An eco-excursion in Transcarpathia
About this tour
Eco-excursion in Transcarpathia is a unique and unforgettable journey, during which you can see the traces of the Knights Templar and hear the secret of the ruined castle: border-box;">the ruined castle; visit the 460-year-old "home" of wine and taste its best samples; get acquainted with the monastery life and taste natural Italian cheeses in a monastic dwelling; get acquainted with the gypsy settlements in the mountains of Transcarpathia and its unusual inhabitants.
An eco-tour of unusual places in Transcarpathia takes about 7 hours. Bus trips take an average of 20 minutes. 4 locations are visited: 460-year-old wine cellars - Templar Castle - monastery cheese factory - gypsy settlement. Some of them are located in the foothills of the Carpathians, others in the Middle Danube Lowlands.
Tour dates: Every Monday
Tour program:
- Departure from Uzhhorod.
- Exploring the ruins of one of the most mysterious castles in Ukraine (XI-XVI centuries) - the Templar Castle. Secrets of the fortress and its former inhabitants.
- Visiting legendary historical wine cellars. The most interesting tour and tasting of vintage wines. Serednyansky wine cellars are one of the oldest in Europe, their total length is more than 4.5 km. They were carved in 1557 by captured Turks in solid rock - tuff. Today, the cellars are fully owned by the Serednyansky winery, which in its time has repeatedly won prizes at international competitions. The most famous vintage wines of the plant are "Rose of Zakarpattia", "Pearl of the Carpathians", "Serednyanske", "Radiant", etc.
Today, you can tour the historic cellars themselves and taste some of the products in them.
- A visit to the Holy Protection Monastery, acquaintance with the monastery, Christian shrines, the monastery's economy and cheeses produced here using Italian technologies.
- Lunch.
- Visit to a Gypsy settlement. Familiarization with its life and traditions, economy, priorities and philosophy of the settlers.
- Return to Uzhhorod.
Paid additionally: Wine tasting in the ancient cellars - 120 UAH/person; Lunch - approximately 100-120 UAH/person; Personal expenses; Assignment of a specific place in the bus for a tourist - 100 UAH/person.
5 reasons to choose tour
1
Visit Transcarpathia - a healing land of Ukrainian nature
2
Listen to interesting stories from our guides
3
See the castle of the Templars
4
Visit historic wine cellars
5
To see how the Roma live in Transcarpathia, their settlements, daily life
Key landmarks
1
Castle of the Templars
2
Srednyany wine cellars
3
Holy Intercession Men's Monastery
What is included?
Transfer along the route
Professional guide
*From each purchased tour, we transfer 10% to the Ukrainian Refugee Support Fund. All profits from press tours are transferred to the reconstruction of Ukraine.
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The simultaneous stay of visitors in the hotel lobby not more than one person per 10 square meters of serviceable area is allowed.
Persons can visit hotels and stay there (outside hotel room) only if they wear respirator or face mask (including homemade mask), so that the nose and mouth are covered.
Hotel guests are obliged to keep the 1.5 meters distance.
Online check-in making in advance is recommended to avoid queues at check-in to hotel.
Meals in hotels are provided through meals delivery service to rooms upon prior order or at hotel restaurants situated inside or in open areas, provided the distance of at least 1.5 meters between seats at adjacent tables.
Not more than 4 clients are allowed to stay at the table (excluding children under 14 years old). Unless these tables are separated by a special partition;
Self-serve is not allowed.