Ukraine - The Carpathians (PDF Chapter)

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

Clipping the country’s southwest corner, the Carpathian arc has endowed Ukraine with a crinkled region of forested hills and fast-flowing rivers that feel a continent away from the flatness of the steppe.

• set up base camp in Kolomyya to visit its museums and arrange hikes into the hills
• maps
• soak up the relaxed atmosphere of Uzhhorod on the frontier with Slovakia
• transport
• wander the pastel-coloured heart of Ivano-Frankivsk, a pleasant gateway to the moun-tains
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Ivano-Frankivsk, Carpathian National Nature Park & Around, Yaremche, Kolomyya, Kosiv, Rakhiv, Bukovyna, Chernivtsi, Transcarpathia, Uzhhorod, Mukacheve.