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Football matches and the fan zone might be Kyiv city’s latest attractions, but they are certainly not the only ones. Kyiv offers dozens of tours of all types, and for all budgets. You can get tours for free or ones costing as high as few thousand hryvnias.

You can discover Mysterious Kyiv in a themed tour, or visit the city’s parks and forests. Most tour operators offer services in English. Some run tours in French, German, Dutch and a couple of other European languages.

They can be walking tours, bus tours or boat tours. Read on to see the Kyiv Post picks.

Bus Tours

Open Kyiv suggests a sightseeing tour of Kyiv in a double-decker bus. You can hop on and off the bus at any stop, as long as you have a valid ticket for the day. The bus operates on a schedule, and can be stopped by waving your arm. The tour starts by the Golden Gate, or Zoloti Vorota and is accompanied by an audio guide in two languages, Russian and English. Tours in other languages are available for large groups, but need to be booked in advance.

More information can be found on http://openkiev.com.ua/
Price: Hr 250 per person. Concessions for groups of 20 and more.

Expressiya SV offers custom tours for groups by buses of various sizes in English, German, Dutch, French, Italian and Spanish. The company offers both regular sight-seeing tours and themed tours. Prices start at Hr 1,250 for a three-hour sightseeing tour for a group of up to six people in a minibus, accompanied by a guide.

See more details on http://www.expressiysv.kiev.ua/kiev/kiev_eks_foreigners.html
Price: from Hr 1,250 for a group of six

Palmer offers a range of tours that include Kyiv’s ancient monasteries,  general daytime and night-time tours, and tours to many sites in  Kyiv Oblast.

The agency offers services  in Turkish and Polish languages in addition to several European ones. Prices start at Hr 900-1,100 per person for a three-hour car tour of Kyiv. Walking tours of Kyiv for a group of up to 40 people costs Hr 550 per person.

For more information visit http://www.palmer.com.ua/
Price: from Hr 900-1,100 per person for car tour

Interway suggests combining walking and traveling by bus in a single tour.  Prices vary hugely, depending on types of tours and number of people. A guided three-hour tour by car and foot for two people goes for Hr 850.

For more information  visit: http://interway.com.ua/gid.php
Price: From Hr 850 for two by car/foot

Boat Tours

The Kyiv River Port in Podil is where you have to be heading if you want a boat tour. A boat trip can be from 1 to 3 hours long, and give you a great chance to enjoy the views of Kyiv’s golden domes and its lush green hills from a unique perspective.

 

A boat trip is the place to see panoramas of Kyiv from the Dnipro River perspective.
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Check more details at:
http://www.rpea.com.ua/progulki.php
Price: Hr 20-100

Walking Tours

ANGA Travel is good for regular walking tours in English. They last for three hours, and are good for both students and foreign tourists. Regular tours are to start in mid-June.

Check the exact dates and time at:
http://angaschool.com.ua/contacts
050 380-4964
093 979-5202
Price: Hr 160 per person

Interesting Kyiv – The agency offers a variety of thematic walking tours of various lengths. The topics vary from the tours around Kyiv children’s parks to the tour devoted to Kyiv’s famous swindlers. You can order group or individual tours of different length and in different languages.

Walking tours by day and night, or by theme, are among the options.
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Check the dates, time and prices at:
http://www.interesniy.kiev.ua/
Price: From Hr 900 for 3 hours on foot

Free Tours – Even if you’re short of cash, it’s no reason not to get to know Kyiv more intimately. This agency offers free walking tours of Kyiv twice daily.

See details at:
http://freetours.kiev.ua/
066 851-8558

Kyiv Post staff writer Daryna Shevchenko can be reached at [email protected]