Uzhhorod Castle
On the hill overlooking town stands the 15th-century castle with massive walls and beefy bastions built to withstand Turkish assaults. The main palace is home to the Transcarpathian Museum of Local Lore (Закарпатський Краєзнавчий музей), which has a good collection of pysanky (patt
Ploshcha Svobody
Locals claim that this huge expanse of cobbles is the second-largest in the world after Beijings Tiananmen Sq. At 750m long its indisputably huge and is certainly Kharkivs most unique sight.Planned as an ensemble of Ukrainian government buildings when Kharkiv was the republican cap
Roshen Fountain
Ask any Ukrainian a few years ago what he or she considered Vinnytsyas biggest attraction, and the answer would probably have been the Pirogov Chapel. But not anymore. Since 2011 the Roshen Fountain, set directly in the river, has taken over as the citys must-see and its easy to se
Primorsky Boulevard
The citys bay-facing showcase greets seafarers with an array of whitewashed colonnaded buildings. Fresh from a Russian-funded spruce-up, the boulevard is also a pleasant place to walk or hide from the scorching sun in the shade of trees. It begins at Grafskaya Pristan (Графская при
St Michaels Monastery
Looking from St Sophias past the Bohdan Khmelnytsky statue, its impossible to ignore the gold-domed blue church at the other end of proyizd Volodymyrsky. This is St Michaels Gold-Domed Monastery, named after Kyivs patron saint. As the impossibly shiny cupolas imply, this is a fresh
Bul Prymorsky
Sooner or later everyone gravitates to this tree-lined pedestrian zone with replica 19th-century gas lamps, park benches and more photographers armed with a small zoo of animals with which to have your photo taken. At the boulevards eastern end, youll spot the pink-and-white colonn
Vul Derybasivska
Odesas main commercial street, pedestrian vul Derybasivska, is jam-packed with restaurants, bars and, in the summer high season, tourists. At its quieter eastern end youll discover the statue of José De Ribas . This illustrious gentlemen – half-Catalan, half-Irish – built Odesas ha
Lychakivske Cemetery
Dont leave town until youve seen this amazing cemetery only a short ride on tram 7 from the centre. This is the Père Lachaise of Eastern Europe, with the same sort of overgrown grounds and Gothic aura as the famous Parisian necropolis (but containing less-well-known people). Laid o
Ploshcha Konstytutsiyi
If you are looking for a meeting point in Kharkiv, nothing beats the spot under the giant thermometer that adorns Istorychny Muzey metro exit to pl Konstytutsiyi. Just west of the square, the gleaming domes of the Pokrovsky Monastery are visible from miles away. The predictably pea
Kamyanets
Built of wood in the 10th to 13th centuries, then redesigned and rebuilt in stone by Italian military engineers in the 16th century, K-Ps fortress is a complete mishmash of styles. The name of the bridge is slightly misleading, as its essentially a medieval structure whose arches w
Maydan Nezalezhnosti
Independent Ukraine has a short history and pretty much all of it was written here. Popularly known as Maydan (pronounced my -dun), the square was the site of pro-independence protests in the 1990s, when nationalist students pitched tents here for the first time, copying Chinas Tia
Chernivtsi University
University buildings are often called dreaming spires, but Chernivtsis is more like a trip on LSD. This fantastic, now Unesco-listed red-brick ensemble, with coloured tiles decorating its pseudo-Byzantine, pseudo-Moorish and pseudo-Hanseatic wings, is the last thing youd expect to
Khans Palace
When she was busy ordering the mass destruction of Bakhchysarays mosques in the 18th and early 19th centuries, Catherine the Great spared the Khans Palace. Her decision was reportedly based on the building being romantic, and it is sweet. While it lacks the imposing grandeur of Isl
Chufut
Rising 200m, this long and bluff plateau houses a honeycomb of caves and structures where people took refuge for centuries. Its wonderful to explore, especially (gingerly) the burial chambers and casemates with large open windows in the vertiginous northern cliff. These are truly b
St Sophias Cathedral
The interior is the most astounding aspect of Kyivs oldest standing church, St Sophias Cathedral. Many of the mosaics and frescoes are original, dating back to 1017–31, when the cathedral was built to celebrate Prince Yaroslavs victory in protecting Kyiv from the Pechenegs (Tribal
Kyevo
Tourists and Orthodox pilgrims alike flock to the Lavra. Its easy to see why the tourists come. Set on 28 hectares of grassy hills above the Dnipro River, the monasterys tight cluster of gold-domed churches is a feast for the eyes, the hoard of Scythian gold rivals that of the Herm
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