Ukraine Attractions

A really hidden treasure

Advantages: Beautiful gardens, fascinating history, hilarious attendants
Disadvantages: Not so good without an English speaking guide, hard to find

To be an independent tourist in any of the former Soviet Republics takes grit and determination. Don't get me wrong, foreign tourists are welcomed with open arms - after all they represent much needed income - but only if they have the decency to turn up ...

fizzytom 31.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Chekhov's Dacha and Museum, Yalta, Ukraine

First choice for international flights... to Kyiv

Advantages: Pretty modern
Disadvantages: Too many petty bureaucrats

Kyiv Borispol (KBP) is the international airport serving the Ukrainian capital, Zhulyany (IEV) carries domestic traffic only. Borispol is therefore the airport through which most western visitors to Ukraine travel (unless you are arriving by some devious ...

pauljm 10.09.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Kyiv Borispol (KBP), Ukraine

Kiev Borispol experience

Advantages: Modern international airport
Disadvantages: rude taxi drivers

I visited 3 airports in Ukraine and can tell you for sure - you cannot even compare Kiev Borispol airport to any other airport in Ukraine, even to Zhulyani airport which operates domestic flights only. This is a pretty nice international airport with all ...

Marktol 09.02.2011 · Read full review
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Review of Kyiv Borispol (KBP), Ukraine

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

Possibly the worst airport in the world

Advantages: It's in the south of Ukraine, if that's where you're going
Disadvantages: Poor information, poor facilities and unhelpful staff

...I have travelled through a fair number of airports around the world either on business or pleasure and can say that Odessa Airport presents a unique experience. Odessa stands on the Black Sea coast of southern Ukraine and is one of the largest cities in t ...

pauljm 03.07.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Odessa Airport ODS, Ukraine