Ground excursion "three castles of kiev" from the travel company "matei travel"

this tour is dedicated to the famous kiev castles. in the past, however, as in our time, wealthy people of kiev loved to flaunt luxurious houses in front of each other. the best architects brought to life all the whims of customers with bricks and concrete. many of these buildings resembled real castles, which seemed to have descended from medieval engraving. and today they have practically not lost their flavor. it seems that it is worth crossing the threshold of such housing, as the guards dressed in armor will block the road with halberds and sternly ask - why disturb the peace of the owner? we invite you to plunge into the atmosphere of antiquity and visit a number of the most remarkable mansions, stylized as castles.

the first object of the excursion will be the famous baron's house, which is located at the beginning of yaroslavov val street, one of the unspoken symbols of old kiev. you will spend about an hour exploring it, go around all the corners and go up to the famous tower. further along the route - the gothic castle of lapinsky. you will study it externally and find out from which real prototype the clinic-shelter of the poet ivan bezdomny was depicted in the immortal novel "the master and margarita".

the last one in turn is the picturesque, but dilapidated steingel castle on the street. bulvarno-kudryavskaya, where the event will end. from there, you can go down to victory square, where there is an excellent transport interchange. of course, the excursion will be flavored with a fair amount of stories about all the adjacent buildings and natural boundaries, which border the above-described attractions.

you will learn:

• what a mystical house in kiev looks like from the inside.
• where the holy doctor and mr. helicopter lived.
• where was the border between poor and rich kiev.
• where is the real castle of the baron.
• how the only real boulevard in kiev was built.
• where is the world war ii two-story air defense bunker.
• where the apartment of the creator of the first computer in europe was located.
• what is the barbocan and where is the only object of this kind located in the city.
• why the house of the german millionaire was cut in half.
• how were kiev castles born and what function they actually performed.

the guide is kirill stepanets, a researcher of kiev antiquity, author of numerous publications and books on kiev topics.