Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi (Ukrainian: Переяслав-Хмельницький, translit. Pereyaslav-Khmel′nyts′kyi; also referred to as Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyy) is a town located where Alta River flows into Trubizh River in the Kiev Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi Raion (district), the town itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. Resting some 95 km south of the nation's capital, Kiev, Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi can sometimes be confused with the Khmelnytskyi, a city on the Southern Buh River, also in Ukraine. With its current estimated population around 30,000 Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi is often described as a living museum.
The whole town was proclaimed a historical sanctuary. The largest tourist attractions are:
The museum of folk architecture, presenting the architecture and traditions of Ukrainians from ancient times up to the 19th century, including a notable collection of wind mills from the 17–19th centuries. Excavated ruins of buildings from the 10–11th centuries. St. Michael's church (1646-66) and Ascension monastery (with cathedral built in 1695-1700).
Among its well-known museums are: Museum of Bread, Museum of Land Transportation, Museum of Ukrainian Decorative Towels, Museum of Sholem Aleichem (Solomon Rabinowitz, a nineteenth-century Yiddish humorist), Museum of Space Exploration, Museum of Postal Services, Museum of Beekeeping, Museum of Applied and Decorative Arts, Museum of Ukrainian Traditional Rituals, Museum of Archeology, Museum of the Cossack Glory, Museum of Trypillya Culture, Museum of Ukrainian Traditional Dress, etc.
1st day
08:30 – Meeting with a guide. Departure to Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi. There are 26 museums and more than 100 thousand rare artifacts of the Stone Age Period in this small town.
10:30 – 13:00 – Excursion to the museum of architecture. On the territory of museum one can also find: the museum of bread, the museum of beekeeping, the museum of space, the museum of Benardos, the museum of folk land transportation means, the museum of forest farm.
Leaving for the city.
13:00 – 14:00 – free time.
14:00 – 15:00 – Excursion to the T.G. Shevchenko museum, archaeological museum, diorama museum, museum of Trypil culture, memorial museum of academician Zabolotny.
15:30 – Departure to Kyiv.
Tariffs in USD per PAX
Group
15+1
25+1
45+2
34
26
22
Price includes: transportation Kiev - Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi – Kiev, excursion service, services of guide, entrance tickets to museums, medical insurance.
