Pereiaslav Open-Air Museum Half-Day Trip from Kyiv

Start your half-day trip to Pereiaslav from your hotel in Kyiv where you’ll meet your guide. The distance from Kyiv to Pereiaslav is 89 km to the southeast from the capital. During a comfortable 1.5-hour ride, you will enjoy beautiful views of the Ukrainian scenery and get the introduction to the most significant facts of the history of Pereiaslav.

A tour to Pereiaslav is a peculiar trip back in time. It will help you to find new and valuable information about the cultural heritage, the spirituality of the Ukrainian people, their mentality. The spirit of the glorious past is still alive in this ancient city, which was one of the most important centers of the Kyivan Rus.

Your guide will show you the famous square, where Pereiaslivska Rada took place, St. Michael’s Church and Holy Trinity Church. The variety of the museums of Pereiaslav is quite impressive and you will  visit the most popular of them – Open-Air Museum of Folk Architecture and Household of Naddnipryanschina.

This museum  invites you to explore the traditions and customs of the Ukrainian village of the 19th-20th centuries. On the spacious territory of the museum, you will see genuine wooden churches, ancient windmills, traditional clay houses and cozy yards. An expert guide will tell you many interesting facts about the way people used to love in Ukrainian villiges a couple of centuries ago. Moreover, you may visit museum of national customs, museum of bread, museum of Ukrainian embroidered towel, museum of Sholem Aleichem, Museum of Trypillian Culture, Museum of Cosmos etc., located on the territory of the open-air Museum (optional, for additional fee).

After seeing so many interesting things, you may have lunch in one of the city’s cafés (optional). Then, we will start our way back to Kyiv, where your driver will drop you off at your hotel.