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Overview

Big, diverse and largely undiscovered, Ukraine is one of Europe鈥檚 last genuine travel frontiers, a nation rich in colourful tradition, warm-hearted people and off-the-map experiences.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

St Sophia's Cathedral

Kyiv

The interior is the most astounding aspect of Kyiv's oldest standing church. Many of the mosaics and frescoes are original, dating back to 1017鈥�31, when鈥�

Kyevo-Pecherska Lavra

Kyiv

Tourists and Orthodox pilgrims alike flock to the Lavra, set on 28 hectares of grassy hills above the Dnipro River in Pechersk. It's easy to see why鈥�

Artifical flowers decorating small winged angel statue on grave at Lychakivske Cemetery.

Lychakivsky Cemetery

Lviv

Don't leave town until you've seen this amazing 42-hectare cemetery, only a short ride on tram 7 from the centre. This is the P猫re Lachaise of Eastern鈥�

Khreshchatyk-Stalinist buildings on Maydan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square).

Maidan Nezalezhnosti

Kyiv

Be it celebration or revolution, whenever Ukrainians want to get together 鈥� and they often do 鈥� 'Maidan' is the nation's meeting point. The square saw pro鈥�

St Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery

Kyiv

Looking from St Sophia's past the Bohdan Khmelnytsky statue, it's impossible to ignore the gold-domed blue church at the other end of proyizd Volodymyrsky鈥�

Skvorechnik

Kyiv

It's hard to characterise this beachfront hippie haven on Trukhaniv Island. It derives its name from the smattering of raised wooden chill-out huts that鈥�

National Museum-Memorial of Victims of the Occupation Regimes, or Lonsky Prison which was used as a political prison of the Polish, Soviet and Nazi regimes.

National Museum and Memorial to the Victims of Occupation

Lviv

This infamous building on vul Bryullova was used as a prison by the Poles, Nazis and communists in turn, but the small and very moving exhibition over two鈥�

High Castle Hill

Lviv

Around a 2km walk from pl Rynok, visiting the High Castle (Vysoky Zamok) on Castle Hill (Zamkova Hora) is a quintessential Lviv experience. There鈥檚 little鈥�

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