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Regarding good guide books about Kiev or Ukraine I have two recommendations. Scheer and Schmidt: Die Ukraine entdecken Trescher Verlag, Berlin ISBN 3-928409-68-9 For Engish speaking tourists I strongly recommend another one. It is available in ENGLISH or in GERMAN and has obviously been produced with absolute commitment and affinity for the detail. This second lovely book has everything you ever wished to find: many detailed maps, lots of photos and illustrations, comprehensive texts about history, food, sightseeing, accommodation, entertainment and so on. It is excellently designed, of superb paper and printing quality and in consequence absolutely well done. Yet the highlight is that the publisher is a company from Kiev. So buying this book will also contribute a bit to the prosperity of this amazing city. The book has been published by Baltia Druk, Kiev and is 7 EUROs (plus shipment). It can be ordered directly from baltija@ukr.net. Guidebook Touring Kyiv Baltia Druk, Kiev Leave a Comment Website: http://baltia.com.ua / www.trescherverlag.de
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It's advisable that you take all important belongings in your carry-on bag. It will help in case your luggage is lost in the airport or on a train. Pack passport, tickets, itineraries, money, wallets and insurance cars in your carry-on bag.
If you're arriving in winter note -5-+5C, in spring: +5-+20C, summer: +18-+32C, autumn: +23C-+7C in November :-)
If you are taking shampoos, soaps, laundry kits, shaving creams and other things like that, take travel size products. Note also that such products can be purchased in Ukrainian stores or markets.
Are you digitalized already ?!! battteries, CDs, i-net cafes are easily available, and the rates are better 1.5-2 times then in other places; the same - for photo-prints! Wish you excellent sunny weather! :)
It certainly depends :)
Obviously you check your documents, visas, money and other important things prior to leaving home. Bring a good mood and positive curiosity :) and enjoy your travelling!!! Leave a Comment
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From 1st July 2005 on citizens of the US are allowed to enter Ukraine for 90 days within half a year without visa. This applies for tourists only (compare Decree # 1008/2005). According to Decree # 1107/2005 this is very similar for Japanese citizens who may enter without visa starting from 1st August 2005. There is a temporary simplification for the entry of tourists with EU or Swiss citizenship for the period of 1st May 2005 until 1st August 2005. No visa are required for this period. For these nationals a health insurance policy must be available with either AXA or Hansa Merkur insurance company. For the period of visa-free entry any other health insurance company is accepted. Now citizens from Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, Moldavia, Mongolia, the USA, Japan and the States of the former USSR (except Turkmenistan) do not need tourist visa any longer. For details compare the embassy' s web page. Leave a Comment
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Somethink like rucksack or a small easy bag. Be ready to walk a lot and it mostn't make you feel non-comfortable.
Spare shoes. It's absolutely necessary, they must be comfortable. The landscape of Kyiv is very nice as a view but exhausting for tourists. Don't try to observe the city in 1 day, which is perhaps possible for any other town in Ukraine, but definitely not Kyiv. Lying on the high hills, it makes you go up and down dozens times a day. You won't feel your legs after that.
I think, as usual, you should keep some medicins rom the headaiche. And yes.. the very important point. For the people suffering of allergy! If you come in June in particular. In Kyiv there are many trees and one of them is Lombardy poplar. When they're bloomy, the city is covered with poplar fluff, of which people with allergy almost suffocate. So just bear it in mind.
Photo or video camera,, usual tourists stuff
If you come at summer time, take the swim-dress. In this point Kyiv is the unique city where there are absolutely no problems with beaches and swimming. Apart Dnipro river, there are a lot of lakes in all the districts of the town, so, wherever you will stay (in a hotel of at friends, private appartment) you'll find a place to escape the summer heat which is often almost unbearable. Leave a Comment
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If yopu travel in winter - it is better to have something really warm - sometimes it can be -20C - 30C, but not often. Be aware of snow in winter. Also, it often happens that after cold weather, warm weather is comming. It is not the best times in Kiev - too wet. In summer, the weather changes - rain and sun. Usually it is not cold. In august can be really hot, up to 35 C. May is usually sunny and warm. Shoes should be comfortable for walking as well as your clothes. But I guess you all know this.
If you will be cold, you can drink vodka to get warm. But not too much. Leave a Comment
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