Private Tour To Chernihiv Brewery With Beer Tasting (City Tour Included)

On the way to Chernihiv, you will see the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is located in Kozelets

Arriving at Chernihiv. Bus and walking sightseeing city tour. Visiting Antoniev Caves. Chernihiv is one of the most ancient and interesting cities in Ukraine. It was a center which significant in terms of politics, economics, and culture during many centuries. The bus and walking sightseeing city tour allow you to see with your own eyes this magnificent city that is historically enriched.
 The most well-known place in Chernihiv is Val – it is a historical, cultural and spiritual center of the city, its oldest part is Old Russian Detinets. Here, at the upper plateau of the right bedrock bank of Desna river, in the place where it meets one of its tributary called Strizhn’, in the last quarter of the 7th century, was established a hill-fort, which was a beginning of the future capital of the large principality of Chernihiv.
 There are quite a few famous names of those times connected to Val – militant Svyatoslav Yaroslavovich, Vladimir II Monomakh, Oleg, named Goreslavovich by the locals, Igor Svyatoslavovich – the hero of The Tale of Igor's Campaign, Yuriy Dolgorukiy - the founder of Moscow, and so on. The territory of Val continued to be an executive and cultural center of Chernihiv. Here, at the beginning of the 19th century, was built a stone house for the governor – later on, it became a classical gymnasium for boys, and it is now a historical museum named after V.V. Tarnavski. Later, there was erected a building of a gymnasium for girls (art museum today), and near them, there was built a Gymnasium square, where the bronze bust of A.S. Pushkin was established in 1900. And, these days, at the place of a former citadel, there was established a monument of T.G. Shevchenko. It is quite pleasant, any time of the year, to walk through the shady park avenues, to admire a wonder of the preserved architecture of the ancient Val.

Visiting the Antoniev Caves. 
Antoniev Caves is a system of subterranean paths and crosswalks which are situated in the layers of the Boldin Mountains. The overall length of the paths is 350 m. The caves lay at the 12 m depth and are situated at two main levels. After all these years, there has definitely emerged a plethora of legends and tales about the monastery itself, the people and the caves. The most interesting one appears to be the legend of the gigantic underground path which seems to extend from the Antoniev Caves to the very Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.

Free time (about 45 to 60 minutes) around the city, lunch (optional, not included).

Tour and beer-tasting at Chernihiv Brewery. The second part of the tour includes visiting Chernihiv Brewery – after beer products at the Ukrainian market, which represents the oldest brewery traditions (since 1366). 
 Beer production, in brewers’ opinion, is a separate type of art that you can spend years learning. Since ancient times, brewery masters were called brovarnik and their workshops were called breweries. The history of brewery idea begins from ancient times. During the tour, you will be visiting workshops where this drink is being made and you can personally taste all kinds of beer. Attention! To be able to enter the tour, all visitors should not wear shoes with heels and stilettos; should not have accessories: necklaces, earring, rings, bracelets, watches (you can leave it all in a special isolated premise). No videotaping!!! Visitors should be above 18 years old!