In the center of Kyiv near the puppet theater there is a small light and music fountain with a sculpture ... read more...

In 2013, an unusual outlet village appeared near Kyiv. Its main feature are streets, canals, bridges and houses built ... read more...

Not far from Kyiv there is a mount Planerna, which offers beautiful scenery. It is located behind the Manufaktura, ... read more...

The Rocks of Dovbush are a group of unique natural and man-made structures named in honor of opryshko (revolutionary) Oleksa ... read more...

Syrets Arboretum (dendropark) is unknown not only to a wide range of tourists but even to the locals. The park was ... read more...

Sunny Trail is a 7 km long pedestrian path between Livadia ans Gaspra. The trail from Livadia to Oreanda was ... read more...

We rarely write about hotels and only about those that have something interesting. Park Hotel Switzerland is exactly of this ... read more...

If you go to Kiev along the Zhitomir highway, a fairytale castle is visible on the right side, about 700 ... read more...

Karting in the "Terminal" mall in Brovary (Kyiv suburb) was the first indoor karting in Ukraine at the time ... read more...

In winter 2009 an ice sculpture park appeared in Kyiv. For adults it might not be as interesting as for ... read more...

In 2011 on the tourist map of Ukraine appeared a new object, Radomysl Castle. It is located in the town of ... read more...

Yuzhnoukrainsk is a young city, which was built as a satellite of South Ukrainian nuclear power plant. This power plant ... read more...

Huge granite boulders created a stunningly beautiful place on the Buki river in the Kirovohrad region (don't confuse with the ... read more...

Stebliv is a small town in the Cherkasy region, known primarily for estate museum of Ukrainian writer Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky. The ... read more...

Cape Meganom is a natural attraction that is full of backpackers in summer. Our friends even have a tradition of ... read more...

A small waterfall with unusual name (Skakalo = Jumper) is located in a picturesque place. The name was given because ... read more...

Zbarazh Castle is located near the center of town Zbarazh in Ternopil region. Near the castle there is a nice ... read more...

Trufanets waterfall is the tallest natural waterfall of Zakarpattia (36 m). It is located right next to the road. There's ... read more...

In Voronovytsia we visited the palace of the Grokholsky and Mozhaisky families (XVIII century). There is a park around the ... read more...

The Main Astronomical Observatory (MAO) of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine was founded on July 17, 1944 at the ... read more...

The neo-Gothic palace was built in 1834-1840 by Elson and Guito for a friend of the Emperor Alexander I, the ... read more...

One of the newest parks of Crimea, Paradise, is located in the "Aivazovskoye" resort. It was founded in 1964-1966 on ... read more...

Ostrovsky Park is the main attraction of Korosten. Every year in September, the festival of deruny (hash browns) is held ... read more...

Biryuchyi island is a spit in the Azov Sea, where a unique Azov-Sivash National Park is located. Currently, the access ... read more...

Our first rafting experience took place on the Tysa river near Khust. It's a rather quiet river, so be prepared for ... read more...

In Kyiv, in Protasov Yar there is an unusual form of entertainment: Zorbing. This is when you are put into ... read more...

There is an observation deck in Kyiv on the roof of a building located at 4-A Chervonozorianyi Avenue. It is ... read more...

Eco trail to the Molochniy Kamin cave is located in the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve and starts from the Velyka Ugolka village. ... read more...

Kirovohrad (Yelisavetgrad before 1924) is located in the heart of Ukraine. There's even the sign "Geographical Center of the Country" in ... read more...

Kaminne Selo (Stone Village) is one of the less known but interesting places in Ukraine. On several hectares of forest ... read more...

Sometimes we visit places which are unknown to most tourists. National Park "Piryatinsky" is one of those places. It was ... read more...

In 2009 we visited an exhibition of tropical butterflies at the Gryshko Botanical Garden in Kyiv. For comfortable existence the butterflies ... read more...

Oleshky Sands is the second largest sand massive in Europe after Ryn Sands in Kazakhstan. Don't believe those who say ... read more...

Not far from Kyiv, along the Zhytomyr highway there are several interesting granite quarries. They are now abandoned, filled ... read more...

Samchyky is a beautiful, well-preserved estate and park of the Hoetsky family in the Samchyky village of the Khmelnytsky Region. The estate ... read more...

One of the most spectacular places in the Carpathians is a karst bridge in the biosphere reserve near the Mala ... read more...

Not far from Kamianets-Podilskyi is the area called Bakota. It's located on the territory of the Podilsky Tovtry National ... read more...

Polissia Nature Reserve is located in northern Ukraine near the Belarus border. It was created in 1968 to preserve pine forests ... read more...

In September 2012 the scientific and entertainment center "Experimentanium" was opened in Kyiv. Two floors are occupied by special amusement features and ... read more...

The Moroziv coal mine is one of the most unusual places in the Kirovohrad region. It is a 6 km ... read more...

Denyshi is a small village near Zhytomyr with several interesting and beautiful places nearby. On the other side of the ... read more...

Trahtemirivski peninsula is a nice place on the banks of the Dnieper. Its territory of the State Historical and Cultural ... read more...

Pidkamin is a funny name for a village, which means "At the bottom of the stone". Here, on one of ... read more...

A small village of Skalat has a castle founded by Krzysztof Wichrowski in 1630. Towers are fully preserved, walls and ... read more...

Sand sculpture festivals are annually held in Kyiv. We visited one of them on the Trukhaniv island.

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Bukovel is the best ski resort in Ukraine. However, we visited it in summer 2007, when it was under construction. ... read more...

Inkerman is famous because of its winery. We went there to explore the ruins of the fortress, built in 1427 ... read more...

There are several state circuses in Ukraine - in Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Odessa. But ... read more...

Kachanivka is the best known palace near Kyiv. It's one of the few places in Ukraine that has a read more...

Eco trail to the Sokolyne Berdo (Falcon's Nest) cliff is located in the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve. It's a path in the ... read more...