Weekend in the Transcarpathians

Type:

Excursion and cognitive

Duration:

2 days

Tour programme:

1st Day
Arriving to Svalyava town, transfer to the hotel.
Breakfast.
Group excursion tour to Verkhovyna:
Nyzhni Vorota village — Volovetsky mountain pass — Volovets village — Pylypets village (Greek-Catholic wooden church of the XVIIІ century), walking tour along the mountain river to the Shypit waterfall (2 km) — Soymy village — Mizhgirya village — Perekhrestya Mountain Pass (850 m above sea level, where there opens a view on the Krasna Mountain valley and the Kamyanka mountain).
Entrance to Synevyr National Park.
Synevyr mountain lake, which is also called Sea Eye. It is full with legends and different stories. Splendid view on the mountains, rough mountain rivers streams and the old legends are included into this excursion. Lake is at 989 m high, it is necessary to walk along 800 m.
Dinner in kolyba (wooden hut).
On the returning way — visiting the deer farm near Khust town, visiting Iza village (Transcarpathian centre of wicker weaving). Tour to the Narcissi valley during florescence.
Return to the hotel, supper.
Leisure time.
2nd Day
Breakfast.
Sightseeing tour to Mukacheve town and pools with thermal waters in Berehove town:
Excursion around the Karpaty health resort park (Fon Shenborn count's castle of the ХIX century end), visit to the Karpatsky Myslyvets resort, where there are wild animals of the Carpathians kept (roes, wild boars). Palanok castle in Mukacheve. Old castle, full with legends and fighting spirit; it, with its powerful fortresses, crowns a single peaky mound on the surrounding plain. This castle is a famous military and architectural monument of the Middle Ages, it was built to guard and to control trade and military routes, which intersected in Mukacheve. Route to the pools with thermal waters in Berehove town.
Dinner in Zolota Pava restaurant with Hungarian cuisine.
Return to the hotel, checkout.
Transfer to the railway station.