Ukraine Attractions

Maidan - Kiev's centre piece

Advantages: A grand statue, free to walk around
Disadvantages: Expensive shops nearby

It took me a long time to visit Ukraine's capital Kiev, something I always wanted to do, I'd never really found the time for it. I'd headed there without reading a great deal about sights or things to do, I just planned to figure it out when I got there. ...

dangaroo 29.11.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Maidan Nezalezhnosti, Kiev

The Livadia Palace - Where History was Decided

Advantages: Beautiful house and grounds, historic significance
Disadvantages: Group visit probably better to learn more

The Livadia Palace is one of the Crimea's most visited attractions and it's hardly surprising given the dramatic history and the impressive style of the place. The Livadia Palace is not just one museum, it's two; and then there's the amazing architecture ...

fizzytom 12.07.2010 · Read full review
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Review of The Livadia Palace, Livadiya

Fizzytom's Odesa File: The Potemkin Steps

Advantages: Free, easy to access, fairly interesting
Disadvantages: Hustlers and hawkers, it's just some steps when all is said and done

...Who would have thought that a simple flight of steps could be so interesting? The steps I am talking about are the Potemkin Steps in the Ukrainian city of Odesa, opened in 1841. Curiously, for a city that is home to lots of attractive buildings, it is thi ...

fizzytom 15.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Potemkin Steps, Odessa

Sudak - the Ukrainian Blackpool

Advantages: Scenic fortress, cheap, friendly
Disadvantages: Busy in summer, overcrowded beaches, a bit tacky

Sudak is a Ukrainian seaside town on the Crimean peninsula, one that is particularly popular with families and that is refreshingly bereft of the brashness and hustling that make larger resorts such as Odesa and Yalta so unappealing. If I'm honest I have ...

fizzytom 13.08.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Sudak, Ukraine

Sudak - a real pleasure

Advantages: Cheap serices, Mountains and sea, nice girls :)
Disadvantages: Modest services in some places

One of the most beautiful places of the black sea shore. The beautigul mountains offer you a view straight over the sea. The prices are fine, even cheap for an european. A great historic place. I enjoyed being there a few months the last summer. I must sa ...

Erolkus 23.11.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Sudak, Ukraine