Winter Weekend Route: Enchanting Poltava Region
Hospitable Poltava is the spiritual capital of Ukraine, a city of inspiration and charm. Its beauty inspires creative people, takes them away from everyday life and offers the chance to feel a unique Ukrainian flavor. If you want to spend a weekend well, plan your winter weekend trip to charming Poltava!
Winter weekend itinerary from Kyiv to Poltava
From Kyiv's central railway station to Poltava, you can get there in almost 3 hours. The whole trip by car takes 4 hours.
When you visit Poltava, be sure to learn more about its history, origins, the most interesting architectural landmarks and culture. You can begin your acquaintance with the city's largest and most beautiful square — Kruhla Square. Here you will see the beauty of Korpusnyi Garden and recall the past while standing by the monument of glory.
You will be struck by the originality of the architectural design and the picturesque surrounding landscape — the White Gazebo and the Exaltation of the Cross Monastery. The semicircular colonnade of eight snow-white columns was erected in honor of the Battle of Poltava, on the site where the mighty walls of the Poltava Fortress once stood until the 19th century.
Take a very beautiful photo of Poltava from Ivanova Hill, visit the Kotliarevskyi Museum and be sure to make a wish by the monument to the Poltava halushka.
If you want to see Poltava's most important places and historical landmarks, then it is worth going to the Field of the Battle of Poltava, seeing the monument to Peter I, lighting a candle in Samsonivska Church and admiring the beauty of the Assumption Cathedral.
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If you are traveling with children, visit the residence of Saint Nicholas, who will be waiting for the children from 19 December to 19 January. At the Equator shopping and entertainment center you can go ice skating or head to a real ski slope, which is located 14 km from Poltava, in the village of Kamenka.
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Unforgettable Poltava cuisine
Poltava is famous not only for its beautiful landscapes and historical monuments, it is also a city with a distinctive Ukrainian cuisine. Vereshchaka, potato lezhni, lemeshky, honey shulyky with poppy seeds, zavyvantsi and halushky — it is hard to list all the tasty dishes that win the heart and stomach of everyone who visits the city. So when choosing a winter weekend itinerary, be sure to visit local restaurants to warm up and taste the famed halushky, pundyky, mandryky or the tastiest Ukrainian borscht.
