Travel articles about Ukraine

The small bag flies free, everything else has a price: Ryanair fares compared in one table, plus how to avoid paying more for luggage than for the seat.

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.

Solotvyno is called Ukraine's Dead Sea: the lakes' salinity of about 200 g/l holds your body on the surface by itself. We break down when to go, how to get there and how much a holiday costs.

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.

The order of steps that gets a trip to assemble itself: destination and dates first, then the budget, and only then flights and lodging. No agent, no overpaying.

The question of «where to go with kids» is answered by the west and centre of Ukraine: the Carpathians with lifts, the thermal water parks of Zakarpattia, Uman, Kyiv and the fortresses of Podillia. We gathered places by region with approximate prices and tips on when to go.

Sizes, the liquids rule and outfits over quantity, how to pack for several days with no checked bag.

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.

Mountain lakes, river canyons, or a wild stretch of coast, concrete locations with difficulty levels plus the thing people skip: where you can legally pitch a tent.

The Aktovsky Canyon is a granite gorge up to 50 metres deep on the Mertvovod River near the village of Aktove in Mykolaiv region. We explain how to get there, when to go and what to see in the valley of three canyons.

A Renaissance square with two surviving gates, the Sobieski castle, a church holding royal tombs and a wooden Trinity Church on the UNESCO list: a half-day route and how to reach it from Lviv.

An international permit is valid only together with your national license. We break down where you will not be allowed behind the wheel without it, why even it does not help in Japan, and how to get the document at an MVS service center in a couple of days.

Berehove cellars pouring Leanka, the "Chervene Vyno" festival in Mukachevo and a four-kilometre tunnel under Serednie: where to go for Zakarpattia wine and how to pair a tasting with a thermal pool.

Optymistychna Cave in the village of Korolivka in the Ternopil region is over 260 km of underground passages and the world's longest gypsum cave. We cover the routes, prices, gear and how to get there.

A town on the water in the Danube Delta, where canals replace streets and a boat beats walking. The zero kilometre of the Danube, the marshes, Lipovans and Danube herring.

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.

A painted wooden Church of St. George, a Gothic church, Bruno Schulz traces on the city walls and a thousand years of salt: a half-day route and how to get there.

Travel safety comes down to a few plain habits. We cover pickpockets, common tourist scams, passport copies in the cloud, digital hygiene, and the number 112.