Kyiv
Ukraine · 179 m
Description
Kyiv (Kyjiw) is the Ukrainian capital and the oldest of the East Slavic cities, spread over green hills on the right bank of the Dnipro with a thousand years of gold domes above it. Saint Sophia's Cathedral holds mosaics and frescoes from the eleven hundreds under a baroque shell, and the Pechersk Lavra runs a network of catacombs where mummified monks are still visible in their niches. Since 2022 the city has lived under air raid alerts and long-range strikes, and Maidan Nezalezhnosti carries the flags of the war dead, but the restaurants, the metro and the theatres run.
Length of stay
Recommended length of stay: 3 to 6 days (optimal 4 days)
Travel season
Best time to visit: May – September
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Highlights
- Kyiv Pechersk Lavra and its catacombs (UNESCO World Heritage)
- Saint Sophia's Cathedral and its mosaics (UNESCO World Heritage)
- Maidan Nezalezhnosti and the memorial flags
- Andriyivskyy Descent and Saint Andrew's Church
- Motherland Monument and the war museum below it
- Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery
- Destroyed Russian armour on Mykhailivska Square
- Khreshchatyk boulevard and its weekend pedestrian zone (every Saturday)
- Golden Gate of Kyiv
- Mariinskyi Palace and its park
- Kyiv metro and the deepest station in the world at Arsenalna
- Besarabsky covered market
- Podil district bars and its coffee houses
- House with Chimaeras
- National Opera of Ukraine
- Pyrohiv open-air museum of village architecture
- Babyn Yar memorial
- Hydropark beaches on the Dnipro (June - August)
- Borshch and varenyky in the city's Ukrainian kitchens
- Bucha and Irpin war memorials(Day trip)
Getting there
- Airports:
- KBP, IEV
- Train stations:
- Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi