General information🔍
Kherson is a port city of Ukraine that serves as the administrative centre of Kherson Oblast. Located on the Black Sea and on the Dnieper River, Kherson is the home of a major ship-building industry and is a regional economic centre.
What is Kherson famous for?🍉
The Ukrainian city of Kherson is famous, first and foremost, for its huge sweet, watermelons. So any acquaintance with the southern steppe oasis must begin with melon. Starting in August, mountains of Kherson watermelons pop up across Ukraine: at the bazaars, in the supermarkets, even at roadside stands. Many people also visit the Kherson region for its pristine nature. Eco-tourists from across Ukraine come to sail yachts in the Dnipro, to fish, and to swim. The region surrounding the city of Kherson is also filled with stunning attractions — both natural and manmade.
Main sights🏰
In Kherson:
- The Church of St. Catherine
- The Kherson Art Museum has a collection of icons, and Ukrainian paintings and sculptures. Near the Monastery by German painter August von Bayer (1859); Oaks (1956); Moloditsya (1938) and Still Life with the Blue Broom (1930), by Oleksii Shovkunenko (born in Kherson).
In Kherson region:
- Oleshky Sands.Located 30 km from Kherson, the Oleshky Sands are believed to be the largest sand desert in Europe. The “Ukrainian Sahara” stretches for 30 km from north to south and 150 km from east to west
- Askania-Nova is the largest biosphere reserve in Europe, where acclimatized wild animals from Africa and Asia roam freely.
- The Ukrainian “Dead Sea” and the Pink Lake.You don’t have to venture to Jordan or Israel to float in the Dead Sea. Such a miraculous body of water also exists in Kherson region. It’s called Lemuria Lake. This is a shallow and extremely salty bay of the Azov Sea.
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