Ukraine is a country on the crossroads between central and eastern Europe, between north and south. It borders Russia and is not far from Turkey, it has mountain ranges, suitable for skiing and hiking in the Carpathian Mountains, nature (fishing and hunting) and a coastline on the Black Sea. Ukraine is a country where they grow wine, a country with a fascinating capital - Kiev - with St. Sophy's cathedral and broad boulevards, and other famous cities like the fascinating harbour town Odessa, with the old city of Lviv in the west, and with the Crimea, a little "continent" of its own and the most popular place for tourists, with warm climate, mountains, plains and old cities like Sevastopol or Yalta - place of a famous peace conference. Famous for visitors are also cruising tours by ship on Dnipro River from Kiev to the coast.