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The Golden Gate to St Michael’s
The old town
Volodymyrska Street from the Golden Gate past St Sophia’s to St Michael’s.
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Image courtesy of © George Chernilevsky · Public domain via Wikimedia CommonsOur take
- An hour
- Address
- Upper Town, Kyiv
- Nearest metro
- Zoloti Vorota
50 m · 1 min walk
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About The Golden Gate to St Michael’s
Start at the Golden Gate, walk Volodymyrska Street to St Sophia’s and Sofiiska Square, then across to St Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery: the old town in an hour.
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What’s nearby
Distances from The Golden Gate to St Michael’s 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
- Zoloti VorotaMetro50 m1 min walk
- TeatralnaMetro500 m7 min walk
- KhreschatykMetro700 m9 min walk
Key sights
- National Opera250 mWalk 3 minCycle 1 minCar or taxi 9 min
- St Sophia’s Cathedral450 mWalk 6 minCycle 2 minCar or taxi 9 min
- St Michael’s1.0 kmWalk 13 minCycle 5 minCar or taxi 11 min
- Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra3.6 kmWalk 45 minCycle 18 minCar or taxi 19 min
The station and the squares
- Maidan Nezalezhnosti750 mWalk 10 minCycle 4 minCar or taxi 10 min
- Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi station2.0 kmWalk 25 minCycle 10 minCar or taxi 14 min
Location
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Read next
HotelsInterContinental KyivFive-star rooms between St Sophia’s and St Michael’s, with a rooftop lounge bar.
SightsSt Sophia’s CathedralThe eleventh-century cathedral at the heart of the old town, with its mosaics and frescoes.
SightsSt Michael’s Golden-Domed MonasteryThe blue walls and golden domes facing St Sophia’s across two squares.