Attractions of Transcarpathian region

The ostrich farm in Khust was opened in 2002 on the northern outskirts of the city, near the district road.

Entrepreneur Vasyl Perets bought his first ostriches in neighboring Slovakia. Currently, the population is 40 birds. Birds are bred for sale, but they also conduct tours for tourists.

An ostrich hatches about 60 eggs per year, each one weighs about 1.5-2 kilograms (one ostrich egg replaces 36 chicken eggs). The taste of ostrich eggs is identical to chicken, and the meat is similar to veal.

You can buy ostrich eggs and feathers at the farm. Since the birds are omnivorous, you can bring any food with you, including bread, apples and cabbage.

The People's Ethnographic Museum "Kalyna" was created in 2005 by Transcarpathian local historian and collector Yuriy Kutsyn in his own yard in the village of Kalyny.

During his lifetime, he collected more than 4,000 exhibits, some of which are 300-400 years old. The exposition presents ancient embroidered shirts and towels, traditional Hutsul clothing for holidays and everyday life, women's jewelry, painted ceramic dishes, kerosene lamps, musical instruments.

The greatest values of the collector are the chair in which the president of Carpathian Ukraine Auhustyn Voloshyn sat, and the sword of the Steyer squire of 1810.

In front of the entrance to the museum, there are several wooden sculptures, among them the bust of Pintio Khrushch.

On the territory there is an active model of a mill, an authentic Transcarpathian house of the 18th century and a small botanical garden where bananas, lemons, and coffee trees grow.

At the end of the tour, guests are treated to home-made mountain herb tea with mountain honey from their own apiary and home-made wine.

The host offers services for the organization of green tourism, excursions in the surroundings, hiking in the mountains. There is a sauna with a swimming pool.

The Local Lore Museum museum of the city of Perechyn opened in 2019 in the century-old building of the gendarmerie from the times of Austria-Hungary and Czechoslovakia.

Some original interior elements have been preserved in the room: wooden windows and doors, a tiled stove, tiles on the floor.

The exposition reproduces the history of the city of Perechyn through the prism of times and nationalities that lived here. In particular, the daily life of Ukrainians, Italians, Germans, Hungarians, and Austrians is presented.

Also, in the museum, you can learn about the history of the central street of Perechyn and its industrial districts Yaslyshche and Potashnya, about the first pharmacy of the city, about the history of education in the region, and about prominent locals.

Workshops on pottery and vechernika are held with the participation of the "Karichka" team.

Mount Pikuy is the highest peak of the Verkhovyna watershed ridge, the highest geographical point of the Lviv region (1408 meters).

It is located on the border of Lviv and Transcarpathian regions. The slopes of Pikuy are covered with beech forests. Most of the route to the top passes through the forest.

From the top of Mount Pikuy, a wonderful panoramic view of several famous Carpathian peaks opens: Polonina Runa (1482 meters), Hostra (1405 meters), Styi (1677 meters). A reinforced concrete stele with a height of about 5 meters is installed on the top.

The easiest and gentlest route to Mount Pikuy starts in Bilasovytsia, an alternative route is from the Transcarpathian villages of Zhdeniievo and Shcherbovets.

An elegant palace in the neoclassical style was built in Velyki Lazy in 1896 by the Hungarian composer and local landowner Nandor (Ferdinand) Ploteni.

In the middle of the 19th century, he developed a large wine and alcohol production in the village. In 1870 he received the title of count. Having learned to play the violin from his friend, the Hungarian musician Ezhen Remni, Ploteni later became the first violinist of the Hungarian National Opera. At the end of the 19th century, he returned to his Velyki Lazy estate, where a small palace and park complex was built for him.

Currently, the estate houses the Center for Creativity and Sports. The Ploteni Museum is located near the school. The composer's grave is preserved in the village cemetery.

The ancient Reformation Church, founded in Chetfalva in the 15th century, is distinguished by a tall Gothic bell tower in the style of Czech defensive towers.

A modest one-nave stone temple with one window is strengthened from the southwest corner by a buttress. The ceiling is decorated with 60 square wooden caissons with a bright floral ornament. The name of the author Shandor Ferents is written in one of the squares.

A wooden belfry was added to the western side of the church during the reconstruction in 1753. The two-story tower, square in plan, stands directly on the ground on 16 wooden supports (without foundations and piles). The belfry is crowned by a sharp octagonal spire, the height of which is half of the total height of the belfry (about 30 meters).

Next to the Reformation Church is the Catholic Church of the Holy Spirit (1998-2001) in the Art Nouveau style.

The Reformation Church in Tiachiv was founded in the 13th century by the Hungarian king Laslo the Great as a Roman Catholic church. In 1546, the church was given to the reformers.

The temple is single-nave, rectangular in plan. In 1810, a three-tier bell tower with a tented finish was added to the western facade. An ancient clock is installed on the top tier of the bell tower. The side walls of the temple are reinforced with powerful buttresses, which give the building a special significance. The nave is covered with a wooden caisson with unique paintings of 200 pieces, among which there are images of a lion, a mermaid, a pelican, a dragon and others. Each part of the painting is a masterpiece in itself. The interior is decorated with a stylized floral ornament, similar to Ukrainian folk paintings.

Until 1944, the richest library of Maramoroschyna was kept in the Reformation Church of Tiachiv.

Next to the church there is an architecturally interesting Lutheran parish house, as well as a bronze bust of the Hungarian artist Shymon Holloshi, who lived in Tiachiv.

The Gothic church of the reformers in Velyki Berehy was built in 1405. However, probably part of the church was built before 1237.

In 1657, the temple was destroyed by the Poles, but it was soon restored. The last reconstruction was carried out in 1869.

The Reformation Church in Muzhiievowas built in the 15th century in the late Gothic style.

The temple has a monumental appearance, its corners and walls are reinforced with buttresses. On the western wall, there is an entrance in the form of a perspective portal with an arch. On the southern wall, between the buttresses, there is an entrance framed in the form of a pointed arch. The pointed arches of the windows on the south side are decorated with sophisticated stone carvings.

Near the church stands a wooden frame two-story belfry with a spire, built in the 18th-19th centuries.

The Reformed Church in Vyshkovo is a unique monument of Gothic architecture, one of the first stone churches in Transcarpathia.

The defensive temple with strong buttresses, a high gable roof, Gothic doors and narrow windows was built in the XIII-XIV centuries. It consists of a nave and a five-walled apse. The portal is supported by a row of columns, the pediment adorns a small tower.

In the interior, under a layer of plaster, ancient frescoes "The Last Supper", "Kiss of Judas" and the image of Saint Barbara were discovered.

The church precinct with a Gothic wooden belfry is surrounded by a defensive stone wall with loopholes.

The Reformers Church is the largest church in Berehove.

It is located in the center of Layosha Koshuta Square, opposite the building of the former palace of the county (city) court.

It was founded in the XIII-XV centuries. The Gothic church of the reformers was rebuilt many times. In 1918, the temple burned down, it was restored in 1922-1924. Near the four-tiered clock tower, the Gothic first tier has been preserved.

A feature of the design of the Protestant church is roosters instead of crosses on the spiers. An organ plays during services.

You should not enter the church in shorts and with bare arms, and women should have their heads covered.

The "Karst bridge" rock is a rare monument of nature, one of the most impressive natural sights of the Carpathians. It is located in the "Chur" tract on the territory of the Uholsko-Shyrokoluzhansky protected massif, north of the village of Mala Uholka.

"Karst bridge" is a giant stone arch in limestone rock, formed over thousands of years by karst processes.

Traces of the pagan temple have been preserved. In the 16th-18th centuries, there was an Orthodox monastery here, which was closed in 1788 by the Austrian authorities.

The wooden church of Saint Archangel Michael in Krainykovo belongs to the unique monuments of Transcarpathian Gothic, which is distinguished by high, sharp spiers.

The church was built in 1668, as evidenced by the inscription on the nave. Made of massive oak timber. On the entrance door there is a very beautiful carving.

In 1971, the church was restored, and in 1997 it was returned to the Greek Catholic community.

An iconostasis painted on canvas of the XVII-XVIII centuries has been preserved. The painting of the eastern wall dates back to the time of the construction of the church, and the altar dates back to the end of the 18th century.

The church of Saint Archangel Michael is surrounded by ancient oak trees.

The Roman Catholic Church of Saint Avhustyn in Perechyn was built at the beginning of the 20th century with the assistance of a local forestry plant, as many foreign specialists from Catholic countries worked at the enterprise.

The initiator was the Italian Hayotto Franchesko, who purchased a plot of land and allocated part of the funds for construction.

The church was consecrated on the day of Saint Avhustyn, receiving its name in his honor.

The temple in the eclectic style is small, but tall (34 meters) and very slender, directed to the sky.

The wooden church of Saint Demetrius in Vilkhovytsia is one of the attractions of the wooden architecture of Transcarpathia. Erected without a single nail, it presents the Boyko type of buildings.

In the interior of the church, the opening between the nave and the nave, decorated with carvings, as well as carved images of ancient symbols of the sun and "sunflowers" attract attention.

The temple was built from oak logs in the 17th century in the village of Bystrytsia. In 1910, the Church of the Holy Great Martyr Demetrius was moved to Vilkhovytsia. According to one version, it was bought by wealthier members of the Vilkhovytsia community, according to another - the daughter of a local owner got married and took the temple with her as a dowry. This is what saved the church from destruction.

Saint Demetrius Church is an architectural monument of national significance.