It took almost a month, and the whole trip (including round-trip air tickets, transportation, accommodation and catering) cost nearly 14000 yuan.
Let's explain it from visa price, air ticket price and local price. Because I'm not a tour guide, I don't need to mention how to play the specific itinerary. You can study it according to your own preferences.
Visa fee, around 800 yuan.
You need a passport before you go, and it must be valid for more than 6 months.
Ukraine's visa was changed to an electronic visa on 20 19, that is, it can be applied online. I won't say more about the specific visa requirements. If you want to save money, you can prepare your own information application, but it is more troublesome and there is a risk of refusal.
As we all know, spending more money can save trouble. As long as I thought it was too much trouble to prepare the materials, I spent 300 yuan more on some websites. The visa fee is around 800 yuan.
After the application, it is best to print it out for the convenience of the staff.
The round-trip fare is about 4000 yuan.
There are almost no direct flights to Ukraine (please let us know because we can't find them). At present, the cheapest flights I have found are all from Beijing, 14 hour or so. For connecting flights, the round-trip price is around 4000, while in other big cities, such as Shanghai and Guangzhou, it is almost above 6600.
In other words, if you can buy a round-trip air ticket within 4000 yuan, it is not a loss.
It should be noted that it is best not to buy a round-trip ticket separately. Buying separately is often more expensive than buying together, except that you fly to Ukraine in other countries and then fly back from Ukraine.
Local price level
Ukraine also belongs to Europe, to be exact, Eastern Europe. According to my experience in several Eastern European countries (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina), the price level in Eastern European countries is generally low (because the monthly income is not high).
If you live and work in China's first tier cities, you can spend money in Ukraine, because the salary in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, is less than 4,000 yuan, which is lower than that in many second-tier cities in China.
Let's talk about some prices that everyone cares about, starting with accommodation.
I went to three major cities in Ukraine, namely Kiev, the capital, Lviv (or Lviv) in the west and Odessa, a coastal city in the south. My accommodation was booked online, and I will basically go tomorrow, but it's decided tonight.
There are many accommodation options, from dozens of youth hostels to thousands of star-rated hotels.
The following are some prices that are often encountered in travel. The following is the approximate price converted into RMB:
Subway is a one-way ticket, 2 yuan;
Ordinary local buses and trams 2-3 yuan;
It is the same as domestic taxis, but it is an international version of Step X. It is best to get off in advance and price by distance.
The train from Kiev to Lviv takes 12 hours, just like our soft sleeper, 170 yuan;
Coffee ground by roadside is about 6- 10 yuan;
I haven't had breakfast in a roadside restaurant. I heard it was 15-20 yuan.
Lunch and dinner per capita in roadside restaurants is 20-40 yuan;
The local package price of eating hamburgers is similar to that in China, and they are all in 30 yuan;
I don't charge much for scenic spots tickets, which are basically around 10 yuan;
Roadside 600 ml Coke, 3-4 yuan;
Supermarket 500 ml mineral water, 2-3 yuan;
2L pure milk 5 yuan on the roadside, enough for you to eat bread for 3 days, 5 yuan;
Most public toilets in Ukraine charge 1-2 yuan, and hamburger shops, restaurants and shopping malls are free;
Calling card, I bought 5G traffic, 25 yuan;
At that time, I visited two big shopping malls in Kiev and found that the price of cosmetics used by girls was similar to that of domestic e-commerce. You'd better buy it in the duty-free shop at the airport.
Summary (including round-trip air tickets and visa fees)
If you are a poor traveller like me, simply going to see Ukrainian girls, staying in youth hostels, cooking in supermarkets, and occasionally eating in roadside restaurants, the consumption for half a month is about 8,000 yuan.
If it is a standard holiday, you can go to a restaurant for three meals a day, stay in a single hotel, watch musicals and experience various local cuisines. It will cost about 10 thousand in half a month.