Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle
Fourteenth-to-seventeenth-century fortress guarding the Castle Bridge
Walk the ramparts between the Papal, Rozhanka and Day towers above the gorge.
Kamianets-Podilskyi & Khotyn, Ukraine
Ideal: 2 daysBest: May–SepPrice: Moderate
In 60 seconds
Kamianets-Podilskyi & Khotyn in 60 seconds
At Kamianets-Podilskyi, the Smotrych River carves an omega-shaped limestone canyon around the medieval Old Town before a narrow stone bridge links the rock island to the eleven towers of the Old Castle. Twenty-five kilometres south across the Dniester, Khotyn Fortress raises forty-metre patterned stone curtain walls directly above the wide river.
Best for
- Fortress
- Medieval
- History
- Landscape
Known for
- Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle
- Smotrych Canyon & Old Town Squares
- Khotyn Fortress
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Steep cobbled climbs and bridge crossings are difficult for your mobility.
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Must experience
The things that would make the trip incomplete without them.
Smotrych Canyon & Old Town Squares
Polish, Ruthenian and Armenian market squares on a canyon-ringed island
Follow the rim viewpoints from the Novoplanivskyi Bridge around the loop.
Khotyn Fortress
Monumental thirteenth-to-fifteenth-century Moldavian stone citadel on the Dniester
Stand in the inner bailey surrounded by red-brick ornamental masonry bands.
Beyond the obvious
Hidden gems
Less obvious, rarely queued for, and usually the part people remember.
Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul
Gothic-Renaissance cathedral with a seventeenth-century Ottoman minaret
Crowned by a gilded statue of the Virgin Mary placed atop the minaret in 1756.
Bakota Bay Viewpoint
Submerged Dniester canyon reservoir and chalk cliff monastery cells
An expansive river panorama east of Kamianets-Podilskyi inside Podilski Tovtry National Park.