Attractions of Yaremche

The popular tourist route "Dovbush Trail" passes through the territory of the Carpathian National Nature Park.

The tourist trail was created in 1902 in memory of the legendary people's avenger Oleksa Dovbush, who was active here in 1738-1745. Accumulations of sandstone blocks form bizarre forms with terraces and caves. According to legend, the treasures of Dovbush are hidden here.

Sculptural compositions by Darius Hrabar are installed on the path.

Entrance to the territory of the Carpathian National Nature Park is paid.

The "Probiy" waterfall on the Prut River is one of the most full-water, picturesque and popular waterfalls of the Carpathians.

It is located in the center of the resort town of Yaremche, which is why there are always many tourists here. The waters of the Prut roll over stones at a low height (8 meters), but in the spring the stream is very full.

A pedestrian bridge is thrown over the waterfall.

Tourists are offered to take pictures against the background of rocks in Hutsul costumes.

Nearby is the most popular and quite expensive souvenir market in the Carpathians.

The building of the "Hutsulshchyna" restaurant near the Probiy waterfall in Yaremche is the most striking example of the folk architecture of the Carpathian region.

It was built in 1965 by the architect Ivan Bodnaruk from wood according to the canons of Hutsul architecture without a single nail.

The exterior design and interiors are distinguished by filigree wood carving. In the small hall there is a natural wood-burning stove lined with old Kosiv tiles. The walls are decorated with Hutsul hatchets-bartkas and other items of folk life. Tables are served with tableware made to order by Kosiv ceramic masters.

The restaurant offers visitors traditional Hutsul cuisine, in the evenings a Hutsul band performs folk music.

There is a souvenir market nearby.

The "Girl's Tears" waterfall is located near Yaremche, on a tributary of the Prut - the Zhonka mountain river.

You can get there on foot or by SUV (if the barrier is open), horse excursions are also available to the waterfall.

The height of the waterfall "Girl's Tears" is about 1.5-2 meters. In the place where the water falls, a bath with a depth of about 1.5 meters was formed. As in all mountain rivers, the water is very cold.

The wooden church of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin Mary in Yaremche was built in 1884.

It is located in the city center, next to the railway crossing.

The Carpathian Region Ethnography and Ecology Museum in Yaremche was founded in 1963 on the initiative of local historian Mykhaylo Muzych, who collected a collection of ethnographic works, historical and natural materials.

Since 2007, the museum in Yaremche has become a branch of the National Museum of Hutsulshchyna & Pokuttia Folk Art in Kolomyia.

Until 1993, it was called the Museum of Partisan Glory, as the main exposition covered the activities of Sidor Kovpak's partisan unit in the Carpathians during the Second World War. Then there was an exposition dedicated to the liberation struggle of the Ukrainian people, which told about the creation of the USS Legion, UGA, youth organization "Plast", the activities of the OUN, the struggle of the UPA and the division "SS Halicia".

An exposition dedicated to Hutsul ethnoculture has opened.

The wooden church of the Miracle of Saint Archangel Michael was built in the village of Yaremchy Dora in 1844 by the local craftsman Hnishik on the basis of an early church (XVIII century).

Made in Hutsul style. It is cruciform in plan with a large central square log that supports a tent-shaped roof with a pear-shaped crown.

The carved iconostasis and icons of the XVIII-XIX centuries, which have a high artistic value, have been preserved. Ornamental paintings on the walls were made at the beginning of the 20th century.

The appearance of Saint Michael's Church has been largely "modernized" with a metal coating.

From 1946 to 1990, the community of the Russian Orthodox Church worked on the basis of Saint Michael's Church. After Ukraine gained independence, the church building was returned to the Greek Catholic community.

The multi-tiered church of the Saint Prophet Illya in Yaremche was built in 1937. by local master Ivan Yavorskyi.

A classic example of Hutsul wooden architecture.

It is part of the complex of the Illynskyi Monastery of the Studites, whose patron saint is Saint Illya.

The interior has a unique iconostasis with wood-burned ornaments and carved icons.

During the Soviet period, a warehouse was arranged in the church, and later - a museum of atheism. In 1990, after Ukraine gained independence, the church of Saint Illya was returned to the Studites, who carried out restoration and restored the monastery. Now the church is active.

The theme amusement park "Gedizo" in Yaremche is dedicated to the fantasy world of Middle-earth, described by the English writer John Tolkien in the novels "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings". Visitors enter the world of elves, gnomes, hobbits and other fairy-tale creatures.

The park is located in the tourist center of Yaremche, near the Probiy waterfall, between the "Karpatski Zori" hotel and the souvenir market. The territory has several fantasy-style buildings, various installations, an artificial lake and a mini-zoo.

The creators of the park call it the magical village of Obinor, which was founded in the Carpathians by hobbits led by the wise Gedzio Burbel. Together with him, the shepherd Harambor, the fisherman Borfey, the mushroom picker Darmil, the owner of the pub Vaid and other fairy-tale characters live here. All of them have their own stories and personal residences that you can visit as a guest.

In particular, "Hobbit Pub" offers its visitors signature ale and Carpathian dishes cooked on fire. You can taste different types of mushrooms in the "House of the Mushroom Picker". "Treasure Palaces" is a souvenir shop where you can buy themed souvenirs.

The Yaremche mini-zoo is an aviary of the Carpathian National Nature Park, where local wild animals are kept in semi-free conditions.

The farm was established in 1992 with the aim of preserving and breeding wild animals on the territory of the Carpathian Natural Reserve. There are 6 sections on the territory of 5.3 hectares. Here you can see deer, roe deer, wild boar and others. Feeding animals is allowed.

The mini-zoo is located on the outskirts of Yaremcha, not far from the confluence of the Bahrivets River with the Zhonka River. The territory is beautifully decorated with wooden houses, gazebos, bridges.

The museum "Ukrainian Antiquities" was opened in 2007 by Mariya Medyk, a collector from Yaremche.

The exposition of the museum reproduces the life of the 19th and 20th centuries in several regions of Ukraine: Bukovyna, Hutsul region, Pokuttia and Boyko region. Objects of culture and everyday life of the Carpathian regions are exhibited in several halls. In particular, spinning and weaving products, ceramics, chests are presented.

Rare books (in Church Slavonic, Latin and ancient Hebrew languages), old photographs of local residents, paintings and icons on glass are exhibited.

One of the unique exhibits are shackles from the Austro-Hungarian prison.

The Park-Museum "Carpathians in Miniature" is located in the open air on the banks of the Zhonka River in Yaremche, on the territory of the Carpathian National Nature Park.

Opened in 2015 by the Center for Social Business Initiatives of Yaremche city. The park presents miniature models of 18 Carpathian monuments, including accurately reproduced models of sacred buildings – churches and monasteries. Among the iconic tourist attractions of the Carpathians, you can see the "White Elephant" observatory on Mount Pip Ivan, the bridge over the Probiy waterfall on the Prut River, famous monuments of the region, as well as the only operating miniature railway in the Carpathians, which includes copies of the legendary stone bridges in Vorokhta, a station in Tatariv, and a tunnel.

Also presented are 25-fold reduced copies of the famous wooden buildings of the Carpathians, for example, the restaurant "Hutsulshchyna".

The Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul at the Monastery of Saint Andrew is the youngest in Yaremche.

The monastery complex among the beech forest was built in the tract of Tovsty Dol on the banks of the mountain river Kamyanka. Saint Andrew's Missionary Congregation was founded by the famous Greek Catholic missionary Yaroslav Svyshchuk.

The wooden Peter and Paul Church, built according to the canons of traditional Hutsul architecture, is also a museum of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky.

The museum is located on the lower tier of the church. It presents a collection collected by Yaroslav Svyshchuk: icons, portraits, subject paintings, sculpture and mosaic of famous artists of the Ukrainian diaspora - Petro Andrusiv, Edvard Kozak, Omelyan Mazuryk, Mykhaylo Dmytrenko, Yuvenaliy Mokrytsky, Mykola Bidnyak etc., as well as sculptural and iconographic works of Svyshchuk himself.

The Church of Saint John the Merciful is located in the old cemetery on the outskirts of Yaremche - in the village of Yamna, which is on the way out of the city in the direction of Bukovel.

The wooden temple was built in 1663 in the best traditions of folk architecture of the Hutsul region. The church is cruciform in plan, single-headed, with a porch on the crowns of log cabins.

A small iconostasis located in the central log cabin, a large number of embroideries and old icons give the interior of the church the appearance of a museum of folk art.

Nearby is a wooden belfry, the second tier of which is made in the form of an arcade-gallery.

The Church of Saint John the Merciful in Yaremche is a very interesting example of the Hutsul school of folk architecture.

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".