Podil is the historical part of Kiev, the so-called lower city. The name comes from the word “valley”: Podol means “along the valley”. Podol is located on the bank of the Dnipro River. It had a river port, which contributed to a lively trade with other countries. Due to the trade relations, Podil’s population was international. Jews, Armenians, Germans and other nationalities lived on Podil. It was reflected in the architecture: there were churches of different religions.

Type: walking tour around the city.

Duration: approx. 3 hours.

Program points:

The Square of Contracts and the Contracts House, the monument to Gregory Skovoroda, the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, the hosting court “Hostynnyi Dvir”, the former Town Hall, the Samson Fountain, the pharmacy-museum, the Ascension Florovsky Nunnery, the Church of Nicholas Pritisk, the House of Peter, the Museum of Chornobyl, the Hetmanship Museum, the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker or the Naberezhno-Mykilska Church (the Church of St. Nicholas the Wet), the church of Elijah the Prophet, the monument to Peter Sahaidachny, the Peter Sahaidachny Street and the first streetcar, the funicular, the Kyiv River Port.

Included: guided walking tour of Kyiv.

Not included: transfers, food and drinks.

Meeting place: the monument to Gregory Skovoroda.