Berdyansk holiday

by Olga Kovalenko, Kyiv Post Staff Writer The answer to the question “Where to go in Ukraine during the summer?” has already become stereotypical: “To the seaside of course!” I won’t even try to be original and suggest that you go to a Carpathian village or something of the kind. Instead, I suggest you go to the sea because summer is really time for sun-tanning and swimming. However, I don’t suggest you visit any of the well-known Black Sea resorts either. Such cities as Alushta, Yalta or Alupka are too popular among tourists and therefore have crowded beaches and high prices. There, you won’t even see the mountains because of the kiosks that sell cheap jewellery, souvenirs, swimming suits, shashlyk and shaurma all over the place. Admiring the sunset will also be a problem since the crowds of beach-goers seem to occupy every... [read full story]