Must-see hotels in Eastern Ukraine

  • Hotel 19

    Kharkiv

    This freshly minted, extravagantly fashioned boutique hotel hides away on a tranquil courtyard just off traffic-plagued vul Sumska. The 24 rooms are a…

  • Villa Otte

    Eastern Ukraine

    This really is a villa with exquisitely designed rooms (think huge beds, comfy armchairs, many useful lamps and whole array of designer toiletries) that…

  • Liverpool Art Hotel

    Eastern Ukraine

    Gilded figures of John, Paul, George and Ringo greeting you in the archway may not be a good sign, but there is much more to Liverpool than belated…

  • Reikartz Galereya

    Eastern Ukraine

    Slap bang in the city centre, it's not just the location that makes this friendly sleepery worth checking out. Rooms are of a recent ilk, perfectly dust…

  • Hotel Cosmopolit

    Kharkiv

    This sets the standard for contemporary design in Kharkiv, with flatscreen TVs and loads of extras like plush robes and 24-hour room service. The theme is…

  • Hotel De Gaulle

    Kharkiv

    Never mind drab surroundings (a football stadium, a bus station and a market), this insular compound succeeds in teleporting its guests from Kharkiv's…

  • Hotel Academy

    Eastern Ukraine

    Fans of Soviet-realist art need look no further than this museum-like hotel. The walls in the lobby and corridors are covered in brilliant paintings…

  • AN-2

    Kharkiv

    This very reasonably priced hotel, a short walk from both the main bus station and Prospekt Gagarina metro station, is named after a famous Soviet-era…

  • Dream Hostel

    Eastern Ukraine

    Regular hostel dwellers will rejoice at finding this sparkling new establishment in a location that can't be more central. Large enough to play mini…

  • Teatralny Hotel

    Eastern Ukraine

    The proximity to a theatre, which supposedly contributes to its brisk business, has prompted the owners to decorate the walls of this cavernous…

  • Palazzo Hotel

    Eastern Ukraine

    This is the place for people travelling on a medium-range budget to enjoy four-star luxury (well, almost). The attractive king-size beds have firm…

  • Park Hotel Chernihiv

    Eastern Ukraine

    Chernihiv's most adequate hotel is located in a riverside park zone, a five-minute taxi ride from the centre. It's a business-like affair with well…

  • Menorah Hotel

    Eastern Ukraine

    The fortress-like skyscraper of the Jewish Menorah Center looks so formidable that no besieging army can possibly disturb your sleep in its in-house hotel…

  • Venetsia

    Eastern Ukraine

    Right by the river, Venetsia has rooms with faux-Victorian furniture, unexpectedly luxurious for the price. Annoyingly you need to order breakfast the…

  • Chichikov Hotel

    Kharkiv

    You may feel you'd like a bit more space in the rooms for the prices this relatively new (2006) epicentral hotel charges, but overall this is a…

  • Hostinny Dvir

    Kharkiv

    This pretty little hotel set in a courtyard behind the posh Chateau restaurant only really becomes boutique as you summit the room scale at junior suite…

  • Khortitsa Palace

    Eastern Ukraine

    Located in newly built twin towers with splendid river views but no longer a part of the Sheraton franchise, this properly business hotel provides…

  • Litera

    Eastern Ukraine

    On a quieter street in the very centre, this smallish hotel has classically designed rooms that are perfectly comfortable and well equipped.

  • Hotel Slovyansky

    Eastern Ukraine

    The Hotel Slovyansky is a remarkable deal considering what you get – four-star comforts, albeit without the four-star service.

  • Hotel Ukraina

    Eastern Ukraine

    The lurid fabrics draped through the rooms at Chernihiv's best digs would be hotel-style hara-kiri in many other countries but represent a great leap…

  • Hotel Kharkiv

    Kharkiv

    Kharkiv's textbook Soviet behemoth looms over pl Svobody, providing adequately equipped, though unremarkable, rooms in the heart of the city. It's really…

  • Hostel CapsularHouse

    Eastern Ukraine

    The most convenient and professionally run apartment hostel at the time of writing. We just hope it lingers for some years, as many such establishments in…

  • Mini-Hotel Sinay

    Eastern Ukraine

    Six-room guesthouse 500 metres from Kyivsky train station offering small, European standard rooms for Ukrainian countryside prices. Rooms are kept…

  • Hotel Myrhorod

    Eastern Ukraine

    Hotel Myrhorod, just along from the gates of the spa, is the obvious place to snooze, though it receives mixed reviews, especially with regard to the…

  • Kharkov Apartment

    Kharkiv

    Renovated flats in unrenovated Soviet apartments blocs scattered around the city. Managers Svetlana and Anna speak English.

  • Apartments-in-Kharkov

    Kharkiv

    Proprietor Dima offers outstanding service and lets clients use the office internet.

  • Mystay.org

    Eastern Ukraine

    An apartment rental agency used to working with foreign travellers.

  • Pasvirda Hotel

    Eastern Ukraine

    A budget hotel with a nice personal touch.

  • Hotel Velikobritaniya

    Eastern Ukraine

    About the only building left of the tsarist-era Donetsk, the Great Britain – built in John Hughes' times to house Western engineers – oozes heaps of olde…

  • Azania Boutique Hotel

    Eastern Ukraine

    When you enter your suite in this extraordinary boutique hotel, you might feel you are dreaming already, your body swallowed by one of the California king…

  • Eva

    Eastern Ukraine

    The decor is slightly on the macabre side – corridors lined with faux antique busts of Greek gods and Roman emperors, but rooms are very well appointed,…

  • Donbass Palace

    Eastern Ukraine

    The country's first five-star property when it opened in the mid-1990s, the Donbass Palace has a lot more competition of late, but it remains the No 1…

  • Red Cat Hostel

    Eastern Ukraine

    The city's pioneering hostel is a classical converted flat affair run by a friendly family. It's been getting consistently positive reviews since it was…

  • Roche Royal

    Eastern Ukraine

    Right by the bus station, Roche Royal sets new standards for Sviatohirsk's hospitality scene with huge stylish rooms, a spa and all the amenities a coal…

  • Zeleny Gai

    Eastern Ukraine

    One of the better and friendlier Soviet pansionaty in the area. It's on the main road, about 700m from the bus station.