Attractions of Ternopil region

The castle in Zaliztsi was founded in 1516 by the crown hetman Martyn Kamyanetsky, who received these lands from the Polish king Syhizmund I.

It was from here in 1604 that Lzhedmytriy I, the husband of Maryna Mnishek and the son-in-law of Yuri Mnishek, who at that time owned Zaliztsi Castle, started his march to Moscow. After the overthrow of Lzhedmytriy, the castle passed into the hands of the Vyshnevetskys, who turned it into a magnate's residence.

The castle was quadrangular, with four corners and a gate tower. There was a two-story palace in the northern part.

In the 18th century, Zaliztsi Castle was converted into a cloth factory. It has reached our days in ruins. Fragments of the northern and western walls have been preserved, as well as a semi-basement floor with a narrow corridor.

The Empire-style palace with an original colonnade and wing was built in Zalishchyky in 1831 by Baron Ignatius Brunytskyi on the site of the Ponyatovsky hunting castle.

Austrian Emperor Franz II stayed here during his trip to Galicia. A 5-hectare park was also laid out, where more than 400 trees of 40 species and forms are growing.

The Brunytsky Palace has been preserved to this day, until recently it housed the department of the district hospital.

Zalishchyky Park is part of the protected zone of the regional landscape park "Dniester Canyon"

"Crystal cave" ("Kryvchanska") is the most famous and most suitable for tourists to visit the Podillya cave.

The entrance is located in the spurs of the mountain on the southwestern outskirts of the village of Kryvche. This is one of the largest gypsum caves in Europe - the length of its investigated part is almost 23 kilometers.

The Kryvchanska Cave was first mentioned in 1721 and was rediscovered in 1908. It is a branched gypsum system of passages washed by underground waters 20 million years ago.

The excursion route through the cleaned and illuminated part of the "Crystal Cave" is about 2.5 kilometers, of which 500 meters is the entrance corridor. The walls of the cave galleries are covered with white or various colored gypsum crystals, hence the name. Many crystals resemble silhouettes of animals: buffalo, lizard, elephant, eagle, etc.

Constant temperature +11 degrees. Open to the public all year round, the tour is possible only with a guide.

The Greek-Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Borshkov was built in 1886. It is located on the central square of the city.

The church keeps a copy of the miraculous icon of the Mother of God of Borshchiv in a "black embroidered dress". The massive and simple bell tower is a modern building.

A monument to the fighters for the freedom of Ukraine was erected next to the Assumption Church (1993).

The Buchach Local Lore Museum is located in the center of city, near the town hall.

The archeological vuseum`s exposition presents objects from the times of Trypillya culture.

The ethnographic exhibition tells about the life of peasants of the end of the XIX century.

In addition to the history of the city and the district, there is an exposition dedicated to the work of the outstanding sculptor Ivan Heorh Pinzel, who lived and worked in Buchach for a long time.

The model of Buchach Castle is also of interest.

The Roman Catholic Church of the Mother of God of the Holy Scapular in Borshchiv was built in 1763 instead of the wooden church destroyed by the Tatars.

The three-tier bell tower was rebuilt from the defense tower of the 17th century castle. Faceted upper tiers have a baroque finish.

Restoration was carried out in 1928-1930. Today the Mother of God of Holy Scapular Church is active.

The castle in Zolotyi Potik was built in the 17th century by Bratslav voivode Stefan Potoski and his wife Mariya Mohylyanka (relative of the founder of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Petro Mohyla).

The fortress controlled one of the trade routes from Halychyna and Volhynia to Moldova and Pokuttia. The castle, regular square in plan, is located on a low hill in the valley of the Tatarka River. Of the four corner hexagonal two-story towers with loopholes, only three have survived, and even then with significant changes. The height of the walls is about 5 meters, the thickness is up to 2 meters. In the center of the north-eastern facade of the castle is a three-tier entry tower. Outside, the castle was surrounded by a rampart and a deep moat with water. There was a one-story palace on the territory, and in the middle of the yard - a well, which is associated with the legend of the origin of the name of the Zolotyi Potik (allegedly, during a long siege, the defenders of the castle, tired of thirst, found a spring, which they called "golden").

The Zolotyi Potik Castle was captured several times by the Turks and Cossacks, but each time it was rebuilt, and it has survived to this day in good condition. Now it is one of the objects of the National Reserve "Castles of Ternopil Region".

The interactive museum of musical instruments "Camerton" was created in the village of Ishkiv by a local resident, hereditary musician Petro Katola, together with members of his family. In the premises of the former collective farm office, he collected about 250 musical instruments of various types: wind, percussion, bowed, etc.

The collection presents a variety of instruments from over 80 countries of the world - from the Ukrainian trembita to the Australian didgeridoo, from the Vietnamese drymba to the Zimbabwean kalimba. There is an ancient harpsichord, a 150-year-old Czech grand piano, an Indian harmonium, a Brazilian berembao, and a German bandoneon.

During the tours, the collector talks about the history of the origin of each exhibit, the role of music and musical instruments in different cultures of the world, and the legends associated with them.

All the instruments presented are working, and the owner can play a melody on each of them. Visitors are also offered to try playing some of the instruments.

The first museum of retro cars "Retro-Cortege" in Western Ukraine was opened in Ternopil in 2016 on the initiative of entrepreneur Taras Demkur.

More than 20 vintage cars are presented, some of which have an interesting history. In particular, the collection includes a Jaguar car that belonged to US President Richard Nixon, as well as a Maybach from Hitler's Werewolf stake. The oldest car dates back to 1933.

Also presented are restored motorcycles, old radio equipment, a collection of mini cars from different parts of the world, military equipment.

The "Agroland" ethnopark opened in 2025 in the village of Velykyi Khodachkiv, 10 kilometers from Ternopil in the direction of Berezhany. This is an ethnographic and entertainment complex for recreation and acquaintance with the historical and cultural heritage of the Ternopil region.

The complex has recreated exact copies of several historical residential and farm buildings of the late 19th - early 20th centuries. Among them are typical village huts of residents of Volyn, Opillia and Podillia, as well as a Lemko living room. There is also a working sawmill (sawmill). Old agricultural machinery and tools of peasants are presented. A separate exhibition is dedicated to the events of the modern Russian-Ukrainian war.

In addition, the Agroland ethnopark houses the Press and Printing Museum. Here you can see newspapers from 1918 to the present, take photos at the editor-in-chief's workplace, and visit a working photo lab.

For visitors to "Agroland" there is a restaurant of modern Ukrainian cuisine "Velyka Myska", where you can not only eat deliciously, but also see about a thousand painted plates collected from all corners of Ukraine. For children there is a playground and a contact mini-zoo.

The area of the Aquapark "Alligator" at the hotel entertainment and health complex in Ternopil is 4.2 thousand square meters. It can accommodate 400 visitors at the same time.

The Aquapark has three pools with a depth of 150, 90 and 30 centimeters, 8 water slides for adults and children of different ages with a length of 3 to 33 meters and a height of 1.5 to 10.5 meters. In addition to the water slides, there is a hydromassage area, waterfalls and 2 exciting attractions: "Body Slay" (an intriguing journey through a closed water pipe 86 meters long from a height of 6.5 meters) and "Black Hole" (adrenaline descent through a closed water pipe from a height of 12.5 meters 160 meters long, accompanied by spectacular illuminations and exciting sounds). Other attractions: the "Kamikaze" slide (height 10.5 meters, length 33 meters), the slide "Truba" (height 6.5 meters), the slope "Family hill" (height 4.5 meters and length 20 meters).

The water park complex includes a SPA zone (infra-red sauna, professional massage therapists, Turkish bath hamam).

The hotel complex has a bowling alley, a disco club, a restaurant, billiards, and a fitness club.

The Arsen Richynskyi Museum was founded in 2004 at the Kremenets Medical School, which bears the name of this outstanding Ukrainian public, political and church figure, composer, photographer, local historian, founder of Ukrainian ethnology of religion, and doctor. The museum was opened in 2008.

The museum's exposition contains numerous and interesting historical documents, books, and photographs that illustrate the life path of this extraordinary personality. The author of most of the photographs displayed on the museum stands is Arsen Richynskyi himself, as he was a professional photographer. The captions to the photographs are his own.

The Greek Catholic Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ was built in Yahilnytsia in 1842.

Part of the funds was allocated by the tycoon family of Lyantskoronsky.

The cruciform church is designed in the Byzantine style.

The defense church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the village of Bishche is officially dated 1664, but there is an assumption that it could have been created much earlier - in the 16th or even the 14th century.

According to one of the versions, the church was built by Dominican monks, who were invited by the founder of the city of Bishche, nobleman Yan Boshch. The massive three-tier defensive tower of the church is an example of the transition from Romanesque to Gothic architecture. The portal of the church is made in the Renaissance style. Its defensive power was strengthened by stone walls and ramparts. Powerful buttresses were added during the reconstruction in 1730.

During the Second World War, the Church of the Assumption in Bishche was badly damaged and was in a dilapidated state for a long time. Restoration work has been ongoing since 2013. Currently, the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary has been partially restored.

The Church of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin Mary in Ternopil is a church of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

The first Church of the Assumption in the Ternopil suburb was built in 1636 from wood. Until 1744, the Basilian monastery operated under it. In 1837, a new stone temple in the Empire style was built.

The monastery and the Church of the Assumption were destroyed during the Soviet regime in 1962. Today, a new Assumption Church with a bell tower has been built in their place. Modern buildings are modernized and differ from the original construction.