Getting to Kyiv from Bucharest takes plenty of spare cash or patience.

Getting to Kyiv from Bucharest takes plenty of spare cash or patience. Just one airline flies direct to Kyiv from Bucharest, Aerosvit, and prices start at a monopoly-tastic €334 return.

The train to Kyiv takes a whopping 30 hours and 17 minutes, leaving Bucharest at 19:40, arriving in Kyiv at 00:57 the following night. The train is not direct: you need to change in Chisinau. Tickets cost from €63 (single).