Ivano-Frankivsk
From Wikitravel
Ivano-Frankivsk (formerly Stanislawow, German: Stanislau) is a city in the Ukrainian part of East Galicia.
[edit] Get in
By Plane:
Ivano-Frankivsk has its own international airport with flights to Kiev, Moscow (Domodedovo) and Lviv, it is however relatively small. The biggest airport nearby is in Lviv.
By Train:
You can get to Ivano-Frankivsk by train from Lviv (where you can connect to Belarussia and Poland) or Chernivtsi (where you can connect to Romania).
[edit] Get around
The city centre is manageable by foot.
Those wishing to venture outside of the city by Car may want to use a more robust vehicle such as a 4 by 4 as roads in the local area are extremly degraded and incomparible to western roads.
[edit][add listing] See
The Baroque city centre with the town hall, the Armenian Church, the Cathedral and the old brewery.
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Regional Museum
Museum of Art
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Food in Ivano-Frankivsk, like the rest of the Ukraine is fairly good and will sit well in the stomach of most western travelers.
If visiting a supermarket, price on items will vary greatly. Western labeled products will be labeled with prices comparible to western prices. Similar goods with non-western labels will sell much cheaper.
Two glasses of Beer and a bag of potato chips will cost about 5 US dollar at local bars.
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[edit] Get out
The Carpathians are nearby as well as the town Kolomyia and Yaremche. The city of Lviv is not far either.
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