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Ukraine.

Less-touristed places, sorted by Wander Well Score.

Drohobych, Ukraine
Gold

Drohobych

Ukraine

Birthplace of the writer Bruno Schulz and the poet Ivan Franko, Drohobych is a town in western Ukraine with a walkable centre thick with historic churches an…

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Terebovlia, Ukraine
Gold
Charming old-world towns

Terebovlia

Ukraine

First mentioned in chronicles in 1097, Terebovlia is one of the oldest towns in western Ukraine, a former medieval principality capital in Ternopil Oblast wi…

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Skole, Ukraine
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Skole

Ukraine

A tiny Carpathian town in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, set in the valley of the Opir River and historically one of the centres of the Boykivshchyna cultural region.

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Samar, Ukraine
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Samar

Ukraine

A riverside town in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Samar sits on the Samara River — a tributary of the Dnieper — and serves as a tourist and recreational centre for…

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Rakhiv, Ukraine
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Rakhiv

Ukraine

A walkable town on the Tisa River in western Ukraine's Zakarpattia Oblast, Rakhiv sits higher than any other town in the country and serves as a base for the…

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Khust, Ukraine
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Khust

Ukraine

A walkable town in western Ukraine's Zakarpattia Oblast, Khust sits at the confluence of the Tisa and Rika rivers and is ringed by the Carpathian mountains.

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Tyachiv, Ukraine
Gold
Mountain villages

Tyachiv

Ukraine

A compact town on the Tysa River in western Ukraine's Zakarpattia region, Tyachiv has a compact central core with cafés and restaurants and sits close to the…

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Kolomyia, Ukraine
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Kolomyia

Ukraine

A centre of Hutsul culture on the Prut River in western Ukraine, Kolomyia sits in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains and serves as a starting point fo…

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Truskavets, Ukraine
Gold
Spa & thermal wellness

Truskavets

Ukraine

Truskavets is Ukraine's foremost balneological resort, built around mineral springs in a valley at the foot of the Eastern Carpathians, within reach of Lviv…

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Bukovel, Ukraine
Gold
Hiking & national-park bases

Bukovel

Ukraine

Ukraine's largest ski resort and, as of 2012, the fastest-growing in the world, Bukovel sits high in the Carpathian Mountains in western Ukraine's Ivano-Fran…

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Verkhovyna, Ukraine
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Verkhovyna

Ukraine

This long-established tourist centre in Ukraine's Carpathian Mountains, Verkhovyna sits on the Cheremosh River in the Hutsul region of western Ukraine, with…

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Vorokhta, Ukraine
Gold
Mountain villages

Vorokhta

Ukraine

A small Carpathian spa town and ski resort on the Prut River in western Ukraine, Vorokhta sits high in the mountains and is often regarded as a capital of Hu…

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Zbarazh, Ukraine
Gold

Zbarazh

Ukraine

Zbarazh, a compact city in western Ukraine's historic Galicia region, is counted among the 39 Ukrainian cities with the greatest concentration of historic mo…

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Chuhuyiv, Ukraine
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Chuhuyiv

Ukraine

This Ukrainian town in Kharkiv Oblast sits on the Siverskyi Donets river, with scenic surroundings along the water.

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Volodymyr, Ukraine
Gold
Charming old-world towns

Volodymyr

Ukraine

One of the oldest cities in Ukraine and the historic capital of Volhynia, Volodymyr in the country's northwest has a compact centre with a concentration of h…

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Koktebel, Ukraine
Gold
Wine country

Koktebel

Ukraine

A Black Sea resort village in southeastern Crimea, between Feodosiya and Sudak, with an unusual concentration of cafés and restaurants for its size and a win…

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Novovolynsk, Ukraine
Gold
Relaxing family getaways

Novovolynsk

Ukraine

A mid-sized Ukrainian town in Volyn Oblast where Soviet-era apartment blocks surround a green-domed Orthodox church, with a pocket-sized lake visible nearby…

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Horodok, Ukraine
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Horodok

Ukraine

This tiny Ukrainian city just west of Lviv, Horodok sits on the river Vereshytsia, which broadens into a large pond at the town's edge.

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Zhovti Vody, Ukraine
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Zhovti Vody

Ukraine

Central Ukrainian town on the Zhovta River, Zhovti Vody features a striking yellow-and-white colonnaded civic building with Soviet-era neoclassical flourishe…

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Alupka, Ukraine
Gold
Wine country

Alupka

Ukraine

Vorontsov Palace — designed by English architect Edward Blore in a striking blend of Scottish baronial and Neo-Moorish styles and built between 1828 and 1846…

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Vasylkiv, Ukraine
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Vasylkiv

Ukraine

Town on the Stuhna River in Kyiv Oblast, Vasylkiv has a walkable centre with cafés and restaurants and sits within reach of several UNESCO World Heritage sit…

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Pryluky, Ukraine
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Pryluky

Ukraine

A town on the Udai River in north-central Ukraine's Chernihiv Oblast, Pryluky is the administrative and cultural centre of its district.

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Lebedyn, Ukraine
Silver
Inland waterside towns

Lebedyn

Ukraine

A northeastern Ukrainian town on the Vilshanka River, where a striking white-and-blue Orthodox church with silver onion domes anchors a quiet, tree-lined tow…

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Zalishchyky, Ukraine
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Zalishchyky

Ukraine

This little city on the left bank of the Dniester River in western Ukraine, Zalishchyky has a compact central core with cafés and restaurants, an unusual con…

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Kalush, Ukraine
Gold
Bustling market & commercial towns

Kalush

Ukraine

A town in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains in western Ukraine's Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Kalush has a walkable centre with cafés, restaurants, and a…

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Romny, Ukraine
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Romny

Ukraine

Romny sits on a high plateau where the Sula and Romen rivers meet on three sides, giving this northern Ukrainian city an unusually water-defined setting.

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Volochysk, Ukraine
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Volochysk

Ukraine

This town in western Ukraine on the Zbruch River, Volochysk has served as a significant border crossing point between Russia and Central Europe, with its pai…

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Busk, Ukraine
Silver
Inland waterside towns

Busk

Ukraine

This small city on the Buh River in western Ukraine's Lviv Oblast, Busk is known as the birthplace of Yevhen Petrushevych, president of the West Ukrainian Na…

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Myrhorod, Ukraine
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Myrhorod

Ukraine

Ukrainian town on the Khorol River, Myrhorod centres on a broad main street lined with ornate yellow-and-white imperial-era civic buildings, with a walkable…

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Malyn, Ukraine
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Malyn

Ukraine

This Ukrainian town on the Irsha river in the wooded Polesia region, Malyn sits roughly a hundred kilometres northwest of Kyiv.

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Perechyn, Ukraine
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Perechyn

Ukraine

First mentioned in records from 1399, Perechyn is a modest town in Ukraine's Zakarpattia Oblast, sitting on a river in the foothills of the Transcarpathian M…

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Irshava, Ukraine
Gold

Irshava

Ukraine

A snow-dusted Zakarpattia town spread across a gentle valley, with a domed church rising above the low roofline and rolling hills fading into the horizon — a…

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Zdolbuniv, Ukraine
Gold

Zdolbuniv

Ukraine

This town in western Ukraine's Rivne Oblast, Zdolbuniv has been a significant railway junction since the railway's arrival in the second half of the 19th cen…

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Kaniv, Ukraine
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Kaniv

Ukraine

Founded in the 11th century by Kievan prince Yaroslav the Wise, Kaniv is a central Ukrainian town on the Dnieper River best known as the burial site of Taras…

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Vyshhorod, Ukraine
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Vyshhorod

Ukraine

First mentioned in chronicles as early as 946 CE as the town of Princess Olga, Vyshhorod sits on the western bank of the Dnieper river immediately north of K…

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Skhidnytsia, Ukraine
Gold
Spa & thermal wellness

Skhidnytsia

Ukraine

A nationally recognized balneological resort in western Ukraine's Lviv Oblast, Skhidnytsia draws visitors for its local mineral waters, with mountain views a…

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Boryspil, Ukraine
Gold

Boryspil

Ukraine

A town in Kyiv Oblast with a walkable centre full of cafés and restaurants, Boryspil serves as the administrative hub of its raion in northern-central Ukraine.

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Zvyahel, Ukraine
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Zvyahel

Ukraine

Birthplace of the Ukrainian poet Lesya Ukrainka, Zvyahel is a town in northern Ukraine's Zhytomyr Oblast, set on the Sluch River and first recorded in 1256.

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Lubny, Ukraine
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Lubny

Ukraine

A town in central Ukraine's Poltava Oblast with a compact centre where cafés and restaurants are within easy reach of one another and of the nearby river.

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Dubno, Ukraine
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Dubno

Ukraine

This town in western Ukraine's Volhynia region, Dubno is known for its castle on the Ikva River, with cafés and restaurants concentrated in a compact, walkab…

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Sheptytskyi, Ukraine
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Sheptytskyi

Ukraine

Coal-mining city in western Ukraine, Sheptytskyi sits on the Western Bug River in the north of Lviv Oblast, with a compact centre holding historic churches,…

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Oleksandriia, Ukraine
Gold

Oleksandriia

Ukraine

A mid-sized central Ukrainian city with a compact centre of eclectic 19th- and early 20th-century architecture — colonnaded civic buildings, ornate brick fac…

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Smila, Ukraine
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Smila

Ukraine

A town in central Ukraine's Cherkasy Oblast where the Tyasmyn River, a tributary of the Dnieper, runs through the centre, with a walkable core of cafés and r…

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Pervomaisk, Ukraine
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Pervomaisk

Ukraine

Town in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine, where the Southern Bug River bisects the centre, with cafés and restaurants concentrated along its banks.

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Slavuta, Ukraine
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Slavuta

Ukraine

Founded in 1633 by Prince Yuriy Zaslavsky on the banks of the Horyn River in western Ukraine, Slavuta is a town with a walkable centre and a café and restaur…

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Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Kropyvnytskyi

Ukraine

Kropyvnytskyi, a city on the Inhul River in central Ukraine, is known for its café and restaurant scene and a downtown that retains 19th- and early 20th-cent…

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Shepetivka, Ukraine
Gold

Shepetivka

Ukraine

This western Ukrainian railway town where a grand pink-and-ochre neoclassical building faces a snow-covered square, offering a walkable centre with cafés, re…

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Fastiv, Ukraine
Gold

Fastiv

Ukraine

This railway junction town in Kyiv Oblast, central Ukraine, Fastiv has served as a significant node on the rail route connecting central Europe to Russia and…

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Zhmerynka, Ukraine
Gold

Zhmerynka

Ukraine

A town in central Ukraine's Podolia region, Zhmerynka sits at a major railway junction connecting Kyiv, Odesa, Lviv, and Mohyliv-Podilskyi, making it a pract…

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Brovary, Ukraine
Gold

Brovary

Ukraine

City in Kyiv Oblast sometimes called the "shoe capital of Ukraine" for its concentration of footwear manufacturers, Brovary sits just east of Kyiv and is the…

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