Kamianets-Podilskyi

This is one of the earliest towns in Ukraine, first mentioned around 1060 as a Slavic town controlled by Lithuanians, but evidence suggests that the Dacians and later the Trypillians had lived there in prehistorical times. The town is a natural crossroad for trans-Carpathian and trans-Ukrainian trade, which attracted Poles, Germans, Armenians, Lithuanians, Jews, Ukrainians, Russians and Romanians to live here until World War II. Now, the town is almost exclusively Ukrainian.
A large fortress was built here to watch over the River Smotrych and some evidence suggests that a fortress has existed on this natural outcropping of rock since 2 millennia ago.

• Railway Station

  phone: +380 3849 30732
  address: Pryvokzalna str., 7
  The best way to get here from Kiev is take a train. There are 2 "Podilsky Express" trains with seats departing from Kiev at 16:43 and 23:41. It takes 6.5-7 hr to get Kamianets-Podilskyi. Also there is a night train taking 9 hr and going every second day.

• Bus Station

  phone: +380 3849 31251
  address: Koriatovychiv Kniaziv str., 19
  Buses from Chernivtsi, Vinnitsa, Lviv or Kiev take 1.5, 4, 5 and 8-9 hr, respectively. The buses from Kiev cost around 100 грн but can faster marshrutkas (minibuses) can be 150 грн from Vokzal (the railway station) in Kiev. The buses from Chernivtsi are not as frequent as Lonely Planet may lead you to believe. The buses from Vinnitsa are rare.

• The ancient fortress

  phone: +380 3849 21500
  address: Str. Papanina
  The major attraction of this town. 12-18th century. Built to protect against the Tatars

• Papal tower5-storey tower on the southeast corner of the castle on the rock beneath cottages nestled suburb Karvasary.

• Kovpak towersimilar to Tenchynsku

• Tenchynska towerThe tower is round, has some loophole

• Ark or Lyaska (Kovcheg) Tower

Church of Saint Heart of Jesus Christ

address: Nihynske highway, 32

Roman Catholic

Monastery of Vyzytok

address: Suvorova str., 2

Closed with an internal court and western facade unfolded on a straight line.

Novoplanivskyi bridgeBuilt in the 1850s.

Mansion of Dembytskyi

address: Lesi Ukrainky str., 38,

Palace of pioneers takes place in building.

Osavulovoys House

address: Sitsinskoho U. str., 2

Today here is a children's sanatorium.

State botanical garden

address: Lesi Ukrainky str.,64

A general area of botanical garden is 17.7 hectares.

Former Town Hall (Polish Magistrat)14th-18th centuries.

Picture Gallery18th century. Former Seminary.

Archeological MuseumFormer Armenian trading house (17th century.)

Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul

address: Tatarska (вул. Татарська,) 20

15th-18th centuries. The architectural ensemble of the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul includes: the actual church, bell tower, a triumphal arch and a minaret. Contains features of Renaissance, Baroque and Gothic architecture.

Armenian or City is a fountain

Exhibition Hall

address: Cathedral, 29 (вул. Сoборна)

Holy Cross churchA wooden church near the walls of the ancient fortress, on the coastal strip in the natural valley of the Smotrych River

Further afield

• Orlovskis' estate, Maliivtsi villageBuilt in 1900s

• Sharivka villageProtection of the Virgin church-fortress (Покровська церква-фортеця), 14th-16th centuries, 1773

• Sutkivtsi village church-fortressProtection of the Virgin church-fortress (Покровська церква-фортеця), 1467

• Trinity monastery in Satanivska Slobidka villageBuilt in 16th-18th century. Monastery complex consists of the gate bell with cells, gates and fences, rebuilt in 1744 in Baroque style. On three sides it is surrounded by two meter thick walls, up to 6 m high.

Budget

Dikanka

Good cheap cafe in city centers with Ukrainian cuisine, about 35 kinds of vareniks (dumplings).

Mid-range

• Kava u politsmeystera

  address: not far from the fortress
  Nice design. Waiters speak English. You have to take the menu from and order on the bar, the order will be brought to your table. "Coffee Ice Cream" is worth trying. Although the name suggests that coffee is the main drink here, you can have a good dinner as well.

• Pid bramoyunice design combining medieval and national Ukrainian motifs. Waitresses don't speak English.

• Hostel Zoom

  phone: +380 3849 37849
  address: Haharina, 69

• "babushka's" apartment

• Hotel 7 Days

  address: Str. Soborna, 4

• Hotel Texas

  phone: +380 67 3824294
  address: Ave. Hrushevskoho (проспект Грушевского), 27
  One sgl, four dbl, three tpl rooms

• Hotel Mariia

  phone: +380 384 950504, +380 97 7115522, +380 67 3841058
  address: Danyla Halytskoho (ул. Д. Галицкого) , 16A

• Monte-Kristo Cafe-Bar-Hotel-Sauna

  phone: +380 384 920888
  address: Lesi Ukrainky, 22

• Kleopatra

  phone: +380 3849 65683, +380 3849 65684
  address: Ohiienka, 39
  Four-star hotel.

• Staryi bank

  phone: +380 97 5729181, +380 97 5061079, +380 3849 91564, +380 3849 91071
  address: Uralska, 4

• Stone Flower

• TIU KP

• Karmaliuk

• Fil'varky-Tsentr

• Xeniya

• Khotyn - If you plan to go to the spectacularly located castle in Khotyn on your way to or from KP and Chernivtsi, you can visit it in route as it sits almost exactly on the route between the two cities.
• Chernivtsi
• Khmelnytskyi - This is the administrative center for the Khmelnytskyi Oblast.