Women must cover their heads and put on skirts before entering the caves or churches. However you may be proposed to take church's shawls - one to cover your head, second to wrap your feet like a skirt. Or you may buy nice shawls on Lavra's territory.

Chernobyl' Museum: A fascinating and moving museum. No signage in English, but English audio guides are available for a fee - highly recommended. Metro: Kontraktova Plosca.

Khreschatik: The main drag of the city centre. It is closed to traffic on some weekends and full of entertainers and people wandering around. A big happy crowd and very conducive to peoplewatching. Metro: Majdan Nezaleznosti or Hrescatik.

Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life: 6 restored rural Ukranian villiages. English-speaking (sort of) guides with expertise on the whole site are available and well worth-it. Ukrainians come on sunny days to relax in the grass. Bus #156 from Respublikanskyi Stadion Metro station goes there for US$0.30 (pay driver).

St Sophia's Cathedral: The oldest remaining church in Kiev. Parts of Sofivskiy date from the 11th century, and is the site of the Virgin Orans mosaic. The gatehouse and other restorations were completed in the 17th century. Outside the gates, there is a statue commemorating Bogdan Hmelnitski, who liberated Kiev in the 17th century... then gave the city to the Russian Empire. Metro: Zoloti Vorota

Motherland Statue and War memorials: Kiev was pretty much destroyed during the invasion in WWII. The memorial near the motherland statue is pretty gripping. Lots of examples of classic Soviet-era memorial statuary as well as some amazing exhibits of military hardware. The Museum to the Great Patriotic War (WWII) located in the base of the statue is a must-see for visitors interested in the impact the German invasion had on the Soviet Union. Well worth the visit even if you don't speak or read any Russian (several English language tours are provided daily). It's well curated and full of artifacts (including weapons, battle maps, hundreds of original photographs, and a moving installation at the end of the exhibit symbolizing the great losses suffered). There is also a small museum of the Afghan conflict nearby. Try to enter coming from the top part of the Pecherska Lavra. This way you get submerged with old soviet music and dark statues. Metro: Pecerska, Arsenalna

Babiy Yar: a ravine which was the site of massacres of Jews, Gypsies, and other civilians by the Nazis and their puppets during World War II. Approximately 60,000 civilians were executed at this site during the war (over 34,000 Jews in the first two days alone). Now a memorial to "Soviet citizens" murdered by the Germans, the park can be reached via the metro.

Zoloti Vorota: This is 1982 reconstruction of the Golden Gates of Kiev. Metro: Zoloti Vorota

Maydan Nezalezhnosti: Independence Square, located on Khreschatyk Street. Maidan is known throughout the world as the place where supporters of Yuschenko and the Orange Revolution camped for weeks on end in October 2004. This is a central meeting place in Kiev. Metro: Maydan Nezalezhnosti or Kreschatik

Kiev TV Tower: is the tallest lattice tower in the world. It is not accessible for tourists.

One Street Museum: The collection of the One Street Museum is dedicated to the history of the Andriyivskyi uzviz (Andrew's Descent) and its famous residents. Open daily from 12 noon to 6PM (closed Mondays) Web-site of the One Street Museum.

Mariyinskiy Palace: and Mariyinsky park where Lovers' bridge  is situated.