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City Guides 


There are not many city guides available for Kiev in other European capitals. You can buy guides to Ukraine, but in such a vast country they cannot do Kyiv justice.
Two books to look out for here when you come to Kyiv or online are Awsome Kyiv and Touring Kyiv.
Touring Kyiv uses lots of graphics and pictures and minium text. The book was designed for tourists coming to Kyiv during the UEFA European Football Championships in 2012. It is therefore 5% dated - but still a great guide.
Awesome Kyiv is more of a concise "best of" definitive collection of unusual and classic things to do, and facts about the city.
Two weeks before Eurovision a new book in English has been published:
Kyiv by Locals is a collection of photos of the city by people who live in the city with English-language subtitles explaining the shots.
There's also a number of useful websites:
The city tourist board website:
http://visitkyiv.com.ua
Enjoy Ukraine: This is an official tourist information site.
http://www.enjoyukraine.info/interesting-Kiev-facts.html
Go2Kiev.com: http://www.go2kiev.com/view/thrilling-kiev.html
Interesting Kyiv: This is a site for a walking tour company, but has useful information.
https://www.interesniy.kiev.ua/en/glavnaya-stranitsa-gosti/
What Kyiv guides do you like?

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