kiev's Venice, Askold's grave. Lunch.
Excursion to the National Historical and Cultural Reserve "Kiev-Pechersk Lavra»
Holy Assumption Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra - the oldest monastery of Rus, an object of world cultural heritage of UNESCO. The monastery in 1051 was built. Antony Caves as a cave monastery. The main relic is the relics of the Reverend Fathers of the 11th - 15th centuries, the epic hero Ilya of Murom, Nestor the Chronicler, the heart of the Lavra - the cell and the relics of the founder of the monastery Antonia Pechersky are buried here.
Excursion around the Lavra: Uspensky Cathedral (1073) - the oldest stone structure of the Lavra; The Great Laura Belltower with height of 96,5 m is the highest point in Kiev (374 steps); Trinity Gate Church, Near and Far Caves. There are several museums on the territory of the Lavra: Museum Books and bookshops, Museum of Historical Treasures Ukraine, museum of microminiatures Museum of Ukrainian Folk Decorative Arts, etc.
Walking tour around Podol with a visit to the Florovsky Monastery and a pharmacy museum. Florovsky Monastery: the fresco of Seraphim of Sarov, the relics of St. Helena of Kiev Florovskaya, a healing spring ...
Mysterious museum-pharmacy: a phytobar with fragrant liqueurs, a cell of a monk of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra of the XNUMXth century, a healer's hut, an alchemist's cellar.
2 day Breakfast. Excursion "Secrets of Kiev Deserts".
Kitaev deserts - Holy Trinity Kitaevsky Monastery in the Goloseevsky district of Kiev, one of the last monasteries built in the Ukrainian Baroque style. The most famous of the Kitayev elders were Dosithea and Theophilus. Kitaeva Monastery is unique in that the relics of all 12 apostles are collected there in the church of the Twelve Apostles (except for St. John the Theologian, taken with his body to Paradise, and the traitor Judas Iscariot, who fell away from the apostolic face), as well as the relics of other righteous and saints. Healing spring, holy font, caves, tombs of Kitaev's righteous men Dosithea and Theophilus.
Holosievskaya desert. An amazing abode with an amazing fate is the place of monastic feats of Kyiv devotees of piety of the XVIII-XIX centuries, and from the second half of the XIX century - the giving of the Kiev Metropolitans. The monastery houses the relics of St. Alexis Goloseevsky.
Desert Feofaniya - Holy Panteleimon monastery. The sket was formed in the territory of Lazarevschina - a country farm, once famous for its apiary. For a long time the monastery was under the jurisdiction of St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery. On the territory of Feofania is the Panteleimon Cathedral, the largest Orthodox church in Kiev neighborhoods.
It is also possible to visit the Nicholas Monastery of Jordan, Pokrovsky Monastery, the monastery in Tserkovschina.
Lunch. Free time. Departure from Kiev by train number 124 in 21-20.
Return to Kharkov in 6-37.
The cost per person in UAH.
group / hotel | 10 + 1 | 15 + 2 | 16 + 1 | 18 + 2 | 20 + 2 | 25 + 2 | 27 + 3 | 30 + 3 | 35 + 4 | 40 + 4 | 45 + 5 |
dormitory (3-bed rooms, facilities on the floor) | 3450 | 3150 | 3050 | 2950 | 2850 | 2650 | 2550 | 2450 | 2350 | 2250 | 2150 |
hostel (4-16-bed rooms, amenities on the floor) | 3550 | 3250 | 3150 | 3050 | 2950 | 2750 | 2650 | 2550 | 2450 | 2350 | 2250 |
Hotel "Goloseevsky" (2-3-bed rooms, amenities per block) |
3650 | 3350 | 3250 | 3150 | 3050 | 2850 | 2750 | 2650 | 2550 | 2450 | 2350 |
Hotel "Tourist" 3 *, "Goloseevsky" (2-3-local rooms with private facilities) |
3850 | 3550 | 3450 | 3350 | 3250 | 3050 | 2950 | 2850 | 2750 | 2650 | 2550 |
hotel "Ukraine" 4 * (2-3-bed rooms with facilities in the room, center) |
4050 | 3750 | 3650 | 3550 | 3450 | 3250 | 3150 | 3050 | 2950 | 2850 | 2750 |
Included
railway pass (reserved seat), ticket booking, group supervision by the tour operator representative, excursion service for 2 days, transport service, accommodation in the hotel of the chosen category, meals according to the program, insurance.
Notes
- The tour operator reserves the right to change the program and the sequence of excursions without changing the number of services.
- The cost is calculated for the train indicated in the program. In case of changes in the railway schedule or if the customer chooses a more comfortable railway service, the cost of the tour is recalculated.
- The tour is valid for groups of at least 6 people. At the request of customers, a tour can be ordered any day. The price depends on the agreed program, the number of people in the group.
- Entrance tickets to visited facilities, optional activities, are paid additionally. Specify the prices when booking the tour.
If you like traveling to Ukraine, then you will certainly be interested:
- all tours around central Ukraine
- tours to Kiev and Kiev region
- cycle tours to Vinnitsa
- Uman and Uman dendro-pik "Sofiyivka"
- tours on Shevchenko's places
- Tours to the historical places of Cherkasy region
- all tours to Chernigov and Chernihiv region
- group tours by bus in Ukraine
- ancient manors of Kharkiv region and Ukraine
- castles and fortresses, palaces and parks of Ukraine
- project "Multicolored" vacation in Ukraine
- group tours by train across Ukraine
- Children's and youth camps at sea and in the Carpathians
Individual tourists offer a large selection of tours around the world and rest:
- our prefabricated tours in Ukraine, weekend tours
- weekly regular guaranteed tours in Ukraine from 2 people
- tours to Europe for individual tourists and groups
- popular rest in Odessa and Zatoka
- holidays at the resorts and beaches of the world
- sightseeing tours around the world
- always popular tours for the New Year and Christmas