HUTSUL CARPATHIANS + BUKOVEL
Tour itinerary: Lviv - Rogatyn - Yaremche - Bukovel - Polyanytsia - Verkhovyna - Yaseniv - Kryvorivnya - Lviv
Description:
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Rogatyn Motherland of Nastya Lisovska known as Roksolana, a wife of Suleiman II the Magnificent. It is a beautiful Galitsian town with nice monuments of sacred art. Wooden church of the Holy Spirit (1598) is one of the most perfect samples of the Galitsian folk’s wooden architecture, it belongs to the most valuable sacred buildings of the world and is listed in the world heritage of UNESCO. Now there is situated the exposition of the regional studies museum, which pearl is a unique for its beauty and the only one in Galitsiya in such style a five-leveled Renaissance altar screen (1650). Also the attention is drawn by the cathedral of St. Nikolas (the 15th century), built in Gothic-Renaissance style and the Gothic-Baroque Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God (the 14th century)
Yaremche It is a famous climatic health resort which is placed between the picturesque mountains in the picturesque river valley of Prut. Thousands of people admire every year the cascade waterfall “Probiy” (Yaremchanskyi Huk) and the wooden restaurant “Hutsulshchyna”.
Bukovel It is a mountain ski resort No. 1 in Ukraine where one can be lifted by a chairlift up to the top of the mountain Bukovel (1115m) and from which a great panorama of the chain of the Gorgan and Chornogirskyi mountains is opened.
Verkhovyna Ethnographic center of Hutsulshchyna, previously Zhabye which is opening on the banks of the famous Chornyi Cheremosh River, apart of the picturesque Carpathian panoramas it has a lot of other attractions for particular tourists. Here you are welcomed for a concert-excursion in the private Hutsulian museum of household and musical named after Roman Kumlyk. You can get to know about a big Hutsulian love of Ivan and Marichka as well as make photo in the Hutsulian clothes in the hut museum of the movie “Tini zabutykh predkiv" (“Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors”). You can taste Hutsulska brynzda in the museum of the mountain meadow life “Shepherd’s hut”.
Kryvorivnya Legendary village, “Ukrainian Athens” preserved for us a classic Hutsulian church of the Holy Mother of God (1719) and a hut museum “Hutsulska Grazhda”. Picturesque Kryvorivnya was beloved by I. Franko, M. Grushevskyi, G. Khotkevych, M. Kotsubynskyi, I. Trush and the tens of other eminent personalities and obviously you also like it.
Tour program:
Departure from Lviv (08 am)
Rogatyn (church attending)
Yaremche (waterfall viewing, visiting Hutsulshchyna restaurant, souvenirs purchasing and lunch)
Bukovel (lifting by chairlift way up to the top of the mountain Bukovel and viewing the Carpathian panorama)
Polyanytsia (putting up at the hotel at 07:30 pm, Hutsulian entertainment (Gutsulska zabava))
Breakfast and departure (08 am)
Verkhovyna (excursion-concert at the museum named after Roman Kumlyk, excursion and making photos in the Hutsulian clothes at the museum “Tini zabutykh predkiv” (“Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors”) and viewing the museum of Shepherd’s hut)
V.Yaseniv (lunch)
Kryvorivnya (attending the Hutsulian church and the Hutsulian house and farmstead visiting )
Verkhovyna (‘live’beer tasting)
Lviv (arrival up till 11:30 pm).
Includes:
Comfortable transportation (car, minivan, sprinter)Professional guiding 24 hours
Excursion services at tourisе sights
Accommodation (comfortable single/double/twin room in 3 star Hotel or cozy estates of green tourism)
Taste food and drink
Additional information and services:
Extra drinksExtra food
We can start the tour each day at 08am. If you prefer another time, please remark this during the booking process at the comments.
This tour is currently available in English, German, Polish, Ukrainian and Russian.
Currency
Ukrainian hryvnia. You might want to bring a small amount of local currency for drinks and souvenirs.