Top of beautiful places in Ukraine is very difficult to squeeze into the top ten. There are many more, because this country is very picturesque. Amazing creations of human hands interspersed with the wonders of nature. The statement that in Ukraine all the interesting places are only seas and mountains is not true. In a country with such a developed culture, it is simply necessary to see the cities - Kiev, Lviv, Odessa. And what can you advise a traveler who is going to visit Ukraine for a vacation? This will tell our article.
Aleshkovsky Sands and Kinburn Spit
The top 10 most beautiful places in Ukraine rightfully open these two natural attractions. Kinburun among the Turks, Svyatoslav White Coast near the Zaporizhzhya Cossacks, praised by Pushkin Lukomorye - this is a sand spit washed by the Dnieper-Bug estuary. The ancient Greeks established the altar of Hekate here. You can get to the most beautiful beaches of Ukraine by boat from Ochakovo. Seven kilometers through the estuary - and you are already on the spit. But for lovers of adrenaline and wild beauty, there is another way, through Aleshkovsky sands. Two hundred hectares of the largest desert in Europe are of anthropogenic origin. In the nineteenth century, they decided to raise sheep. The flocks ate all the steppe vegetation, and the wind and soil erosion completed the job. The sandy desert begins only thirty kilometers east of Kherson. You can move on it only on an all-wheel drive SUV. And then you need to know the way: reviews warn that there are quicksand. The surface of the desert in the summer glows to +75 degrees. And at the depth of this natural phenomenon, under a layer of sand, there is a fresh lake with very tasty water. Thanks to her in the middle of the desert there is an oasis.
Dniester canyon
Beautiful natural places of Ukraine are its rivers. The most unusual waterway in the country is the Dniester. In the upper reaches it is a small rivulet. But the Dniester flows into the Black Sea as a narrow channel (in the resort town of Zatoka, Odessa region). But before the mouth it spills into a huge estuary. On its northern shore is the ancient city of Thira, medieval Ackerman, modern Belgorod-Dniester, famous for its magnificent castle. Where the borders of the Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, Khmelnytsky and Chernivtsi regions converge, the river forms a canyon - the largest in Ukraine and one of the greatest in Europe. Sheer, from a height of one hundred to two hundred and fifty meters, the banks were formed by washing the Dniester with soft rocks. On the banks of the canyon there are about a hundred monuments of world significance. Here were the centers of Trypillian culture. And eighty-six representatives of the fauna and flora of this region are listed in the Red Book.
Lemurian Lake
Analogues of the Sahara desert and the Grand Canyon of the USA are not the only amazing and beautiful places in Ukraine. This country also has its own “Dead Sea”. It is located near Kherson and is officially called Lemurian Lake. The very color of this pond - hot pink - makes it unique. And the salt content in the lake is even greater than in the Israeli Dead Sea. Of course, one simply cannot drown in such a reservoir. And the brine of this lake is considered the most healing in Ukraine. This water treats many diseases, mainly the musculoskeletal system. If you want a vacation full of entertaining fun and full of comfort, you are clearly not here. According to reviews, there is no infrastructure here — only wildlife, the steppe wind and the expanse of the healing “Dead Sea”. You should bring a tent, food, drinking water with you.
Vilkovo
There is also its own Venice in Ukraine. True, without the Cathedral of San Marco, the Bridge of Sighs and the world-famous carnival. The town of Vilkovo (Odessa region) is located in the Danube Delta, where the river branches into three prongs - hence the name.
And the Russian Empress Catherine the Second inhabited these most beautiful places of Ukraine, without wanting it. When she tried to enslave the Cossacks, many of them fled from serfdom to the Danube plains. The persecuted Old Believers also settled there. Their descendants still practice their religion. Refugees had to build housing directly on the water. Il from the Danube were piled into islets, and floated in the streets in boats. The bridges in Vilkovo are almost all detachable: a boat has sailed, and the helmsman puts the board connecting both sides of the canal into place.
Town reviews are advised to watch, starting with the Old Believer churches of the Nativity of the Virgin and St. Nicholas. And then you should definitely swim through the Lily channel and go to zero kilometer, where the Danube, having made a short journey through ten states, flows into the Black Sea. When the boat approaches the stone sign, climb through this zero. They say that this will “nullify” your sins and add an extra circle to the amount of your salary.
Lviv
If in Italy they say that all roads lead to Rome, then in Ukraine they assure us that sooner or later, and the road will lead you to this beautiful city. He stands on the banks of the river Poltva. But you will not see any embankments in Lviv. The river was safely hidden underground even at the end of the nineteenth century. Lviv was founded in the middle of the thirteenth century by Prince Danil Galitsky. He possessed the Magdeburg Law. Thanks to the skillful diplomatic policy of the people of Lviv, who preferred to pay off the occupiers rather than fight heroically with them, the city did not suffer from any wars. Therefore, in the capital of Galicia, there are so many attractions preserved - Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque.
This city was the brightest pearl in the crown of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, one of the most important centers of Polish culture. And now it is considered the spiritual capital of independent Ukraine. And outside the city there are beautiful places of Ukraine for travel - the castles of Lviv: Podgoretsky, Olesky, in the Old Village. Whenever you come to the capital of Galicia, a whirlwind of events awaits you, as evidenced by the reviews. Festivals, festivals, concerts and other vibrant events take place in the city every weekend. Be sure to take an umbrella on your trip: the rains here are frequent guests.
Optimistic cave
Those people who love underground halls will certainly enroll this amazing natural formation in the most beautiful places of Ukraine. Optimistic - the longest cave in the world, composed of gypsum deposits. There is an entrance to this underground kingdom near the village of Korolyovka, in the Ternopil region. The cavities of the cave are formed by the dissolution of gypsum by groundwater about fourteen million years ago. The main attraction of the Optimistic are secondary formations. Tourists are struck by gypsum “hoarfrost” and even drifts of “cave snow”. These translucent needle crystals have grown tens of thousands of years. There are optimistic and underground lakes, especially in the lower tier of the labyrinth.
Natural-historical complex Tustan
The western part of the country attracts tourists more. There are few industrial enterprises; historical sights have been preserved from destruction. It is difficult to say what are the most beautiful places in Western Ukraine - there are a lot of them. These are the beautiful Carpathians with the peaks of Goverla, Petros, Chernovetsky, Vorokhtyansky and Svidovetsky ranges, and Shatsky lakes with the largest freshwater body of the country Svityaz. Uritsky rocks, in which, according to legend, Danil Galitsky’s troops fought with the Tatar-Mongols, which is why the place became known as Tustan (“stop here”) are located in Lviv region. This natural-historical monument is part of the Skole Beskydy Park. In addition to almost sheer cliffs up to fifty meters high, in Tustan you can see drawings-petroglyphs, among which the most interesting reviews are the image of a human face carved in stone.
Kamyanets-Podilsky
This city of Khmelnitsky region should be put at number one in the top 10 most beautiful places in Ukraine. Its fortress is amazing! Towers, walls with loopholes, bridges and other ancient monuments seem to carry you into the Middle Ages. And the city itself can also surprise a traveler. Two hundred monuments and eleven museums are located in it. It is not surprising that there are so many tourists in Kamyanets-Podilsky. By the way, grateful citizens also erected a monument to them. Do not forget to take a picture in an embrace with a bronze tourist. The cathedral of the city managed to visit a mosque. The Turks attached a minaret to it. And when the city again went to the Christians, its top was crowned by a gilded statue of the Virgin Mary. A couple of tens of kilometers from Kamenetz-Podolsk, but already in the Chernivtsi region, there is another city with an ancient fortress - Khotyn.
Beautiful places of Ukraine to relax
And where in the country can I spend my vacation? In summer, attractive resorts are the resorts of the Black and Azov Seas. They stretched a long strip from the already mentioned Vilkovo, on the border with Romania, to Mariupol in the east. The Carpathians are always beautiful, at any time of the year. Out of season there is only in November, before the establishment of snow cover. If you are a fan of winter sports, then you are waiting for the country's ski resorts - Bukovel, Dragobrat and others. The most beautiful places of Ukraine for educational and green tourism are in the Transcarpathian region. There are medieval castles (Palanok in Mukachevo, Uzhgorod, Khust), the blue pearl of the Carpathians - Lake Synevyr, the geographical center of Europe in Delovoy. Wellness holidays can be obtained in the resorts of Shayan, in the radon baths of the village of Kvasy. Yasinya and Yaremcha - these are two centers in which the culture of the Hutsul region is clearly revealed.