Walks · Our pick in Kyiv
Pechersk to the Lavra
Towards the Lavra
From the Mystetskyi Arsenal along the hill to the Lavra and the Holodomor museum.
Our take
- Half a day
- Address
- Pechersk, Kyiv
- Nearest metro
- Dnipro
750 m · 10 min walk
More distances
About Pechersk to the Lavra
From the Mystetskyi Arsenal, walk south along the hill to the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and on to the National Museum of the Holodomor.
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What’s nearby
Distances from Pechersk to the Lavra 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
- DniproMetro750 m10 min walk
Key sights
- St Michael’s3.5 kmWalk 44 minCycle 17 minCar or taxi 18 min
- National Opera3.6 kmWalk 45 minCycle 18 minCar or taxi 19 min
- The Golden Gate3.6 kmWalk 45 minCycle 18 minCar or taxi 19 min
- St Sophia’s Cathedral3.8 kmCycle 19 minCar or taxi 19 min
The station and the squares
- Maidan Nezalezhnosti3.0 kmWalk 38 minCycle 15 minCar or taxi 17 min
- Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi station5.0 kmCycle 25 minCar or taxi 23 min
Location
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SightsNational Museum of the HolodomorThe memorial museum to the victims of the famine of 1932–33, above the Dnipro.