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Last Chance at Love: Sleeping Beauty Ukraine Style

2012-09-07 by Phil Butler

Is he the one? Sleeping Beauty courtesy Taras Polataiko's Facebook

Visitors to Kiev may have an opportunity like no other visitor to any city. The National Art Museum of Ukraine has a special guest on exhibition, Sleeping Beauty. You read that correctly, an art project by the same name sets Ukrainian beauty to the test, “will true love awaken Sleeping Beauty?”

Tags: Kiev exhibit, Kiev travel, museums, Prince Charming, Sleeping Beauty, Taras Polataiko, Ukraine art, Ukraine events, Ukraine museum, Ukraine tourism, Ukraine travel, Viktor Yanukovych

Euro 2012 Causes Massive Spike in Ukraine Tourism

2012-06-14 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Euro 2012 banner in Kyiv

The UEFA Euro 2012 football competition has generated a massive increase in the number of people traveling to Ukraine, with over 300,000 visitors crossing the Ukrainian border.

Tags: Euro 2012, Kyiv, tourism, Ukraine, Ukraine tourism, visitor spike

UEFA Boss Platini Praises Ukraine Effort

2012-04-13 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Euro 2012 is almost upon us, but Polish infrastructure is far from complete

UEFA President Michel Platini and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych oversaw the grand opening of the International terminal at Lviv Danylo Halytskyi airport this week. Platini, offering words of admiration and encouragment over Ukraine’s efforts at hosting EURO 2012, told reporters on the scene the country’s efforts were nothing short of astounding.

Tags: Donetsk, Euro 2012, Europe football, Kharkiv, Kiev tourism, Kyiv, Lviv Danylo Halytskyi, Lviv tourism, Michel Platini, Ukraine President, Ukraine tourism, Viktor Yanukovych

Chernobyl Opens for Travel January 2011

2011-02-04 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Chernobyl/Pripyat Exclusion Zone

Local people and visitors to Chernobyl will now be able to revisit the site of the world’s worst nuclear environmental catastrophe. Beginning last month, tours of the infamous site began to enthrall visitors there.

Tags: Auschwitz, Chernobyl, Chernobyl tours, Ground Zero, Nuclear mishap, radiation, tourism, Ukraine tourism, Ukraine tours, Visit Urkaine

The Jewel of Ukraine’s Chatyr-Dag: Marble Cave

2011-01-07 by Phil Butler

Marble cave

Ukraine’s Chatyr – Dag holds untold wonders for the outdoors adventurer, but none more fascinating than Marble Cave. Only very recently discovered, this subterranean marvel is already Europe’s second most visited spelunker site. The three main chambers of Marble Cave are available for visitors to explore via guided tour. For the really adventurous professional explorer, only half the cave has been explored so far.

Tags: cacves, care exploration, Chatyr-Dag, climbing, Crimea, Crimean, famous caces, hike Ukraine, hiking, karst, Marble Cave, mountain climbing, Outdoor Ukraine, spelunking, Tiger Passage, Ukraine tourism

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