Attractions of Ivano-Frankivsk region

The picturesque waterfall "Girl's Tears" in Ivano-Frankivsk region is located on the right bank of the Dniester between the villages of Isakiv and Monastyrok.

Many small streams flow from the young travertine overgrown with mint and moss, forming a miniature waterfall.

You can also see picturesque rock outcrops, one of which resembles the profile of a human face with an open mouth. Among the rocks is the hermit's grotto, in which, according to legend, a monk in seclusion redeemed himself for killing his brother.

The museum of the Strynadyuk creative family in Kosiv was opened by the famous Ukrainian master carver Mykola Strynadyuk, who works under the creative pseudonym "Koka", at his creative workroom.

Mykola Strynadyuk was born and grew up in a Kosiv family of artisan carvers, studied at the Kosiv Technical School of Folk Art Crafts, and worked as a master of wood carving and interior design all his life. His sons Bohdan and Zakhar continue the family business. Mykola Strynadyuk's works are distinguished by the author's technique, which combines traditional techniques of carving with toning, application and even embroidery.

The exposition presents more than a hundred of the master's own works. Among them are ornamental icons, plates, paintings, copies of Hutsul hand crosses, traditional zgards and modern decorations. A collection of antique and rare porcelain cups is also presented.

Nearby is the Museum of Sacred Art, where the works of Taras Strynadyuk, Mykola's brother, are presented.

The private museum of the film "Oleksa Dovbush" in Verkhovyna was opened in 2018 by local entrepreneurs and public activists Mykola Danylyuk and Volodymyr Sumaruk.

The exposition tells about the legendary Opryshky leader Oleksa Dovbush, whose rebel unit operated in Prykarpattia in the middle of the 18th century, as well as about the shooting of the film of the same name by the Oleksandr Dovzhenko film studio, which was shot by director Viktor Ivanov in 1959 in Verkhovyna and nearby Kryvorivnia.

The exhibition presents photos and various rare items related to the shooting of the film. A special feature of the museum is the presence of a large multimedia screen, which shows fragments of the film "Oleksa Dovbush" and other films that were shot in the Carpathians.

For children in the courtyard of the museum there is a play zone "Oprishky fun", where you can compete in strength, dexterity and dexterity.

Kolomyia Academic Regional Ukrainian Drama Theater named after Ivan Ozarkevych bears the name of the founder of the first Ukrainian drama theater in Galicia.

The fashion for theaters came here with the transition of the region under Austrian rule. In 1848, the chairman of the Kolomyia council Vereshchynskyi, burgomaster Drymalin and local priest Ozarkevych initiated the creation of a Ukrainian amateur theater. It lasted three years.

After a short break, the theater was revived in 1865 as a traveling professional troupe "Ruskyi People's Theater". Since 1939, the theater has acquired state status.

The monument to Adam Mitskevych in Ivano-Frankivsk is one of two monuments to the outstanding Polish poet erected in Ukraine for the centenary of his birth (the other is in Lviv).

Initially, the figure was carved from pink marble and was 2.3 meters high. The words in Polish were engraved on the pedestal: "To Adam Mitskevych in the century since his birthday - citizens of the city of Stanislaviv. 1898."

During the First World War, the monument was damaged. In 1930, a new figure was installed, this time cast in bronze. The Polish board was replaced with a new one: "Adam Mitskevych, 1798-1855". In this form, the monument has been preserved to this day.

The blast furnace (domnytsia, domna) in the "Anheliv" tract near Hrynkiv was laid in 1810 by the Greek-Catholic Metropolitan Antin Anhelovych.

In 1812, the construction of the furnace and other industrial facilities was completed. There were 12 mines, an iron processing factory and a forge. In 1814, the Anheliv blast furnace was put into operation, but it did not work for long - it was closed already in 1818.

The Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kolomyia is one of the oldest wooden churches in the Carpathian Mountains, a beautiful example of the Hutsul school of folk wooden architecture. It is located near the cemetery.

Initially, the Annunciation temple was part of the monastery complex, which was destroyed by the Tatars. Paintings made in 1648 have been preserved.

During Soviet times, the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary housed the Pysanka Museum exhibition. In 1990, the Church of the Annunciation was transferred to the church community of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. In 2018, the temple was returned to the Greek Catholics.

The wooden church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church is located in the village of Verbovets - a suburb of Kosiv.

In 1850, residents of two villages - Verbovets and Stariy Kosiv - hired master Ivan Lavruk with the money collected by the whole community, who, with the help of the residents and under the guidance of priest Ivan Valevskyi, built the church within a year.

Currently, the Church of the Annunciation is almost completely covered with sheet metal, which does not allow to fully appreciate the skill of the architects.

"Bee Miracle Houses" is a specially equipped apiary nearby in the village of Staryi Kosiv in the Carpathians.

Specializes in health apitherapeutic procedures for relaxation, stress relief, and recharging with vital energy. Guests live in special houses with built-in (isolated) beehives. The main factors of the health effect: buzzing (vibration) of bees, inhalation of air coming out of the hives, and receiving heat from the hives through specially equipped sunbeds.

Two houses can accommodate up to 10-12 tourists at the same time. They work only in the warm season, approximately from April to October. Additional services: honey massage, the possibility of conducting a long course of apitherapy, sale of organic honey, pollen and other beekeeping products.

The Church of Archangel Michael in Chesnyky recently celebrated its centenary. It was founded in 1906 on the initiative of the villagers, as the small old church could no longer accommodate parishioners.

The project of the new church was ordered from the famous Lviv architect Vasyl Nahirniy. In 1911, the temple was consecrated, but work continued until 1914.

Michael's Church is located on a high hill in the center of Chesnyky. Stone, cruciform, single-domed, with decorative elements of the classicist style. The ornamental and plot painting was done in 1994 by the artist Ivan Krasevych.

The Armenian Church is the oldest surviving building in Horodenka.

The strict defensive temple was built at the beginning of the 18th century at the expense of the city's Armenian community, which at that time became very influential and controlled almost all trade until the first half of the next century.

The Art Gallery of the National Reserve "Ancient Halych" opened in 2010. Located on the second floor of the administrative building of the reserve.

The gallery exhibits works of art by Ukrainian artist from Australia, a native of the town of Berezhany in Ternopil region Volodymyr Savchak. You can also see paintings by Galician artist Bohdan Kuziv, other local artists.

The art gallery hosts thematic exhibitions and conferences.

A residential building in the Art Nouveau style on Yevhena Konovaltsya street, near the turn towards Bubnyshche, is the most interesting example of Bolekhiv civil architecture of the 19th century.

A tower with a high spire gives a romantic look to a one-story house.

Currently, it is one of the buildings of the Bolekhiv city hospital.

The "Kotsyubynskyi" Art Space Museum in Verkhnii Yaseniv opened in 2024 as a bookstore-cafe. It is located on the banks of the Chorniy Cheremosh River at the entrance to the village from the Kryvorivnia side.

The institution is dedicated to the figure of the outstanding Ukrainian writer Mykhaylo Kotsyubynskyi, who in 1911 visited ethnographer Volodymyr Hnatyuk in Kryvorivnia. Here he collected and wrote down in detail information about the way of life of the Hutsuls, their customs, beliefs, folklore, which became the basis of his most famous work "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors".

Initially, the institution functions as a cafe, bookstore and art space. There is a reading room, a terrace and access to the river. An interactive museum will be opened soon, where a private collection of books and objects will be presented, productions and theatrical performances will take place, as well as an audiovisual reproduction of the works of Mykhaylo Kotsiubynskyi.

The wooden Church of the Ascension of Christ in Liucha in the Kosiv region is an architectural monument of national importance.

The Ascension Church was built in 1844. There is a bell tower nearby.