Attractions of Ivano-Frankivsk region

Silver waterfalls in Sheshory are one of the most famous and most visited waterfall cascades in the Carpathians.

The waters of the small Pistynka River (a right tributary of the Prut) overcome massive sandstone boulders here for several hundred meters, creating two parallel waterfalls 5 and 3 meters high (Velikyi and Malyi Huk). They got their name due to their powerful voice and the fact that the sprays sparkle very brightly in the sun.

From 2003 to 2006, the festival of ethnic music and folk art "Sheshory" was held here.

Silver Falls served as scenery for several films and video clips.

A fragment of a defensive wall with a bastion is all that remains of the ancient city fortifications of the Stanislaviv Fortress in modern Ivano-Frankivsk.

The fortress was founded in 1662 by the Kyiv voivode Andriy Potocki according to the project of Fransua Korassini. The first fortifications were wooden, but in 1672 they helped the city withstand the Turkish siege. In 1679-1682, the Stanislaviv fortress was significantly strengthened under the guidance of the architect Sharl Benua. The city was surrounded on all sides by defensive moats, ramparts with eight bastions and stone fortress walls up to 10 meters high. The fortifications were almost completely dismantled in the 19th century at the request of the Austrian authorities.

Currently, the "Bastion" gallery is located in the casemates of the restored bastion - a shopping and entertainment complex with a terrace for walks, souvenir shops, boutiques, a cafe and a restaurant. There is a permanent exhibition of sculptures, paintings and photographs.

The historical and memorial museum of Stepan Bandera was opened in the village of Staryi Uhryniv, where the ideologue of the Ukrainian national movement was born in 1909.

The Bandera family lived here from 1906 to 1933. The exposition reveals the environment in which Stepan Bandera grew up and was brought up, illustrates the life and activities of the leader of the OUN. Personal belongings, documents, photographs are presented.

A collection of Ukrainian banknotes of the 20th century is on display.

The historical and memorial museum of Stepan Bandera in Staryi Ughrynoiv is a branch of the Ivano-Frankivsk regional museum of the liberation struggle named after Stepan Bandera.

The "Ternoshorska Lada" rock in the Ternoshory tract north of the village of Bukovets, on the outskirts of the village of Snidavka, is better known as "Dovbush's Head".

The forest reserve "TractTernoshory" has the form of an elongated mountain slope with a total area of ​​10 hectares. It is a chain of rocky outcrops of sandstone along the mountain river Bezulka Druha. Individual remains reach a height of 40 meters.

Local residents traditionally call the most bizarre rock the name of the legendary national avenger Oleksa Dovbush. Some researchers believe that the rock has an artificial origin and is an ancient sanctuary up to 40 thousand years old.

The rock was named "Ternoshorska Lada" because of its similarity with the widespread Paleolithic figurines of the female progenitor deity. The stone image of the goddess is 10.4 meters high, 2.4 meters of which is the head. The total weight reaches 100 tons.

The Vyhoda Narrow Gauge Heritage Center is housed in an ancient building built in 1855, where Baron Leopold Popper fon Podhrahi, the founder of the Vyhoda Narrow Gauge Railway, lived.

After the reconstruction, the building was transformed into a modern interpretive visitor center of the "Carpathian Tram", the terminus of which is located nearby.

The interactive exposition tells about the local nature and forest ecosystem of the Carpathians, the history of the development of the woodworking industry, the emergence of the Vyhoda narrow gauge railway, ethnography, folk crafts, etc.

In the center, you can rent equipment for active tourism, buy guidebooks, maps, and souvenirs.

Yablunytsky (Yablonytskyi) pass is one of the two main passes connecting Transcarpathia with the Ivano-Frankivsk region. It is also called Tatar, because in the 13th century Mongol-Tatar hordes moved to Europe through it. In ancient times, it was the most important route between the Principality of Galicia and Hungary, then between Poland and Transylvania.

The 931-meter-high pass passes through the saddle of the Yablunytsky ridge of the Eastern Carpathians. Now there is a souvenir bazaar and an observation deck on the Yablunytsky pass.

The Zhenetskyi Huk Waterfall is located on the Zhenets River near Mykulychyn at an altitude of 900 meters.

The waterfall was formed in the period after World War II as a result of flooding. Water falls freely from a height of about 15 meters. Local residents call the waterfall Huk because of the loud roar it makes.

The plant life around the Zhenetskyi Huk Waterfall is extremely diverse.

The house-museum of the film "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" in the Verkhovyna village of Hlifa was opened in 2000 in the house where the director of the film Serhiy Paradzhanov lived in 1963-1964 during the filming.

Here, visitors can watch the film and get acquainted with the history of the creation of the picture.

The following expositions are active: life and work of outstanding people, ethnography and everyday life, historical and architectural heritage.

The city hall of Bolekhiv in its current form was built in 1863, although it was laid back in the 18th century.

Bolekhiv had the Magdeburg right since 1603 according to the privilege granted by the Polish king Sigismund III.

The city magistrate was stationed here on the corner of the central square. The small, elegant building of the Bolekhiv City Hall has a clock tower with a figured top.

Recently, the town hall was restored, new chimes of the work of modern Lviv master Oleksiy Burnaev were installed on the clock tower.

To this day, the town hall is used for its intended purpose - it houses the Bolekhiv City Council.

Panske Brewery was opened in Ivano-Frankivsk in 2011.

Two boilers of 500 liters have been installed. Unpasteurized beer of four varieties is produced: Premium, Pils, Hefe-Weissbier, Dunkel. The product is bottled in glass bottles and kegs.

By prior agreement, it is possible to conduct tours of the brewery, familiarize yourself with the technological process and taste beer in the branded pub "Panske" at the brewery.

The private museum of family professions was created in Ivano-Frankivsk in 2005 by journalist Roman Fabryka.

The exposition tells about 150 different professions that the collector's family has been engaged in over the past 200 years. Among them were beekeepers, architects, blacksmiths, doctors, builders, geologists, miners, musicians, agronomists, zootechnicians, teachers, gardeners and others.

A variety of professional tools, devices, mechanisms and devices are presented - from a plow to a computer.

The Hutsul Magic Museum is located in one of the recreation complexes on the outskirts of Verkhovyna, which is considered the informal capital of the Hutsul Region.

Its purpose is to preserve the memory of the famous Carpathian healers and seers, who are called Molfars here.

The museum presents items used by Molfar magicians and which tell about ancient Hutsul magic.

The Hutsul Magic Museum also hosts workshops on making original wooden teaspoons, spinning wool threads, and mirror calligraphy.

In a small house in the center of Halych, a museum of the history and culture of the Karaite people - a small ethnic group whose origins are the subject of long-standing scientific disputes - has been opened.

Probably, a small group of Karaites moved to Halych from the Crimea in the 13th century. Reliable information about the Karaite colony in Halych dates back to the 16th century.

The exposition of the museum acquaints visitors with the religious and cultural traditions of the Karaites, the social and everyday life of the Karaite community of Halych.

The private museum of Hutsul art of the Kornelyuk family was established in the yard of their private house in Kosiv.

The museum presents a large collection of Hutsul hats, towels, ceramic plates, axes and Hutsul household items.

The Yaremche mini-zoo is an aviary of the Carpathian National Nature Park, where local wild animals are kept in semi-free conditions.

The farm was established in 1992 with the aim of preserving and breeding wild animals on the territory of the Carpathian Natural Reserve. There are 6 sections on the territory of 5.3 hectares. Here you can see deer, roe deer, wild boar and others. Feeding animals is allowed.

The mini-zoo is located on the outskirts of Yaremcha, not far from the confluence of the Bahrivets River with the Zhonka River. The territory is beautifully decorated with wooden houses, gazebos, bridges.