Attractions of Ivano-Frankivsk region

The Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in the village of Spas was built in 1811 at the expense of the parishioners. Before that, there was only a chapel in the village, built after the Tatars burned down the Ispas Monastery in the 17th century.

The church is wooden, five-bay, cruciform in plan. The iconostasis was ordered by Italian masters.

The Church of the Transfiguration has been restored several times, as a result of which it is now covered not with authentic wooden shingles, but with sheet metal.

Aquapark "Tsunami" in Ivano-Frankivsk is considered one of the largest in Ukraine.

Its area is 6 thousand square meters. It can accommodate up to 500 people at a time.

In total, there are 6 swimming pools and 12 slides in the "Tsunami" water park, as well as a jacuzzi, solarium, sauna, massage room, fitness center. One of the pools with a depth of 12.5 meters is intended for diving. From the central indoor pool, you can swim outside to a 30-meter, four-lane, heated, year-round outdoor pool.

In addition to the water park, the Tsunami sports and entertainment complex also includes an ice arena, a restaurant, and a hotel.

The Tysmenytsia City History Museum named after Stepan Havrylyuk is housed in a historic two-story building from 1902 near the city center.

The first hall presents archaeological findings from the Tysmenytsia hillfort and a model of the old Tysmenytsia. The second hall is the fur industry, to which the city owes its fame. Here you can see fur products of different eras, tools. The third hall is used for temporary exhibitions.

The Ukrainian Museum of Sacred Art opened in November 2019 on the territory of the Baron SPA Hotel in the center of the Yaremche resort. The museum presents a unique collection of religious works of the 17th-21st centuries.

The basis of the exposition are rare works of church art, as well as modern icon painting samples, reproduced from the originals. Most of the icons in the museum's exposition repeated the tragic fate of the Ukrainian church and culture. The total ban and destruction of monuments left deep wounds on the canvases themselves, most of which were saved by patron Ivan Havron and restoration artist, head of the restoration department of the Ivano-Frankivsk Museum of Local History Valeriy Tverdokhlib, after undergoing conservation and restoration.

The collection of the Ukrainian Museum of Sacred Art includes more than 60 works. The pearls of the collection are the icons of the 18th century "Saint Luke" and "Descent into Hell".

The Museum of Ukrainians Deportations in the 20th Century was founded in 2019 in the urban-type village of Broshniv-Osada. It is located in the oldest preserved building of the town, built in 1927 for the administration of the forestry enterprise of Yozef Hlezinher.

An exposition is currently being formed, which will tell about the life of people during their stay in the Broshniv-Osada detention center. A special exhibit is a four-axle wooden carriage of a freight train in which the Soviet authorities transported people to Siberia.

The museum is preparing for opening.

The interactive museum and entertainment complex "Underhill Earth History Park" is located in the open air on the outskirts of the village of Pidhirya near Bohorodchany.

The park was created in 2021 by entrepreneurs Taras and Peter Belz for the organization of active, scientific family recreation. 15 sculptures of prehistoric animals, mostly from the Cenozoic era, are presented on the territory of the complex: mammoths, elasmoterium, gomphotherium and others. The "Museum of the Earth" in the dome-shaped room introduces the formation and development of the planets of the solar system. Opened in 2023, the "Museum of Civilization" tells about the history of mankind from the Neolithic to modern times and even offers a glimpse into the future. Its main exhibit is a copy of a hairy rhinoceros, which was found by scientists in 1929 in the village of Starunia in Prykarpattia.

Part of the complex is a mini-zoo where lions, tigers and ostriches are kept. The park has many themed locations and photo zones, sports and playgrounds, a food court and a souvenir shop.

Scientific and educational excursions of various topics are held.

The UPA Hideout-Museum in Verkhovyna opened in 2021 in the basement of the Petro Shekeryk-Donykiv Memorial Museum.

The museum was created by the owner of this century-old building, Ivan Makivnychuk, whose ancestors included UPA fighters. The secret entrance to the hideout-museum is through a well.

The museum exposition reproduces the atmosphere in which Ukrainian rebels lived during the liberation struggle in the middle of the 20th century. Authentic weapons, clothes, interrogation log, other documents and old photos are presented.

The kryivka (hideout) of UPA fighters was restored in 2018 in Playek tract near the village of Hrynkiv.

In 1947, there was an underground bunker at this place, which was used by the propaganda department of the Regional Leadership of the OUN of the Carpathian Territory. On November 5, 1947, ten rebels led by Geletiy Leon "Tysa" fought here with a large squad of NKVD punishers. Almost all of them died.

Local activists found the site of the battle in the forest and rebuilt the kryivka according to the preserved drawings.

The UPA Kryivka-Museum on the outskirts of Pistyn village was opened in 2015 on the Fatherland Fatherland Day on the feast of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God on the initiative of the local community and with the support of the Kuty Forestry State Enterprise.

It was at this place that the Kosiv foresters found the remains of an underground shelter of soldiers of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) with an archive of documents that tell about the armed struggle of Kosoiv rebels against the Soviet invaders in 1946-1951.

The museum complex consists of three kryivkas (hideouts), reconstructed in their original form (residential kryivka, armory hideout, hospital kryivka), between which the tourist route "Paths of the UPA's Battle Glory" is laid. Information stands introduce the history of the creation of the complex and the main milestones of the formation and activity of the UPA in the territory of the Kosiv district.

Near the UPA Kryivka-Museum, the infrastructure of a recreation area with the possibility of camping has been arranged.

The Vasyl Kasiyan Memorial Art Museum in Sniatyn was opened in 1982 in a one-story building with an original wooden terrace near the city center.

The exhibition is dedicated to the outstanding Ukrainian graphic artist, the founder of the 20th century Ukrainian school of graphics, Vasyl Kasiyan, who was born in 1896 in the village of Mykulyntsi on the outskirts of Sniatyn.

In three museum rooms, there is a permanent exhibition that acquaints museum visitors with the life and creative path of the artist. The best graphic works of Vasyl Kasiyan and his students, a linocut machine, books of the artist-art critic, his personal library, manuscripts, photographs, clothes and other items used by the artist are presented here.

In other halls of the museum, exhibitions of famous painters, photographers, young novice artists, masters of decorative and applied arts are held.

A monument to Vasyl Kasiyan has been installed in front of the museum.

The Sniatyn District Vasyl Pylypyuk's Creativity Museum was created in 2016 in his native village of Novoselytsia.

An outstanding Ukrainian photo artist, laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine, Honored Worker of the Arts of Ukraine, Vasyl Pylypyuk was born in Novoselytsia in 1950. His works were exhibited at more than 100 national and international exhibitions.

A significant number of works by the world-famous Carpathian photo artist are currently on display at the Vasyl Pylypyuk Art Museum in Novoselytsia.

The Rusiv Literary and Memorial Museum of Vasyl Stefanyk was opened in 1947 in the native village of the classic of Ukrainian literature, the master of the expressionist novel.

It was in Rusiv village that Vasyl Stefanyk was born in 1871 in the family of a wealthy peasant, where he went to primary school. Later, he returned to Rusiv with his own family and lived in the family estate for 26 years until his death.

The memorial part of the museum is now located in the four-room house built by Stefanyk with a tin roof on oak foundations. The exhibition consists of numerous household items, interior items, furniture, books, magazines, portraits, photographs and various archival documents. In particular, the interior of Stefanyk's office has been preserved.

The literary exposition is located in a separate room in the center of the village – on the site of the village school where the writer studied. Manuscripts and lifetime editions of Vasyl Stefanyk's works, other materials about his work are presented here.

A monument to Vasyl Stefanyk has been erected on the square near the museum. At the village cemetery, you can visit the grave of the writer and his closest relatives.

The Vasyl Strypko ceramics family museum is located in Kosiv in the house where the honored master of folk art himself lives with his family.

The exposition presents original works of the ceramist with traditional Kosiv ornaments.

By agreement with the owner, you can visit his workshop, sit at the potter's wheel, and make a ceramic souvenir as a keepsake.

Vidrodzhennya Square (Renaissance Square) is the historical center of the city of Kolomyia.

In the medieval city, it was part of a large market square where the town hall stood (initially there was a castle in its place, then a Catholic church).

Houses of the 19th and 20th centuries have been preserved along the perimeter of the Vidrodzhennya Square. The oldest among them is building No. 1, which housed the Grand Hotel before the Second World War.

In 1914, a bust of Taras Shevchenko was erected on the square to celebrate the poet's 100th birthday, but it was soon destroyed. A new monument to Shevchenko was erected only in 1990.

The cozy pedestrian part of Vyacheslav Chornovol Avenue begins from the Vidrodzhennya Square.

The Verkhnii Yaseniv Village History Museum was opened in 2021 at the expense of the public and with the support of the National Nature Park "Verkhovynskyi".

The exposition tells about the history, culture and daily life of the village, as well as about prominent natives of Verkhniy Yaseniv, including the famous molfar Mykhaylo Nechay and the Hutsul virtuoso musician Roman Kumlyk.

Historical photographs, a map of Lesya Ukrayinka and Ivan Franko's stay and routes in the Verkhovyna region, and household items of the Hutsuls are presented.