Neighbourhood guide
Pechersk: the Lavra and the hills
The Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, the Mystetskyi Arsenal, the Holodomor museum and the botanical garden above the river.
Pechersk stretches south along the hills above the Dnipro: the Mystetskyi Arsenal, the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and its caves, the National Museum of the Holodomor, the Mariinskyi Park and, further south, the national botanical garden.
Sights
The Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, the Mystetskyi Arsenal, the National Museum of the Holodomor, Mariinskyi Park and the Hryshko Botanical Garden.
Eating and drinking
Bring water and a snack; there is little near the Lavra.
Staying
Stay in the Upper Town or on the boulevards and come by metro.
Give the Lavra the morning and the garden the afternoon.
Our advice: dress for the churches: shoulders and knees covered, and a headscarf for women.
Why it's on our list
- Sights
- Eating and drinking
- Staying
What’s nearby
Distances from Pechersk: the Lavra and the hills 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
- PecherskaMetro650 m8 min walk
Key sights
- Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra1.0 kmWalk 13 minCycle 5 minCar or taxi 11 min
- National Opera2.8 kmWalk 35 minCycle 14 minCar or taxi 16 min
- The Golden Gate2.9 kmWalk 36 minCycle 14 minCar or taxi 17 min
- St Michael’s3.0 kmWalk 38 minCycle 15 minCar or taxi 17 min
- St Sophia’s Cathedral3.1 kmWalk 39 minCycle 16 minCar or taxi 17 min
The station and the squares
- Maidan Nezalezhnosti2.5 kmWalk 31 minCycle 12 minCar or taxi 15 min
- Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi station4.1 kmCycle 20 minCar or taxi 20 min
Location
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