A week in the Carpathians

A week in the Carpathians
A week in the Carpathians, a trip to Bukovel from Ukraine, a trip to the Carpathians for a week, climbing Hoverla, an excursion to Ivano-Frankivsk, Yaremche and a trip to the Manyavsky Skete

Tour dates: 04.02, 11.02, 18.02, 25.02

Approximate schedule of events for each day:

07:00 - 8:45 breakfast
07:20 - 9:15 check-out from the hotel
16:00 - 18:00 departure and return to the hotel
18:00 - 19:00 dinner
19:30 - 19:45 start of evening programs

Tour plan.
Sunday:
- departure (tourists from Kyiv should arrive in Vorokhta on Sunday. There are trains available for you: 015, 095. A hotel representative will meet you at the station and escort you to the bus. You can also arrive in Ternopil by 13:30)
- gala dinner, getting to know each other and sitting around the campfire

Monday:
- study tour to Bukovel and Yablunytsky Pass
- acquaintance with the Carpathian Nature National Park, walk in the ancient forest with springs and picturesque forest glades, picnic lunch, crossing the swamp, learning the basics of behavior in the forest
- a hike to the Borsuchnia meadow, the most cheerful, hospitable and musical Carpathian meadow. Delicious Hutsul dishes at the hospitable host Vasyl.

Tuesday:
- climbing to Hoverla (2061 m, ascent 800 m, 10 km)
- excursion "Verkhovyna" - picturesque passes and mountain serpentines, forests alternating with meadows. Excursion-concert in the Roman Kumlyk Museum; house-museum of the movie "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors"; lunch in a kolyba; Ivan Franko Museum; Hutsul House-Citizen Museum; Hutsulshchyna Museum of History and Local Lore.

- a walk in the forest (7 km, 200 m ascent) is within the power of anyone. We will pass by the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, the village of Voytul and slowly climb into the forest. Lunch by the fire among the enchanting panoramas of Vorokhta and the surrounding mountains.
- excursion to Ivano-Frankivsk. We will walk around the historic center, see the city hall, the Cathedral and the ancient Armenian church, and visit the Museum of the Liberation Movement of the Carpathian region.

Wednesday:
- excursion to Yaremche: Dovbush rocks - a kind of open-air museum of nature, where the exhibits are trees, forest trails, stone buildings; the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul Church with sculptures-busts of the church's hierarchs and martyrs; a monastery with a unique iconostasis; a walk around the city; an ecotourism center; lunch in a kolyba; an architectural monument - the Hutsulshchyna restaurant; Probiy waterfall; an exhibition-bazaar of ethnographic products.
- hike to Mount Pyatikhatky. You will see a beautiful panorama of Vorokhta, the Carpathians and the highest peaks of Ukraine - Hoverla and Petros, feel like you are on top of the world, conquerors of the mountains. Overcoming small difficulties, the joy of climbing to the peaks known only to climbers, beautiful landscapes and good mood are guaranteed. Lunch is porridge by the fire.
- a trip to the Maniavsky Skete, a historical and architectural reserve, an Orthodox monastery located in an extremely picturesque corner of the Carpathians in a mountain tract.

Thursday:
- excursion "Under the old bridges" - a universal and accessible route. Rise by diesel train to the village of Voronenka, back roads, forest roads, rather steep but short ascents and descents, a fairy-tale forest and architectural masterpieces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire - a tunnel and arched railway bridges. Lunch is a picnic.
- excursion to Kosiv - the capital of folk crafts. A visit to the Kosiv Museum of Folk Life and Art of the Hutsul Region and a trout farm - everyone will be able to catch a fish for lunch, the taste of which will be remembered for a long time.
- a trip and hike to the Pysanyi Kamen rock. This is a mysterious sanctuary, where our distant ancestors prayed to the sun and made sacrifices. Unusual energy of the city and incredible mountain panoramas.
- excursion to Bukovel. An introductory trip to the largest European-level ski resort in Ukraine, a cable car ride to the top to see the tourist complex and the panorama of the Carpathian Mountains.

Friday:
- walk around Vorokhta. The enchanting beauty of wild mountains, rivers among steep cliffs and mountain villages: Friday market, Roman Catholic church, arched bridges, wooden church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in 1615, a new church; stories about the life, history, traditions and prospects of the village. While admiring and enjoying nature, you will taste porridge cooked over a fire.

- an excursion to Kolomyia, a pretty town with a Hutsul flavor, the cradle of Western Ukrainian history, with authentic architecture that has been preserved since the reign of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Wandering through the narrow streets of the historic part of the city, you will feel like you are in another century. Lunch in the cozy restaurant "Khvalena Khata" in the historic center of the city. Visit the unique Pysanka Museum and the Hutsulshchyna Museum of Folk Art.

- hike along the Prut River for moderately active tourists. Birds' songs, the sound of water in the rapids, a magnificent forest with tall pines, a beautiful mountain river that has made its way among the mountains through picturesque wildlife spots, revealing an interesting layer cake of rocks - all this is the best place to unite with nature! Lunch is a soup.
- hike "Zhenetskyi Huk waterfall". One of the highest and most picturesque waterfalls in the Carpathians, and around - fabulous landscapes of the Gorgan Mountains, rocky ledges, pine trees over the cliffs. Lunch is a dry ration.
- excursion to Chernivtsi. Walking through the old town - an integral, almost intact ensemble of the XIX - early XX centuries. Visit to the National University, an architectural masterpiece of the former residence of the Orthodox Metropolitans of Bukovina and Dalmatia. In 2012, Chernivtsi was recognized as the most comfortable city in Ukraine.

Saturday:
- check-out from the rooms. Departure from the hotel at 9:15. One-hour stop in the city of Yaremche, where you have the opportunity to buy gifts for family and friends at the souvenir market. Lunch in a cafe. By 17:00 we arrive in Ternopil, at the railway station.

The price is for one person in the group!

The tour is conducted in Ukrainian!