Farther Caves

Lonely Planet review

The Farther Caves were the original caves built by Antoniy and Feodosiy. Their entrance is in the Church of the Conception of St Ann (1679), from where you wend you way through a short but tight stretch of tunnels. This cave system is lined with ornamented mummified monks and contains three underground churches. Uphill from the Church of the Conception of St Ann is the seven-domed Church of the Nativity of the Virgin (1696).

Rising to the right is the unusual high-baroque Bell Tower of Farther Caves (1761).

From the Farther Caves it's a long walk back up the hill to the main entrance on vul Sichnevoho Povstannya, or you can exit (or enter) at the nearby lower entrance. There may be taxis waiting at the lower entrance, or you can walk 15 minutes north along busy Naberezhne shose to the Dnipro metro station.