Cozy, sophisticated, well-groomed – these words can describe the prestigious and aristocratic district of Lipki, where aristocrats, top officials lived, and rich merchants and entrepreneurs built expensive mansions. Some of them even have their own names: the Chocolate House, the House with Caryatids, the House of the Weeping Widow, the House with Chimeras, or the House of Monsters.

You will also see the buildings of Ukrainian authorities: the Administration of President of Ukraine, the National Bank of Ukraine; the Cabinet of Ministers, the Parliament of Ukraine – the Verkhovna Rada.

Type: walking tour around the city.

Duration: approximately 2.5-3 hours.

Program points:

the Maidan, Heavenly Hundred Alley, where the Revolution of Dignity took place; Architect Horodetskyi Street, where many houses were designed by German architects; the National Drama Theater, as well as the shortest street in Kiev, which is only 100 m long; the Administration of the President of Ukraine; the House with Chimeras; Lutheran Street: the St. Catherine Lutheran Church; the German Hill, where the German community lived; the National Bank of Ukraine; the Cabinet of Ministers; the Parliament of Ukraine – the Verkhovna Rada; Mariinsky Palace and Mariinsky Park; the most famous Lipki mansions: the Chocolate House, the Baron Iskul-Hilderbrand House, the Wailing Widow House, the Lieberman Mansion.

Or

Arsenalna metro station – the deepest metro station in the world; Mariinsky Palace and Mariinsky Park, the Parliament of Ukraine – the Verkhovna Rada; Lipki’s most famous mansions: the Chocolate House, the Baron Iskul-Hilderbrand House, the Crying Widow House, the Liberman Mansion; the Cabinet of Ministers, the National Bank of Ukraine, the Presidential Administration; the House with Chimeras; Lutheran Street: the Lutheran Church of St. Catherine; the German Hill, where the German community lived; the National Bank of Ukraine; the National Drama Theater and the shortest street in Kiev, only 100 meters long; Architect Horodetskyi Street, where many houses were designed by German architects; the Maidan, Heavenly Hundred Alley.

Included: guided walking tour of Kiev.

Not included: transfers, food and drinks.

Meeting place by appointment: “Maidan” or “Arsenalna” metro station.