Mount Yablunytsia. A Three-Hour Walk with a Kolyba Lunch

                                                                  And from the Carpathian summer floats the voice of the trembita

Mount Yablunytsia is one of the eleven peaks that shape the landscape of the high-mountain resort of the same name — Yablunytsia, in the Nadvirna district of the Ivano-Frankivsk region.

 

Mount Yablunytsia near the Yablunytsia Pass, in the village of Yablunytsia

Mykulychyn. In Flight on the Carpathian Swing

Both adults and children love to swing, feeling the euphoria of flight and the sensation of free fall. Everyone tries to reach the maximum height, increasing the amplitude of their swinging as they compete with one another. A person is familiar with the effect of swinging from childhood, when a newborn is rocked in its cradle. Doctors consider the swing a therapeutic procedure, beneficial for development and health, since the back-and-forth motion soothes and lifts the mood. One of the most famous swings in Ukraine towers on a mountain slope in Mykulychyn in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, and every day crowds of tourists head here to spend a pleasant time, to feel the joy and to reach seventh heaven.

 

Mykulychyn. The great Carpathian swing

Yablunytsia. Mount Mykulinka, 997 m. A Walk to Recharge

To feel the energy of the Carpathians and replenish your reserves of positive emotions, you do not necessarily have to choose many-hour routes to ultra-distant peaks. You can see romantic mountain views not in a picture but with your own eyes even on thousand-metre ridges or thereabouts, such as Mount Mykulinka, 997 metres above sea level.

 

Mount Mykulinka. The village of Yablunytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk region

Synevyrska Poliana. Tourist Sights, a Kolyba and Landscapes

The Ukrainian Carpathians are a beloved tourist mecca, with developed infrastructure, well-trodden routes and unusual legends.

Zakarpattia. Mizhhiria district. The chairlift

Lake Zhuravlyne — the Dead and the Black

Lviv region is rich not only in historical and architectural monuments built by human hands over many centuries. In this blessed land the sorcerous power of nature draws you to itself with its unique creations.

Skolivski Beskydy National Nature Park. Lake Zhuravlyne. Lviv region

The Oleshky Sands. Through Forests, Hills and Dunes

Do you want to escape the bustle of the transient world and be alone with nature? Tired of contemplating the urban grimaces of weary cities and longing for romance, relaxation, inspiration? This way, please!

The "Oleshky Sands" National Nature Park

In Skole — Through the Mountains and Through the Town

One could speak endlessly of the magical charm of our Carpathians. The more often you come here, the more you long to know about every corner of this blessed land.

Biryuchyi Island. Mysterious and astounding

If Henichesk and the Arabat Spit became my discovery of 2016, then Biryuchyi Island is a super-discovery, and my impressions of the trip there are simply astounding.