Hi everyone! Bringing our review about a huge variety of traditional Ukrainian souvenirs to a close, places where to buy these souvenirs should be naturally mentioned. That made sense. There is a lot of falsification, as everywhere else, and a tested place can be a sort of guarantee for you to buy “the real McCoy”. So, let’s find out the famous places where you can purchase high-quality traditional souvenirs.

First of all, the choice of place closely depends on a city you are going to visit. Such big cities as Kyiv and Lviv traditionally offer more advanced features in the area of selling the souvenir items compared to smaller cities. When we speak of Kyiv, the famous Andrew’s Descent (Andriyivskyi uzviz in Ukrainian) should be mentioned. The legendary street with its own history, it contains numerous museums and the spots of history, among them Saint Andrew’s Church, the world-famous writer Mikhail Bulgakov’s house-museum, the “Castle of Richard the Lion Heart” house and a number of monuments. The Andrew’s Descent has even several legends surround it, associated with the names of famous Christian saints of Saint Andrew and Andrew the Apostle. One way or another, the Andrew’s Descent is known for numerous souvenir shops and art galleries exhibiting original paintings by local Ukrainian artists. Here you can hunt souvenirs either cheap or exclusively expensive, and one little piece of advice: begin bargaining! (By the way, it concerns each and every souvenir shops). Sometimes while bargaining the initial price could even a half decrease.

Undoubtedly the most famous place “where-to-buy” concerning Western Ukraine is considered to be the Vernissage Souvenir Market. It is an outdoor souvenir bazaar located behind the House of Opera and the biggest handcraft market of Ukraine. A lot of embroidered items, pieces of art, antiques one can buy there. Beyond that, the Ravlyk Gallery, the store of Lvivski tsyatsky at Ploshcha Rynok (Market Square) in Lviv should be mentioned. The handicraft market at Yablunivskyy Pass, located in Zakarpatsky region, the markets of Vorokhta  and Kosiv, located in Ivano-Frankivsk region, are also among the most famous and richest of Ukraine.

For the last, try to find out all information about local fests and exhibition fairs. You may find the real masterpieces there, and the price would hardly be so high in comparison with the big cities’ prices.