Pirohiv Tour

from €35

per person

Visit Pirohiv (Pirogovo), an open-air museum of folk architecture and Ukrainian rural life.

Many tourists want to dive into the real rural life, see the Ukrainian countryside, villages and nature.

Spend a day away from the hustle of the city and explore the narrow streets of the open-air Pirogovo Museum of Folk Architecture. Your local guide will share interesting facts about the Ukrainian village.

Pyrohiv, also known as Pirogovo, originally a village south of Kiev, is a neighborhood in the southern outskirts of the Ukrainian capital city.

The Pirogovo Open Air Museum is the largest open air museum in Europe. Covering 1.3 million square meters, it reproduces the traditional ways of living in different regions of Ukraine and is a great way to understand the way Ukrainians lived a hundred years ago.

Private Tour from Kiev to Pirohiv with a local guide

Founded in 1969, it includes examples from all of the historical ethnographical regions of the country, as well from throughout the 16th through 20th centuries. Buildings include windmills and watermills, a traditional sauna, village administration buildings, a church school, a priest’s mansion, cafes, huts and barns. Items on display include agricultural items, household articles, musical instruments, ceramics, clothing and icons.

During the summer, craftsmen work here and sell pottery, carvings and other items. The restaurants here rank amongst the best places to eat shashlyk.