Jewish History of Kyiv including Babi Yar Memorial Private Tour
Description
Discover the complete history of the Jewish heritage in Kyiv on a 3-hour guided tour by a private vehicle. Visit all the main sites and landmarks related to the history of the Jewish community of Kiev, including the Babi Yar, Brodsky Synagogue, Sholem Aleichem Monument, and Golda Meir memorial plaque. Learn the prominent and tragic Jewish history from an expert guide.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Visit Babi Yar, where over 150 000 Jews were killed during World War ll. You will learn how they came there with children, old parents, and all their things hoping to be transferred to peaceful lands. You will hear the stories about few of them who survived.
A monument related to the tragic events of the Babi Yar
Discover Pechersk district with beautiful samples of fine mansions from the 19th and 20th centuries, constructed by the wealthy Jewish businessmen, including S. Liberman
Take a look at the Bessarabsky Market, presented to the city by Lazar Brodsky more than 100 years ago.
See the house in which the prime minister of Israel Golda Meir was born. Discover memorial plaque to Golda Meir.
During the centuries-old history of the Jewish community in Kiev, the periods of restrictions and persecutions of Jews were replaced by the loyalty periods, and by the end of the 19th century, the influence and value of the Jewish bankers and engineers, architects and businessmen became so great that the city authorities had to reckon with them. On this excursion, you will have an opportunity look behind the curtain at the Jewish world, full of secrets and riddles. Learn the most interesting facts about the Jewish community of the different historical periods: about achievements and contributions they made into the development of the city and about those tragic pages that were like a horrible nightmare for Jews.
Discover the monumnet to a famous writer Sholom Aleichem
Visit the central Brodsky Choral Synagogue and learn its history.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We pick up from any hotel or apartment in Kyiv.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(6)
I am researching for a book and was fortunate to get Dmytro as my guide. His English was excellent but more important, he understood the goals I had and customized my tour to meet my needs. In addition to the places on schedule, he also showed me other places that were relevant to my research. I cannot say enough how much I learned from him. I would suggest that you ask for him if possible.
How great it is for us to hear that you had such an informative and memorable tour of the Jewish heritage in Kyiv with our guide Dmytro. We are proud to have him on our team and he will be pleased to hear that you appreciated his knowledge and insights. We are very grateful that you have chosen our company for this tour and we hope to see you back in Ukraine soon. Warmest regards, Green Tour Ukraine team
The Jewish Heritage tour was interesting and my guide and driver did a great job. The synagogues were lovely and I would have loved to be able to attend services in all of them. Babi Yar is breathtakingly beautiful at this point. Particularly with the autumn leaves dressing everything up. I have seen so many documentaries related to this place and felt I knew it well. It was quite different to actually stand on the banks of the ravine, imagine how it was over those three days!!! It is a place one must visit if in Kyiv.
I had come to Kiev for a tour which did not include the Jewish sites, so I contacted Green Tour Ukraine. My guide Ludmilla was exceptional. She knew a lot about the history of Jewish Ukraine and she was able to answer my questions. She also was able to go "off script" and discuss issues of modern Ukraine. The trip to Babi Yar was eye-opening. I would highly recommend this tour. The driver was excellent and in the heat of Kiev in July, the AC was much appreciated!
Thank you so much for your feedback! We are grateful that you have chosen our company to discover the Jewish history of Kyiv. It’s important for us that you are satisfied with both the guide and the driver, and that you discovered a lot of interesting information during the tour. We’ll be happy to see you on our tours in the future!
My guide Taras was extremely knowledgable, he was able to give me an extremely detailed and diverse history of Kyiv and it was lovely to have a guide that was so interested in what he was actually talking about. On the tour there was a huge thunderstorm which made it difficult to carry on the tour and yet he still did a brilliant job, tailoring the tour to my interests. Extremely good tour, I had a brilliant time and would definitely recommend.
Dear Amy, thank you for sharing your impression of the Jewish heritage tour on TripAdvisor! We are very happy that you have enjoyed your time and learned interesting facts from our guide. We hope to see you back in Kyiv soon!
Our guide Konstantine was very good. the sculptures in Babi Yardages were very thought provoking. A fascinating day ended with a tour of street art in Kiev. A city of many faces.
Dear Isabel, thank you so much for your kind review! It’s good to hear that you’ve discovered different aspects of Kyiv on the tours with Konstantine. Thank you for choosing our company during your visit of Kyiv. We would be very glad to see you in Ukraine again!
<p>Our tour guide was brilliant very sensitive to our Jewish Heritage<br/> Highly recommended<br/> Outstanding and brilliant tour and tour guide<br/> Thanks most sincerely <br/> Dr les lucy Glassman Bayit Vegan Jerusalem Israel</p>
