Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
AROUND KYIV
Kyiv lies in the heart of the woodsy Polissya region. Outdoor types can have a field day
camping, canoeing, fishing and
shashlyking
(BBQ-ing) in the forests that roll northwest
and northeast of Kyiv along the Desna and Teteriv Rivers. Life isn't complicated in these
parts; people work the land and fish the streams, and when it's time to relax, they head to
the woods or, in winter, the
banya
(bathhouse). Some say this region epitomises the 'real
Ukraine' and, frankly, it would be hard to argue with that.
Pereyaslav-Khmelnytsky and Kaniv are feasible as a single two-day trip or separate
one-day trips, and Bila Tserkva is an easy-going jaunt into small-town Ukraine. Closer to
the city, Vyshhorod and the Kyiv Sea make for a half day or longer flit into the sticks.
However, in recent years Chornobyl has become a very popular excursion out of Kyiv.
For extended details on tours to the site of the world's worst nuclear accident, see Visit-
ing Chornobyl (
Click here
)
.
