This guided walking tour explores the historic heart of Kyiv on the high right bank of the Dnipro, taking in the UNESCO-listed Saint Sophia Cathedral with its golden domes and eleventh-century mosaics, the reconstructed Golden Gate, and Saint Michael Golden-Domed Monastery. A local guide recounts more than a thousand years of history from Kyivan Rus to the present. The route covers the compact old town on foot over roughly two to three hours.