CHEESE AND WINE TOUR OF TRANSCARPATHIA
About this tour
The Carpathians, castles, wines, cheeses, all the best that hospitable Transcarpathia has to offer is waiting for you!
Tour dates: every Saturday from December to April 2023
Attention!
From the end of November to the end of March, in case of unfavorable weather conditions (ice, heavy snowfall, poor visibility, etc.) on the 2nd day of the tour the program will be changed to:
Day 2: Breakfast and departure (07:30) - Vynohradiv (cheese tasting) - Iza (buying wicker products and visiting a deer farm) - Mizhhirya (lunch and riding the cable car) - Pylypets (viewing the Shipot waterfall) - - Stryi (return at 20:45) / Lviv (return at 21:45).
Tour program
Day 1
Departure from Lviv (08:00) / from Stryi (09:00) - Karpaty sanatorium (tour of Schönborn Palace) - Mukachevo (tour of the castle and lunch) - Berehove (swimming in the thermal pool or a walk around the city) - Berehove volcanic lowlands (wine tasting) - Berehove district (dinner and overnight stay in rural tourism estates, check-in at 21:30).
Day 2
Breakfast and departure (08:00) - Vynohradiv (cheese tasting) - Synevyr Pass (photography and viewing of the Carpathian panoramas) - Synevyr National Park (crossing to the lake, lunch, brown bear rehabilitation center) - Stryi (returning at 20:45) / Lviv (returning at 21:45).
The price is NOT included and is paid additionally: meals, cheese and wine tastings. Entrance fees: Mukachevo Castle: general - 100 UAH, pensioner, student - 70 UAH, children under 14 - 40 UAH; Thermal pool "Zhayvoronok" in Beregovo (2 hours): general - 230 UAH, pensioners - 175 UAH, persons with disabilities of group I, students, children from 120 to 150 cm. - 115 UAH, children under 120 cm - free of charge, locker rental - 30 UAH, (children under 150 cm are allowed in the pool only in swimming armbands); Wine tasting: 80 UAH, excursion without wine consumption - 40 UAH; Cheese and dairy products tasting: general, pensioner, student, student - 85 UAH; Deer farm: general, pensioner and student - 40 UAH, student - 20 UAH; Rise by cable car to Mount Makovitsa (both ways): general, pensioner, student - 100 UAH, children under 12 - 80 UAH; Hiss Waterfall: general, pensioner, student - 20 UAH, student - 10 UAH. Schönborn Palace: general, pensioner, student - 30 UAH, student - 20 UAH;
Meals: Breakfast on the 1st day - you can have breakfast at home or take sandwiches with you to have a snack during the stops. Lunch on the 1st day - in a restaurant in Mukachevo and consists of Lemko-Mukachevo cuisine: salad "Vegetable assortment", soup "Levesh", torgonya (homemade pasta of special preparation) with cones in mushroom sauce, compote, bread. Dinner on the 1st day - in the estates after check-in and consists of Hungarian national cuisine: bograch goulash, Magyar cabbage rolls, sweets, wine/palinka, compote. The cost is 130 UAH/person. Breakfast on the 2nd day is in the manor houses, the menu includes sausage, cheese, omelet, butter, bread, coffee/tea. The cost is 80 UAH per person. Lunch on the 2nd day: in Mizhhirya, Alliance Kolyba. Menu: mushroom soup, mashed potatoes with chicken chop and pickled cucumber, broth, bread. The price is 130 UAH per person. As an alternative, there are other restaurants and cafes nearby that serve Boyko dishes and more.
Discounts for children: Children under 6 years of age (inclusive), accompanied by 2 adults and without a separate seat in the bus and accommodation - free of charge;
5 reasons to choose tour
1
Tour of Schönborn Palace
2
Berehovo - swimming in a thermal pool or walking around the city
3
Wine tasting
4
Cheese tasting
5
Photographing and viewing the Carpathian panoramas
Key landmarks
1
Sanatorium "Karpaty"
One of the most beautiful and romantic palaces of Ukraine is located among the picturesque Carpathian Mountains - the hunting palace of the Shenborn Counts (1890). The palace is surrounded by a beautiful park with many exotic plants and looks at us through 365 windows, invites us through 12 entrances to 52 rooms.
2
Mukachevo
Here on a lonely volcanic mountain is the most powerful fortress in Ukraine - Palanok Castle (XIV century), which was built by Prince Fedir Koryatovych, and the heroic glory of Princess Ilona Zrini. If you have free time in Mukachevo, you can also explore a lot of interesting things: the chapel of St. Martyna (XIV century), Rakotsi Palace (1663) and the beautiful green town hall (1903).
3
Berehovo
Coastal The former "Beregsas" has long been known for its architectural monuments, but most tourists come here for treatment, pleasure and relaxation. After all, it is here that the modern health resort "Zhaivoronok" is located, which is famous for its pools with unique thermal water (temperature 31-45 C). All year round, guests of the complex can be treated and relax in outdoor and indoor pools with natural mineral water that rises directly from thermal wells more than 1 km deep.
4
Berehiv Volcanic Lowland
The surroundings of Berehova have long been famous throughout the world for their wines, which have a wonderful aroma and a great wealth of taste properties. This is thanks to the volcanic rocks on which the grapes grow and the energy of the sun, because this is where the most sunny days are in Transcarpathia.
5
Vinohradiv
The Carpathian Buffalo farm is located near Black Mountain in Vyrodiv, where local enthusiasts are trying to save the northernmost buffalo population in the world. Currently, there are more than 30 Carpathian buffaloes on the farm, which you can observe, as well as taste and buy different varieties of buffalo and sheep cheese.
6
Iza
The capital of wickerwork of Ukraine, passing through the village you can buy a variety of souvenirs made of vines, from simple utilitarian items to real works of art. You should also visit the deer farm, where more than a hundred spotted deer live and bring great joy to visitors.
7
Mizhhirya
A picturesque Carpathian town, not far from which is Mount Makovytsia (750 m.), you can climb it on a chair lift. From the top of the mountain, there are wonderful panoramas of the Borzhava and Gorgan Carpathian ridges, as well as the meanders of the Rika River.
8
Pylypets
Here, from a height of 15 meters, one of the most beautiful waterfalls of Ukraine - Shipit waterfall - pours water into a picturesque mountain valley in many mesmerizing cascades between rocks. It originates from a large underground spring, i.e. the "eye of the sea", in one of the most beautiful places of the Ukrainian Carpathians - Borzhava valley. Staying here is a wonderful break from civilization and gives new vitality.
What is included?
Transfer along the route
Professional guide
Travel insurance
Accommodation
Cozy homesteads of rural tourism in the Berehiv district, 2- and 3-bed rooms with benefits in the corridor.
*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.
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.