Tulyholove. The Bal Palace, Then and Now

Only connoisseurs of old villas come to this remote village, and only devotees of aristocratic residences know of it.

 

Tulyholove, Lviv region. The Bal palace

Vynnyky. A Way of the Cross Honouring Ukrainian Heroes

In 1999 a Way of the Cross was created in Vynnyky in the Lviv region, on the slope of Zhupan hill. Its 14 stations mark the path of the Son of God bearing the cross of human sins. Services on the Way of the Cross are held for spiritual renewal and to promote Christian values.

Vynnyky. The Way of the Cross

Nadvirna. A Meeting with a Precarpathian Town

Nadvirna is called the gates of the Carpathians. And how, indeed, could one drive past these very gates on the way to the mountain peaks and waterfalls? Nadvirna lies in the south of the Ivano-Frankivsk region, 35 kilometres from the regional centre. This Precarpathian town was a popular resort at the beginning of the 20th century, and even now an inquisitive traveller, on a 2-3-hour walk, will find plenty of curiosities that set apart one of the youngest district centres of Western Ukraine.

 

Nadvirna, Ivano-Frankivsk region

Lviv. The Zalizna Voda Park and Its Green Riches

If you are choosing a park in which to watch nature and enjoy living natural scenes, the Zalizna Voda park meets the requirements of a quiet resting place for people of every age.

Lviv. The Zalizna Voda park

Horbachi. A Ukrainian Village and Its Own Character

In Ukraine every village has its own history, whose roots reach into the distant past and the times of paganism. The churches and houses in villages and small towns preserve the architectural style and the hand of their master craftsmen. It is good when a community keeps its cultural heritage, its unique dialect and its local traditions. The village of Horbachi lies 40 kilometres south of Lviv, and it too has its own masterpieces and singular features.

 

Horbachi, Lviv region. The Church of St Ignatius

Truskavets. The M. Bilas Art Museum and Villa Hopliana

Rest and recuperation at the resorts are synchronised with cultural pastimes, and visiting museums and exhibitions is one of the main occupations of the holidaymakers. The Mykhailo Bilas Art Museum stands in the centre of Truskavets, in its busiest spot — Kobzar Square.

 

Truskavets. The Mykhailo Bilas Art Museum. Interiors

Deliatyn. The Gates of the Carpathians. The Very Best

Deliatyn in the Ivano-Frankivsk region is exactly the kind of place where travellers are ready to spend their precious tourist time usefully and with the utmost pleasure. The settlement stretches about 12 kilometres from north to south.

 

Deliatyn, Ivano-Frankivsk region. The Liubizhnia river

Lviv. The Photo Museum: History and Rarities

Every smartphone owner captures their visual interests with a camera and considers themselves a photographer. But a true master of the photograph is constantly in search of subject, material and style. And only the very finest master photographers, photo collectors and photo experts could create a museum that presents the tools of the photographic craft and tells the story of photography from its origins to modern achievements.

 

Lviv. The Photo Museum

Prutets Chemyhivskyi. A Carpathian River, a Blue Ribbon

Great rivers absorb numerous streams along their course and are fed by the resources of small rivers. The Prutets Chemyhivskyi river is a right tributary and one of the main tributaries of the Prut, in the Danube basin. 

 

Prutets Chemyhivskyi, Nadvirna district, Ivano-Frankivsk region

Yasinia. A Cultural Centre of Transcarpathia

Yasinia is a settlement in the south-west of the Transcarpathian region, 30 kilometres from the district centre of Rakhiv. The nearby Chornohora and Svydovets ranges attract tourists in both winter and summer.

 

Yasinia, Rakhiv district, Transcarpathian region