Ukraine is a travel destination in Eastern Europe. Its capital is Kyiv. April and September are its two best months to visit, ranked on 1991–2020 climate averages.
Top places to visit in Ukraine
Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (landmark, Kyiv City) — UNESCO cave monastery complex atop the Dnipro bluffs — golden domes, catacombs with mummified monks.
Lviv Old Town (city, Lviv Oblast) — UNESCO Austro-Hungarian jewel — cobblestone Renaissance square, Armenian Cathedral, and 1,500+ coffee houses.
Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle (landmark, Khmelnytskyi Oblast) — Island fortress rising from a meandering gorge canyon — one of Europe's most dramatic medieval citadels.
Chernivtsi University (landmark, Chernivtsi Oblast) — UNESCO Romanesque-Byzantine complex — former residence of the Metropolitans of Bukovina.
Sofiyivka Arboretum (natural, Cherkasy Oblast) — 19th-century romantic English landscape park of 2,500 species — built by a Polish count for his wife.
Odessa (city, Odessa Oblast) — Black Sea pearl — Potemkin Steps, Opera House, and the catacombs beneath the city's limestone streets.
Hoverla Mountain (mountain, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast) — Ukraine's highest peak (2,061 m) in the Carpathians — a rite-of-passage hike along a ridge of beech forests.
Chersonesus, Crimea (landmark, Crimea) — UNESCO Greek-Byzantine coastal city founded 5th c BC — marble columns and floor mosaics beside the Black Sea.
Tunnel of Love, Klevan (natural, Rivne Oblast) — Three-kilometre natural arch of overarching trees over an old railway track — a living green cathedral.
Bukovel Ski Resort (natural, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast) — Eastern Europe's largest ski resort nested in the Carpathian Mountains — 62 trails and alpine meadows.