Украинские Достопримечательности

Ekeberg Camping - кемпинг в Осло

Адрес: Ekebergveien 65, 1181 Oslo Телефон: (+47) 22 19 85 68.
Координаты N 59° 53.872 - E 10° 46.508
Сбор группы для походов по Норвегии происходит в кемпинге Ekeberg Camping в центре Осло. Он расположен на зеленом холме совсем близко к центру города. В кемпинге есть кухня и горячий душ (платный), тут можно безбоязненно оставлять вещи в палатке и идти гулять по городу.

 

Пещера Прометея (Кутаиси, Грузия)

Пещера Прометея близ Кутаиси - оборудованный экскурсионный объект. Тут проложены бетонные дорожки с поручнями, в залах работает разноцветная подсветка, каждые 15-20 минут формируются группы с гидом-экскурсоводом.  

Money

The national currency is the hryvnia (hr), which replaced the transitional karbovanets on September 2, 1996. Don’t be confused if your amount is given in roubles. You haven’t been transported to Russia or taken back in time to the USSR - some people just have trouble letting go of the past! Paper bills carry denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 200 hryvnias. Another word to the wise: two versions exist of the 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 hryvnia bills, and both are accepted everywhere. There are 100 kopecks in a hryvnia, with 1, 2, 5, 10, 25 and 50 kopeck coins. If you’re lucky, you may become the proud owner of the recently-issued and still rare 1hr coin. You’ll have no problem finding currency exchange points, but rates are better from central street kiosks. If it’s traveller’s checks you need to cash, look for a big respectable-looking bank. ATMs have become plentiful in Kyiv, and many hotels and restaurants now take Visa and MasterCard - American Express is not very popular. There have been scattered reports of credit card fraud in upscale restaurants, though, so you may want to think twice before charging it.  

Chernobyl

The effects are still being felt 18 years later. The disaster occurred at 1:23 am on April 26, 1986, when a safety test of reactor N°4 went horribly wrong. Two explosions blew the top off the reactor, and radiation at least 100 times that of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs combined was released, in time spreading over the whole Northern Hemisphere.

Belarus, only 12km north of Chernobyl, was worst hit. But in Ukraine 35,000 km2 of forest, or 40% of the country’s total forest area, was contaminated by fallout. Today six per cent of Ukraine’s overall territory remains contaminated. Of the current state budget, 5% still deals with the consequences of Chernobyl. By 2015, it is said that the disaster will have cost the Ukrainian economy $201 billion.  

Chernobyl Sightseeing

It’s not every trip abroad you have the chance to visit the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident, is it? The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is only about a two-hour ride north of Kyiv. Many tourist offices in conjunction with a government agency offers a day trip to the region, wisely deciding that the market for overnight stays is not great. Russian-speaking driver will pick you up at 09:00 in a Russian Lada car - maybe you’ll even listen to Russian music while motoring through the countryside. They also shrewdly advise that the absence of roadside cafes makes both water and fruit good things to bring along with you, althugh lunch is provided. Once you actually enter the contaminated zone, you’ll be joined by your English-speaking guide, who will show you the fateful reactor N°4 from a safe distance. You’ll also visit the nearby ghost town of Pripyat - where some apartments still bear witness to the haste in which 47,500 residents were made to leave their homes - and have a chance to converse with residents of surrounding villages.  

Chernobyl Sightseeing

It’s not every trip abroad you have the chance to visit the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident, is it? The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is only about a two-hour ride north of Kyiv. Many tourist offices in conjunction with a government agency offers a day trip to the region, wisely deciding that the market for overnight stays is not great. Russian-speaking driver will pick you up at 09:00 in a Russian Lada car - maybe you’ll even listen to Russian music while motoring through the countryside. They also shrewdly advise that the absence of roadside cafes makes both water and fruit good things to bring along with you, althugh lunch is provided. Once you actually enter the contaminated zone, you’ll be joined by your English-speaking guide, who will show you the fateful reactor N°4 from a safe distance. You’ll also visit the nearby ghost town of Pripyat - where some apartments still bear witness to the haste in which 47,500 residents were made to leave their homes - and have a chance to converse with residents of surrounding villages.  

Одесса - Жемчужина Юга

О возрасте Одессы много спорят. С одной стороны, все хорошо знают известный указ 1794 г. о строительстве порта и города при нем, что служит бесспорным основанием некоего юбилея города. С другой, также очевидно и то обстоятельство, что Северное Причерноморье имеет куда более давнюю историю заселения и хозяйственного освоения. И на месте современной Одессы, бесспорно, были какие-то предшествующие ей поселения. Свидетельств тому достаточно: погребенные поселения и захоронения; средневековые карты-портоланы, на которых указаны "предодесские" порты, в их числе легендарная Джинестра, как бы прямая предшественница Одессы.  

Парк Софиевка в Умани

Софиевка – легенда Украины. Софиевка – памятник любви. Бывали ли вы на овеянных романтикой Елисейских полях? Прогуливались ли в строгой тишине аллей Английского парка? Любовались ли дивными ландшафтами Малой Швейцарии? Замирало ли сердце ваше на острове Любви? А может, вздрагивало от ощущения чего-то неизведанно-таинственного, когда попадали вы в Критский лабиринт или в скальную химерию долины Гигантов? В конце концов, если вам посчастливилось проплыть на лодке через Мертвое озеро и беспрепятственно преодолеть подземную речку Стикс, которой легендарный Харон "транспортирует в ад грешные души", вам, чуть ли не детской забавой покажется готовая вот-вот сорваться с высоты огромная каменная глыба грота Страха и Сомнений.