The section «Parks» on our website is intended for people who are looking for places to relax and walk in Kyiv. We talk about the most beautiful and well-groomed parks in the city, their history, features and attractions. We give tips on how to spend time in the parks, talk about picnic spots, sports fields, attractions and much more. Our section will help you choose a place for a walk, depending on your preferences and mood. We offer information about popular parks such as Mariinsky Park, Goloseevsky Park and many others. You will also find information about little-known but no less interesting parks that you can visit in Kyiv. If you want to spend time in nature, visit interesting places and enjoy the fresh air, then our section «Parks» will become an indispensable assistant for you.
Trukhanov Island on the Dnieper has an area of 450 hectares and is located opposite the central part of Kyiv between the main channel of the Dnieper in the west and its branch Chertoroy in the east, includes Park Muromets. It is believed that the name of the island comes from the name of the … Read more
Askold’s grave is a tract on the right bank of the Dnieper in Kyiv, where, according to legend, the Kiev ruler Askold was buried. Now it is part of the park complex, broken in 1936 on the site of the ancient Ugric tract. Adjacent to the parks of Eternal Glory, Mariinsky, City and Kreshchaty. The … Read more
The city garden has an area of 12 hectares, is a monument of landscape art of local importance and is located between three parks: Mariinsky, Kreshchatym and Askold’s grave. Old names of the park: Tsarsky Garden, City Park, Pervomaisky Park. The city garden, since it has no clear boundaries, is often mistaken for the Mariinsky … Read more
Volodymyrska Gorka (formerly Mikhailovskaya) is an elevation above the right bank of the Dnieper, a park-monument of landscape gardening art of local importance, which was founded in the middle of the 19th century. The development and planning of the slopes began in the 1830s. In 1853, a monument to Vladimir the Great was erected on … Read more
Partisan Glory Park (popularly simply PPS) is a regional landscape park in the Darnitsky district of Kyiv. It is located between Trostyanetskaya and Slavgorodskaya streets. Part of the Nikolsky forest area was included in the boundaries of the Darnitsky district of the city in 1965 to organize the district park of culture and recreation “Partisan … Read more
The Park of Eternal Glory (former names: Anosovsky Garden, Commandant’s Garden) is located on the upper and middle terraces above the Dnieper between Lavrskaya Street and Dneprovsky Spusk. From the south it is limited by the ramparts of the old Kiev-Pechersk fortress (citadel), the lower part of the park adjoins the historical area Askold’s grave. … Read more