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Meet your guide

Hello! My name is Alina. I am 29. y.o. I’m a Kyiv guide, blogger and photographer, creator of Awesome Kyiv Tours and ambassador of Kyiv balconies.

I am constantly exploring my city: its history & modern life, its contrasts, alternative spots, Kyiv hidden gems, cafes, bars, architecture, urban decay, backyards, its awesome and awful sides, and, most importantly, showing it to others.

Awesome Kyiv Tours is a creation of a person who cannot imagine her life without this city and making others explore it together with me.

Love traveling and meeting people from all over the world, but my heart beats faster every time I hear: “Cabin crew, prepare for landing”. I am landing in the best city on Earth, Kyiv. I am where I am supposed to be.

My tours

Excursion-adventure
Kyiv Backyards Tour
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From 4500 ₴
3 hours
Say "cheese"
Kyiv Photo Tour
From 5000 ₴
Flexible hours
Terrible beauty
Awful Kyiv Tour
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From 4500 ₴
3,5 hours
For the most tireless
Full Day Tour
From 8000 ₴
7 hours
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Next station “Arsenalna”
Kyiv Metro Tour
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From 4500 ₴
3 hours
As awesome as you are
Awesome Kyiv Tour
From 5500 ₴
4,5 hours
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Reviews

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William
USA
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Alinka was an awesome guide and was super flexible as plans had to shift. She showed me how Kyiv is a fascinating city where you’ll see decaying buildings that are modernized on the inside, modernized buildings that are decaying on the inside, types of architecture that look like mashups of twelve different styles, and so much history. This is an especially good first day tour as you explore a lot of stuff that would be fun to revisit later but it’s also good after a few days to discover new things.
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Ellen
Australia
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Alina is a gem and the “Awful Kyiv” tour was absolutely fabulous. Alina is generous with her time and knowledge, passionate about her city and country, full of knowledge and ideas for urban regeneration, and a lovely person to be around. She made my trip to Kyiv and I will be sending others to Kyiv and her tours every chance I get!
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Ravindra
India
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Alina’s “Awful Kyiv tour” really stands out of the crowd. That made me to book the experience first. Full of irony, her stories gave me a completely different view on Kiev. First of all, it was fun and entertaining, secondly, it felt like an adventure, like we just met for a friendly walk to explore the city. All the awful places we saw are put in contrast with the sparkling ones, so it really provokes many thoughts: which of them are really ugly places, and which are beautiful ones. I saw an amazing view of Kyiv, river, bridges, abandoned plants and factories, the strange sculptures and towers. Locals were sometimes also looking at us with curiosity, that’s how I understood that it’s really a local place where they almost never see tourists. We took a tram through the industrial part of the city, Alina shared many stories about future projects that are happening here, and its past.in the end, Alina showed me cool cozy bars. She also shared me the places where I have to hang out to make my trip even more exciting. Thank you Alinka!
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Sam
USA
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This is worth it , and I am an over-travelled travel snob.
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Samantha
USA
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So. Much. Fun. At times I was honestly laughing out loud from some of the things Alinka was showing us. We were seriously off the beaten path. As one of the other guests on the tour put it, Kyiv is kind of "un-Googleable," which is where experts like Alinka come in! And you couldn't ask for a sweeter, smarter or funnier tour guide. She is so passionate about Ukraine's culture and history and current events. I came away from the tour feeling like I was finally starting to understand Kyiv. This is a tour you *cannot* do yourself and don't want to miss!!
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Jonathan
England
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I was taken on a Kyiv backyards tour with Alina, I've been to Kyiv quite a few times but it was such an eye opener to see how amazing places I'd missed out of not known about. Alina took me through the backyards and showed me some fascinating old buildings and what I loved the most was her knowledge and passion about each building, who lived there, the history of it and how it significant it was! Also parts of the tour was interactive (music segment) which was super funny and kept you involved all the way through, Alina is a wonderful guide, never rushes and really cares about your experience and truly shows how much she loves Kyiv! Would encourage anyone to book with her, also she'll show you some amazing hidden bars at the end of the tour! Highly recommend!
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