Things to see and do Ukraine

The park includes six different massifs, plus the Chorna and Yulivska mountains at an altitude that varies from 180 to 2,061 m above sea level. Nearly 90% of its territory is made up of virgin forests. The park office also has a very informative museum on the nature of the Carpathians (open every day from 8am to 5pm). Just behind the museum begins the path that is part of the Via Carpatica, a trail of several tens of kilometres that runs through the northern part of the Transcarpathian region to Poland.

From the height of the metro Poshtova Plosha by descending towards the south the border of the Dnieper is extremely woody. A succession of parks offers beautiful walks. At the bottom of Khreshchatyk Street, a trail leads to the park of the same name where one of the most impressive, and least aesthetic, sculptures in Kiev is found. It is the arc of friendship, erected in 1982 and dedicated to the union of Russia and Ukraine. In the middle, two statues representing two Russian and Ukrainian workers bear in their hands the symbol of friendship among peoples. At night this arc shines from different colors like a rainbow. The arc is on a panoramic terrace from which you can see the Podil, the Dnieper and the neighbourhoods on the other side of the Dnieper.

Located on a hill on the banks of the Dnieper River, this monumental park is the memorial site for the victims of the Second World War. The heart of the park is the Victory Obelisk, erected in 1957 at the foot of which is the monument to the unknown soldier.

In 2003, the monument to the Holodomor, the great famine caused by Stalin that claimed the lives of millions of Ukrainians (between 2.6 and 5 million depending on sources) between 1932-1933, was added to the ensemble. Holdomor literally means "extermination by hunger", a genocide of Russification not recognized by the UN.

The park's office has a small museum and informative videos. You will be informed about how you can visit the park and put in contact with local tour operators.

The station staff organizes two excursions per day on Kara-Dag, at 8 a. M. and 16 p. m., with a duration of 4 hours. Berries at the foot of Kara Dag are also part of the protected territory. To access the Baies Lyaguschachaia, Bolshaia Graviynaia and Malaia Graviynaia bays, a fee of 15 UAH is paid. These bays are accessible from Koktebel by continuing on the seashore towards Kara Dag. The tax is paid directly upon arrival.

For information about the courses you can contact the very competent staff of the park office who will provide you with all the necessary information about the visit and the accommodation possibilities. Here you will also find an exhibition on the culture and nature of the Carpathians.

City beach with very good infrastructure. There you can reach the funicular or tram # 5 towards Arkadia. To the south of this beach, there is a nudist beach.

This is the nearest beach in the city centre. She is named after Louis Alexandre Langeron, French Army officer who was the governor of the City from 1820 to 1815. At the end of the Mer Park, at the end of the Shevchenko Park, was once the famous Dacha of Langeron, which today only remains the arc leading to the beach. We reach the beach by walking through the Shevchenko Park.

On the edge of this artificial lake is the castle of Ian Tarnovski. Built in the th century, it has been rebuilt many times in its history. In the early th century it was transformed into a palace and nothing remained of its defensive character. Today, it is one of the busiest places in the city, especially in summer when you can rent small boats and refresh with a good beer.

This th century church is one of the best examples of the architecture of Podol'e. Its interiors are richly decorated.

In the past, the city was equipped with a system of doors to which merchants had to stop and pay taxes to access Kamyanets. The Russian door (рос i йська брама) in the Ukrainian quarter was built in the late th century.

This museum, inaugurated in 2006, was conceived as a place for the creation and promotion of Ukrainian culture. It regularly hosts and organizes exhibitions and shows, the most famous of which is the Salon du Livre de l'Arsenal. The museum is undoubtedly the country's first contemporary cultural centre.

Not far from Saint Nicholas Cathedral, the small wooden church Saint-Nicolas is the oldest in the city.

Organizes trips to the Carpathians and Crimea.

Organizes excursions in the Carpathians.

The Art Nouveau facade is a masterpiece in itself. There is a collection of bucovines rural paintings from the th century. But the visitor's eye can only be attracted by the magnificent city hotel which is certainly the most beautiful building of the square.

Copy of a Romanian church dating from the fourteenth.

Located in the Dominican monastery of the city, this museum is, historically and culturally, an indispensable stopover for believers.

Attached to the Museum of folk art and rural life, this park is a paradise. People like to go there picnic.

The most romantic park in Lviv! Located near a lake, you can admire white swans and visit the beautiful greenhouse of tropical plants. There is also a cinema and a restaurant.

The city's amusement park. Big wheel, maze, papa, pop-corn, manèges, a carnival worthy of a German carnival… All the ingredients come together to satisfy young and younger.

Situated between the bus station and the central square, this beautiful Renaissance-style synagogue (th century) deserves a stop. King Ian III Sobeski largely supported his construction. A defensive type, this synagogue is typical of the synagogues of Eastern Europe, with a large square room in square shape and a separate porch for women. The Jewish community of Zhovkva was very large and powerful. Unfortunately the synagogue was burned by Nazi soldiers in 1941. Then, in the Soviet era, she was a depository. Today it is undergoing reconstruction, but work is progressing very slowly because of lack of funding.

The 4-storey tower tower, built from 1861 to 1869, is 65 m; it is one of the highest in Ukraine. The main bell, melted in 1886, weighs 11,5 tons. We cannot see it closely: entrance to the tower tower is not open to visitors. 

The Cathédrale Cathedral (Assumption) is dominated by the Sommet Hill. At the foot of the façade of the cathedral, the offers a wide view of the village and hills of the surrounding area.

The cathedral of the Dormition is a legacy of the century of Catholic tutelage of the monastery (1720-1831). Built on the plans of the German architect Gottfried Hoffman between 1771 and 1783, in a style that holds both neo-classicism and baroque of Central Europe, has the image of its high beige façade wavy but framed of two towers with more linear shapes, the cathedral was designed by its Polish founder Count Nicolas Potocki as the largest church in the Greco-catholic world (uniate) of its time. After the return of laure to orthodox worship in 1831, the interior decorations of the Cathedral of the Dormition were redefined, in favour of a style more in keeping with the orthodox canons.

From the outset, the cathedral welcomes the icon «Sainte-Marie de Pochaiv», in its nave, on the right, behind the pilgrims. The light of candles shines the riza (dress) or oklad (cover), finely chiselled metal protection which covers and orne the revered icon and leaves only the faces and hands of the Mother of God and of Christ child. The heavy gold crown surrounding the icon and prolongs the brightness of the riza is a present of Pope Clement XIV (1769-1774), a sign of the benevolent response of Rome to Nicolas Potocki, the zealous protector of the monastery, which in 1773 asked for recognition by the Catholic Church of the miraculous virtues of the icon. The tomb of Nicolas Potocki is also in the cathedral. 

Built from 1906 to 1912 by the young architect "New Russian" Alexey Schusev (1873-1949), recognised later for his constructivism which will mark the highest places in Moscow - including the Red Square by his Lenin mausoleum - the cathedral of the Trinity, with heavy shapes, looks like a medieval church in Northern Russia.

On this great, very austere white bloc, percé tiny windows and covered with a single golden dome, only the main entrance - surmounted by Theotokos - and the closed door of the southern facade - which bears a Byzantine Christ - are strongly decorated by the paintings and symbolists mosaics, masterpieces "New Russian" by Nicholas Roerich. There are also two semi-subterranean churches of the late th century: Saint-Job and Saints-Antoine-et-Théodose.

The prestigious Lycée de Kremenets-Volyn was founded in 1805 by Tadeusz Czacki (1765-1813), on the order of the Liberal Tsar Alexander II, to replace the Jesuit College. But high school was closed in 1831 by Nicolas I, following the Polish Uprising of November 1830. The rich library is then transferred to Kiev University, as is the botanical garden, as a whole déplanté and transported to Kiev. The facade of high school is impressive: The college occupied the th century palace of the Wisniowiecki family. Today you can enter the park and visit the large Baroque church in the centre of the architectural ensemble. 

The house of the Polish romantic poet Julius Slowacki (1809-1849), born in Kremenets, who died in exile in Paris, houses a museum dedicated to his personal memories and literary works. 

The region is known for its underground galleries. Optimistichna Cave (optimist!) is one of the few in the world measuring more than 200 km. But it is reserved for real speleologists. Smaller caves, such as Mlinki, Kristalna, Ozerna or Verteba, are open to amateurs. Visits are made by groups of 6 to 20 people.

Travel in the Carpathians, bicycle excursions in the region, cultural tours in Lviv, etc.

Organizes travel to Ukraine. Thematic excursions (tours of castles, national parks, etc.).

Designed for the protection of the ecosystem, this park, founded in 1990 in the Ternopil region, covers 10 455 ha. The oaks and the birch trees grow in quantity. The presence of a very large number of hives has earned the park the name "honey forest" (medobory in Ukrainian). Medobory Park is also nicknamed the Swiss Du for its waterfalls, caves and lakes that make it beauty.

Exhibits more than 20 000 works and objects dating from the th century.

It's a park where you can ride horseback, take a riding tour, play tennis or sunbathe on the river Dnieper. The water is of a dubious cleanliness so take advantage of the view.

If the cliff where the great poet is buried has become a natural reserve, another large natural reserve, which also participated in Kaniv's reputation, is located 15 km south of the city. Established in 1923, this reserve is one of the oldest in Ukraine. Its territory represents 2 049 ha and one can walk along the Dnieper, its tributaries, and observe the Kruglik and Chelestov islands that wind in the middle of the Dnieper. The hills of the reserve offer various very interesting prehistoric and geological phenomena. There is a very famous phenomenon in the geologists universe: kaniviennes dislocations. These are old rocks distorted by the action of a cooler that has been in existence for 200 000 years. These old rocks allow to observe many traces of the Paleolithic. Finally, there are 974 species of natural plants and all kinds of animals. The reserve also hosts a natural history museum comprising four sections: zoos, geological, botanic and archaeological. Kiev students in natural history regularly go there for excavations.

In Ukraine, film studios are still called Dovjenko, in tribute to the famous Ukrainian director. The tour of studios for movie lovers is a real treat.

A pine park. Squirrels come to eat you in your hand.

Located on the river Dnieper, a park with greenery, rides, pop-corn and beards to Papa…

Collection of bones of dinosaurs, shark teeth, mongoose hairs and a small aquarium.

Slava, who leads the agency, speaks perfectly English and has a very extensive knowledge of Lviv, his region and also the Carpathians. The site is very well done and also offers accommodation in apartments. Slava is also specialized in genealogical research, especially for Jewish families, a part of which comes from the region.

Organisation of city trips, trips to the Carpathians, booking tickets for Europe or domestic flights.

Built between 1891 and 1892, this temple was built in honour of the prophet Ilya beside the port. It served as a place of worship for the important Greek community that still lived in the city in the late th century. This community, which survécue from antiquity, finally left the Crimea in 1917 partly then during the Second World War. The church itself is fairly classic, but the ceiling can be seen.

A path connects directly from the monastery of the Dormition to the Site-Kale site. The room is very tiring and in summer it is better to wait for the hottest hours of the day to climb, which lasts an hour and a half for the good walkers. The fortress of Choufout-Kale was built by the Karaites karaites and then invested by the troops tatar after the th century. The rugged ascent has the merit of offering an unparalleled perspective on the region, including the great Crimean canyon and its white sandstone cliffs. The fortress bears witness to the mix of religions and cultures. Jewish temples clash with the mausoleum of Dzhanike-Khanyoum, the daughter of a Khan of Crimea, and the military defences planned by the Russians. The rock on which the fortress is built is littered with underground souterrains used as sanctuaries for the Karaites who lived in the valley. A water circulation system, still visible, allowed for the drowning of the attackers and this fortress was one of the last strong places in Crimea to be taken by the Tatars.

This museum is far from being the most interesting of Crimea. There is a fairly atmosphere collection of paintings from the th century to the present. There are more than 6 000 works that highlight the fact that the number does not always force strength.

The museum is worth a visit if one day stays in Simferopol. Some beautiful pieces of traditional Tatar culture are found, as well as objects of the Cossacks lifestyle. As often in Ukraine, it is regrettable that a beautiful collection is not better presented. Museum devoted to the diversity of the origins of the criméenne population, particularly in the history of Crimean Tatars.

This agency offers city tours, water sports and expeditions to the countryside.

Inside the city you can find the beaches of Khrustalny, Solnechny and Pedochny. The latter is accessed by trolleybus No. 6. Shevchenko Pebble Beach is ideal for family holidays: The shaded aisles that longent her are perfect for protecting yourself from the sun during the hottest hours of the day. Access by trolleybus Nos. 10 and 14. Khersones's wild beach is rocky, making water much clearer. But the best beaches in the city are in Uchkuyevka and are accessible by boat. Water and sand are particularly clean.

The amateurs of wild landscapes dance to a swimming at Cape Fiolent (мыс Фиолент) (bus No 2 and 19 or marshroutka 3). The location is of rare beauty but difficult to access: The Georgevski monastery is reached by descending 800 steps.

This agency offers excursions in the vicinity of Yalta as well as in nearby cities such as Soudak, Aloupka, Sevastopol and Bakhtchissaraï.

The agency offers excursions on foot, by boat or on horseback in the vicinity of Yalta. Possibility of booking tickets and train tickets.

Agency specialized in sea excursions.

With its garden and its view of Yalta Bay