Yablunytsia

The ethnographic and entertainment complex "Polonyna Pertsi" in Yablunytsia near Bukovel is a kind of museum of the Carpathian flavor. This Hutsul amusement park is located in the Carpathian polonyna (mountain meadow) at an altitude of 1000 meters above sea level with a view of Mount Hoverla.

The restored Hutsul hut has a collection of antiquities and traditional Hutsul clothing that can be tried on for a photo shoot. Workshops on folk crafts are held at various locations: blacksmithing, pottery, carving, coverlet-making, easter egg painting, cooking of Hutsul dishes, etc.

The complex has its own farm with a flock of sheep and a dairy-house where polonyna cheese is made. The owner of "Molfar's Hut" tells about the traditions of ancient Hutsul magic. There are tastings of authentic Hutsul cuisine cooked on firewood according to old recipes and branded liqueurs.

You can buy Carpathian mushrooms, cheeses, teas, liqueurs in a local shop.

Yablunytsky (Yablonytskyi) pass is one of the two main passes connecting Transcarpathia with the Ivano-Frankivsk region. It is also called Tatar, because in the 13th century Mongol-Tatar hordes moved to Europe through it. In ancient times, it was the most important route between the Principality of Galicia and Hungary, then between Poland and Transylvania.

The 931-meter-high pass passes through the saddle of the Yablunytsky ridge of the Eastern Carpathians. Now there is a souvenir bazaar and an observation deck on the Yablunytsky pass.

The wooden church of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin Mary in Yablunytsia was built in 1895.

In 1900, the nave of the church was painted by the famous Ukrainian monumental artist Modest Sosenko.

The church is an architectural monument of local importance.

The young wooden church of Saint Basil the Great appeared in Yablunytsia quite recently - in 1992, but it was built according to all the classic canons of Carpathian folk architecture.

The church is decorated with an iconostasis made in 1995 by craftsmen from Deliatyn, Vasyl Savchuk and Vasyl Pryima. The icons were painted by an artist from Lazeshchyna Mykhaylo Kuzyuk. Artistic wall paintings were made in 2000 by folk craftsmen from the village of Chornyi Potik: Mykola Paliychuk, Vasyl Vasylyshyn, Mykhaylo Tkachuk, Mykhaylo Menuyk. The tetrapod was carved and painted by Vasyl Vasylyshyn.