Attractions of Ivano-Frankivsk region

The "Angels Residence" Museum in Dolyna was opened in 2023 by a collector from the Luhansk Region, Olena Stetsenko.

During the large-scale Russian invasion, she was forced to leave her hometown of Kreminna. The exhibition was exhibited in different parts of Ukraine until it found a permanent place in Dolyna.

The exposition presents hundreds of different figurines of angels from all corners of Ukraine and from 37 other countries of the world. Professional and amatro works are made in more than 30 techniques.

The owner of the museum conducts tours, organizes photo sessions in romantic locations.

The "Art na Mur" Gallery of Contemporary Art opened in 2012 in the Bastion Fortress Gallery complex on the territory of the Stanislaviv Fortress in the historical center of Ivano-Frankivsk.

The gallery hosts exhibitions of works of art by artists from Ivano-Frankivsk and other cities of Ukraine, including classical painting and avant-garde.

The institution offers organization and holding of exhibitions, sale of paintings.

Rozhniativ Local Lore Museum "Boykivshchyna" is located in an ancient building built in Rozhniativ by the Ukrainian count Dumka at the beginning of the 20th century.

In Soviet times, there was a court here, then a museum of the artist Volodymyr Kharchenko.

Currently, the museum exhibits about 400 objects that acquaint visitors with the history of the region over the past two millennia, folk household and sacred art of Boyko region, and the lives of prominent people.

Part of the collection of paintings by the artist Volodymyr Kharchenko is kept in the museum.

The large entertainment center "Buka" is part of the "Bukovel" tourist complex and offers a variety of entertainment: a disco, bowling, billiards, slot machines, and more.

Night club "Buka" - the largest dance hall in the Carpathians (3000 square meters), professional DJs, themed parties. The bowling alley has 5 lanes. The billiard hall has 6 high-quality tables for playing Russian and American billiards (pool). The gaming hall has 16 slot machines and 3 air hockey machines.

The "Buka" complex includes the Kuhel pub and a hookah hall. Free Wi-Fi.

The Zaretsky family's private museum "Carpathian Spirit Extravaganza" opened in Vorokhta in 2023.

The museum's exposition presents ancient objects of Hutsul life: scarves and embroidered towels, which are over 100 years old, berbenitsy, shirts, keptari and much more. There is also an ancient loom, which is about 80 years old.

One of the most interesting exhibits of the "Carpathian Spirit Extravaganza" museum are two trembits, which were made by craftsmen from Verkhovyna region.

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 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.

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.

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.