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Five-day tour: history and leisure

 Ivano-Frankivsk – Halych – Vyhoda – Dovbush Rocks - Rohatyn - Tenetnyky - Martyniv – Chesnyky - Lviv, Ukraine

Accomodation

4 nights in Ivano-Frankivsk

Meal

breakfast + dinner

Duration

5 days / 4 nights

Route

Ivano-Frankivsk – Halych – Vyhoda – Dovbush Rocks - Rohatyn - Tenetnyky - Martyniv – Chesnyky - Lviv

Overview

Day 1.

Arrival in Ivano-Frankivsk.

Visit to the Earth History Park. A place where you can feel like a real scientist and archaeologist. Guests of the Earth History Park will be able to visit the location of archeological excavations. It’s possible to conduct research, dig up historical artifacts, study the history of mankind, have fun and useful time (entrance 200 UAH)

Accommodation in the hotel NADIYA HOTEL ***, which is located in the central part of Ivano-Frankivsk.

Walking city tour. You will walk around the central Market square. The Town Hall, lots of shops and cafes are situated there. You will also see Viche Maidan with the largest fountain in the city, the Central building of the Medical Academy, that was built in an eclectic style and has a lovely courtyard inside, a small but very cozy and comfortable park nearby with a monument to Adam Mickiewicz and Ruska Trojca. The Bastion Art Gallery deserves special attention. There you can see the exhibitions of original and unique wrought iron products and paintings, buy interesting souvenirs, and get to know how the glorious city of  Stanislaviv was built according to the project of the famous Italian engineer Fransua Corassini. In your free time you can visit the Regional Art Museum of Prykarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk Local History Museum, as well as climb the viewing platform of the Town Hall and see the impressive panorama of the whole city

Dinner.

Day 2.

Buffet Breakfast.

Bus tour to Halych - a small but cozy and comfortable town where the river Lukva flows into the river Dnister. It was once the center of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia - the most powerful fortress in the southwestern ancient lands, the first mention of which dates back to 898. The unique atmosphere of the city is created by numerous historical monuments, including the Nativity church (14th–15th century), the monument to King Danylo, the ruins of the Galician Castle from the 14th century, located on Castle Hill, which offers a magnificent panorama of surrounding area.

Visiting the Museum of Nature and the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. The unique ecosystem is preserved in the Galician region and is successfully presented in the Museum of Nature. The Wildlife Rehabilitation Center is located nearby. Bears, wolves, foxes, mouflons, peacocks and wild birds are there.

Museum of the History of Halych, located in the Metropolitan Chambers - an architectural monument of the early nineteenth century. This is the oldest museum institution in Halych; Kryloske settlement; X-XIII centuries; Galichina mound mound; Source Prince's well.

Return to Ivano-Frankivsk.

Dinner.

Day 3.

Buffet Breakfast.

Today we’ll travel to Vyhoda. The first step is visiting the heritage center of Vyhoda's narrow-gauge railway with an interactive exposition that reveals the local particular features. They are nature, the forest ecosystem of the Carpathians, local history about the development of forestry and woodworking industry around Vyhoda, the beginning of Vyhoda narrow-gauge railway, ethnography, and folk crafts.

Then we are going to take the Carpathian Tram. You will see the well-known Tserkovyshche Mountain and Shyrkovets – a bog and reserve. The Tram will go to Dubovyi Kut Stop to make some maneuvers and take you to the Mizunka Waterfalls Cascade so beautiful that even eternity will not be enough to enjoy them.

Hoshiv monastery is a greek catholic monastery of Chin St. Basil the Great in the village of Hoshiv, Dolinsky district in Ivano-Frankivsk region. It is considered one of the greatest religious and historical-architectural shrines of Western Ukraine. The first monastery and church in Goshiv were built in the 16th century. After the attack of the Tatars, the monastery was again rebuilt on the top of Yasna Mountain. For centuries, monks removed the attacks of Tatars and defended their greatest shrine, the miraculous icon of the Mother of God. It is a copy of the Chenstokhovskoy icon. The icon was named "Queen of the Carpathians". Nowadays, the icon is located in an area of the monastery. Pope Benedict XVI blessed and sanctified gold crowns for the Goshiv miraculous icon in 2009.

The Dovbush Rocks in the village Bubnyshche is a group of natural structures carved out of the rock at around 668 m, which formed here more than 70 million years ago. The area of the monument is overgrown with beech and spruce forests. According to archeological data, before the spread of Christianity, there was a pagan temple and later a Christian monastery was probably founded here. The name of the formations comes from a leader of the opryshky movement, Oleksa Dovbush. They hid their treasures and hid themselves here.

Return to Ivano-Frankivsk.

Dinner.

Day 4.

Buffet Breakfast.

Rohatyn - Tenetnyky - Martyniv - Chesnyky

We will visit the "Goat Forest Farm".

In the heart of Opillia region, in the middle of the picturesque dense oak forest the family eco-farm "Organic Cheese" is located. A lot of goats of elite breeds are bred here: Anglo-Nubian, Saanen, Lamancha, as well as sheep of the German Merino and Romanice breeds. You will have a unique opportunity to walk along the trails that goats trample every day, try to milk a goat and taste fresh milk, take original photos in the arranged photo areas, learn more about different breeds of goats and sheep and the peculiarities of taking care of them (entrance ticket - 150 UAH / adult , 50 UAH / child).

Also hospitable owners will offer you a tasting of eco products from goat's milk.  You will have a possibility of buying the following types of goat cheeses: ricotta, cachotta, belper knolle, chevron, bullets, cream mass, balls in oil.

Transfer to the village of Martyniv.

Meeting with a local blacksmith, during which you will have the opportunity to try yourself in one of the oldest crafts in Ukraine, get a unique experience, as well as a memorable souvenir. The blacksmith's mother is a master of painting on glass. If you have a desire, you can attend a master class (additional fee from 100 UAH / person)

Visiting the religious-historical complex "Mountain on the Dniester". Everything here is pleasant for the eye - from a small bush or flower to majestic sculptures. Everything has its meaning. There is a playground, photo areas, a summer terrace with a stage, a chapel and a high observation deck, from which you can see the picturesque landscapes.

Transfer to the village of Chesnyky, the oldest village in the Rohatyn region, which is named because of the fact that very honest people had been living here. The well-known panorama of the village appears just from the road. And at the end we will go to the tasting room to try craft oils of Opillia region. The owners have restored the old house and started a small business - making craft oils. Also here you can taste homemade bread, ice cream and craft garlic cheese, which is produced in a local cheese factory by using Swiss technology. If you have a desire, we will arrange a party with dancing and singing (entrance ticket - 200 UAH / adult, 100 UAH / child).

Return to Ivano-Frankivsk.

Dinner.

Day 5.

Buffet Breakfast.

Bus tour to Lviv.

City tour, central part: Lviv Opera and Ballet Theater, monuments to Taras Shevchenko and Adam Mickiewicz, Lviv "Statue of Liberty", Armenian Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, Dominican Cathedral, monument to the beggar painter Epiphanius Drovnya, Boim Chapel…

Transfer to the airport / train station or extra night (extra pay)

Included

  • 4 nights in Nadiya hotel
  • breakfast + dinner
  • Insurance
  • Car + guide

Excluded

  • entrance tickets