A country · 162 places · 17 regions
Ukraine, all of it.
162 curated places across 17 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.
The 4 biggest regions — Kyiv, Lviv Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and Kharkiv Oblast — read below as chapters, with 13 more waiting past them.
Chapter I · Kyiv · 30 places
Kyiv
A reconstructed medieval city gate that once marked the main entrance to the fortified city of Kyivan Rus. The current structure recreates the 11th-century original and houses a small museum.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter II · Lviv Oblast · 13 places
Lviv Oblast
A planned Renaissance town north of Lviv, laid out around an arcaded market square beneath a royal castle. Its churches, synagogue ruins and defensive gates make it an open-air lesson in Baroque town-building.
✦ May to September · $
Chapter III · Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast · 11 places
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
A scattered Hutsul mountain village in the Carpathians, long associated with Ukrainian writers and folk traditions. Wooden houses, a shingled church and green ridgelines make it a heartland of highland culture.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter IV · Kharkiv Oblast · 9 places
Kharkiv Oblast
This cathedral in central Kharkiv is crowned by a soaring nineteenth-century bell tower built to commemorate a military victory, long one of the tallest structures in the city. The main church itself dates from the eighteenth century and follows a classical plan with a broad white facade. For much of the twentieth century the building served secular purposes before returning to religious use. Today visitors admire the towering campanile and step inside the restored nave.
✦ May–September · $
Regions of Ukraine
Every place in Ukraine
