Attractions of Transcarpathian region

Wine cellars in Serednie are the oldest and largest wine-making center in Transcarpathia.

The cellars were laid in 1557 by the magnates Frantsysk Stefan and Dominik Dobo from Ruska, who owned the Serednyansky castle at the time, as evidenced by a stone tablet near the old entrance to the dungeon.

The construction of the cellars was carried out by the forces of the captured Turks. Their total length was 4.5 kilometers. Initially, the cellars played the role of an underground shelter in the event of an enemy attack, but gradually turned into a wine cellar.

The tunnels are cut in tuff, a porous rock of volcanic origin. Inside, the temperature is constantly maintained at +12 degrees, which are ideal conditions for aging wine.

Serednyansky wines were known to many monarchs of Europe, they were supplied to the court of the Russian Tsar Peter I. In Soviet times, the cellars were nationalized, and on their basis, the Serednyansky state farm factory was created, which became famous for the famous vintage wines "Serednyanske", "Pearl of the Carpathians", "Rose of Transcarpathia". Currently, the plant belongs to APF "Leanka".

Excursions are conducted to the cellars, where the wine is aged in huge oak barrels, and visitors are offered to taste the best Serednyansky wines. The factory's products can be purchased in the company store.

The summer residence of the Shenborn Counts, who owned the city of Berehove since the 18th century. The romantic-looking palace was built in the 19th century at the foot of the mountain on the northeastern outskirts of the city. A tall tower with a pointed roof makes it look like a medieval castle.

A cozy park was built nearby.

In 1913, a Hungarian state wine farm was opened here, which in 1920 became the property of the Czechoslovak Union of Winemakers. In 1954, the State Farm "Berehove" was established on the basis of the residence, which produced the famous vintage wines "Rose of Zakarpattia", "Promeniste", "Berehivske".

Now it is the "Berehivske" STOV wine factory, which has practically stopped production. Access to the factory territory is closed. The building is in bad condition.

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.

Shenborn Park in the Voyevodyno tract next to Turya Pasika was created in 2013 by philanthropist Serhiy Moshak for the 285th anniversary of the gift of the Transcarpathian lands by the Emperor of Austria to Archbishop Lotar Frants Shenborn.

The entrance gate of the park, built on the ancient foundations of the 18th century building, symbolizes the portal between the Austro-Hungarian era of Transcarpathia and modern Ukraine.

Shenborn Park is set among the mountains of the Turya Valley around the dammed Lake Tur with an island in the shape of the 1867 Austro-Hungarian borders, accessible by raft. Each element of park architecture has a certain symbolic meaning. For example, 7 lanterns of different shapes correspond to the days of the week, 12 bridges symbolize the signs of the zodiac. In the Celtic Grove, you can see the Druid calendar in the runic circle and various trees corresponding to people's birth dates. Above the lake stands the water mill of Saint John with ancient millstones. The Baroque Bridge of the Four Evangelists is decorated with sculptures of Saints Luke, John, Mark and Matthew. You can also find several mini-sculptures of Celts by sculptor Mykhaylo Kolodka in the park.

Entrance to the park is free for guests of the Voevodyno resort.

Shypit waterfall (Shypot, Shipit) is one of the most beautiful and full-water waterfalls in Transcarpathia.

It is located in the mountains on the outskirts of the village of Pylypets. Nicknamed Whisper for his loud voice that can be heard as a whisper from afar. The water flows from the Borzhava basin and falls in picturesque cascades from a height of 14 meters.

The waterfall is especially beautiful in spring, when the snow melts, and in autumn, during the rainy season. In the summer, there is a small stream that runs down the mountain along several rocky ledges.

Every year since 1993, the waterfall gathers thousands of informals from different countries for the hippie festival "Shypit". About traditions, the culmination of the holiday falls on Ivan Kupala, July 7.

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.

A small synagogue was built in Berehove in the early 1920s.

The building of the Jewish ritual bath has also been preserved.

Today, the synagogue is active.

The source of mineral water "Soimy" is located right next to the road at the entrance to the sanatorium "Verkhovyna".

"Esentuki 4, 17" type chloride-hydrocarbonate water, useful for various diseases of the digestive organs.

The healing properties of Soimy mineral water have been known since the 18th century. At the end of the 19th century, private entrepreneurs opened the first water hospital with a carbon dioxide bath, and at the beginning of the 20th century, they built a hotel.

In 1900, Soimy was officially recognized as a health resort, based on a mineral well drilled on the left bank of the Rika River, and in 1950, the sanatorium "Verkhovyna" was opened.

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.

High-altitude glacial Lake Synevyr (989 meters above sea level) is located on the territory of the Synevyr National Nature Park. This is the largest and most beautiful lake in the Carpathians.

Syn and Vyr - this, according to an ancient legend, was the name of the blue-eyed princess and the shepherd who fell in love with her. Preventing their unequal marriage, the prince killed Vyr, and the tears from Syn eyes formed a whole lake. From the top of the nearby Ozerna mountain, it looks like a huge eye with an island pupil, which is why it is called the "Eye of the Sea".

Lake Synevyr was formed 10,000 years ago as a result of landslides covering the river valley. It is replenished by the waters of mountain streams. The size of the lake varies depending on the amount of precipitation. The average area is 4-5 hectares, the depth is 8-10 meters. The deepest point is 22 meters. The water is very clean, it seems bright blue. Lake, rainbow and brook trout are caught, but fishing is prohibited.

A Rehabilitation center for brown bears operates on the territory of the Synevyr Nature Reserve.

The Synevyr Historical and Local History Museum was established at the ecological visit center of the Synevyr National Nature Park.

The exposition presents the life and way of life of Carpathian mountaineers: tools, utensils, clothes, shoes, etc.

A special place is occupied by the exposition of the Museum of forest and rafting, destroyed in 1998 by floods. Here you can get acquainted with the models of buildings and units of mountain dams, with the technology of timber rafting, tools of loggers. 

The exhibition hall introduces rare local "Red book" flora and fauna.

Ivan Ursta, a famous Transcarpathian winemaker, maintains a small wine cellar in his own country yard in the village of Velyki Berehy.

The house in which he receives guests has been turned into a private museum of winemaking. The host offers 5 types of wine for tasting - two white (Riesling, Nectar) and three red (Saperavi, Black Doctor, Kahor). Wine is served with a traditional snack: fried walnuts, salted crackers, cheese.

By prior agreement, the hostess can prepare dishes of traditional coastal cuisine: cabbage rolls, bean goulash, bograch.

The Tereble-Ritska hydroelectric power station is the only hydroelectric power plant in the world that stands on two rivers at the same time.

The power station was built in 1949-1955 by Finnish prisoners of war according to the project of engineer Kryzhka. The essence of the unique project is that the HPP united two rivers - Tereblya and Rika, which flow approximately parallel at a distance of 4 kilometers from each other, separated by a natural watershed - the Bovtsar ridge. At the same time, Tereblya is 210 meters above the level of the Rika.

A spillway dam with a length of 153 meters and a maximum height of 45.8 meters was built on Terebly, which formed the Vilshanske Reservoir with an area of 1.6 square kilometers. A derivation tunnel 3.7 kilometers long and 2 meters in diameter was cut in the mountain, through which water from the Tereblya basin is discharged into the Rika. At the bottom is a 350-meter-long metal water pipe and a hydroelectric power station building with a turbine hall. Turbines manufactured by the Finnish company "Francis" and generators "Uralelectroaparat", which were installed during the commissioning of the HPP, are still operating at the station.

Currently, the Tereble-Ritska HPP is part of the Burshin Islands energy complex.

There is a museum on the territory of the HPP.

The Ternovo Museum of Local Lore bears the name of its founder, the former chairman of the Ternovo village council, Ivan Zayats.

On his initiative, in the early 1980s, the Ternovo Museum of Local Lore began to function as a structural unit of the Transcarpathian Museum of Local Lore, and in 2003 the museum became an independent institution.

The exposition, in particular, presents a layout of the village at the beginning of the 20th century.

In the ethnographic part, ancient clothes, household items and work tools are exhibited.

Documents from the period of Austria-Hungary and Czechoslovakia, historical photographs, old prints are presented.

In the section dedicated to the founder of the museum, you can see rare cameras and film cameras of Ivan Zayats, who was fond of filmmaking.

The open-air thermal pool is located in the center of Berehove in the complex of the "Zakarpattya" educational and sports base, which has a hotel, a cafe-dining room and a sauna.

The pool with thermal mineral water has been operating since 1967. It is filled with silicon-nitrogen-carbon dioxide-chloride-sodium waters of high mineralization from a geyser 1080 meters deep. The Berehove source of hot chloride-sodium mineral water (+35) is equipped for taking therapeutic baths all year round.

It is used for the treatment of organs of the musculoskeletal system, nervous system, skin diseases and others.