Attractions of Mukachevo district

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 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.

The Palace of Princes Rakotsi in Mukachevo is better known as the "White House". It is located in the center of the city, inside the block on Cyril and Methodius Square. The palace was built in the XVII-XVIII centuries in a mixed Renaissance and Baroque style. It owes its second name to the initial color of the facade.

The palace served as the city family residence of the princes of the Transylvanian Rakotsi dynasty. In 1726, it became the property of the Shenborn family, for whom the famous German architect Yohan-Baltazar Neyman carried out a major reconstruction of the building and completed a new building in compliance with architectural proportions and symmetry. A powerful baroque portal stands out, next to which is placed a sculptural portrait of Prince Ferents II Rakotsi (according to legend, it was here that the prince wrote an appeal to the Hungarian people calling for an uprising against the Habsburgs).

Despite its respectable age, the "White Palace" is in excellent condition. Inside, the original interior has been largely preserved: cross vaults, ancient stucco, a marble fireplace, a bronze chandelier in the Art Nouveau style. Since Soviet times, the palace has been home to the Mukachevo Children's Art School, named after the founder of the Hungarian school of realistic painting, Mihay Munkachi. In the hall of the school there is a museum exposition dedicated to the artist, in particular, a plaster form of the future monument to Munkachi. There is a bust of Mihay Munkachi on the square in front of the palace.

The Palace of the Princes of Rakotsi is an architectural monument of national importance. Restoration is planned, after which the White House will be equipped with a museum of the Rakotsi family and a hall for receiving distinguished guests.

Mount Pikuy is the highest peak of the Verkhovyna watershed ridge, the highest geographical point of the Lviv region (1408 meters).

It is located on the border of Lviv and Transcarpathian regions. The slopes of Pikuy are covered with beech forests. Most of the route to the top passes through the forest.

From the top of Mount Pikuy, a wonderful panoramic view of several famous Carpathian peaks opens: Polonina Runa (1482 meters), Hostra (1405 meters), Styi (1677 meters). A reinforced concrete stele with a height of about 5 meters is installed on the top.

The easiest and gentlest route to Mount Pikuy starts in Bilasovytsia, an alternative route is from the Transcarpathian villages of Zhdeniievo and Shcherbovets.

The Greek-Catholic Saint Illina Church in Chynadiiovo is a rebuilt Catholic church of the 14th century.

Initially, the temple was made in the Gothic style, subsequent reconstructions distorted its appearance.

A wooden log with a cross inside is stored here, which was discovered in 2002 by woodcutters from Mukachevo, when they were felling a beech that was about 100 years old.

The medieval castle "Saint Miklosh" (Saint Nicholas) in Chynadiiovo was built in the 15th century as a typical Romanesque feudal residence.

The castle is a two-story building of a simple rectangular shape with two three-tiered corner towers. The thickness of the walls of the castle is more than 1 meter.

Chynadiiovo castle belonged to the rich family of Pereni barons, guarded the Carpathian pass "Ruska Brama". In 1657, the castle was damaged during the assault by the Polish troops of Prince Lubomyrsky.

Ilona Zrini, the wife of Prince Ferents I Rakotsi, secretly met here with the leader of the Hungarian rebels, Imre Tekeli, and after her husband's death, she married him. At the end of the anti-Habsburg war, the rebel army of her son Ferents II Rakotsi was stationed here.

Later, the building served as a prison and a warehouse. Until recently, the castle was in an extremely neglected state.

Currently, the Saint Miklosh Castle in Chynadiiovo is rented by the artist Yosyp Bartosh. Enthusiasts are conducting restoration work, a museum exhibition and a picture gallery have been developed. Art exhibitions are held in several restored rooms, artists periodically gather for open-air concerts, live music concerts, and theatrical tours are held.

There is a tourist information center.

Saint Nicholas Church in Chynadiiovo is located on the river bank in the midst of rural buildings, 250 meters from Pereni Castle.

It was built in the 18th century.

The church and the castle are connected by an underground passage. Nowadays, the passage from the side of the castle is walled up.

The temple belongs to the UOC community of the Moscow Patriarchate.

Saint Nicholas Mukachevsky Monastery is the main Orthodox shrine of the city of Mukachevo.

According to legend, the ancient monastery was founded in the 10th century by Kyiv monks who accompanied Yaroslav the Wise's daughter Anastasiya, who was given in marriage to the Hungarian king (caves and a healing spring have been preserved). Another legend tells about the victory of Prince Fedir Koriatovych (Koryatovych) in a fight with a snake. In 1360, the prince built a wooden church and cells at the place indicated to him by an angel who appeared above the river.

The Saint Nicholas Monastery was the residence of bishops in 1491-1772. Stone buildings in the Baroque style were erected in the 18th-19th centuries under the direction of architect Dmytro Rats, who is buried in the Assumption Cathedral.

The elegant hunting palace-castle of the Shenborn Counts is located in the Berehvar tract in the village of Karpaty, on the outskirts of Chynadiiovo, 10 kilometers from Mukachevo.

In 1728, Austrian Archbishop Lotar Frants fon Shenborn received a gift from Emperor Karl VI of large lands in the Mukachevo area, which in 1711 were taken from Prince Ferents II Rakotsi, the leader of the anti-Habsburg uprising.

The new owners chose the picturesque Berehvar tract for hunting and built a wooden hunting castle. In 1890-1895, Ervin Fridrikh Shenborn-Bukhhaym built a magnificent stone castle-palace in its place. The eclectic architecture dominated by Neo-Gothic and Renaissance elements gives the building a romantic look of the French castles of the Lyudovik XIV era. The project is based on the astronomical year: 365 windows correspond to the number of days in a year, 52 rooms correspond to the number of weeks, and 12 entrances correspond to the number of months. The building is decorated with numerous turrets, weather vanes, bright tiles, colored stained-glass windows, and heraldic stucco. On the clock tower you can see the coat of arms of the Shenborns with a lion and a crown. Interiors with grand staircase and fireplace have been partially preserved.

The palace is located in the center of an English park with an area of 19 hectares with a natural landscape where rare species of trees and shrubs are found: boxwood, sakura, Weymouth pine, Canadian spruce. The outline of the park pond repeats the map of Austria-Hungary.

Aristocrats from all over Europe gathered every autumn to rest and hunt in the Shenborn lands.

Since 1946, the clinical sanatorium "Karpaty" was opened on the territory of the estate, where cardiovascular diseases are treated. There is a pumping station with mineral water "Polyana Kupel". The building of the Shenborn Palace is now one of the buildings of the sanatorium.

Down by the road is the railway station "Sanatorium Karpaty", which is made in the same romantic style as the palace.

The Skakalo waterfall happily jumps over the boulders on the Matekiv mountain stream near the village of Chynadiiovo, immediately behind the Vodohray tourist complex.

A stone ridge crossing the wooded slope of the mountain blocks the path of the watercourse, and the stream breaks off the ledges with three steps, forming a four-meter cascade of jets that seem to jump from stone to stone.

The Svaliava Historical Museum is located on the first floor of the administrative building in the center of the Svaliava city.

About 1,300 exhibits of the museum tell about the history of the Svaliava region and the traditional culture of the inhabitants of this land. The historical part presents archival materials and old photos of the city.

The ethnographic exposition is designed in the form of the interior of a traditional Transcarpathian house. Household items of residents of Svaliava and surrounding villages are exhibited here: work tools, folk clothes and shoes. The traditional technology of manufacturing fabrics and woven products is presented in detail: a spinning wheel, a loom and other tools.

Veretskyi waterfall is a Carpathian pass at the watershed of the Stryi and Latoritsa rivers, which crosses the border of Zakarpattia and Lviv regions. Also known as Vorotskyi Pass or Rus Gate, now it is called Serednyoveretskyi.

In 894-896 BC, tribes of Ugrians (Hungarians) led by Arpad crossed the Veretskyi Pass, moving from the Urals to the Danube lowland. Having recaptured the Danubian lands from the Bulgarians, the Hungarians thereby gained their new homeland. Ukrainians moved to Transcarpathia along this route.

In 1896, a monument was erected in honor of the conquest of the homeland by the Hungarians at the pass, which was then the border between the Hungarian and Austrian parts of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It consists of seven blocks stacked on top of each other in the form of an arch. They symbolize the seven Ugric tribes that crossed the pass.

In 1939, a mass shooting of Ukrainian Sich archers who defended Carpathian Ukraine took place here. After the Second World War, the commemorative plaques were removed from the obelisk, it gradually fell into disrepair. In 2008, despite the protests of Ukrainian patriots, the monument was restored.

From the Veretskyi Pass you can enjoy breathtaking views of the surrounding mountains.

Vysoky Kamin mountain rises above the villages of Zhdeniievo and Pidpolozzia near the confluence of the mountain rivers Zhdeniivka and Latoritsa.

The height of the mountain is 836 meters above sea level. During the walk, you can see the nature of Transcarpathia in all its diversity. You can admire the wonderful views of the mountains, inhale the unforgettable aroma of spruce trees, and hear the sound of the leaves of beech trees.

The length of the route to the Vysoky Kamin mountain is 2 kilometers on a steep slope.