The Kiev funicular

In Kiev it is possible to find also a short funicular line which connect the area of the Saint Michael Cathedral (Михайлівський золотоверхий монастир, Mykhaylivs’kyi zolotoverkhyi monastyr) with the area of the metro station “Poshtova plosha, Поштова плоша”.

Model of the Kiev funicular

You can get there also by foot, but if you don’t want to walk or you just want to try something different then you can take the metro until “Poshtova plosha” and then you will see right in front of you the entrance of the funicular station.

Funicular station KievEntrance of the station near the metro “Poshtova plosha”

Inside the funicular station

Once inside you can buy a token at the cashier (Kassa, Касса). (1 token = 1 ride)

Funicolar token, KievOne token costs 1,50 Hryvnia.

Then pass the turnstile and go to the train.

The raid is very short and last just few minutes. Try to sit at the beginning (or at the end) of the train in order to take advance of the beautiful view on the Dnipro river.

Kiev funicolar in Winter

A train in the station, Kiev funicularOne of the two trains waiting for passengers in the station at the top of the funicular

Kiev funicular stationEntrance of the station near the Saint Michail Cathedral

Once arrived at destination you will be just at few steps from the Cathedral
Just outside the Kiev funicular (Michael Cathedral)What you see just coming out of the station.

Note

At the funicular line work in the same time two trains so, you have very few to wait between a train and the other one.

The two trains of the Kiev funicolar

Rent a flat in Ukraine

List of web sites where it is possible to rent a flat.

Web sites which offer flats in different cities
(Kiev, Donetks, Lviv, Lugansk, Sevastopol, Simferopol etc..)

http://apartmentscrimea.com (Yalta, Sevastopol, Evpatorya, Alupka, Alushta, Gaspra, Livadia, Koreiz, Kerch)
from 20 usd

http://come2ukraine.com (Kharkiv, Kiev, Lviv, Odessa,  Sevastopol, Simferopol, Yalta)
from 27 usd

http://www.kievrent.net
from 16 usd

http://www.odessaapts.com (Odessa, Nikolaev)
from 44 usd

http://www.odessarental.com (Odesa, Kyiv, Kharkiv)
from 40 usd

http://www.sevastopolapartments.com (Sevastopol, Alushta, Yalta)
from 35 usd

http://www.travel2sevastopol.com
from 40 usd

http://www.ukraine-accommodation.com
from 40 usd

http://ukraineapartments.com
from 20 usd

http://www.ukraine-apartment.com (Kharkiv, Odessa)
from 25 usd

http://www.ukrainefare.com
from 40 usd

http://www.uaapartments.com (Kyiv, Odessa, Lvov, Kharkiv, Vinnitsa)
from 29 usd

Sites which offer apartments in specific cities

Kyiv, Kiev

http://www.accommodation.kiev.ua
from 300 hrn 60 usd

http://www.alserent.kiev.ua
from 60 euro

http://apartments.com.ua
from 55 usd

http://www.bestkievapartment.com
from 70 usd

http://bestkievrent.com
from 40 usd

http://www.citybaseapartments.com
from 54 euro

http://www.flatlux.net
from 47 euro

http://izbushka.kiev.ua/?lang=en Kyiv
from 53 usd

http://www.kievaccommodation.com

from 71 usd

http://www.kievaccommodation.net
from 50 usd

http://www.kievapts.com
from 77 usd

http://kievapartmentsrent.net
from 70 usd

http://www.kiar.biz
from 75 usd

http://www.kiev-tour.kiev.ua
from 70 usd

http://www.rentkiev.net
from 80 usd

http://www.rentapartments.com.ua
from 60 usd (no pre payment)

http://www.senator-apartments.kiev.ua

from 145 usd

http://www.uarent.com
from 55 euro

http://www.ukr-apartments.kiev.ua
from 36 euro

Odesa, Odessa

http://fromukraine2u.com
from 40

http://www.gotoodessa.com
from 40 usd

http://www.odessapartments.com
from 60 usd

http://odessaapartmentsrent.com
from 55 usd

http://www.odessabestapartments.com
from 50 usd

http://www.odessaexecutivesuites.com
from 80 usd

http://www.odessarentaflat.com
from 55 usd

Dnipropetrovsk, Dnepropetrovsk

http://www.apartmentsrent.com.ua
from 55 usd

http://www.dnepropetrovsk-apartment.com
from 45 usd

http://www.mystay.org
from 40 usd

http://rentaflat.dp.ua
from 40 euro

Lviv, Lvov

http://www.inlviv.info
from 50 usd

http://www.lviv-rent.com
from 45 usd

http://www.rent-lviv.com
from 350 uah about 70 usd

http://www.rent.lviv.ua
from 150 uah

Mykolayiv, Nikolaiev

http://www.gotonikolaev.com
from 35 usd

http://nikolaevapartmentsrent.com
from 45 usd

http://www.nikolaevapartments.net
from 39 usd

Donetsk

http://www.intours.donetsk.ua
60 usd

Kharkiv, Kahrkov

http://www.kharkov-apartment.com
from 40 usd

Kherson

http://www.khersonrent.com
from 45 usd

Poltava

http://welcome-to-poltava.com.ua
from 20 usd

Prices can vary from month to month. (low and high season)

All sites are in English.

There are many other sites on the net where it is possible to book a flat, if you want to add some new site you can post it as comment, we will check it and after if it is fine we will add it to the list.

Ukrainian metro: Kiev

The Kyiv metro is the largest metro system in Ukraine (the other two are in Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk).

It is the easiest way to get around the city. Just buy the ticket (token) and you can get almost every way. There are plans for to open new lines in future as for now it looks like in this way:

Lines

1…. Sviatoshyns’ko – Brovars’ka (18 stations)
2…. Kurenivs’ko – Chervonoarmiis’ka liniia (12 stations)
3…. Syretsko – Pechers’ka liniia (17 Stations + 1 closed)

Interchanges

Teatral’naZoloti vorota
KhreschatykMaidan nezalezhnosti
Ploscha L’va TolstohoPalats sportu

Metro map

Kiev metro map

NEW! Tickets:

The price has changed one ticket doesn’t cost anymore 50 Kopecks but 1,75 Hryvnia.Tickets have the shape of plastic tokens used for turnstiles.

Attention!

The tickets which have been issued before the price changing can’t be used anymore!

Tokens, Kiev metro

Tokens, Kiev metro

You can buy them from the cashiers at the entrance of every station.

Kiev metro, cashers

In many stations you can also find some automatic exchange machine which accept Hryvnia banknotes.

Tokens machine, Kiev metro

Further information

Kiev metro official site:
http://www.metro.kiev.ua/

Kiev metro on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiev_Metro