Feofaniia ParkA former bishop’s retreat and monastic skete in southern Kyiv: a cascade of ponds, springs, the pink-and-white St Panteleimon Cathedral and the birthplace of continental Europe’s first computer.
Fomin Botanical GardenKyiv’s oldest botanical garden (1839), right behind the university’s Red Building: terraces and alleys, the spring Magnolia Garden and glasshouses with century-old palms.
Lysa Hora (Bald Mountain)A hill above the Lybid river with tales of witches and a very real history: a Kyiv Fortress stronghold, an early-20th-century execution site, army depots — and now a wild steppe park.
Taras Shevchenko Park in Kyiv: History of a Beloved ParkShevchenko Park in central Kyiv began as the University Park in 1890. Learn its story, from an emperor's visit to the famous Shevchenko monument of 1939.
Mariinskyi Park in Kyiv: History and What to SeeMariinskyi Park, laid out in 1874, is one of Kyiv's favorite places to stroll, with Mariinskyi Palace, Dnipro views from the overlook and the Park Bridge nearby.
Kyoto Park in Kyiv: The City's Longest Sakura AlleyKyoto Park in Kyiv's Left Bank is a Japanese-style garden with a stone garden, a granite pagoda and a sakura alley of 360 cherry trees that blooms each spring.
HydroparkAn island park between the Dnipro and the Rusanivska channel, laid out in the 1960s on the site of a burned-down suburb: beaches, the Venetian Bridge, the Metro Bridge and the Kachalka gym.
VDNH (Expocenter of Ukraine)A 1958 exhibition complex on the edge of Holosiiv Forest: the spired Main Pavilion, Stalinist and modernist pavilions, a large park and a busy festival calendar.
Kyiv ZooOne of Ukraine's oldest zoos: an enthusiasts' menagerie in the Botanical Garden, at Shuliavka since 1913. Home to Horace the elephant and Animal Island; its staff stayed with the animals through the war.
Babyn YarThe ravine where the Nazis shot tens of thousands of people in 1941–1943, above all the Jews of Kyiv. Today a memorial preserve with the Menorah, the Symbolic Synagogue and dozens of memorials.
Stone labyrinth “Journey into Yourself”Anyone who likes to "go inside themselves" and reflect on what matters will be glad to know that Kyiv now has a special place for it: the stone labyrinth "Journey into Yourself". It is a stone path that lets you visit every corner of your inner world and find the answer to whatever question is troubling you at the moment. Which question? That is for you to decide.
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