Ukraine Travel Forum

Hi,

I will be visiting Kiev alone early next month ( pleasure trip ). It will be my first time in Ukraine & i am unsure of where to book accommodation. Ideally it would be close to where public transport from the Airport . The hotel doesn't have to be luxury. Around 50 euro's per night would be great.

Also does anyone know best place to change my ££'s into hryvnas ? I have heard you get a poor rate at the Airport & it's difficult to get Ukranian money in the UK.

Finally is everything around the city in the cyrillic alphabet. This caused me massive problems in Sofia earlier this year with the street names & it took me 4 hours to find my hotel. ( yes i now know i should have got a taxi lol )

Many thanks in advance,

Darren.

Hi,

I'm planing to go to the Ukraine on a business trip. I was planning on renting a car and driving to various destinations. However, I spoke to a friend that was in the Ukraine recently and he advised me not to drive in the Ukraine as the police stop people for no reason and give fines, driving is terrible, roads are poor, and if one gets lost it is very difficult to communicate in English. Is there anything true in what my friend told me? Do you think that a personal driver is a must?

Thanks.

Hey there!
I am preparing a trip to go through Slovakia, Poland and Ukraine and would like to pass through Lvivska Oblast.
I am hoping to find interesting guide (guides) based in Lviv or its neighborhood.
And also a good transport company using minibuses for up to 20 passengers (our groups are usually arround 16).

Any advice will be strongly appreciated.
Anybody willing to meet in person in Lviv? I am planning to visit your beautiful town on the 5th or 6th of November 2009.
if so please drop me a message to matej.sanitrar@viacarpathia.com

thanx

Matej

Hello
Was wondering if anyone call tell me what is the best way to travel to Odessa from Kiev train or bus ? im flying in on the 19 jan and want to meet frinds in Odessa as soon as I can get there tried booking a flight all the way to Odessa but cost was like 800$$ more and I think i could get a train or bus cheaper than that . So anyone got any pointers or tips ???

Thanks
Jeff

ls it possible to travel from 0dessa by bus or train, to Nis (in Serbia) - any suggestions?

I have been to Kiev, Odesa and th Yalta area.
I want to fly into Kiev and then take a tour ship down the coast line. travel time maybe 12 days to include return to kiev and flight home.
I observed one of these tour in Yalta last Sept and spoke with some of the English speaking traveler and they thought it was a great way to travel and see different location and cost was fair.
So my good traveling friends,, I ask for advise and information on who and where and when.
thank you dennis.

I am looking for bus schedules between Kharkov and Lugansk. I will fly in to Kharkov and it was suggested that I take bus rather than train as it would be faster.
I am also interested in bus schedule between Kharkov and Poltava.

Any comments suggestions or recomendations are welcome.
I am traveling in November.

Thank you

HI, Has anyone any contacts to people with private accomodation in Kiev for a few days?
Are there different prices for locals and foreigner for theaters, concerts?
Tks

Hi,
I'm looking for an affordable hostel in central Kiev. Some hostels seem to have bad reviews in Kiev.
Which are the ones that you could advise me in central Kiev (quiet and safe) ?
Is it possible to drop there without reservation in october and find a bed in a dormitory ?

I'll stay a few days in Donetsk soon and would like to know if it is easy to go spend a day in Lugansk where I would like to visit the airplane museum. I would like to see also the town of Lugansk. Is there a convenient bus or train from Donetsk and how much time does the trip take ? About coming back to Donetsk in the evening, is there a good choice of buses and trains ?
Also, what nice and interesting small town (or village) can I find in the vicinity of Donetsk for a day trip ?
Thank you for your help.

I plan to arrive in Kiev on october 13 and would like to take a train in the evening (7.44pm as I heard) to Donetsk. Do you think it's possible to buy a ticket on the same day in the middle of the week or are these trains quickly fully booked ? If it's full (the sleeping berths at least), can I still buy a ticket and get on this train ?
Is it possible to buy the ticket at Borispol when I arrive in Kiev ?
What other advice would you have ?
Thanks

I am trying to plan a wedding in Lviv for next summer August 2010. Can anyone recommend a place to have the wedding reception? Any advice about a wedding in Lviv would be helpful.

Thanks,
Cindy

Hello,

My friends and I are planning a trip to Kiev for New Year. I have a few questions, hopefully you can help me with please.

Approximately how much should we pay for an apartment with 4 beds for 5 nights? In a central location. (28 Dec - 02 Jan).

How easy will it be to get in a night club/late night bar on New Year's eve after the fire works/concerts in the Independance Square?

We like a drink (or 2!) and would be grateful for any recomendations for good restaurants, bars, night clubs to visit.

Thanks,

Jim

I've watched an Ukrainan daily performance. The performers don't know any English!
How to write and say
"What is the name of the songs that you performe?"
in Ukrainian?
Duzhe dyakuyu!

Hi, i am booked to stay in the Zhovtneviy hotel located by Shevchenko park in oct, can anybody give me advice about the area and any info, good or bad about the hotel and what to expect?
many thanks

Any body knows any warm-water swimming pool in Kiev?

For a few months duration, about how much for a quite new built apartment? Studio is also OK.
Thanks

Anyone know of a good, reputable english school or a very good private english teacher in Lugansk?

Thanks,

Richard

Has anyone ever traveled from DNP to Lviv? I'd like to go overnight on a train. Do I have to go through Kiev if I don't want to cross a border? How long is this train trip going to take? I can't locate a morning train from Kiev to Lviv on the 11th of Oct. on the poezda.net (whatever)website (which is not surprising).

If I want to leave DNP after the England-Ukraine match on Oct. 10, would you recommend buying the overpriced tickets online rather than taking a chance the train will be full of Brits returning from DNP?

*Please* don't respond with only suggestions to look it up online or referrals to the poeda.net website. I'm looking for people who have actually done this to weigh in.

I see it's supposed to be really cheap to buy train tix for internal travel in Ukraine. I don't want to wait til I get there to purchase, but I'm seeing a ridiculous mark-up with Real Russia (eg $150+ to go from Kiev to Lviv). How do I get the cheap fares in advance?

I want to know whether Ukrainian and Russian shared the same alphabets and pronounciation.
Anybody can suggest any website about learning simple Ukrainian, preferably with mp3 or wav file.
Thanks

I want a hotel / apartment with high speed internet, I may stay there for 1 month to ??.
Any suggestion?
Thanks

I want a hotel / apartment with high speed internet, I may stay there for 1 month to ??.
Any suggestion?
Thanks

I want a hotel / apartment with high speed internet, I may stay there for 1 month to ??.
Any suggestion?
Thanks

I want a hotel / apartment with high speed internet, I may stay there for 1 month to ??.
Any suggestion?
Thanks

I want a hotel / apartment with high speed internet, I may stay there for 1 month to ??.
Any suggestion?
Thanks

How do i find a list and location of Hospital near Nova Bavaria or Cold Mountain metro , or just in Kharkov

Hi vtourists !

My name is Alejandro and I live in Madrid, Spain. I´m planning to take a 3 or 4 weeks russian beginners course on january 2010 and I think Sevastopol will be great location cause it is a big city, lot of places to visit and things to do and is mostly russian speaking in a southern city where winter is not so hard, is this right sevastopolians ?
Can someone give me contact for russian language institutes and inform me where to look for accomodation with family ?
Thank you very much in advance, and if somebody from Sebastopol wants to answer me, for sure I will be pleased to invite you a beer, coffee or whatever in your city !
до свидания!

i posted a few days ago, i guess it got deleled, cause i dont see it, but im going to be in kiev in october, and was planning on going to pripyat, and chernobly. does anyone have experience with this trip, and could you give me a hint at whhich tour is the best. im looking to see as much as possible and take some cool pics. thanks

I am planning to fly to Lviv from the United States. During my visit, I would like to travel from Lviv to Zhidachiv. Would bus service be available from Lviv to Zhidachiv? Or would it be better to hire a driver and go by car? What should I expect to pay?
I would appreciate any advice you can give me.

Sincerely, Robert Filmore (New York, USA)