Churches and cathedrals Sophia Cathedral

ウラジーミル通り、広場と展望台を兼ねる塔と大聖堂があります。中に入って見学してもよし、外観だけでもよし、でも行く価値はあります。一本の道で繋がっている黄金ドーム修道院と聖ソフィア大聖堂、キエフで印象深い所です。

It was an interesting experience during the English tour I took in the cathedral. I found out that the acoustics was so special inside because the empty ‘voice’ clay pots were mounted inside the wall. However, it was still a bit boring in comparison with the tour we took some time ago. It was military tour from Kyiv military tours travel agency and it was so stirring I couldn’t imagine. We drove the tank and shot from kalashikov and did a lot of military activities there.

Saint Sophia Cathedral is one of the most beautiful churches in Kiev,certainly one of it's most famous landmark features and day or night looks stunning. My twin brother Stephen and I had never visited Kiev before and this was one of our must go destinations and our visit easily surpassed our expectations. My twin brother Stephen and I were in Kiev in January ,and like most countries were the main church is Orthodox they celebrate Christmas on January 7th ( old Julian calendar) so we headed to one of the Christmas markets and as a stunning backdrop to the Christmas market was Saint Sophia Cathedral. This beautiful cathedral looks amazing especially at night when illuminated, it's a large complex encompassing the cathedral, bell tower and House Of Metropolitan, beautiful illuminated and built in the Byzantine style of architecture that is so pleasing on the eye, the cathedral complex makes for some great photographic opportunities,this was Ukraine's first World Heritage Site, part of the Seven Wonders Of Ukraine and is easy to locate along Volodymyrska Vul.Well worth checking out if your in the area.

After the exciting tank driving we did yesterday we decided to choose something more relaxing the next day. (btw I totally recommend the military tour we booked from Stay in Kiev travel agency – it was breathtaking!). We took a ride to the center of the city. Noisy streets were around, but we found ourselves in the beautiful and pacified place. The Saint Sophia Cathedral is saturated with antiquity. You felt like you took a ride in the time machine…

There are many information stands about the buildings and territory of the Saint Sophia Cathedral, but the staff don’t speak English. I wanted to have a guided tour, but the language they spoke was Ukrainian only, which I didn’t understand unfortunately… There are many places in Kiev where people don’t understand English and it’s hard to be English-speaking tourist there… However, once I met people with great English skills! It was a Kyiv military tours agency; we had an awesome trip together to a shooting range.