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"Dobropark": how to get there from Kyiv
Park near Kiev "Dobropark": entertainment and locations
What to see in the park "Dobropark"
Interesting facts from the history of the park
One of the best places for a family vacation or a romantic picnic in nature near Kiev is rightfully considered the youngest landscape arboretum of Ukraine - "Dobropark", located in the village of Motyzhyn, Makarovsky district.
This is a real tourist pearl, where in just 30-40 minutes of driving you can find yourself surrounded by millions of tulips, without going to Holland, immerse yourself in the atmosphere of French Provence with magnificent lavender fields.
About what "Dobropark" is, how to get to this beautiful place, what you can see and do there - you will learn from the experts of the car rental NarsCars, after reading this article.
"Dobropark": how to get from Kyiv
You can get from Kyiv to "Dobropark" in different ways:
- by bus # 771, metro station Svyatoshin - village Motyzhyn. Its schedule is from 6:00 to 22:30, every 35 minutes;
- by bus #373 from the metro station Svyatoshin to the village of Kopylov, to the stop on demand "village of Motyzhyn (turn)" every day from 6:00 to 21:00, with an interval of 65 minutes;
- by car along the Zhitomir highway - this is the international route E40 (M06). You need to go to the turnoff to Motyzhyn, a little more than 30 km from the Kyiv Big Ring Road, and then, turning left, another 1 km to the parking lot located immediately behind the Bucha River.
If you came to Kyiv for tourism purposes, especially in the summer season or for the New Year holidays, and want to visit "Dobropark", the best way to get there quickly and comfortably is to rent a car. A rented car:
- will save a lot of time;
- will provide freedom of movement without being tied to bus schedules;
- will save you from the inconvenience of riding public transport with large bags;
- will give you the opportunity to take everything you need on the road, and you may need a lot of things, especially if you plan to relax in nature with the whole family for several days;
- will allow you to combine this trip with a visit to other interesting places located along the Zhitomir highway: the ethnographic complex "Ukrainian Village" in Buzova or the family ecopark Yasnogorodka.
Park near Kiev "Dobropark": entertainment and locations
Any time of the year in "Dobropark" is wonderful in its own way. Both adults and children can easily find something to do here. The following are offered as entertainment for visitors:
- walking and cycling, and from the beginning of the 2025 season, not only bicycles but also electric bikes will be available for rent. And visitors to Dobropark will be able to choose the best and fastest way to get to the farthest corners to see all the beautiful locations, because the park occupies an area of more than 300 hectares;
- swimming in a large (26x6 meters) pool and in a lake with a sandy beach equipped with sun loungers, sun shelters, changing rooms, a pier and sports grounds. The pool also has a shallow area (only 0.5 meters deep) for children;
- active games on the beach of the Kupalnoye Lake: water football and volleyball;
- riding on the French carousel and Ferris wheel, and for kids - the opportunity to play on a magnificent playground or do creative work, for which there is a special area;
- various types of activities for teenagers and adults: rafting, tubing slide, trolley, giving a feeling of lightness and flight, trampolines and swings;
- photo sessions against the backdrop of beautiful locations, for which 20 photo zones with beautiful art objects have been set up here;
- excursions on an electric car, during which you will learn a lot of interesting things about the different flowers, herbs, shrubs and trees planted in Dobropark, as well as how to get to them if you want to take a photo against the backdrop of the places you like.
In addition to the DobroPool swimming pool, beach, attractions and special zones for active entertainment, the dendrological park in Motyzhyn has the following locations:
- picnic lawn;
- tent with furniture for events and special occasions;
- glamping with a mini-kitchen and well-appointed tent houses. Each of them has its own covered terrace and barbecue area with barbecue;
- food courts Wow Waffle, "Pizzeria" and "Coffee or cocoa" with a wide range of delicious food and drinks;
- modular houses with a bathroom, boiler and shower, for which there is a barbecue area with a gazebo by the lake;
- restaurant "Lastochka" and mini-hotel;
- shops: farm products, plants and fertilizers.
During the New Year holidays, the Dobropark territory hosts an illumination festival, a gift and souvenir fair, food courts, attractions and art objects for photo sessions, and warm areas where you can relax and warm up.
What to see in Dobropark
To make your visit to Dobropark as successful as possible, it is not enough to know how to get to this picturesque place with convenience and comfort, what to do here and whether there is a place to stay overnight if you suddenly decide to stay for a weekend or a few days. It is also important to have an idea of what you can see at this time and when it is best to come.
A huge variety of plants blooming in different months are planted on the territory of the park. All the flowers, herbs and shrubs here are compactly located in specially designated areas, so if you come during their flowering period, you can enjoy the beauty of:
- tulips of various varieties (there are about 100 of them) and flowers - they form a charming, colorful field of 1.2 m wide alleys that stretches for 8.5 km. The tulip season lasts from the tenth of April to the beginning of May;
- lavender - its bushes are collected in four different locations of the park and form a large beautiful purple field of a bizarre shape. The aroma of these flowers gives a feeling of real French romance, and lavender blooms from mid-June to the end of July;
- petunias - spectacular flowers that delight the eye with their rich colors. Planted in vases of various shapes, which are installed on forged metal structures in the form of hearts or trees, they form a separate location - the Petunia Garden. And you can enjoy their flowering for six months – from spring to autumn;
- hydrangeas – the bushes of this flowering plant bloom with white, soft pink and purple inflorescences from the first days of August until the middle, and in good weather – until the end of September;
- other seasonal flowers: tree peonies, blooming for 2-3 weeks, starting from the end of spring, roses (blooming time May-June) or liatris (June-August);
In "Dobropark" there are also areas planted with shrubs and 1400 trees – from oak and conifers to exotic sakura, which blooms from the end of March to the beginning of April, as well as magnolias (blooming period April-beginning of May).
Interesting facts from the history of the park
In conclusion of the review of "Dobropark", we will give several interesting facts related to its history:
- the landscape park in Motyzhyn was opened in 2020, and its founders are the spouses Igor and Elena Dobrutsky;
- plant seedlings are brought from the gardens of England, Belgium, Holland and other countries;
- in 2023, "Dobropark" was recognized as the best New Year's town of the year.
Now you know almost everything about "Dobropark": how to get to this incredible place with positive energy, what to see and what to do. And a rental car from NarsCars will make your trip as enjoyable as possible.
