Walks · Our pick in Kyiv

The Dnipro hills

Walk·City centre

Parks above the river

From Volodymyrska Hill over the footbridge to Khreshchatyi and Mariinskyi parks.

Our take

  • River views
Address
City centre, Kyiv
Nearest metro
Arsenalna
300 m · 4 min walk
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About The Dnipro hills

Walk from Volodymyrska Hill over the pedestrian bridge to Khreshchatyi Park, then along the hills to Mariinskyi Park, with the river below all the way.

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What’s nearby

Distances from The Dnipro 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

  1. ArsenalnaMetro300 m4 min walk

Key sights

  1. Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra1.7 kmWalk 21 minCycle 8 minCar or taxi 13 min
  2. St Michael’s2.0 kmWalk 24 minCycle 10 minCar or taxi 14 min
  3. The Golden Gate2.4 kmWalk 30 minCycle 12 minCar or taxi 15 min
  4. St Sophia’s Cathedral2.4 kmWalk 30 minCycle 12 minCar or taxi 15 min
  5. National Opera2.5 kmWalk 31 minCycle 12 minCar or taxi 15 min

The station and the squares

  1. Maidan Nezalezhnosti1.7 kmWalk 21 minCycle 8 minCar or taxi 13 min
  2. Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi station4.2 kmCycle 21 minCar or taxi 21 min

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