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The Andriivskyi Descent
The cobbled street
The cobbled street that winds from St Andrew’s down to Podil.
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Image courtesy of © Maksym Kozlenko · CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsOur take
- Walk downhill
- Address
- Podil, Kyiv
- Nearest metro
- Kontraktova Ploshcha
450 m · 6 min walk
More distances
About The Andriivskyi Descent
The Andriivskyi Descent winds from St Andrew’s Church down to Kontraktova Square, past galleries, stalls and old houses: the best way into Podil on foot.
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Hotels nearby
The closest hotels in our guide to The Andriivskyi Descent, as the crow flies.
- Fairmont Grand Hotel Kyiv550 m7 min walk
- InterContinental Kyiv700 m9 min walk
- Hyatt Regency Kyiv950 m12 min walk
What’s nearby
Distances from The Andriivskyi Descent 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
- Kontraktova PloshchaMetro450 m6 min walk
- Poshtova PloshchaMetro650 m8 min walk
Key sights
- St Michael’s800 mWalk 10 minCycle 4 minCar or taxi 10 min
- St Sophia’s Cathedral1.0 kmWalk 13 minCycle 5 minCar or taxi 11 min
- The Golden Gate1.5 kmWalk 18 minCycle 7 minCar or taxi 12 min
- National Opera1.7 kmWalk 21 minCycle 9 minCar or taxi 13 min
- Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra4.2 kmCycle 21 minCar or taxi 21 min
The station and the squares
- Maidan Nezalezhnosti1.4 kmWalk 17 minCycle 7 minCar or taxi 12 min
- Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi station3.2 kmWalk 40 minCycle 16 minCar or taxi 18 min
Location
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