Neighbourhood guide
The boulevards: the Opera, the university and St Volodymyr’s
Taras Shevchenko Boulevard, the Opera House, the Khanenko Museum, St Volodymyr’s and the university garden.
Photo Credit
Image courtesy of © Posterrr · CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia CommonsWest of Khreshchatyk, the wide, tree-lined Taras Shevchenko Boulevard runs past St Volodymyr’s Cathedral and the university, with the Fomin Botanical Garden behind it. The National Opera is on Volodymyrska Street, the Khanenko Museum on Tereshchenkivska Street.
Sights
The National Opera, the Khanenko Museum, St Volodymyr’s Cathedral, the Fomin Botanical Garden and the Lesya Ukrainka and Operetta theatres.
Eating and drinking
Musafir on Saksahanskoho Street, and 100 Rokiv Tomu Vpered in the Fomin garden.
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Image courtesy of © Peter Collins · CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia CommonsStaying
The Opera Hotel and the Hilton.
An evening at the Opera, then dinner nearby before the curfew.
Our advice: book an Opera matinee and walk the boulevard afterwards.
Why it's on our list
- Sights
- Eating and drinking
- Staying
Location
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