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St Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery
The blue and gold domes
The blue walls and golden domes facing St Sophia’s across two squares.
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- Mykhailivska Square
- Address
- Upper Town, Kyiv
- Nearest metro
- Poshtova Ploshcha
350 m · 5 min walk
More distances
About St Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery
St Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery, with its sky-blue walls and golden domes, faces St Sophia’s along Volodymyrska Street, across Mykhailivska and Sofiiska squares; the funicular to Podil starts beside it.
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Hotels nearby
The closest hotels in our guide to St Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery, as the crow flies.
- InterContinental Kyiv250 m3 min walk
- Hyatt Regency Kyiv450 m5 min walk
- Fairmont Grand Hotel Kyiv550 m7 min walk
What’s nearby
Distances from St Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery are approximate, measured in a straight line (as the crow flies). Times are approximate too: walking at about 80 metres a minute, cycling at about 12 km/h and driving at typical city-traffic speeds. Traffic and routes vary.
Nearest metro stations
- Poshtova PloshchaMetro350 m5 min walk
- Independence SquareMetro650 m8 min walk
- KhreschatykMetro950 m12 min walk
Key sights
- St Sophia’s Cathedral700 mWalk 9 minCycle 3 minCar or taxi 10 min
- The Golden Gate1.0 kmWalk 13 minCycle 5 minCar or taxi 11 min
- National Opera1.3 kmWalk 16 minCycle 6 minCar or taxi 12 min
- Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra3.5 kmWalk 44 minCycle 17 minCar or taxi 18 min
The station and the squares
- Maidan Nezalezhnosti600 mWalk 8 minCycle 3 minCar or taxi 10 min
- Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi station3.0 kmWalk 38 minCycle 15 minCar or taxi 17 min
Location
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