Ukrainian Village Private Tour

Itinerary
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Stop At: Ethnographical complex Ukrainian Village, Polyana Lisova St. 60, Buzova 08120 Ukraine

The Ukrainian Village skansen is located in a picturesque coniferous forest half an hour’s drive from Kyiv. It is a modern museum, representing historical Ukrainian village culture and life on a compact territory.

Unlike the Pirogovo Museum, you won’t have to walk a lot; you can also enter all houses and buildings, and touch the exhibits.

Moreover, you will see the work of potters, blacksmiths and even feel yourself a Ukrainian craftsman by participating in one of the master classes.

Besides, there is a mini zoo with domestic and wild animals, an outdoor recreation area and a national cuisine restaurant in the museum.

UKRAINIAN VILLAGE HAS PREPARED FOR YOU:

INTERESTING EXCURSION

There are rural houses from the main historical regions of Ukraine in the museum: Gutsulshchina (the Carpathians), Southern Ukraine, Podolye (southwestern part), Polesye (northern), Slobozhanshchina (eastern), and Middle Naddnepryanshchina (center). Various interiors and a huge collection of authentic items from each region are gathered in the museum. During the tour, you will learn a lot about the life of Ukrainian villages. Moreover, there is a pottery workshop, a smithy, a bakery and even a brewery in the Ukrainian Village Museum.

MASTER CLASSES

Do you want to try to make a clay jug, forge a horseshoe for luck or learn how to make Ukrainian vareniki? Welcome to the Ukrainian Village master classes! Here are just a few of them:
- pottery,
- blacksmithing,
- vareniki* making,
- Petrykivka painting,
- Chumak** kulesh*** cooking.

DELICIOUS NATIONAL CUISINE

After an interesting excursion and entertainment, you can dine at the restaurant-kolyba serving delicious dishes of national cuisine: borsch with pampushkas, chumak kulesh cooked at the stake, banosh with bryndza cheese, deruny, vareniki.
* Vareniki are dumplings with sweet or savory filling.
** Chumak is a historic occupation on the territory of the modern Ukraine, merchants or traders, primarily known for the salt trade.
*** Kulish is a simple traditional Ukrainian millet porridge/soup with meat, salo (pork underskin fat), meat broth, potatoes, carrots and onions.

Duration: 3 hours