Car hire is surprisingly expensive in the Ukraine. You can get to the Tunnel of Love by train, by hiring your own car or by Bla Bla car. Apparently, there is luggage store at Rivne train station.Even today you can find the railway line diverges: to Odek plywood factory to the right and to a secret Ukrainian military base to the left. In the cold war era trees were planted close to the railway line to conceal secret weapons and vehicles transported to the soviet military base.After a while, you just accept your fate is to be a human blood bag. Seriously hundreds, if not thousands of blood-thirsty mosquitoes, sit waiting in the trees ready to attack their helpless victims (us)! I have never been attacked by such ravenous mosquitoes in plague-like numbers. Were it not for their business, which transports relies on the railway to transport plywood from their factory through the “tunnel” to Klaven railway station, the tunnel would in all likelihood be completely overgrown. Lovers visiting the Tunnel of Love today have Odek plywood factory to thank for the carefully sculpted tunnel.But yes trains still run along the tunnel of love so keep an eye (and ear) out for oncoming trains! We didn’t think trains still run this route and almost got hit! The tunnel of love is a 3km abandoned railway line.But with our easy to follow steps below, we will make coming here a breeze for you! By train from Lviv (3 hours) and Kiev (7 hours). The Tunnel of Love is somewhat off the beaten track. But beware while this place is a picturesque paradise, human sized blood eating mosquitoes also lurk in this corner of the world, waiting to pounce on an unknowing subject!ĭue to the mosquitoes, I wouldn’t recommend a wedding here however, with LOTS of mosquito repellent, if you love beautiful photography, I would recommend a visit to the Tunnel of Love during your time in the Ukraine. Wedding goers sometimes choose to come to the tunnel of love to get married. While it is relatively unknown from an international standpoint, Ukrainian couples and romantics come to the tunnel of love to marvel in the perfect manicured greenery that has built a tunnel over an abandoned railway. The Tunnel of Love is a semi-abandoned railway line in Klaven, North Western Ukraine noted as being the most romantic place on earth.
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