Attractions of Transcarpathian region

The ruins of the Church of Saint John the Baptist are located in a field to the left of the road at the entrance to the village of Muzhiievo from Berehove.

The early medieval church in the Romanesque style was built in 1117. In the 14th century, the temple was reconstructed, giving it Gothic features. In 1552, the Dominican shrine passed to the Protestants.

In 1657, the church of John the Baptist in Muzhiievo was destroyed by the Poles. Since then, he has not recovered.

The Church of John the Baptist in the village of Kidosh is one of the oldest churches in Transcarpathia.

The Gothic church with pointed side windows was built in the 14th century on the basis of the 13th century chapel. According to legend, the monastery that existed at the temple was founded even earlier - in the 12th century.

The indistinct-looking temple belongs to the defense-type buildings. Fragments of frescoes have been preserved.

The Church of John the Baptist is an architectural monument of national importance.

The small Kamyanka waterfall is located on the slope of the mountain of the same name in the National Natural Park "Synevyr", next to the road leading from the village of Synevyr to the village of Synevyrska Poliana.

It is a series of small waterfalls. The height of the water drop of the largest stream is 6 meters.

It is convenient to drive to the Kamyanka waterfall.

The Museum of Textiles named after Katalin Poloni was founded in 2008 at the Transcarpathian Hungarian Institute named after Ferents II Rakotsi in Berehove.

The initiator of the creation of the museum was the honored master of folk art Katalin Poloni (Kateryna Antonyk) from the village of Velyki Berehy, who donated a large part of her private collection of woven products to the exhibition.

The exposition presents the entire range of textiles of the peasant culture of Transcarpathia: handkerchiefs, towels, shirts, aprons, tablecloths and other household items with ornaments that are typical for the Berehove region. Among the museum's most valuable exhibits are two embroidered men's aprons of the beginning of the 20th century from the village of Velyka Dobron.

Also in the exposition are old looms and other equipment for the production of fabrics in working condition.

The manor house of the Kaydi noble family was built in the village of Hechain 1804 by Layosh Kaydi.

A small one-story building under a tiled roof has been preserved to this day in its original form without noticeable alterations. Today, it houses the Hecha Village Council. In the backyard is the dilapidated family crypt of the Kaydi family.

The Museum of the Carpathian narrow-gauge railway is located on the territory of the Kolochava Skansen "Old Village".

A network of narrow-gauge roads was built in Transcarpathia at the end of the 19th century, but now it has almost completely ceased to exist. The "Chertiozhnyk" station has been restored in Kolochava. On the tracks is a train consisting of a locomotive and ten passenger and freight cars. Various tools and devices used by railway workers are presented.

A special exhibit is the car "Volga" GAZ-21 on a railway chassis.

The small mountain lake Ozirtse is also called Wild, and sometimes - the "younger brother of Synevyr".

Its area is 1.2 hectares, the depth is 10 meters. It is located surrounded by a coniferous forest at an altitude of about 1000 meters on the northern slope of the Pishkonya ridge.

According to legend, at the site of the lake, the khan of the Wild Horde buried the gold looted during the military campaign for the Carpathians.

The lake is considered unique due to the fact that its waterlogging comes not only from the periphery to the center, but also vice versa - from the center, where there is a so-called "melt" of red-brown moss.

Christmas trees, sycamores and beeches grow on the shore. There is a wooden deck along the shore, which you can use to go around the perimeter of the lake. There are several huts that can be a shelter from bad weather.

The longest linden alley in Europe stretched for 2.2 kilometers along the Uzh River in the city of Uzhhorod. The alley starts from Teatralna Square and stretches along Nezalezhnosti and Studentska embankments to the Avangard stadium.

The park-monument of horticultural art of local importance "Linden Alley" (Lypova Aleya) with an area of 1 hectare was laid out in 1928 by Czech botanists during the construction of the Uzh embankment. Currently, the alley has 191 linden trees, as well as 4 western thuja and 2 oaks. Due to the fact that lindens of various varieties are collected here, the alley blooms throughout the summer from the beginning of June, filling the air with honey aromas.

A separate botanical monument of nature of local importance is Masaryk's Ash, which grows at the beginning of the Independence embankment. The 120-year-old common ash tree, 30 meters high, wrapped in vines, is named in honor of Tomasz Masaryk, the first president of the Czechoslovak Republic, who defended the rights of Ukrainians.

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 private Local Lore Museum "Sriberna Zemlia" (Silver Land) in the village of Hrushovo was opened in 1994 in the house of Transcarpathian artist Vasyl Tegza, who during his lifetime collected a considerable collection of antiquities.

After the death of the artist, his wife Lyudmila continued the museum work.

Today, the museum has more than 5,000 exhibits in 12 departments. Among them are the handwritten "Gospel" of the 15th century and another 65 old prints, an ancient church chalice, an icon of the Transcarpathian school of painting, coins from the Roman period, rare stamps of many countries.

The ethnographic exposition presents more than 200 samples of clothing, mostly Hutsul, 250 home-woven towels, spinning wheels with bobbins, a large number of household items (vats, butter churns, jugs, berbeniks, painted plates).

Some of Vasyl Tegza's paintings, in particular Transcarpathian landscapes, are also exhibited.

The Kolochava Source of mineral water "Mermaid"  (Rusalka) is located on the southwestern outskirts of the village, on the territory of the Synevyr National Park.

Healing springs in Kolochava were first mentioned in 1876. A bathhouse functioned on the basis of one of them. Now there are 9 springs and 4 wells in Kolochava, one of which (#4) is used for industrial extraction and bottling.

"Kolochava" mineral water belongs to the rare Malkin (Kamchatka) type of mineral water found only in Kamchatka. It is used as a treatment for chronic endogenous intoxications, disorders of mineral metabolism and others.

The spring, which is located at the exit from Kolochava in the direction of Tiachiv, is decorated with a sculpture of a mermaid.

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.

One of the mineral water sources "Burkut", in honor of which the village of Kvasy got its name.

Mineral water with a high degree of natural carbonation is called "Kvasy" water in the Hutsul Region. Only in Kvasy, on the territory of Ukraine, there is a similar carbonated arsenic mineral water, which belongs to the "Arzni" and "Yesentuky" types.

The healing properties of water have a positive effect on the restoration of the musculoskeletal system, improve metabolism, remove radionuclides and excess salts from the body.

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 Kvasovo castle "Minta" was founded in the 12th century on the trade route from Maramorosh to Transdanubia. He controlled the overland salt route at the exit from the Borzhava Valley.

The ruins of the castle are located on a 15-meter hill in the center of the village of Kvasovo. The Romanesque-type castle was triangular in plan, had a round tower-donjon with a diameter of 12 meters. In the eastern corner of the castle yard there was a siege well cut in the rock.

For the first time in documents, the "Minta" castle is mentioned in 1390 as the property of the feudal lord Yanosh Nodmihali. In the 16th century, it belonged to Pavlo Motuznay, who became famous for robbery and robberies. As a punishment for this, in 1564, the Austrian troops led by Lazar Shevendy took the castle by storm and destroyed it, but the owner managed to escape, and later partially rebuilt the fortress.

Representatives of the Motuznay family owned the Kvasiv castle until 1623, after which it changed hands several times, then was abandoned and almost completely dismantled for building materials by local residents. Only barely visible ruins have survived.