Odesa
Although in a slightly dodgy area, this hotel stretches your hryvnya a long way at the midrange level. While the decor is hit or miss, the generous size…
Must-see hotels in Ukraine
Central Ukraine
This popular 218-room Soviet hotel in the heart of the New Town is surprisingly decent, starting with the air-conditioned, design-style lobby and the…
Central Ukraine
While not fancy, the 15 rooms at this small hotel above a pizza place represent good value, and the location near the water tower on central Yevropeyska…
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…
Kyiv
Perhaps a small step down from the best Soviet business hotels, the Salute nonetheless scores serious style points for its design. It's affectionately…
Kyiv
The grand dame of the Dnipro River fleet, this paddle boat built in Budapest in 1954 is now based in Podil and offers budget accommodation when it's not…
Odesa
Tucked away in a quiet courtyard right in the epicentre of Odesa's sightseeing and nightlife, this hotel occupies the upper floors of a residential…
Kyiv
Perched above Olympic Stadium, it is a mammoth, 450-room, Soviet-era highrise transformed into a professionally run establishment. It's a bit of an uphill…
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…
Kyiv
The best hotel in the centre of town is in a classic salmon-toned tsar-era building. It's a remarkable value, especially the suites, which have air-con,…
Kyiv
Tucked in a quiet courtyard a five-minute walk from maidan Nezalezhnosti, this cosy boutique hotel is built into Kyiv's hilly landscape, which is why the…
Central Ukraine
This is the best hotel in Pervomaysk, although it's slightly out of the centre, out on the road to the missile museum. It's in a wood structure with 25…
The Carpathians
This welcoming, informal guesthouse has ageing rooms, good wi-fi and shared bathrooms. There's also a large garden to enjoy and bike hire. The owners are…
Central Ukraine
A member of the once prestigious Savoy group, the Vinnytsya at 50 rooms is downright intimate for a former Soviet hotel. Rooms have high ceilings and are…
Central Ukraine
All the rooms here have undergone de-Sovietisation, and some even have shiny plasma TVs, making this excellent value – especially the businesslike singles…
Western Ukraine
Conveniently located between the lake and the Dominican Church, the Ternopil is a renovated former Intourist wedge with a restaurant and fitness centre…
Kyiv
With breakfast served on the rooftop of a highrise building, most of which is occupied by tax collectors (oops), this new hotel is good value for money in…
Kyiv
The fancy, 13-room Knyazhya Hora is down by the river just 1km before Tarasova Hora. It offers immaculate, European-standard facilities and a contemporary…
Western Ukraine
The unimaginatively renovated but hopelessly post-communist Hotel Dubno, offering very reasonably priced accommodation, is good for a one-nighter and it…
Central Ukraine
You would expect much, much worse for these prices. The rooms are well attended to by Stakhanovite maids and the location is as central as it gets. One of…
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…
Eastern Ukraine
Six-room guesthouse 500 metres from Kyivsky train station offering small, European standard rooms for Ukrainian countryside prices. Rooms are kept…
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…
Southern Ukraine
On the main drag, this hotel has big, bright, comfy rooms and fluffy rugs. Most rooms share pristine bathrooms and there's also a restaurant.
Kyiv
Slightly more upscale, with reasonable, if not great, service. Has English-speaking representatives and accepts credit cards.
Kharkiv
Renovated flats in unrenovated Soviet apartments blocs scattered around the city. Managers Svetlana and Anna speak English.
Southern Ukraine
The rooms here are squeaky clean and cavernous, but slightly overpriced considering the rural location.
Kyiv
Smartly renovated apartments. Has English-speaking representatives and accepts credit cards.
Kharkiv
Proprietor Dima offers outstanding service and lets clients use the office internet.
Kyiv
Lybid hails from the same Soviet architectural incubator as many other hotels in Kyiv. Rooms have seen varying degrees of renovation, but retain cheap…
Central Ukraine
The Podillya has been threatening remont (modernisation) for years but so far has made only token gestures of de-Sovietisation. However, rooms are clean…
Kyiv
A bit of a last resort if you need to be in Pechersk, where accommodation pickings are slim. It occupies the ground floor of an otherwise abandoned high…
Central Ukraine
Living quarters are gaudy and cheaply furnished by Western standards, but they're clean and functional, and the free breakfast is a nice perk at these low…
Central Ukraine
A very central and very Soviet hotel with shockingly gaudy wallpaper and overly plush carpeting, Mirabella's huge suites nonetheless may be the best value…
Central Ukraine
A simple hotel in the centre of Pervomaysk, next to a decent pizzeria, Pan Pizza.
Sevastopol
Outside the city, in MacKenzie Heights, this place is ideal for motorists because of its proximity to strategic roundabouts, from which roads lead to…
