Mezhyhirya Residence — Attraction in Novi Petrivtsi Rural Hromada

We enquired about private tours from Kiev and as the prices were too high , we decided to do it on our own and it turned out well: we took an Uber ride for 270uah from Kiev down town, a 45min ride. Once we arrived there, we took bikes (4hrs 400uah..a bit pricey)and toured the beautiful huge garden. It was very pleasant.Note that there is no ATM closeby and you cnt pay anything by card(!).The only toilet we encountered is hidden away on the right side after the entrance.(on the 1.5hr house tour you cnt use a toilet). No one speaks English, prepare with google translate. For the main house visit:there was a number on a paper fixed on the main door..written in ukrainian only. You needed to go behind the souvenir shop to actually pay and start the tour,but there is no one there, no timetable of the tours and all it says was call the number on the poster(i am attaching the poster below, try to call before you go to fibd out the house tour schedule..guide speaks very limited english, ask an ukrainian to call)..the thing is that tours last 1.5hrs and during that time the phone of the guide is switched off.We managed to get into a tour at 12.30 on a friday. Looking inside the house was fantastic.it costs 200uah.A symphony of kitsch, wealth and exageration.Interesting, even if we didnt understand all the explanations, but worth the visit the same. We would have liked to stay longer in the park after,but we had a flight to catch. There was one taxi there, we paid 300uah back to kiev center(any Uber was 20min away).Definitely worth a daytrip,just bring...

Yep, a corruption museum. I recommend skipping the house tour (500UAH=$18) and doing the park lands tour instead (150UAH=$6), walk around, hike around all day - gorgeous, in nice warm weather. Also I would do the car museum.

And here is the thing, to do the house tour, you still have to pay for the park lands access - $6. House is ok, no tour in English, Ukrainian only, I thought interior was tasteless, just a bunch of everything expensive, brown/yellow/gold tints thrown together. The most interesting part of the house in my opinion was the view from it, the view of the house from the outside, the birds, and some unique vases. Some were made of real snake skin - super sad 😔, some were made from seashells - that was kinda cool. Most of stuff inside the house is Ukrainian made funny enough. There is a chandelier covered with gold (cost of gold coverage alone is around 200K Euros). There is also a music box that is worth $480K. No idea why. But very sad seeing all this trash/stuff and knowing this belonged to one horrible person while people were dying fighting for freedom and some basic human rights. And every day people die from hunger. This dude was a...

Amazing exploit by the ex President of Ukraine to profit and plunder from the Ukrainian people for his own material benefit. Intricate wood work through out the house, as well as marbling, and gold plating through out the house, including chandeliers, plumbing fixtures, tables, and intricate mosaics through out the house. Many places with crystal inlays, silk carpets, and even a gold dust impregnated crystal table. Planters with snake skin coverings, a 4 lane AMF bowling alley, tennis court, spa center with cryo therapy, oxygen therapy, thai massage, salt room air treatment, mud bath, aviary, theater with massage chair, weight room with boxing ring, tennis court, and personal underground tunnel connecting his house to the sport complex. All surrounded by a 6 meter high fence topped by electrified wire and guards stationed a few...