Ukraine - Central Ukraine (PDF Chapter)

This is the Central Ukraine chapter from Lonely Planet’s Ukraine guidebook.

Layered with dark fertile soil, Ukraine’s breadbasket heartlands are split between forested Polissya to the north and the endless agricultural flatlands of Podillya to the south. Some say this region epitomises the ‘real Ukraine’ and, frankly, it would be hard to argue with that.

• lay photographic siege to the medieval island town of Kamyanets-Podilsky and its dramatic fortress
• maps
• enjoy Vinnytsya’s range of quirky attractions, such as Ukraine’s most spectacular water feature
• transport
• step back to the days of the USSR in Zhytomyr’s Korolyov Cosmonaut Museum, a classic celebration of Soviet space successes
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Polissya, Zhytomyr, Berdychiv, Podillya, Uman, Vin-nytsya & Around, Kamyanets-Podilsky.