Stay (2012)
As someone who lives in Kyiv, it is unusual to stay in hotels. But as in all major cities there is a wide range of accommodation and websites can help you decide where's best to stay.
Cost range: Good, clean purpose-built hotels can start at as little as €25 a night. Family hotels can cost about €40 a night and five stars €100 upwards.
When choosing your hotel perhaps think about what you want and where you want to be. If your focus is just on the song contest, and if the accommodation itself is not that important. Then you could stay close to the exhibition centre. Opposite the exhibition centre there is the Hotel Turist or Adria Hotel, which is a former Soviet high-rise.
Similarly on that side of the River is Hotel Slavutych, another 1970s structure. And finally one metro stop away is the Bakkara Art Hotel. This hotel floats on the River Dnipro. There may be more hotels in the vicinity.
All of these hotels are on the left bank, which is a super modern and functional dormitary area for Kyiv.
Accommodation in Kyiv
As someone who lives in Kyiv, it is unusual to stay in hotels. But as in all major cities there is a wide range of accommodation and websites can help you decide where's best to stay.
Cost range: Good, clean purpose-built hotels can start at as little as €25 a night. Family hotels can cost about €40 a night and five stars €100 upwards.
When choosing your hotel perhaps think about what you want and where you want to be. If your focus is just on the song contest, and if the accommodation itself is not that important. Then you could stay close to the exhibition centre. Opposite the exhibition centre there is the Hotel Turist or Adria Hotel, which is a former Soviet high-rise.
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| Hotel Adria |
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| Bakkara Art Hotel |
If you want to soak up the historical town and live somewhere in order to get in touch with your inner Ukrainian, then you need to look at the right bank. Khreshchatik, Teatralna, Zolotoi Vorota, Arsenalna and Ploscha Lva Tolstova metro stations would all give you access to the red metro line that would take you directly to the venue along with a central location.
But in reality you could get to this venue in 30 minutes via the metro from almost anywhere in the city.
There are a wide range of good options further out. Several hotels are boutique hotels. One is by the Opera, another is in the arty district of Vozdvizhenska.
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| View from the Raddison Blu in Podil. |
There are all of the major hotel chains if staying somewhere familiar is your thing.
Equally Ukraine's crisis economy means there are many spare business lets available in very central locations. These will probably also be available via B&B and rental websites. Monthly rentals for international businesspeople is around €600 for a one-bedroom flat.
TIP: Ukrainian interior decor taste can be ultra modern, it can also be quite chintzy. If this is likely to cause you some concern, check the room photos before you book.
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| Hotel Kyiv |
If you know Kyiv well where would you recommend?
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