Eastern Ukraine - Ukraine - page 403

Mikhail Ishchenko GUIDED TOUR
( 066 710 4145, 067 401 2069; [e-mail]; walking/car tours per hr 200/250uah) A
popular private English-speaking guide doing tours of Poltava and the Gogol circuit.
Vilmat TOUR
( 096 235 4499, 596 960; www.travel.poltava.ua ; ul Rozy Lyuksemburg 63) Tours of Poltava
battlefield and the Gogol circuit. They can also organise your stay in village houses in
Dikanka (60uah to 100uah per night) and elsewhere in the region.
Sleeping
Mini-Hotel Sinay GUESTHOUSE$
( 508 313; www.hotels.poltava.ua ; vul Zinkivska 11/31; s/d from 140/220uah; ) Six-room
guesthouse a short walk from Kyivsky train station offering small, European standard
rooms for Ukrainian countryside prices. Rooms are kept sparkling, breakfast costs an ex-
tra 20uah and bathrooms are shared.
Palazzo Hotel HOTEL$$$
( 611 205; www.palazzo.com.ua ; vul Gogolya 33; s/d from 580/780uah; ) This is
the place for people travelling on a medium-range budget to enjoy four-star luxury (well,
almost). The attractive king-size beds have firm mattresses that will have your back feel-
ing like butter after a lengthy snooze. That and the suave, tawny-toned design almost
make up for the small size of the allegedly smoke-free rooms.
Hotel Galereya HOTEL$$$
( 561 697; www.hotel.pl.ua ; vul Frunze 7; s/d 430/640uah; ) Slap bang in the city
centre, Galereya's location is not the only thing that makes this friendly sleepery worth
checking out. Rooms are of a recent ilk, perfectly dust free and modestly furnished.
Bathrooms are large and some even have bidets, objects which must have a few members
of Ukraine's nouveau riche scratching their heads. Breakfast can be taken in bed and is
included - there's even an English menu.
Eating & Drinking
Be sure to sample the local delicacy, halushky - unfilled dumplings with various rich
toppings. The Hotel Palazzo's restaurant does a good rendition.