Picking a resort for skiing for beginners? Gentle slopes, ski schools, rental, lesson prices and the mistakes every first-timer makes.
The five main thermal baths of Zakarpattia, no gloss: where it's warmest, where it's cheapest, and why winter is the time to go.
The Hutsul village where Parajanov filmed «Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors»: an 18th-century wooden church, a grazhda farmstead, the Franko museum. An honest word on the road and thin infrastructure, and how to fold it into a Carpathian trip.
A riverfront of over twenty kilometres, Monastyrsky Island and Yavornytsky Avenue form the core of the city. Here is how to build a single day out of it.
Lviv with its nativity plays and cribs, Carpathian caroling, Kyiv's scale and quiet Chernivtsi: where Christmas in Ukraine feels best now that the holiday falls on December 25.
A village that no longer exists: in 1981 Bakota vanished under a reservoir. Today it is a turquoise bay of the Dniester, a cave monastery and one of Podillia's strongest panoramas.
Freedom Square and Derzhprom fill one morning, while the cathedrals, the metro and the parks deserve a day of their own. Here is how to build a route through central Kharkiv.
Two UNESCO sites, a cobbled descent, and a funicular above the Dnipro. A ready-made centre route for one and two days, with honest notes on queues and hills.
Three real New Year trip scenarios for Ukrainians: mountains close to home, Christmas Europe, or a warm winter escape by the sea. With a pros-and-cons table and advice on when to book.
A castle, a skansen, cherry blossom in late March and Europe's longest linden alley. A ready one-day route with an honest tip on when to come.
Not just Bukovel. We break down six ski resorts in Ukraine by runs, price, and level: family cruising, freeride, or the cheapest week in the mountains.
The Potemkin Stairs and the Opera fit into two hours, while the sea, the courtyards and the Moldovanka deserve a day of their own. Here is how to build the route.
Where to go in the Carpathians in winter for every kind of trip: slopes, hot thermal pools, frozen waterfalls and forest silence, plus honest tips on queues and cost.
The Metropolitans' Residence, the Town Hall trumpeter, pedestrian Kobylianska and an Armenian organ hall: a concrete "Little Vienna" walk for one day, plus how to get there.
Sandstone giants with cells carved into the stone, the legend of outlaw Oleksa Dovbush and metal stairs to a viewpoint. Here's how to reach the Dovbush Rocks and when to go.
