Ukraine's Jewish Heritage

Lviv Jewish Heritage Private Tour

This tour is the best way to experience Lviv's rich Jewish history. You'll start with a two-hour walking tour in the center of the city where the Jewish Quarter once stood. Then you'll enjoy a two-hour transport tour in other parts of Lviv. You'll see the Holocaust memorial, the building where Sholom Aleichem lived, the former Jewish museum, the former Yaniv concentration camp and more. The last hour will be dedicated to the "Territory of Terror" Memorial Museum.

Show Your Love With Chocolate

What can be more romantic than a heart? Especially if it's handmade by yourself out of delicious chocolate? "The chocolate capital of Ukraine" may not sound impressive, but Lviv excels at decadence, from alcohol to coffee to chocolate, and its master chocolatiers are known throughout Eastern Europe. With a private chocolate-making class, you can learn to make various sweets in different forms, or even write a poem in chocolate, while naturally tasting quite a few sweets along the way!

Castles around Lviv Private Tour

This tour will allow you to experience some of the majestic history of the Lviv region by touring its most impressive palaces and castles. You'll start in the picturesque hills of Olesko, where a fortress still shows the marks of past battles. In this area there are several easily accessible sites. You'll also see a fairy tale palace with slender towers, shining mosaic tiles and playful decorations. The past will come alive for you as you tour these castles with an expert guide. You'll love learning more about the royal past of this region.

Zhovkva and Krehiv Monastery Private Tour

On this fun trip you'll come to a better understanding of the region's history and culture. Zhovkva is a real pearl of local architecture, and the nearby village of Krekhiv is also an epicenter of important buildings, in this case churches and monasteries. You'll have a guide with you for the day, so you'll learn all about the interesting history that shaped the region.

Jewish Heritage and Babiy Yar Private Tour

The history of Kyiv is closely connected to the history of its largest Jewish community, which has left its marks on the city's architecture, art, and scientific advances. On this tour, you will delve into the city's Jewish heritage, including its nadir, Babiy Yar, the site of one of the Holocaust's most infamous massacres.

See the City From Underground

Explore Ukraine's Darkest Moment and Greatest Triumph

Ukraine's National WWII Museum is also a memorial complex. Located on a ridge above the Dnipro River, it offers excellent views over the city. During the tour you will visit the Motherland Monument statue and the nearby WWII museum, with its great collection of rare documents, photographs, and both Allied and Axis weapons, aircraft, trucks, and tanks. The complex also includes a sculptural gallery dedicated to the heroes of the front and rear, and plenty more. Another interesting attraction are captured modern Russian armored vehicles, displayed as proof of Russian support for rebels in Ukraine's far east.

Another City: Explore Europe's Largest Catacombs

Discover Odessa’s hidden world as you walk through the eery and chilling network of underground tunnels beneath the city. The longest in Europe, Odessa’s catacombs are nothing like the famous catacombs of Paris and Rome. You'll uncover the fascinating history of Odessa’s catacombs during a walk through underground tunnels. You'll see how the World War ll partisans lived in the tunnels and how they came to be developed. 

Jewish Odessa Private Tour by Car and on Foot

This special tour is a great way to learn about the contrasting history of Jewish Odessa. At the dawn of the 20th century the city housed the third largest Jewish settlement in the world. The Jewish history of Odessa is absorbing and packed full of fascinating and at times controversial facts: 19th-century Odessa welcomed Jews and yet the first pogrom in the Russian Empire happened here. Odessa enthusiastically embraced the Haskalah movement, and yet later became home to Zionism and Hasidism.

Local Cuisine From Everywhere

With its cosmopolitan mix of Jews, Ukrainians, Russians, Romanians, and more rare ethnicities, and visiting sailors from around the word, Odessa's food is a strange mix of influences, which we'll be happy to help you explore on a tour. If you'd rather explore the city on your own, be sure to check out the Privoz food market, and stroll down Derybasivska Street.

The Akkerman Fortress Private Tour and Local Wine Tasting

Here's one of our favorite day trips outside of Odessa. You'll get to see an ancient fortress, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a fantastic vineyard! An expert local guide will tell you exciting stories about the region as you take in the Black Sea coastline and the countryside, as well as the town of Belgorod-Dnestrovksy and the ”White Fortress,” one of the largest fortresses in Ukraine. The tour continues with a visit to the Shabo winery and Ukraine's center of wine culture. You'll explore cellars built two centuries ago, once visited by the famous Russian poet Alexander Pushkin and King Carol ll of Romania. Of course there will be time to sample some of the vintages.

Transnistria Private Day Trip

Transnistria might just be the strangest non-country you'll ever visit. A self-declared republic on the territory of Moldova, this former Soviet territory just can't let go of the past. If you'd like to come to a better understanding of this unique region while seeing some of its most important architecture, we recommend this nine-hour tour with an expert local guide and driver.