The shelter
The shelter is in the courtyard of our own building, about a minute away. It is open during alerts.
The alternative is Zoloti Vorota metro station, about 12 minutes on foot. The Kyiv metro doubles as a shelter, and this is our nearest station.
Where the entrance is and how it opens will be shown to you at check-in. It takes a minute, and seeing it once beats reading a description.
The courtyard shelter is a shelter, not a certified bomb shelter. We describe it as it is and no further.
At night
After check-in, you receive a key and can come back at night. Quiet hours are about noise, not a ban on going out.
The owner lives here, behind the next door. There are no staff on duty around the clock, but there is a person in the building rather than a support chat.
Who can actually get in
Only checked-in guests get a key to the entrance. Nobody walks in off the street.
CCTV covers the common areas only: the entrance, the corridor and the kitchen. There are no cameras in the rooms or the bathroom.
Curfew and arriving late in the evening
Kyiv has a curfew and its hours change from time to time. Check the current hours before you travel — that is a decision of the city authorities, not a rule of ours.
Standard check-in is from 13:00 to 22:00. Arrival after 22:00 is possible by prior arrangement.
How quickly you can reach someone
You can reach a person between 08:00 and 23:00. That is a window when someone answers, not a promise to reply within a minute.
Great hostel! I have stayed at 5 hostels during my stay in Ukraine, this is much better than all the other ones. Great host too, excellent English speaker. Also very caring, I had forgotten to tell him I was out of town for a night, he reached out to make sure I was safe. I will return.
— Anna, Sweden · Booking.com
What we do not promise
- We do not guarantee your safety. Nobody in a country at war can, and anyone promising otherwise is misleading you.
- We offer no response-time guarantee. Messages are usually answered within the day.