Must-see hotels in Kyiv

  • Dream House Hostel

    Kyiv

    Kyiv's most happening hostel is this gleaming 100-bed affair superbly located at the bottom of Andriyivsky uzviz. An attached cafe-bar, a basement kitchen…

  • Kyiv's Hotel Ukraine, a Stalin-era giant

    Hotel Ukraine

    Kyiv

    This Stalin-era giant presiding over maydan Nezalezhnosti offers solid value smack dab in the centre of town. Short on comforts, big on atmosphere, its…

  • Golden Gate Inn

    Kyiv

    Golden Gate is a functional, anti-Soviet hotel with decent-sized rooms just a short walk from the centre of the old town. The clean rooms have microwaves…

  • Sunflower B&B Hotel

    Kyiv

    Just off maidan Nezalezhnosti but well hidden from noisy traffic and crowds, this B&B (and definitely not hotel) seems to have been designed by a super…

  • Kyiv Art Hostel

    Kyiv

    Owner Valentin, an artist, has created a masterpiece in his Podil apartment. It consists of a single dorm room with six double-wide beds, and two small…

  • Veselka Hostel

    Kyiv

    Locations don't much better than around the corner from Zoloti Vorota in the very centre of the city. Throw in sharp dorm rooms, bright doubles, fair…

  • The entrance to 11 Mirrors luxury hotel in Kyiv

    11 Mirrors

    Kyiv

    If you want to admire the cupola of St Volodymyr's Cathedral from your bathtub through a one-way transparent wall or perhaps share a sumptous buffet…

  • The Hyatt Regency hotel in Kyiv

    Hyatt Regency Kyiv

    Kyiv

    Other Ukrainian hotels can only dream of having the Hyatt's view of duelling 11th-century churches. Inside, everything is just as perfect, from the…

  • The entrance to Ibis Hotel in Kyiv

    Ibis

    Kyiv

    Yes, it is a predictable chain hotel, but it is sparkling clean and about the best value you can get for under €80 a night – and the most comfortable bed,…

  • Service Centre

    Kyiv

    These resting rooms in the southeast corner of the train station make a great choice if you are arriving late or departing early by train. The comfortable…

  • Hotel Adria

    Kyiv

    This Polish outfit occupies several floors of the lower-quality Hotel Tourist on the left (east) bank of the Dnipro near Livoberezhna metro station. This…

  • Oselya

    Kyiv

    Inconveniently located around 5km south of the city centre, roughly between Zhulyany Airport and the Central bus station, this friendly seven-room family…

  • Mackintosh Hotel

    Kyiv

    If the big Soviet hotels aren't for you and the boutique hotels too pricey, this new 26-room property in Podil is an excellent middle-ground choice. Rooms…

  • Vozdvyzhensky Hotel

    Kyiv

    Tucked away in a nook just off Andriyivsky uzviz, the Vozdvyzhensky is one of Kyiv's few true boutique hotels. The 29 rooms are all individually designed…

  • Bratislava Hotel

    Kyiv

    In an old-school Soviet high rise on the left bank, Bratislava caters to business travellers, offering plenty of services and smartly renovated rooms…

  • Sherborne Guest House

    Kyiv

    An apartment-hotel in Pechersk, this is very salubrious both inside and out, with 12 spacious apartments where you can cook for yourself and go about your…

  • City Park Hotel

    Kyiv

    Each room here is sleek and modern with attractive orange panelling, slate-grey paint, large plasma TVs, clean carpets and smooth lines. Bathrooms are…

  • Hotel Greguar

    Kyiv

    What makes this hotel different is a kitchenette in each of the large comfortable rooms. It's not like Kyiv has any shortage of good inexpensive food, but…

  • Teren Plus

    Kyiv

    Tried and true, with well-located apartments for good prices. Has English-speaking representatives and accepts credit cards.

  • The Kozatskiy Hotel on maydan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv

    Kozatskiy Hotel

    Kyiv

    If location were all that mattered, the Kozatskiy would be Kyiv's top hotel. It's smack dab on maydan Nezalezhnosti. The once-musty rooms have come a long…

  • The entrance to The Soviet-style Hotel Express in Kyiv

    Hotel Express

    Kyiv

    The Soviet-style Express has a mix of renovated and unrefurbished rooms. The cheapest have tiny beds and lack showers, but at least have air-conditioning…

  • The giant Dnipro Hotel on Khreshchatyk boulevard in Kyiv

    Dnipro Hotel

    Kyiv

    The giant Dnipro basically anchors the northeast end of vul Khreshchatyk, so as a location play it's hard to beat. Add in decently renovated Soviet rooms…

  • Central Station Hostel

    Kyiv

    This popular hostel is a good choice if you're looking to meet other travellers and perhaps have a pub crawl, often led by the Brazilian owner. It…

  • Ros

    Kyiv

    You’re in for the Soviet experience here, not the creature comforts. The barely renovated rooms are stuck in the ‘70s, but at these prices you can’t…

  • Gintama Hotel

    Kyiv

    This friendly family-run hotel has smallish rooms individually decorated in a formal, traditional style if you're into that sort of thing. Think opulent…

  • Podolski Hostel

    Kyiv

    This simple but clean hostel in residential neighbourhood in north Podil is good value, although you'll want to request a room facing the courtyard, as…

  • Hotel Salute

    Kyiv

    Perhaps a small step down from the best Soviet business hotels, the Salute nonetheless scores serious style points for its design. It's affectionately…

  • Bohdan Khmelnitsky Boatel

    Kyiv

    The grand dame of the Dnipro River fleet, this paddle boat built in Budapest in 1954 is now based in Podil and offers budget accommodation when it's not…

  • Hotel Rus

    Kyiv

    Perched above Olympic Stadium, it is a mammoth, 450-room, Soviet-era highrise transformed into a professionally run establishment. It's a bit of an uphill…

  • Stary Kaniv

    Kyiv

    The best hotel in the centre of town is in a classic salmon-toned tsar-era building. It's a remarkable value, especially the suites, which have air-con,…

  • Hotel Bontiak

    Kyiv

    Tucked in a quiet courtyard a five-minute walk from maidan Nezalezhnosti, this cosy boutique hotel is built into Kyiv's hilly landscape, which is why the…

  • Asteri

    Kyiv

    With breakfast served on the rooftop of a highrise building, most of which is occupied by tax collectors (oops), this new hotel is good value for money in…

  • Knyazha Hora

    Kyiv

    The fancy, 13-room Knyazhya Hora is down by the river just 1km before Tarasova Hora. It offers immaculate, European-standard facilities and a contemporary…

  • Absolut

    Kyiv

    Slightly more upscale, with reasonable, if not great, service. Has English-speaking representatives and accepts credit cards.

  • Best Kiev Apartment

    Kyiv

    Smartly renovated apartments. Has English-speaking representatives and accepts credit cards.

  • Rentguru

    Kyiv

    Rentguru have apartments that are cheaper and further away from the centre.

  • Uarent

    Kyiv

    Fair prices for centrally located apartments.

  • Hotel Lybid

    Kyiv

    Lybid hails from the same Soviet architectural incubator as many other hotels in Kyiv. Rooms have seen varying degrees of renovation, but retain cheap…

  • Black Sea

    Kyiv

    A bit of a last resort if you need to be in Pechersk, where accommodation pickings are slim. It occupies the ground floor of an otherwise abandoned high…

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