CHEESE AND WINE TOUR OF TRANSCARPATHIA
About this tour
The Carpathians, castles, wines,
cheeses, all the best that hospitable Transcarpathia can offer awaits you!
Tour dates: every Saturday from
December to April 2023
Attention!
From the end of November
to the end of March, in case of adverse 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 vine products and visiting
a deer farm) - Mizhhirya (lunch and riding on the chairlift) - Pylypets
(visiting Shipit waterfall) - Stryi (return at 20:45) / Lviv (return at 21:45).
The price does NOT include and will
be paid additionally:
- entrance tickets to tourist
facilities,
- food,
- cheese and wine tastings.
Discounts for children:
- Children up to 6 years of age
(inclusive), accompanied by 2 adults and without a separate seat on the bus and
during accommodation - free of charge;
Cost of entrance tickets:
- Schönborn Palace: general,
pension, student - 30 UAH, student - 20 UAH;
- Mukachevo Castle: general - 100
UAH, pension, student - 70 UAH, children under 14 years - 40 UAH;
- thermal pool
"Zhaivoronok" in Beregovo (2 hours): general - UAH 230, pensioners -
UAH 175, persons with disabilities of the 1st group, students, children from
120 to 150 cm - UAH 115, children up to 120 cm. - free of charge, locker rental
- UAH 30 (children up to 150 cm are allowed in the pool only in swimming
armbands);
- wine tasting: 80 hryvnias,
excursion without wine consumption - 40 hryvnias;
- tasting of cheese and dairy
products: general, pensioner, student, apprentice - 85 hryvnias;
- deer farm: general, pension and
student - 40 hryvnias, student - 20 hryvnias;
- ascent by chairlift to Mount
Makovytsia (both ways): general, pensioner, student - 100 hryvnias, children
under 12 years - 80 hryvnias;
- Shipit waterfall: general,
pension, student - 20 hryvnias, student - 10 hryvnias.
Food:
Breakfast on the 1st day - you can
have breakfast at home or take canapés with you to have a snack during the
stops.
Lunch on the 1st day is in the
Mukachevo restaurant and consists of dishes from the Lemki-Mukachevo cuisine:
"Assorted Vegetables" salad, "Levesh" soup, torgonya
(specially prepared home-made pasta) with cones in mushroom sauce, compote, bread.
The price is 120 UAH/person.
Dinner on the 1st day is in the
estates after settling in and consists of dishes of Hungarian national cuisine:
bograch-goulash, Hungarian cabbage rolls, sweets, wine/palinka, compote. The
price is 130 UAH/person.
Breakfast on the 2nd day - in the
estates, the proposed menu: sausage, cheese, omelet, butter, bread, coffee/tea.
The price is 80 UAH/person.
Lunch on the 2nd day: in Mizhhirya,
hut "Alyans". Menu: mushroom soup, mashed potatoes with chicken chops
and pickles, soup, bread. The price is 130 UAH/person.
As an alternative, there are other restaurants and cafés nearby with Boyko dishes and more.
*The
tour is conducted in Ukrainian
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Day 1
Departure from Lviv (08:00) / from Stryi (09:00) – sanatorium "Karpaty" (excursion to the Schonborn Palace) – Mukachevo (excursion to the castle and lunch) – Beregovo (swimming in a thermal pool or a walk around the city) – Berehiv Volcanic Lowlands (wine tasting) – Berehiv district (dinner and overnight stay in rural tourism estates, check-in at 9:30 p.m.).
Day 2
Breakfast and departure (08:00) – Vynohradiv (cheese tasting) – Synevyr Pass (photographing and viewing of Carpathian panoramas) – Synevyr National Park (crossing to the lake, lunch, brown bear rehabilitation center) – Stryi (return at 20:45) / Lviv (return at 21:45).
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.