Ukraine

PART ONE GENERAL INFORMATION Chapter 1 Background Information 3 Geography 3, Climate 3, Natural history and conservation 4, History 5, Government and politics 25, Economy 28, People 32, Language 33, Religion 35, Education 38, Culture 39 Chapter 2 Practical information 47 When to visit 47, Highlights 47, Suggested itineraries 48, Tour operators 50, Red tape 51, Embassies and consulates 54, Getting there and away 54, Health 59, Safety 62, Women travellers 64, Racial minorities 64, Travelling with children 64, Gay travellers 65, Disabled travellers 66, What to take 66, Money and budgeting 69, Getting around 71, Accommodation 78, Eating and drinking 83, Public holidays 88, Shopping 89, Arts and entertainment 90, Media and communications 92, Business 94, Travel culture in Ukraine 94, Cultural etiquette 97, Travelling positively 98 PART TWO THE GUIDE Chapter 3 Kiev/Kyiv 101 History 102, Getting there and away 105, Getting around 111, Local tour operators 115, Tourist information 115, Where to stay 116, Where to eat and drink 125, Entertainment and nightlife 132, Shopping 135, Other practicalities 136, What to see and do 138, Churches and holy sites 143, Museums and galleries 151, Parks 154, Around Kiev 154 Chapter 4 Polissya 157 Getting around 157, Chernihiv 157, Novhorod-Siversky 160, Chernobyl 161, Zhytomyr 164, Berdychiv 166 Chapter 5 Podillya 168 Getting around 170 Vinnytsya 170, Uman 175, Kamyanets-Podilsky 178, Khmelnytsk 183 Chapter 6 Galicia and Volhynia 189 History 190, Getting around 190, Lviv 191, Drohobych 212, Truskavets 212, Ternopil 214, Pochayiv 217, Volhynia 218, Lutsk 219, Rivne 222 Chapter 7 The Carpathians 225 The mountains 227, Flora and fauna 228, When to visit 229, Getting around 229, Tourist information 229, Ivano-Frankivsk 231, Yaremche 235, Carpathian National Nature Park 239, Tatariv 239, Vorokhta 240, Bukovel 241, The Chornohora range 243, Yasinya 246, Rakhiv 247, The Carpathian Biosphere Reserve 248, Verkhovyna 249, Kosiv 250, Sheshory 250,

Andrew Evans first arrived in the Ukraine in 1994, and worked there for two years. His love for such a rapidly changing country kept him returning wearing many different hats - as a NATO analyst, a graduate student, political consultant, and finally as the author of Ukraine. Andrew now works as a freelance travel writer. He is also a regularly featured speaker on travel destinations at the Smithsonian Institution and has appeared on the Travel Channel. He is also the author of Iceland for which he won the 2008 Lowell Thomas Award. Massimiliano Di Pasquale first travelled to the Ukraine in 2004 and has been back to explore the country many times since. Photographer, writer and journalist, Massimiliano writes regularly about Ukrainian culture and politics for many Italian magazines and newspapers. In 2007 he interviewed President Viktor Yushchenko for Italian geopolitical magazine east. In 2010 he published the photographic book In Ucraina. Immagini per un diario (In the Ukraine. Pictures for a diary), and in May 2012 the travel book Ucraina terra di confine. Viaggi nell'Europa sconosciuta (Ukraine Borderland. Trips in unknown Europe). He has been a member of AISU (Italian Society of Ukrainian Studies) since 2008.

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