Rila Monastery frescoes, Plovdiv's Roman theatre, a royal fortress above the Yantra and two old towns by the sea: how to fit Bulgaria into a week, with an honest downside for each stop.
Over a hundred castles, an ice cave holding 110,000 cubic metres of ice and gorges climbed by ladder. Slovakia's top sights, assembled into a one-week route.
Hurkalo Waterfall is a five-metre cascade in the Skolivski Beskydy, reached by about 5 km of forest trail from the village of Korchyn. We explain how to get there, when to go and what to see nearby.
Trufanets Waterfall is the tallest waterfall in Zakarpattia: 36 metres of water drop in five cascades almost right beside the Yasinia-Rakhiv highway. We explain how to get there and when to go for full flow.
Carpathian National Nature Park is the first protected park of its kind in Ukraine and the easiest way up Hoverla. We break down entry, routes, the season, and the road to Zaroslyak.
Five national parks of Europe you can actually reach from a major city: what makes each special, when to go, what entry costs and each one's honest downside.
Bukovel is Ukraine's largest ski resort, open all year round. We break down the runs, ski pass prices, the summer holiday by the lake, and the road from Ivano-Frankivsk.
Synevyr, Pip Ivan with the "White Elephant", Dragobrat, the Borzhava meadows and the Shypit waterfall: specific elevations, how to get there and when to go. With a comparison table and honest warnings.
We break down what to see in the Carpathians over one or two trips: the highest Hoverla, Lake Synevyr, waterfalls, mountain meadows and resorts. With elevations, routes and a hint on when you are better off not going.
The highest mountains of Ukraine are the Carpathians, and the main peak is Hoverla, 2,061 metres above sea level. We explain how to climb it from Zaroslyak, when to go and which other two-thousanders of the Chornohora ridge are worth conquering.
Zhenetskyy Huk is a 15-metre waterfall on the Zhenets stream between Mykulychyn and Tatariv. We cover where to start, how long the walk is, how much entry costs and when to go to catch the water at full flow.
A thirteen-metre egg-shaped museum, the fullest collection of Hutsul art, an Austrian centre and the road into the mountains to Kryvorivnia and Yaremche: a concrete day route.
Probiy Waterfall is the most powerful cascade in the centre of Yaremche, where the entire Prut River drops from a height of about 8 metres a few steps from the souvenir market. We explain how to get there, when to go and what to see nearby.
Manyava Waterfall drops from about 20 meters in the canyon of the Manyavka River in Prykarpattia. We explain how to get there, when to go, and what to put on your feet.
Shypit Waterfall near the village of Pylypets in Zakarpattia: how to get there via Volovets station, when to go for high water and what to see nearby. No sugarcoating about the season and the crowds.
