Attractions of Mukachevo district

The Cathedral in honor of the Pochaiv Icon of the Mother of God is located in the center of Mukachevo, next to the pedestrian square of Kyryla i Mefodiia.

Built in 1992-1993. At the heart of the building is the building of the former office of the Shenborn estate, which was used as a border outpost in Soviet times.

Belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

A monument to Afghan soldiers has been installed nearby.

The Greek-Catholic Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Mukachevo is located at the intersection of Oleksandr Dukhnovych pedestrian square and Uspenska Street.

It was built in 1829-1859 on the site of the unfinished Mukachevo monastery, founded in 1752. The initiator of the construction of the temple was the outstanding Transcarpathian educator Vasyl Dovhovych, who was the first local scientist to become a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. A clock made in Munich was installed on the bell tower.

In the 1990s, the church was reconstructed, and a new iconostasis by Yosyp Volosyansky was installed. In front of the church fence - a sculpture of the Virgin and Child.

The tasting room "Celtic yard under Lovacka" in Mukachevo is located in an ancient 45-meter long cellar at the foot of the Lovacka mountain, on the slopes of which grapes have been grown for more than 500 years.

The name is connected with the fact that there is an ancient Celtic settlement nearby.

The tasting cellar offers guests to taste several types of fruit liqueurs and tinctures (slyvovytsya, kedrivka, cherry, wild gooseberry, persimmon and others), three types of domestic ale (Celtic, ginger, corn), domestic cider, as well as several types of vermouth made with 30 herbs .

Among the exclusive and seasoned drinks, tourists can taste gin, schnapps, grappa, oruho and brandy of their own production.

Drinks are served with pickles and tomatoes, sandwiches with corned beef and home-made lard.

Cyril and Methodius Square Square in Mukachevo (former Myru Square) is a cozy paved boulevard that forms the basis of the pedestrian triangle of the tourist zone in the center of the city.

The dominant feature is the city hall in the Art Nouveau style (1906), on the tower of which a clock with a complex mechanism is installed. At the other end of the square rises the cathedral church of Saint Martin, who is the patron saint of the city. Nearby is the Gothic chapel of Saint Yosyp (XVI century), in which medieval paintings have been preserved.

A monument to Saints Cyril and Methodius was erected on the square.

It is the venue for mass events, including the annual "Chervene Wine" festival.

The Zakarpatsky Regional State Drama Theater in Mukachevo owes its birth to the Drama Theater of Bessarabia.

In 1884, the "Theater Construction Society" appeared in Mukachevo. However, the necessary funds were collected in the city only after 12 years. The foundation of the theater was laid on the site of the trading rows and the salt administration. The theater, built in the Art Nouveau style, opened three years later, in the fall of 1899. And yet, for almost half a century, the city did not have its own permanent theater troupe, although visiting actors sometimes performed here.

The first official theater season in Mukachevo was opened by the play "Commander Suvorov", which was staged by a troupe transferred here in 1947 from Akkerman (now Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi). The organizer and founder of the theater was Hryhoriy Hotarskyi. Over the years of its existence, the theater team staged more than 250 plays.

The Fine Arts Museum was founded in 1997 at the Mukachevo Boarding School of Art, now the Mukachevo Lyceum No. 8. The Lyceum is located in the premises of the former Hungarian State Royal Gymnasium, which was built in 1892.

The exhibits of the museum became the examination works of the graduates of the school in fine and decorative and applied arts – the best works of art of painting, graphics, embroidery, ceramics, carvings, moldings, straw appliqués, collages, etc. Here you can see embroidered towels, Easter eggs, paintings with Transcarpathian landscapes, various clay products.

Excursions to the Fine Arts Museum are conducted by members of the "Young Tour Guides" group.

The wooden church of the holy apostles Peter and Paul in the village of Uklyn is the oldest church in the Svalyava region. Probably, during the construction of the church in the 18th century, building materials from the previously dismantled church of the 14th century were used.

The small temple is built in the style of folk architecture. The architectural monument was restored in 2001.

The wooden church of the Holy Spirit in Huklyvyi is the oldest wooden church in the Volovets region (XVIII century).

Belongs to the Lemki type of wooden architecture. Three log cabins of different widths are made of spruce beams, the roof is covered with shingles. A square tower with a two-story baroque finish rises above the nave, and a slender baroque head is planted above the eastern part.

In 1784, the German master Frants Peyer painted the interior. This is one of the few paintings preserved to this day in the wooden churches of Transcarpathia.

The spring of mineral water is located at the exit from the village of Zhdeniievo in the direction of the village of Zbyny, on the left of the road.

It was solemnly opened and consecrated in May 2014. A chapel was built around the spring in honor of the Praise of the Most Holy Virgin.

The "Honey House" in Mukachevo is one of the attractions of the "Honey Route of Transcarpathia", which is part of the "Sweet Transcarpathia" tourist route.

The Mukachevo honey museum was opened in 2010 by a family of beekeepers from Perest. The exhibition features a living beehive with transparent walls, beekeepers' tools, a collection of toy bees, a unique map of Ukraine in honeycombs, wax candles, samples of honey from 60 countries of the world.

Visitors to the "Honey House" are offered a tasting of 4 types of Transcarpathian honey, as well as some honey drinks: mead and herbal honey balm.

A small local history museum works at the House of Culture of the Transcarpathian village of Dertsen.

The exposition tells about the history and culture of the village.

The ethnographic section presents rural antiquities: antique furniture, ceramic dishes, traditional clothes, Transcarpathian carpets, tools.

The source of therapeutic mineral water "Polyana Kvasova" is located on the territory of the sanatorium. "Sonyachne Zakarpattya".

Buvet was opened together with the sanatorium in 1965.

The Poliana deposit of mineral waters is located two kilometers from the center of the village of Poliana on the left bank of the Velika Pinya River in the Kvasy tract. The source has been known since the 18th century. In Transcarpathia, mineral waters containing natural carbon dioxide are called kvass, kvass.

At first, the water from the Poliana source was transported in barrels, and in 1840 it was bottled and exported to Europe under the name "Polyanska". The new industrial bottling of water "Polyana Kvasova" was launched in 1946.

The content of hydrocarbons in it is much higher than in the famous Borjomi. One glass is enough to get rid of heartburn. Water is used for the prevention and treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and joints.

The "Poliana Kvasova" mineral water bvet is located near the "Sonyachne Zakarpattya" sanatorium.

The Poliana mineral water deposit was first mentioned in 1463 in Hungarian royal charters. The first water hospital was opened here in 1826, and the current pumping station has been operating since 1965.

According to the chemical composition, the mineral water "Poliana Kvasova" belongs to the type of Borjomi-type hydrogen carbonate sodium boric waters (the degree of mineralization is from 6.5 to 12.0 grams per liter) and is characterized by a natural content of healing carbon dioxide. Known for its healing properties since 1840. In a natural way, it stabilizes the acid level of the gastrointestinal tract, balances the water-salt balance of the body, neutralizes the side effects of drugs, overcomes hangovers, and invigorates metabolism. Effectively helps with heartburn.

Water is supplied to the pumping station directly from the source. Buvet operates according to the schedule during meal periods.

The monument to the Chimney Sweep in the center of Mukachevo was erected in 2010 at the initiative of the former head of the Transcarpathian regional state administration Viktor Baloha.

The sculpture by Ivan Brovdi is placed on the cobblestones near the fountain, opposite the city's House of Culture. The monument to the "happy Chimney Sweep" was immediately nicknamed "Bertalon Bachi", because the prototype was the well-known Mukachevo Chimney Sweep Bertalon Tovt. He is shown with his gear surveying the rooftops of the surrounding buildings. Beside him is a faithful cat.

It is believed that a meeting with a Chimney Sweep brings good luck.

The Mukachevo Literary and Art Museum opened in 2021 on the first floor of the Oleksandr Dukhnovych Central City Library in the center of Mukachevo.

The museum was created at the expense of the public at the initiative of writers Viktor Dvornychenko and Tetyana Rybar.

The exposition presents ancient and modern examples of literature, visual and theatrical arts, music, and sculpture. You can see old typewriters, music records, theater posters, works of decorative and applied art.