Attractions in Kiev, Ukraine (609)
Mikhail Bulgakov Museum
7 Recommendations: 7 Favorable,
For all fans of russian litterature and for those who reject all superstitions! For those also who want to touch to the slave culture of the beginning of the XXth century Everybody will enjoy it
Reviewed by Anioutka
Updated 801 days ago
Hyatt Regency Kiev Hotel
7 Recommendations: 6 Favorable, 1 Critical
Have seen many things there... Luxurious rooms, dining places , all stuff and general view. Located in a historical center of Kiev... Is closest to all best and most wonderful things in city. Expensive though. But keep the level of a 5 stars. The prices is around from 400-500 $. Though there is inter continental just opposite same locations same nice... Around 200. And also appartment can be rent around from 100. Nice. With kitchen ( I love to cook) and any central area. For that is are many good sites....
Reviewed by Sklyar Alexandra
Updated 499 days ago
House with Chimeras
6 Recommendations: 6 Favorable,
The House with Chimeras, also known as Horodetsky House, was built in 1903. Being the most notable example of Art Nouveau in Ukraine and the Ukrainian capital's first "roofless" house, it was designed by architect Vladyslav Horodetsky, often called Kyiv's Gaudí. He lived and worked in it for ten years, between 1903 and 1913. Horodetsky bought a cheap plot on a steep slope and made a bet with architect Oleksandr Skobelyev he would build a house on it. Skobelyev exclaimed, "You are insane, my friend. Only an insane person could have such an idea!" Horodetsky, however, won the bet. He used the relatively small site rationally and bolstered the abrupt incline with fifty concrete piles. The cubic building has three floors on Bankova Street and six on the side of the Ivan Franko Theatre. Its facades are very eclectic and contain various hunting scenes depicting exotic animals, as Horodetsky was an avid hunter. Very nice and interesting place to visit. BTW, now the building has a room where ambassadors present their credentials to the President of Ukraine, a room to sign official documents, a small room for negotiations, a room for tête-à-tête talks, a pressroom, and a room for receptions.
Reviewed by Kateryna
Updated 738 days ago
Museum of Water (Water-Information Centre)
6 Recommendations: 6 Favorable,
Quit interesting place. You can get a guide there who speaks English by arranging a meeting in advance. You can see Japanese fish in there, huge lavatory and to make a picture in a huge bubble around you:) And of course to hear some useful information of how important it is not to waste water and other interesting facts
Reviewed by Iuliia
Updated 806 days ago
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev
6 Recommendations: 6 Favorable,
Very old place. Saint Sophia Cathedral (Ukrainian: Собор Святої Софії, Sobor Sviatoyi Sofiyi or Софійський собор, Sofiys’kyi sobor) in Kyiv (Kiev) is an outstanding architectural monument of Kievan Rus'. Today, it is one of the city's best known landmarks and the first Ukrainian patrimony to be inscribed on the World Heritage List. The complex of the Cathedral is the main component the National Sanctuary "Sophia of Kiev" the state institution responsible for the preservation of the Cathedral complex along with several other historic landmarks of the city. The cathedral's name comes from the 6th-century Hagia Sophia cathedral in Constantinople (meaning Holy Wisdom, and dedicated to the Holy Wisdom of God rather than a specific saint named Sophia). According to a less popular theory, its model was the 13-domed oaken Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod (ca. 989), which Yaroslav I the Wise determined to imitate in stone as a sign of gratitude to the citizens of Novgorod who had helped him secure the Kievan throne in 1019. The first foundations were laid out in 1037 (or 1011[1]), but the cathedral took two decades to complete. The structure has 5 naves, 5 apses, and (quite surprisingly for Byzantine architecture) 13 cupolas. It is surrounded by two-tier galleries from three sides. Measuring 37 to 55 m (121 to 180 ft), the exterior used to be faced with plinths. On the inside, it retains mosaics and frescos from the eleventh century, including a dilapidated representation of Yaroslav's family, and the Virgin Orans. Originally the cathedral was a burial place of the Kievan rulers including Vladimir Monomakh, Vsevolod Yaroslavich and of course the cathedral's founder Yaroslav I the Wise, although only the latter's grave survived to our days (see picture). After the pillaging of Kiev by Andrei Bogolyubsky of Vladimir-Suzdal in 1169, followed by Mongolian Tatars in 1240, the cathedral fell into disrepair. Following the 1595-96 Union of Brest, the cathedral of Saint Sophia belonged to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church until it was claimed by the Moldavian Orthodox metropolitan Peter Mogila (Mohyla) in 1633. Mogila commissioned the repair work and the upper part of the building was thoroughly rebuilt, modeled by the Italian architect Octaviano Mancini in the distinct Ukrainian Baroque style, while preserving the Byzantine interior, keeping its splendor intact. The work continued under the Cossack Hetman Ivan Mazepa, and in 1740 the Cathedral was completed to its prese
Reviewed by Aleksandra
Updated 770 days ago
Pinchuk Art center
5 Recommendations: 5 Favorable,
Pinchuk art centre is very popular place to visit. Always there is famous authors and pease of arts, and this place is FREE to visit. It is in down town and works on weekends
Reviewed by Aleksandra
Updated 809 days ago
Golden Gate
5 Recommendations: 5 Favorable,
The Golden Gates is one of the oldest monuments of the history, architecture and fortification art, existing nowadays. As it is known, Yaroslav the Wise surrounded the Upper city with powerful fortification facilities with three gates. The greatest and monumental, used as main entrance and fortification facility were the Golden Gates built at one and the same time with St. Sophia Cathedral. The height of entry part of the gates was 12 m and width – 6,9 m. Entry used to have Blagoveshcheniye Church with gilded cupola on top. Ruined by centuries and enemies the Golden Gates in 17th century was rather picturesque ruins despite the rest of Blagoveshcheniye Church were preserved on the walls. There were several attempts to restore the primary appearance of the building, but finally the project was implemented at the moment of preparation to 1500 anniversary of Kiev celebration in 1982.
Reviewed by Helen
Updated 829 days ago
Волконський кейзер кафе-кондитерська
5 Recommendations: 5 Favorable,
Good place to communicate, to drink tasty coffee, to eat smth sweet (for those who like). Nice staff, nice customers...) www.wolkonsky.com.ua
Reviewed by Irina
Updated 844 days ago
O'Panas
4 Recommendations: 4 Favorable,
Ukrainian restaurant cituated in picturesque place in Kiev center. Here you & your guests will be met with traditional Ukrainian hospitality. in O'Panas you will have a good chance to enjoy Ukrainian traditional meals & drinks in Ukrainian interior. The place is good for company's events' celebration, for business & private meetings.
Reviewed by KievGuide
Updated 836 days ago
Oliva restaurant
4 Recommendations: 4 Favorable,
It's a nice and cozy restaurant with Italian cuisine. The athmosphere and the food there are lovely. There's also a nice summer terrace where you can cool off in the evening after a hot summer day. The service is nice as well. And you should surely order a panna cotta - it's just unforgettable there:)
Reviewed by lenkinpenkin
Updated 693 days ago
