Archive - July 2021

IVANO-FRANKIVSK (Іва́но-Франкі́вськ)

We spent two days in the capital of Prykarpattya – Ivano-Frankivsk. It received its current name in 1962 when during the celebration of 300 anniversary of the city’s foundation, it was renamed in honor of the outstanding Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko. By that time the city had been...

TWO DAYS WITH CAPTAIN

President of the , who we met in Uzhorod, sent us an invitation from a famous retro cars collector Roman Slobodyan to visit him at his Retro Cars Museum near the Ivano-Frankivsk. He showed us his private collection of cars and motorbikes which he got and renovated throughout his life...

CHERNIVTSI (Чернівці́)

We stopped for one night in the historical city in southwestern Ukraine. Chernivtsi is situated on the upper Prut River in the Carpathian foothills. The first documentary reference to Chernivtsi dates from about 1408 when it was a town in Moldavia and the chief center of the area known as...

BUKOVEL (Буковель)

Rainy and cloudy weather followed us to the largest ski resort in Eastern Europe. The resort is located almost on the ridge-lines of the Carpathian Mountains at an elevation of 900 m near the village of Polianytsia. The resort was pioneered in the year 2000 and built according to the...

KOLOCHAVA (Колочава)

We have parked just in the middle of the village Kolochava in Synevyr National Park in the Transcarpathian region, just next to a little pub (beer 0,5 l / 25 UAH). The village is located in the Tereblyanskaya Valley between the mountain ranges surrounded by the peaks of Strym, Rose...

SYNEVYR LAKE (Синевир)

The Crystal-clear Synevyr Lake is called also the “Pearl of Carpathians”. It has been named one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Ukraine thanks to both its picture-perfect scenery and the mysterious legends around its origin. It originated about 10 thousand years ago as a result of a...

MT VELYKYY VERKH (Великий Верх)

Borzhava Range is regarded as the most picturesque destination in the Ukrainian Carpathians. It is also one of the easiest terrains for hill walking. We were not so lucky with the weather, it was raining the whole night, but in the morning, there was a few hours gap without rain, so we...