Attractions of Transcarpathian region

The Museum of Weaving and Ethnography was opened in 1992 in the premises of the secondary school of the Transcarpathian village of Velyki Berehy, which is the center of traditional Berehove weaving.

The museum was founded by the honored master of folk art Marianna Profus with the help of her teacher Katalin Poloni (Kateryna Antonyk), who in 1958 created a weaving and embroidery circle in Velyki Berehy with the aim of reviving local weaving traditions. On her initiative, compulsory teaching of weaving and cross-stitching was introduced at the Velyki Berehy school.

The museum has a collection of samples of ancient embroidery on homespun cloth with ornaments that are typical for Velyki Berehy and the entire Berehove region. Also in the exposition are old looms and other equipment for the production of fabrics in working condition, household items, old photographs.

Weaving and embroidery workshops are held.

Popular among tourists is the souvenir market, where mostly vine products are sold.

The village of Iza became famous as a center of wicker weaving in the 19th century. One of its founders was the craftsman Ivan Kashko. He taught this craft to his two sons, and then it gradually became the main occupation of the villagers. They sold their products at the bazaar in Khust and other places.

Now open air along the central street is traded throughout the year. On the bridges near the houses you can see baskets, armchairs, chairs, tables, shelves, cabinets, houses for kittens, boxes, lampshades, dishes, plates, vases, caskets for sale.

The "Zhayvoronok" wine cellar is part of the hotel and restaurant complex of the same name, located on the eastern outskirts of Berehove, next to the complex of buildings of the Berehove Winery (the former Shenborn Castle).

The tasting hall is designed for 50 seats. Visitors are invited to taste the best coastal wines and taste home-made smoked meats.

The program also includes a visit to the 300-year-old wine cellar, which is cut right into the rock. At the end of the 50-meter long tunnel is one of the three springs of the complex with crystal clear water.

The "Beregvidek" wine house invites you to get acquainted with the history of winemaking and taste the best Transcarpathian wines.

The tasting hall is located in the village of Yanoshi, at the exit from Berehovo in the direction of Mukachevo. The interior features wooden decoration, old barrels, an exhibition of production tools, candles and a fireplace.

7 varieties of wine are offered for tasting: "Royal Leanka", "Black Doctor", "Tokai furmint", "Kagor", "Saperavi" and others. Transcarpathian wines have a delicate taste and aroma. Cheese and prunes are served as an appetizer. Here you can buy the variety you like.

A coat of arms hangs on the wall, which reads: "Entry is free, exit as much as possible."

The wine cellars of the "Zakarpatsky Sad" plant in Korolevo were laid in 1972 at the same time as the wine cellar in Vynohradiv.

The total length of the tunnels is 700 meters. A constant temperature of 11-14 degrees is maintained in the cellars. This is one of the largest wine cellars in Ukraine, where up to 1.5 million liters of wine and wine materials can be stored at the same time. The products of the "Zakarpatsky Sad" plant were sold under the trademark "Korolivsky zamok" (Royal Castle) in honor of the castle that once stood on the mountain at the foot of which the enterprise is located today.

Excursions were held. During the tasting, visitors were treated to nine types of wines, from dry white to sweet red, and two types of cognacs. Currently, the Zakarpatsky Sad winery has suspended production.

The Historical and Local Lore Museum of the urban-type village of Yasinia is located in a wooden house in the center of the village.

The exposition has four sections. The ethnographic department is decorated in the form of the interior of a Hutsul house and demonstrates the daily life of the Hutsuls. Hutsul tools of the 19th - early 20th centuries are presented in the Hutsul economy department. In the department of folk crafts, samples of Hutsul embroidery, weaving, carving, cooperage, etc. are exhibited. The Department of Nature of the Carpathians tells about the fleet and fauna of the region. T

he Yasinia Historical and Local Lore Museum also has an art gallery on the second floor. 

On the facade of the museum, a memorial plaque was installed in honor of the founder of the village, the legendary shepherd Danylo Struk, who built the first wooden church in Yasinia.

In 2011, a monument to Stepan Klochurak, president of the Hutsul Republic of 1918-1919, was erected on the square in front of the museum.

The Uzhhorod Orthodox Synagogue is the temple of the Transcarpathian community of Ashkenazi Jews.

The synagogue in Uzhhorod was built in 1904 in the neo-Moorish style according to the project of architects Dyula Papp and Ferents Sabolch.

Currently, the building houses the Transcarpathian Regional Philharmonic.

The Zatysiansky Museum Complex in the village of Tysobyken near Pyiterfolvo was founded in 1970 on the initiative of the head of the local collective farm Andor Birov.

Complex consists of a historical museum, an open-air ethnographic museum and an art gallery.

The historical exhibition is housed in the former palace of the Fogoroshi Counts, built in 1890 in the classicism style.

Nearby is the family count chapel (now the Greek-Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity) and an open-air museum (skansen) that recreates an old Transcarpathian village. Authentic wooden buildings that are more than a hundred years old are presented here: a house of a wealthy peasant (1882), a poor man's hut (1918), a village school and a teacher's house (1920). Contemporary interiors are reproduced in the houses, and old household items are presented.

The Art Gallery is located in the restored palace of Endre György, built in 1864, in the nearby village of Pyiterfolvo.

The Zoological Museum of Uzhhorod National University was founded in 1946 at the Biological Faculty of UzhNU on the initiative of the first dean of the faculty, Ivan Rohal.

The museum is located in the Neo-Gothic building of the former Basilian monastery from 1912, which also houses the Physical Faculty of UzhNU.

The exposition presents more than 5,000 specimens of insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals from all continents and oceans of the world (total of 150,000 exhibits). In particular, a giant kangaroo from Australia, an African ostrich, an American caiman, an Indian elephant, a Bengal tiger, a Tibetan monkeys, an Antarctic penguin, etc. are presented.

Of considerable interest are the collection of diurnal birds of prey and owls from Transcarpathia and Eastern Slovakia of the Uzhhorod naturalist Oleksandr Grabar and the collection of tropical insects collected at the end of the 19th century by Professor Ishtvan Laudon.

Excursions must be ordered three days in advance.