Newcastle to Kiev

the_devil_made_me_do_it

My friend and I are planning a holiday to Kiev. We want to visit Chernobyl while we are there and I'm wondering whether anyone can give advice on who to book the trip with? I have seen online that a number of tour companies offer the visit, but it would be good to have recommendations before booking.

Also, can anyone recommend a cheap but decent hotel we can stay in which is relatively close to most points of interest.

When I've looked at flights from Newcastle I got a shock at the awkward flight times and lengthy stop off in Amsterdam both on outward and inward bound flights.

Voyager2002

Could you fly from Manchester? Or even a London airport?

the_devil_made_me_do_it

Voyager2002 wrote: »

Could you fly from Manchester? Or even a London airport?

I think there is only one airport offering direct flights and I think it might be Gatwick. My local airport is Newcastle and to fly from any other airport just adds further expense, especially since the flight times are pretty much the same where ever we fly from unfortunately.

PeacefulWaters

Luton, Heathrow and Gatwick do direct flights from the UK. All have rail links and hotels.

£150 return from Luton has got me interested!

the_devil_made_me_do_it

PeacefulWaters wrote: »

Luton, Heathrow and Gatwick do direct flights from the UK. All have rail links and hotels.

£150 return from Luton has got me interested!

I'll have a look. Will try and work out whether it's a better option than having to stop off in Amsterdam. I think when I looked a while ago, the stop off worked out shorter than the travel time ect to one of the London airports.