About this tour
The best places in Hutsul region: incredible Yaremche, fabulous Bukovel, Yavoriv, Kolomyia, vats in Verkhovyna, winter mountains and New Year's fun
Tour date: December 30
Tour program:
Day 1
Departure from Lviv (08:00) - Yaremche (visiting the waterfall, Hutsulshchyna restaurant, shopping for souvenirs and lunch) - Bukovel (ascending the cable car to the top of Mount Bukovel and viewing the Carpathian panorama) - Verkhovyna (accommodation with Hutsuls, dinner).
Day 2
Breakfast and departure (08:30) - Verkhovyna (excursion-concert in the Roman Kumlyk Museum and excursion and photography in Hutsul clothes in the Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors Museum, cheese tasting, Corkscrew Museum with tasting, lunch) - Verkhovyna (bathing in vats, return to the manor house, dinner).
Day 3
Late breakfast and departure (12:00) - Yavoriv (master class in quilting) - Kolomyia (lunch, excursion to the Hutsulshchyna Museum) - Ivano-Frankivsk (19:30)/Lviv (return by 22:00).
They are waiting for you:
"Hutsul New Year's Fun" in the capital of the Hutsul region - Verkhovyna;
Acquaintance with the history, customs, culture of one of the most interesting people in the world - Hutsuls;
The best dishes of Hutsul cuisine;
The most outstanding historical and natural sights of the region: Hutsul churches, waterfalls, rivers, picturesque Carpathian landscapes, Hutsul museums;
And of course snowballs and other types of winter euphoria.
HUTSUL NEW YEAR'S FUN
Attention!!! The dates of the Hutsul New Year's entertainment are being finalized and will be announced two weeks before the departure.
During the entertainment you will find:
- folk songs, dances, entertainment together with the Hutsul chapel "Dovbushova taistra";
- master classes in Hutsul dances: hutsulka, resheto;
- Hutsul songs, kolomyikas, songs about the Carpathians;
- initiation into Hutsuls;
- and dancing, dancing, dancing to incendiary Hutsul music.
Gala dinner menu with authentic Hutsul dishes:
- cold appetizers, salads, zwikli, jelly, pickled cucumbers and tomatoes;
- mushroom soup;
- Hutsul cabbage rolls with mushroom sauce;
- Hutsul intestine with goulash;
- cheerful Carpathian water, champagne, wine, mineral water, broth.
*The tour is conducted in Ukrainian
The price does NOT include and is additionally paid for: entrance tickets to tourist sites; lunches. The cost of entrance tickets: - Cheese tasting: adults, pensioners, students and children under 6 years old - 150 UAH - Museum of "Shtopora" with wine and liqueurs tasting: general: 75 UAH - excursion-concert in the Museum of Hutsul life and musical instruments named after Roman Kumlyk: general: 75 UAH. Roman Kumlyk: general, student and pupil admission: 50 UAH; - Museum "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors": general, pensioner and student admission: 40 UAH, pupil admission: 35 UAH/person; - Museum "Hata Staya": general, pensioner and student - 50 UAH, student - 30 UAH; - ascent by cable car to Mount Bukovel: general - 190 UAH in both directions, pensioners and children under 11 years old - 130 UAH in both directions; - National Museum of Folk Art of Hutsulshchyna and Pokuttya named after Yofat Kobrynsky. Yosafat Kobrynsky National Museum of Hutsul and Pokupil Folk Art: general and pensioner admission: UAH 40, student admission: UAH 20, children's admission: UAH 15; - Quilting master class: general, student, pensioner, and children's admission: UAH 50,
Discounts for children: - Children under 3 years old, accompanied by 2 adults, without a separate seat in the bus and accommodation - free of charge; - Children from 3 to 12 years old, a discount on the total cost of the tour.
Meals: Breakfast on day 1 - you can have breakfast at home or take sandwiches with you to eat while the bus is moving or during the parking lots. Lunch on day 1 - will be in Yaremche. The cost of lunch is 120 UAH per person. Dinner on Day 1 - will be held in Hutsul houses. Breakfast on Day 2 - will be held in Hutsul houses. Lunch on Day 2 - will be held in a cafe in Verkhovyna. Cost - 120-130 UAH Dinner on the 2nd day - in the form of a holiday "New Year's Hutsul Fun" Breakfast on the 3rd day - in Hutsul houses. Lunch on the 3rd day - in a restaurant in Kolomyia. The cost is 120-130 UAH.
5 reasons to choose tour
1
"Hutsul New Year's Fun" in the capital of Hutsul region - Verkhovyna
2
Acquaintance with the history, customs, culture of one of the most interesting people in the world - Hutsuls
3
The best dishes of Hutsul cuisine
4
The most outstanding historical and natural sights of the region: Hutsul temples, waterfalls, rivers, picturesque Carpathian landscapes, Hutsul museums
5
And of course, snowballs and other types of winter euphoria
Key landmarks
1
Yaremche
A famous climatic resort located between picturesque mountains in the picturesque valley of the Prut River. Thousands of people admire the cascading waterfall "Probiy" (Yaremchanskyi Huk) and the wooden restaurant "Hutsulshchyna" every year.
2
Bukovel
Ski resort No. 1 in Ukraine, where you can climb a chairlift to the top of Mount Bukovel (1115 m), which offers a wonderful panorama of Gorgan and the Chornohorsk range.
3
Verkhovyna
The ethno-geographical center of the Hutsul Region, the former Zhabye, spread out on the banks of the glorious Black Cheremosh River, besides the picturesque Carpathian panoramas, has many other charms for discerning tourists. Here you are hospitably invited to a concert-excursion to the private Hutsul museum of life and musical instruments, named after Roman Kumlyk. You can learn about the great Hutsul love of Ivan and Marichka, as well as take a photo in Hutsul clothes in the house-museum of the movie "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors". Here we will visit the "Sstopora" museum and taste real Carpathian cheeses in a cheese shop.
4
Yavoriv
A picturesque Carpathian village, where the ancient traditions of making home-woven woolen blankets (bedclothes) have been preserved, and most of the residents are engaged in bedclothes. Only in Yavorov can you see the full cycle of the birth of a sleeper from sheep's wool to the finished product, and buy it for yourself at home at manufacturers' prices.
5
Kolomyia
The city of Kolomiyok, one of the most beautiful cities of Galicia, with a wonderful Art Nouveau building in the central part of the city. The city awaits you: one of the best museums of Ukraine - the National Museum of Folk Art of Hutsul region and Pokuttia named after of Josaphat Kobrynsky, one of the oldest in Ukraine, the wooden Church of the Annunciation (1587) and the town hall (1877), which is not in the center of Rynok Square, but on the corner of the streets.
What is included?
Transfer along the route
Professional guide
Travel insurance
Residence
It takes place in the cozy Hutsul manors of the green tourism village. Verkhovyna, rooms: 2- and 3-bed rooms with access to the corridor (calculated for 2-3 rooms)
Breakfast
On the 2nd and 3rd day
Dinner
On the 2nd day
New Year's entertainment
Program, food, drinks, including alcoholic beverages
*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.