Ukraine: skiing, culture and gastronomy
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage, Faune and flora, Discovery, Adventure / Sports & Leisure, Relaxation / Well-being.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Eté, Automne, Hiver.
Petit Futé
Where to stay - Bukovel ?
The map of your stay "Ukraine: skiing, culture and gastronomy"
Detail of the stay : Ukraine: skiing, culture and gastronomy
How to get there - Bukovel
Skiing in the Carpathians
Steps: Bukovel
The Carpathians remain a popular winter destination for Ukrainians. Ski resorts welcome thousands of local and foreign skiers every year. The infrastructure put in place is quite well developed (modern chairlifts, slopes arranged according to different levels of difficulty...). Resorts like Bukovel are overflowing with amateurs and professional skiers. The advantage of the Carpathians lies in the extraordinary natural setting of the region and the hospitality of the inhabitants who will impress you with their simplicity and generosity!
If you go there at the end of December or beginning of January, you will have the chance to attend the end-of-year celebrations. Snow, mountains and winter festivities: what better way to celebrate Novyi Rik (New Year) and Rizdvo (Christmas)?
The opera tour
Steps: Odessa
Ukraine, as well as its neighbour Russia, is one of the leading destinations for opera lovers. The stay can start in the capital, Kiev, which has one of the most beautiful operas in the world. Built in 1919, it has since been restored. During the season, several classical pieces are on the program, from the national to the international repertoire. The academic operetta theatre, founded in 1934, will impress you with the variety of its repertoire and the beauty of its premises.
The stay can then be extended by the unmissable opera of Lviv, in the west of the country. Built between 1897 and 1900, in a Viennese Neo-Renaissance style and with a particularly elaborate and original facade, it has recently been renovated. In addition, the interior décor is of rare beauty: paintings, sculptures, gilding and elaborate mouldings. Just like in Kiev, the program is classic and the tickets are at a very low price.
The next stop is Odessa, near the Black Sea. The opera and ballet theatre was built between 1884 and 1887. Its composite and imposing style, recognizable by the Melpomene chariot that surmounts the main entrance, makes it an absolutely sumptuous monument. Closed for works for several years, it reopened in 2008 and is once again shining brightly.
Places of interest : THÉÂTRE D'OPÉRA ET DE BALLET D'ODESSA (ОДЕСЬКИЙ НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ АКАДЕМІЧНИЙ ТЕАТР ОПЕРИ ТА БАЛЕТУ)
