Travel maps. Golden ways of Ukraine

02 November 2020 • Travel time: with 01 October 2020 on 31 October 2020

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Something did not see the end of quarantine, and tourist visa-free travel was suddenly threatened with abolition altogether due to our non-judicial system and the government's course. That is why traveling to Ukraine is one of the few available options to somehow dissipate, reboot, escape from panic speech from the TV box. I doubted whether it would be worth exhibiting my work here in Ukraine, but I see that people are very little informed about what and where to visit, and when traveling alone, they often miss worthy places along the route. You don't need to look for any "magnets" in our country, we already have EVERYTHING! That is, there is something to look at and something to admire. I will not describe all the details in detail (Google for help), I will not burden my travels and impressions. In my story there will be only threads of routes, specific objects, maps-schemes - all for car travelers.

I did not take into account the parks - there are a lot of them, so you can safely add at least three more months to their passage (walks only on the most famous trails took me a month, and how many low-income people…). That's all I have to see in our country.

The richest tourist routes were: Transcarpathian (19 days), Ivano-Frankivsk (18 days), Lviv and Lviv (16 days), Kyiv and Kyiv (12 days), Odesa and Odesa (11 days), Cherkasy (9 days), Kherson (8 days), Chernihiv (8 days), Ternopil (8 days), Poltava (7 days) regions. In these areas, you can already drive and visit unique places on these routes, although some access roads are terrible (especially in Cherkasy and Ternopil regions).

In other areas, things are much worse with both roads and infrastructure, but there are no less interesting sights worth seeing.

But roads and service are not the only obstacles to domestic tourism.

According to my observations, in order to promote travel in Ukraine and tourism development, first of all it is necessary:

1) Internet promotion - each object must have a relevant and active page on a social network or website (you will be surprised, but not all of them have), with contacts, schedule, prices, etc . ; most importantly - on all pages to indicate CONTACTS, GPS-points! ! ! ! !

2) Roads, especially radial sections-entrances to objects, billboards on central roads before the exit to unique objects, arrows-signs in the settlements themselves.

3) Infrastructure - basic necessities: sanitary facilities, parking, cafes / places to eat, urns, garbage collection and disposal, water supply / springs, and especially sewerage / eco-septic tanks.

4) Regular (not once a year! )

) eco-actions to clean the nearest areas from landfills, both by locals (forcibly they primarily pollute the area, cleaning the area once - will no longer throw garbage), and tourists-volunteers. Consumables and garbage collection - at the expense of a fixed% of incoming tickets.

5) Transparent for all prices for services and payment for all these services through fiscal fixed or portable cash registers / applications in laptops, phones, etc. , including early online booking with payment and check (especially for natural facilities, entrance / entrance to the territory of national parks, reserves, tourist camps, payment for which usually settles in the pockets of foresters).

In Europe, even at fairs from other countries, traders come with portable cash registers or a laptop + printer, and it's on the street sales!

And our people are only able to organize rallies against the spacecraft, used to work with black accounting and with salaries in envelopes. Why go into business if you can't make money at the cash register and pay a white salary? And let's not complain about taxes, utilities, rent - in Europe they are much higher, and prices in relation to the costs there are lower. I do not know any acquaintance in Ukraine who would go bankrupt (unless he had drunk or lost everything), on the contrary - a banal grocery store brings the owner a car in a year, an apartment in 5 years! This is all largely due to non-payment of taxes, cheap slave. force disproportionate to inflated prices .

6) Mandatory categorization and certification of accommodation facilities, no private individuals in hotels with more than 10 rooms, only jur. persons and payment through spacecraft, fiscal checks.

It has become the norm to register mini-hotels with up to 10 rooms, while the remaining 100 rooms are in a state of "perpetual renovation", but are safely occupied in all rooms and near the box office, without taxes and tour . collection. Permits to operate the hotel - only after the commissioning of the entire number of rooms (according to technical passports) and obtaining a category and certificate. You do not know how to fill and work at a loss - leave the market or buy a smaller object, give way to more creative and creative hoteliers. First, develop a business plan and determine the target audience, think of a marketing strategy, the subject of the institution, find your niche, different from others, and only then take up the hotel business - without it you will burn out. And so, in hotels profitability will be only at year-round cyclical occupancy at average market prices.

One-time arrivals and seasonality less than 9 months.

- The way to nowhere is the eternal turnover of staff, the need to save on quality, overpricing, which leads to degradation and bankruptcy.

7) Introduction of severe huge fines for pollution of the territory, reservoirs (especially mountain lakes, in which it is FORBIDDEN to swim! ), smoking, spontaneous parking and landfills, vandalism on routes not only for tourists but also for locals.

8) Eco-tourism patrols (including horse / bicycle / quadro), appendix forestry control (additional vacancies).

9) Equipment of tourist parking lots, campsites on the territory of NPF facilities (tables, canopies, urns, hearth-hearth, spring / water, toilets, especially in forests - ordinary wooden, in mountain shelters - peat, on the beaches - bio (bacteria) / peat), in campsites and camps - stationary with running water)), approved catalog of such parking lots, paid bivouac by check; mountain / sports multi-day hikes only after registration with the KSS and payment of all official parking in advance (on the principle of "shelters" / "shelters" in Europe), with a ban on setting up camp outside the office. parking.

10) Reconstruction, at least minimal cosmetic repairs of basic necessities (roof, windows, foundation, facade, temperature in museums and storage facilities) or conservation for the future of unique, dilapidated objects.

It is especially worthwhile to start preserving the following castles: Nevytskyi, Serednyanskyi, Khustskyi, Dovgaev, Kankiv, Starosilskyi, Starokostiantynivskyi, Klevanskyi, Ostrohskyi, Popova, Pnivskyi, castles of Ternopil region, Tarakaniv fort - otherwise we risk losing them. And in the following estates it is necessary to create thematic museum-park entertainment complexes with the developed various infrastructure which will be pearls of the region: Bilokrynytsia and Vyshnivets in Ternopil region; Dakhovsky and Shuvalov in Cherkasy region (transfer to the Ministry of Culture); Rumyantsev and Lyzogubiv in Chernihiv region (to restore Kachanivka and Sokyrynka); Zakrevsky and Ant-Apostles in Poltava region; Samchyky and Maliivtsi, Khmelnytsky region ; Dubetskoho-Pankeyevykh and Kurisove, Odesa region ; Pervukhinka, Stary Merchyk and Sharivka in the Kharkiv region; Obroshyne, Gredeliv, Brunytskykh, Count Badeni, Lviv region.

; Meringa (this is an emergency building, children need to be relocated urgently), Shcherbatova, Chernyatyn, Voronovytsia, Vinnytsia region. And these will not be single objects, but recreation centers near interesting and visited places, ie the flow of tourists there is already there, which guarantees the profitability of projects. It is urgent to equip storage facilities in the museums of Odessa, so as not to lose unique exhibits. Today, even the legendary Pidhirtsi Castle cannot be restored, the work seems to have started, but the results are not visible, it is too long. Such projects need to be done thoroughly and comprehensively, without stretching funding for decades, otherwise it makes no sense.

11) Finally, it is necessary to release architectural monuments from such institutions as: children's schools, boarding schools, camps, tuberculosis dispensaries, mental hospitals. hospital, admin.

25 of the routes I have written can be considered truly "Golden", they include the most visited and sought after by tourists, have the most developed tourist infrastructure, valuable in historical, natural or ethnic terms, are the calling cards of the country. Many travel agencies offer tours of these routes in one interpretation or another, often limited to visiting only 2-3 of the most popular and visited places for 1 day. But we must understand that a tourist will not go from the East of Ukraine to the West (or vice versa) for one day on a weekend tour for two places, even unique ones. Routes should consist of at least 2-3 full excursion days, so that the time on the way from home to the destination and back does not exceed the time for the excursion, ie.

to spend 2 days by train / bus for 1 day on excursions (usually the second half of the day is Saturday and the first is Sunday) - IS NOT REASONABLE, such tours do not attract the attention of customers. Tourists will also not enjoy one-day excursions with more than 6 hours on the road and less than 5 hours at the sites (1-day excursions are relevant only for tourists from the region, radius up to 150 km). That's why I present the most complete routes in each region, with the most interesting objects near already known places, with mountain trails, peaks and nat. parks I do not touch (except Hoverla and cable cars). I indicate in bold the places that are carried by almost all travel agencies / tour bureaus of Ukraine, ie standard and popular classics, the same for everyone (expect a large concentration of tourists there in high season / dates).

By the way, in each area you can relax for a week or more, but I have prescribed routes only to the most unique places and objects, not including ordinary monuments, temples, local history museums, squares, shopping malls, quest rooms and more. At the same time, enough time is allotted for visiting the included objects, so that it was not a "gallop", but according to the academic hour of excursions (30 minutes to the temple; 40 minutes to the museum; 1 hour and 20 minutes to the large museum / palace / castle). complex, open-air museum, botanical garden, monastery, farm / winery with tasting, 3-4 hours for dendoparks, historical km / hour for descent). But every day is very busy, 4-6 small objects / day, 2-3 large, from 7.00 to 20.00. All routes are designed for travel by your own / rented car, more comfortable for a family or a small group of up to 15 people.

Note: settlements and points of interest are shown in black font on the maps-schemes, colorful (or the only ones in the district) restaurants / cafes “in quotation marks”, hotels / estates in red font.

Accommodation was chosen according to the principles: either colorful (you don't have to live there, you can walk around the area, visit a restaurant / spa / activities - many in Zakarpattia and Lviv regions), or the largest in the city, or the best in reviews, or the only one in the district - in each region differently. For example, in the Cherkasy region (routes №15 and №20) mostly Green Tourism Homes and small hotels, she noted everything there is, because there is no place to stay. On the maps I indicate all the interesting objects nearby, but the day frame includes only the places listed below. Routes and mileage on the diagrams - linear or radial.

"25 GOLDEN WAYS OF UKRAINE"

(from more popular and equipped to less)

1. Yaremche , VDP.

Breakthrough, Dovbush Rocks, aviaries - Mykulychyn, breweries - Tatariv, Zhenetsky Huk waterfall - Bukovel , all day (winter skiing), Skansen, Dino Park, Water Club on the lake - Vorokhta, Austrian bridges, Church of the Nativity, Springboards - Hoverla , all day, moat. difficulty 3 / out of 5, by weather, May-October - Verkhovyna , Hutsul region, chamber ethno-museums (about 12 pieces, there are theatrical, thematic, evening excursions), trout, rafting (summer), alpine cheese farms (summer), at least 1 day - Kryvorivnya (in the past - "dacha" of the Ukrainian intelligentsia), museums, Kolyada - Yavoriv, skiers, Eco-trout, Hutsul cheese factory. 5 days, overnight stays in Vorokhta (3 nights, radial trips cheaper than Bukovel and Yaremche, there are hostels, camping, camp sites, estates) and Verkhovyna (3 nights, rafting campsites, hotels, estates).

The route is part of the great route "Golden Ring of the Carpathians".

The main roads have been repaired, including the previously horrible Vorokhta-Verkhovyna section, and the radial entrances have not (where does the money for the Hoverla checkpoint go ??? ). As for hiking: be sure to take local guides, do not underestimate the mountains, they do not forgive mistakes and negligence. But if you are a guru in orienteering, you still remember the basic rule of a mountain tourist: if you do not have time to climb to the top before 13.00 (November-January - until 12.00), you need to postpone the climb for today and go back to catch light. / before the weather worsens to go down. I don't particularly understand those who start in the afternoon - are you normal? ? All ascents must be made before noon! ! ! !!

If there is a thunderstorm in the morning - plan an alternative vacation instead of mountains, the good in the Carpathians is something to do besides climbing, in multi-day hikes be sure to plan days and spare days.

Nevytske, ruins of the castle - Uzhhorod , Castle, center, Rotunda Temple, Lime Alley, sakura in April, gastronomy - Nyzhne Solotvyne, Derenivka Arboretum, Silver Baths, Sakura, Mining Plant. water - Rakoshine, monastery and cheese factory - Middle, the ruins of the Templar castle, winery Leanka - Chinadiyevo, castle Shenborn (Carpathians) , St. Miklos Castle (there is a night tour) - Mukachevo, castle Palanok (there is a night tour), center, sakura, "Goose Route", Celtic yard, ethno-inn Credence (for groups - presentation), Honey House, gastronomy - Kosin, thermal baths Kosino, Aquapark (summer) , all day - Yanoshi, Wine House, Dino Park - Beregovo / strong>, Chateau Chizai, Wine Museum.

4 days, overnight stay in Mukachevo (radially convenient).

Please note that during the high season quarantine, only the Aquapark (summer) and one thermal pool (with Crane) are open to the public in the Kosino complex.

All other pools, restaurant and Royal Baths - only for those who live in the hotel "Ivancho Birtok" (now from 14.09 - Baths and other pools are available). And although many are outraged, but this is the right practice for the safe rest of hotel guests.

3. Kyiv , UNESCO Lavra, Historical Center, minimum 1 day - Suholuchcha, residence - Dymer, Zoo "12 months" / or Ranch "Kozadoevo" - Nov. Petrivtsi, residence of Mezhyhirya - Chernobyl, all day - Vel. Dmytrovychi, Osloff Donkey Farm - Gorbovychi, Jiffy Snail Farm - Yasnogorodka , Ostrich Valley Farm and Winery - Buzova , Ukrainske Selo - Motyzhyn, Dobropark < / strong> (summer).

4 days, overnight stay in Kyiv, Right Bank.

4. Gastro-tour "The road of wine and taste" Ukr. Bessarabia " .

Odesa , Catacombs, Opera, Palaces-museums, Stairs, colorful themed tours and restaurants, at least 1 day - Youth, Ethno-park "New Vasyuki" - Bays, beaches (summer) - Priberezhne, equestrian club Marathon - Shabo, cafe Shabsky Dvorik, Wine Center , European Cheese Factory, Chateau Lakarin (French winemaker) - Tarutyn district, Frumushika-Nova, ethno-eco-complex "Bessarabian village », Farm, Gagauz, all day - Kulevcha, Miraculous Icons - Belgorod-Dniester, Ackerman Fortress , St. Suceava Bath (on the way back) - Bilyaivka, National Park of the Dniester Delta "Ukr. Amazon "(summer), Shevchenko Winery. 4 days, nights in Odessa and Frumushik.

5. Khotyn, Fortress - Zavallya, furnace.

Atlantis (with a guide in overalls, extreme routes) - Kamyanets-Podilsky, all day, Fortress (there is a night tour), pottery, Old Town, retro festivals, balloons, canyon . Smotrich - village

Mouth, kayaks / boats on the people. Dniester (summer) - Subich, furnace. monastery - Bakota, furnace. monastery, a place of strength (in winter cave monasteries can be replaced by a tour of Chernivtsi , UNESCO University, center, folk festivals and parties). 3 days, overnight in Kamianka (radially convenient).

6. Old Village, the ruins of the Ostrozky Castle - Svirzh, Count Zettner's Castle ("Three Musketeers") - Univ, Lavra - Zolochiv, Sobieski Castle , Chinese Palace, Ravelin Cafe - Pidhirtsi , Koniecpolski-Zhevuski Castle, Alchemist's Dungeon, Pidkamin Church, Devil's Stone, Dominic.

monastery - Olesko , Dynylovych-Zhevusky Castle, ethno-restaurant Hrydnytsia / or Under the Castle - Yabluniv, Farm of snails and frogs. 2 days, night in Zolochev.

Kardashinka, "Tavria Farm", south, Fri-Sun, crafts - Gola Prystan, ethno-estate Chaika, lakes Bobrove and Solyanye, Embankment, watermelons, Watermelons, Winery and snails "Klara Marsala" - Skadovsk - Dzharilgach Island < / strong> «Ukr. Maldives ", half day - Obloy, Hot spring, bath, Goat farm - Radensk, Oleshkiv sands, half day - Fun , ruins of the estate and the winery of Prince Trubetsky - Oleshki / Saga , Iodine lakes, eco-complexes, Equestrian clubs all year round (Grand Prix, Bucephalus, Oleshya Tale, Milky Well) - Kherson, thematic excursions, Kurin winery - Askania-Nova, all day. 5 days, overnight stays in Skadovsk and Kherson. Season season April-November.

Guklivy, Church of the Holy Spirit - Pylypets, Shipit waterfall, cable car in the town of Gimba , Polonyna Borzhava (skiing in winter), paragliders (summer), Tea Suriya - Synevyrska Polyana, lake. Synevyr , Valley of the Wolves, Ostrich Farm, ethno-huts - p.

Synevyr, Arpad Line, Bear Center - Soimy and Kelechyn, min. sources - Kolochava village-museum, all day, bunker, trout, open-air museum, min. sources, performances for groups, crocuses in March, gastronomy. 3 days, nights in Pylypets.

9. Khust, the ruins of the Castle, Ostrich Farm - Kireshi, Daffodil Valley in early May - Velyatino , thermal baths "Warm Waters" (currently under reconstruction) / or Coast , thermal baths "Lark" - Vyshkovo, Pablo Brewery - Shayan Resort, min.

springs, Siloam Lake - Bushtyne, Sturgeon and trout farm, Pheasantry, Golden Fruit - Steblivka, Buffalo Farm - Iza , Vine weaving center, Baranove cheese factory - Lipcha , Deer Snail Farm - Nizhne Selyshche, Cheese Factory, Snail Farm, Green Grove Farm, Opryshka Ethno-Hut (for groups - play). Continuous gastronomy and shopping. 3 days, nights in Shayan.

10. Zaporizhia, Island Khortytsia , Equestrian Theater, all day, Villa del Vino winery - Vasylivka, Popova Manor, Zoo - Myrne, Stone Grave, place of strength - Berdyansk, Zoo , sculptures, beach on the spit. 2 days, night in Zaporozhye. Season season April-November.

11. Resort Truskavets , center, pump room, Pidhirya Park, trout house "Fisherman's House" - Nahujevychi, estate I.

Franka - Drohobych, Town Hall (there is a night tour), the Church of St. George UNESCO, Saltworks (the only one in Ukraine) - Pochayevichi / Summer, Farm Merinos - Skhidnytsia, min. springs, hot air balloon flights (summer) - Urich, Tustan Fortress - Stryi, museums - Hungary, Mukko Farm - s. Pidhirtsi, Brunytsky estate, daffodil "Field of Hope" - Myrtyuky, Grandfather's Pharmacy - Rozgirche, Rock Monastery, eco-farm - Morshyn resort, Resort Park, pump room - Goshiv, monastery - Bubnyshche , Dovbush Rocks, Rock . 4 days, overnight stays in Truskavets (2) and Morshyn (2).

12 . Lviv , all day, UNESCO historic center, Opera, night theatrical tours, colorful themed restaurants, gastronomy - Zhovkva , Zholkevsky Castle, Forge Museum, Vasilevsky Monastery, UNESCO Temple - Krekhiv , monastery - Maidan, eco-complex "Magic Lakes" (skiing in winter) - Salnychka, Farm of snails and snakes - Vel.

Luben, the oldest spa resort, hydrogen sulfide spring, Obroshyne Park, Archbishops' Palace, Zhornyska Park, Domazhyr Bear Center - Stradch, furnace. monastery - Ivano-Frankivsk, Museum of Nature, eco-trails Roztocze, Yaniv Lake, UNESCO natural heritage. 3 days, nights in Lviv (radial departures).

In Lviv, do not settle on the northern outskirts - there is a well-known landfill Hrybovychi-Bryukhovychi + cemetery (it was necessary to think, place a landfill near the famous once thermal resort Bryukhovychi - now it is not mentioned, everyone is torn) wells abandoned, but pride and PR full pants and pockets).

13. s. Buki, canyon born. Mountain Tikich - Zhashkov, Equestrian Club - Vyshkivske, farm Golden Pheasant - Galayky , Baby Goats - Legedzino, Museum of Trypillia Culture - Uman, Arboretum Sofiyivka , Tomb of Nachman , Mus.

fountain, illumination "Nova Sofiyivka", the dungeon of the Basilian monastery. 2 days, 2 nights in Uman (radial departures).

Poltava , Battlefield, Grandma's Yard, Sorochinsky Yar (winter skiing) - Abazovka, Museum of beer and moonshine - Opishnya , Pottery workshops, ethnic complexes, Borsch Festival (August, all kinds of borscht) - Vel. Budishcha, Museum of Ukrainian wedding with a play - Dykanka, Lilac Grove (early May), Oaks, the temple - Proni Farm , a play with Gogol, Shinok. 2 days, night in Poltava.

15. Chigirin , residence of B. Khmelnytsky - Saturdays , Temple, wells - Zernoland, ethno-open-air museum, mountain - Ataman tract, source Zhivun - Cold Yar , Motroninsky Monastery, Buda - Kamyanka Farm, Pushkin and Tchaikovsky Museum, Tyasmin Canyon. 2 days, nights in Medvedivka / Buda hamlet.

16. Pryluky, Gustyn Monastery - Sokyryntsi, Galagan estate, tasting.
"Beekeeping" hall - Trostyanets, arboretum Skoropadsky - Kachanivka , Tarnovsky estate - Petrushivka, ethno-complex "Falcon Farm", gastronomy - Ichnia, National park, eco-trails. 2 days, night in the hostel Kachanivka / ethno-farm.

17. Gastro-tour "The road of wine and taste" Ukr. Bessarabia ". with. Strumok, Winery V. Petrov - Primorskoe, Brynzarnya "Kuba-Daleko", beaches - Vilkove , "Ukrainian Venice", "0km", Lipovany, Monastyrske courtyard », Gastronomy, wine Novak - Art. Nekrasivka, Struve Arc, Tatar Island (buffalo) - Safyany, Bessarabian Snails Farm - Izmail, museums, Vinaria Wine Cellar - Orlivka, Buffalo Farm - Krynychne, Kolonist Winery, Bolgari - p. Velvet, the largest lake.
Yalpug, winery Villa Tinta - Bolgrad, tavern "Balkan Dishes" - Tobacco, cheese factory "Generous neighborhood". 4 days, nights in Vilkovo (1) and Izmail (3). Continuous gastronomy and shopping.

18. Resort Myrhorod , park, sculptures, pump room - Dibrivka, Horse factory, koumiss - Mgar, monastery - Vovnyanka, Blonsky cheese factory - Velyki Sorochyntsi , Field of Sorochyn Fair (Fair 18-24 August), Gogol Museum, Ethno-hamlet (theatrical. Excursion "Dinner with Gogol"), gastronomy - p. Pokrovske, Khatky hamlet, Korolenkova dacha reserve, meeting place of creative intelligentsia - Gogol, theatrical excursions in Gogol's estate (there are night ones). 3 days, nights in Myrhorod.

Chernihiv , historical center and caves, half a day - Sednev, estate Lyzogubiv (in the past - a meeting place for creative people), Shevchenko linden tree, Temple-Viy, equestrian club - Sosnytsia, Dovzhenko Museum - Mezin, Archaeological Museum , Mezinska Switzerland National Park, eco-trails and kayaks - Vyshenky, Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky estate - Baturyn , museums, all day - Nizhyn, Temples, "Post Station" - Beremitske Nature Park - Nat. Zalissia Park, Residence. 4 days, nights in Chernihiv and Baturyn.

20. Horodyshche, Gulak-Artemovsky Museum - Vilshan, Shevchenko Museum - Shevchenko - Budyshche, Engelhardt Estate, Oaks - Moryntsi , Shevchenko Estate - Steblyov, Nechuy-Levytsky Museum - Korsun-Shevchenkivsky, Lopukhin Palace, b. Ros, lilac in May - with. Glushky, farm "Kizonka" - Kaniv , Tarasova gora. 2 days , night in the ethno-manors of Moryntsi

21. Trikraty, forest - Aktovsky and Arbuzynsky canyons - Migeya, Radon Lake, rafting camps - Pobuzke, Museum of Missile Troops - Southern Bug Canyon . 2 days , night in campsites / camps Migei. March-November route season.

22. Onyshkivtsi, the source of St. Anna, baptismal font - Belokrynytsia, Count Voronin's palace - Kremenets , Bona mountain and monasteries, Bobsled track - Vyshnevets, Vyshnevetsky castle-palace - Vel. Berezhtsi, God's mountain - with. Room, fishpond "Virlya" - Pochaev , Lavra and Scythia. 3 days, nights in Kremenets, Panorama complex.

Lumshory , hydrogen sulfide springs, Chans and waterfalls - Perechyn, Cheese factory, Horseshoe cafe - Zarichevo, Lemko Museum (for groups - performance) - Velykyi Bereznyi, UNESCO virgin forests - Princess, place the fall of the Meteorite (stored in the Vienna Museum of Nature, Austria) - Salt, min. springs, Arpad Line - Stuzhytsia, oaks - Uzhok, UNESCO Temple, min. springs, pass, source of the Xiang and Uzh rivers. 3 days, nights at the resort "Krasiya" with. Tower (winter skiing).

Remember - the healing effect of the Carpathian cast iron vats can be obtained only in a bath with mineral hydrogen sulfide water (Lumshory, "Golden Trout" / Korostov, "Magurka" / Verkhovyna). All other variants of Chans with non-mineral water and herbal infusions, essential oils, etc. are just a big hot bath.

In addition, only hydrogen sulfide has antibacterial properties, so it is difficult to pick up something dermatological (but by all rules, Chan before filling must be burned on fire). In contrast, bathing in tubs with plain water requires thorough disinfection of the tub after each visitor / group (unlike swimming pools - disinfection by tablets in tubs is not performed), so watch how it is prepared for you!

24. Lutsk, Castle of Lubart , Old Town (in summer there are theatrical and evening tours), Museum of the Icon, Skansen Rockini, equestrian club Cloverland - Klevan, Tunnel of Love < effect tunnel May-October ) - p.
Lutsk - route №24 - №22 - №6 - №12 - №11 - №2 - №23 - №8 - №9 (+1 day for rest and SPA in Shayan / Velyatino / Beregovo) - №1 - №5 - №13 - №21 - №20 - №15 - №3 - №19 - №16 - №18 (+ 1 day for rest, SPA, procedures in Myrhorod) - №14 - (25 - №10 - №7 - № 4 - №17 - finish in m.
Odesa = 78 days + 2 extra. day off.
+8 days for large relocations:
1) Morshyn-Mukachevo (with a visit to the cable car on the mountain V. Verkh, hut Mokhnach, goat farm Two Catherines in Slavske, relaxation area (summer) or modern skiing (winter) in the resort of Play),

2) Shayan-Vorokhta (with a visit to the Solotvyno Lakes (summer), the Center of Europe and the Kolyba Museum in Business, Tsypa Brewery and Mining Springs in Kvasy, the UNESCO Temple in Yasin, Dragobrat (skiing in winter)), >

3) Verkhovyna-Kamyanets (with summer visits: Sheshorsky waterfalls, Pysanka Museum in Kolomyia, UNESCO University in Chernivtsi; in winter the route will be: "The estate of St.
Mykolay ”, Migovo ski resort, University and folk festivals in Chernivtsi),

4) Kamianets-Podilskyi-Uman (with summer visits: Malievetsky waterfall, Medzhibizh fortress, font of St.
Onufria, Pirogov's estate in Vinnytsia, Roshen fountain; in winter: Medzhibizh, Pirogov's estate, museum-palace in Voronovitsa)>

5) Cherkasy-Kyiv (with a visit to the Bald Mountain (Rzhyshchiv), Krasukha Mountain (Vitachev), the park "Ancient Kyiv" (Kopachev, performances on Sat-Sun 13.00-21.00, on weekdays without 10.00-18.00), Manufactory; or you can go to the Left Bank, visiting the museums of the Pereyaslav Reserve and the farm "Kiev Askania"),

6) Kharkiv-Zaporizhia (with a visit to Petrykivka (ethno-center, hamlet Galushkivka); Blue Lake in Elizavetivka (winter walk around the Dnieper); Kodak Fortress, Aquazoo Petrol).

7) Berdyansk-Gengorka (with visits to beaches, hot springs, salt lakes on the Arabat Arrow / or a boat to Biryuch Island in Genichesk),

8) Kherson-Odesa (with a visit to the Fleet Museum, Zoo, Slivino winery in Mykolayiv, Olbia Pontia in Parutyn, Svitlytsia Lastivka cheese farm in Vizyrka / or a boat on the Kinburn Spit in Ochakovo).

When moving from Kremenets to Zolochev, the route will be as follows: Kremenets - Pidkamin - Yabluniv, farm - Olesko, castle, lunch - Pidhirtsi - Zolochiv, night. Second day: Zolochiv, castle - Univ, lunch in the dining room - Svirzh - Old Village - Lviv. When moving from Zaporozhye to the sea: Khortytsia - Vasylivka - new road - Berdyansk. Second day: Berdyansk - Melitopol - Myrne - Genhirka, night. Third day: Gengorka - Askania-Nova - Skadovsk.
+2 days to arrive at the place of start and move home.
Thus, in THREE MONTHS (90 days) you can learn and understand Ukraine (18 regions, 14 regional cities-centers), its history, culture, traditions, modernity.
By the way, at one time I registered my Golden Routes in Crimea. So, to travel around the whole Peninsula, visit the most unique places, natural sites, original museums, wineries, palaces, terrenkur (without mountain trails, there are official. About 200pcs. ) - You need 80 continuous busy days "from dawn to sunset. Do you feel the difference - the whole of Ukraine in 90 days (or 180, if in all corners), and only the Crimea - in 80 days (in the area of Crimea on average a little more than one region of Ukraine)? And this is me to understand what territory we surrendered without a fight. I hope someday, cowardly Ukrainian. the authorities in the spring of 2014 and the participants in the referendum will answer for this, well, and grew. an evil dwarf with the Napoleon-Hitler complex itself…
A brief explanation of the rating
They are very rich in historical monuments, unique natural sites, but currently not so popular with tourists for several reasons. For example:

Route №17 (gastronomy of Bessarabia) is no less interesting, rich and colorful than routes №2 and №9 in Transcarpathia. But now the outskirts of Ishmael are not so popular, until recently there were no roads, now made the central, some entrances still want better. But paradoxically, with the support of the government in Bessarabia created a tour. route "Roads of wine and taste", there is even a site with objects, but no one promotes or promotes anything (by the way, the objects on the site are listed without addresses !! ! - Are you serious ? ? as a tourist should find them ??? ).
While in Transcarpathia are only going to create a similar route, and tourists have long been riding on all objects without any state. support and associations, on bad roads. Banal "sarafan radio", natural beauty, medical resources, developed tour
. infrastructure (hotels, cafes, thermal baths, arboretums, farms, wineries, theater tours, festivals) - the engine of trade.
Route №23: terrible roads-entrances, no promotion on the Internet, a lot of natural garbage. To manage the same - to make a dump in each bunker of the Arpad Line! Local assholes need to be whipped to drive on Saturdays, because tourists are rare there, so where is the garbage? ? .
However, the route contains TWO UNESCO SITES (again, not promoted on the Internet), has sufficient infrastructure (cafes, hotels, ski resorts), developed and laid eco-trails (rather a UNESCO requirement), the ability to order a guide. leader (office of Uzhansky National Park in V. Berezny, there is even a good site, but not promoted).
The same problem on the route №8: in the area of Kolochava there is a very picturesque Olshansko (Tereble-Rikske) reservoir, which reminds me of Lake Lacul-Roche in Romania, only instead of tables of trees sticking out of the water, here - plastic bottles sticking out. The whole water canvas is littered with bottles and rubbish - this is a very horrible spectacle, the horror is that this is a reservoir, which feeds all the villages in the district (good thing they still have a few springs)! And locals complain about why the tourist does not go, because Kolochava is a village-museum.
In contrast to route №23 - Route №25 has no basic infrastructure (except for Kharkiv), with the same horrible roads-entrances, there are no sites or guides on the ground, and a guide can be ordered only in Kharkiv, there and organize a trip. Excursions along the route only for organized groups to order.

But if you make cosmetic reconstruction of objects, roads, beautify the territory, conduct theatrical tours in the estates (let them study at the Gogol Museum and Mukachevo Castle), open colorful cafes of that era (learn from restaurateurs in Lviv, Uzhgorod, Odessa), promote information - he can become a pearl of Kharkiv region.
Lviv and its environs used to be very popular, especially among Poles.
But I put him in 12th place also because of their crap - so many years of not solving the problem of garbage disposal and "wheeling" it across the country - the height of impudence and negligence. This scares away tourists, damages Ukraine's reputation in general to foreign guests. Despite all the statistics showing that the Lviv region is the most visited after Kyiv, it is stuck in the early 2000s in terms of infrastructure and tourism development.
For example, on the route "Golden Horseshoe Castles" there are no smart restaurants, no hotels, no roads, no famous festivals, themed tours. In Lviv, only the area of Rynok Square + 1 km within a radius of it is valuable - there is nothing else to do in this city. In Truskavets, despite the popularity of foreigners, only this summer engaged in the improvement of the city, the Lower Pump Room, roads - and this is pre-election PR, not the development of the resort.
To the Resort Park (it has been done for many years, irrationally spending money from the budget), abandoned sanatoriums (a good base for smart apartments / living rooms), the Upper Pump Room (there you can make the Carpathian Mineral Water Museum with tasting, doctor's consultations), parking problems it is necessary to make intercepting parkings on vicinities + the municipal second-hand euro bus) hands did not reach.
Therefore, not to mention statistics, the Lviv region has long been frozen in terms of tourism and infrastructure development. And was there a development? - in comparison with the creative Transcarpathia and the enterprising Hutsul region - they are just lazy and publicists.
This quarantine summer, I periodically monitored the posts of a Polish travel agency that organizes regular trips to the Lviv region. So, even during the quarantine period, they managed to make several trips (catching moments when the areas on both sides of the border were green).

And they were willing, despite the difficult situation - this means that foreigners want to see Ukraine, there would be decent conditions to accept them, so as not to discourage the desire to come again.
In general, in order to improve the presentability of our country, we must first solve something with the problem of pollution, garbage is the first thing that comes to mind when crossing the border.
In Western and Southern Ukraine there is a great shortage of waste processing plants, and even incinerators (do not be afraid of them ! , in Poland most of these plants, and in Austria and Denmark such plants operate in the city center, it all depends on cleaning technology), solid natural landfills. What is the point of sorting garbage (starting from the end), if no one and nowhere to take it out, or all taken out to one common landfill? ? ? As a result - pollution of rivers, lakes, groundwater. And this problem is more serious than bad roads.
Before looking for some "magnets" in tourism (this could be said only by those whose knowledge in the field of tourism is limited to magnets on the refrigerator), build roads for transit trucks (without controlling their weight, and without paying for new routes) ), learn English in a row - you must first bring ORDER AND CLEANLINESS in the country :
1) Clean up landfills, build garbage disposal plants (this is the raw material base and jobs for centuries, unlike sawmills and mines), and the plants must have a 50% state share to control and prevent private monopoly with cheating prices and garbage collapse. And only after clearing of landfills it is possible to start system of sorting of new garbage.
2) Clear rivers and lakes, strengthen protective dams, ban natural private dams and canals, san. area around reservoirs and mines.
sources; rainwater / purified water storage systems for irrigation and technical needs.
3) Prohibit new HPPs and NPPs ! ! ! ! ! ! electricity only WPPs and SES on the central-eastern and southern plains (infertile, post-industrial).
4) Conduct those.

assessment of mines, close obsolete, unprofitable and emergency; with a large debit of minerals - to modernize (preferably less, but safe and long), to transfer some of them to the state (as if one returned) - for independence from the oligarch.
5) Immediately stop deforestation - it is completely banned in Europe, including planned (who has seen windbreaks in Poland, he knows whether the timber is harvested there only in private young plantations, and not as in our country - cut down virgins). Guess where in Ukraine the largest number of sawmills?
- right, in the Perechyn district, next to the UNESCO virgin forests, the most corrupt Transcarpathian customs, and the best-selling foresters. Sanitary felling - only after the creation of a commission from each "sick" and marked area ! ! ! ! ! ! , with mandatory delivery of such trees to special. bases for accounting and recording, with subsequent disposal (heating of boilers) - without removal from forestry!
, falsification of facts - the whole commission in prison for a long time!
6) Regular large-scale afforestation, clearing clearings; criminal liability (not a fine of UAH 850! ) for foresters for felling (downstream - the chief is imprisoned, the private passes to his position - both the chief and the private will be afraid); to control the work of hunting and fisheries under the same system.
7) Approve and consolidate the boundaries of reserves, nat.
parks in unique areas, to ban the construction of industrial enterprises there (especially wind farms in the mountains and on the migration route of birds! ), to introduce large fines for pollution; finally grant the status of Nat. Polonyna Borzhava Park (and close the issue of building a wind farm there, which is unacceptable! ) and the Svydovets massif (thus stopping the encroachment on Bukovel - the future of hiking, not skiing! ).
8) Criminal liability for illegal mining and export of amber (another more than corrupt customs - Volyn, and accessible groups under the auspices of a well-known MP), for the extraction of river sand and gravel - the same story in each region.

9) Strengthen drainage rules in the private sector (eco-septic tanks, settling tanks), especially in mansions and "elite" hotels, which are tons of cubic meters. m. directly all flow into rivers (never swim in the rivers of the Carpathians and the Dnieper! ).
Shit dumping into rivers and garbage is the main reason why foreigners do not go to the Carpathians and our seas; they can still put up with the lack of infrastructure (to some extent, the "village" is an interesting wonder for a foreigner), but not with natural dumps and latrine pits.
10) Reconstruct old ski resorts, equip only for beginners: blue slopes, water reservoirs (can be cleaned of discharges), guns, new ski lifts and gondolas instead of old chairs, ropes all year round. Great emphasis should be placed on year-round hiking, and not on seasonal skiing, which will be shorter every year (to arrange a tour instead of distorting all the mountains and forests; to launch express express transport).
11) PROHIBIT the expansion of Bukovel to Svydovets - to stop the monopolist-oligarch, who does not allow the development of old skiers. Leave Bukovel exclusively for advanced skiers (with admission to difficult trails), foreigners, festivals, competitions, entertainment. It's simple math: 100 hotels with 100% occupancy all year round (and even with early booking, as limited number of seats) give more profit than 150 hotels with 50% occupancy 9 months. and 100.
insurance against floods / fires / destruction of all households, with a ban on insurance and compensation for those who live closer than 200m from river / sea water / cliffs (2-3 floors - 500m; more than 3 floors - 1000m ) / on muddy slopes / swamps / peat bogs / faults / karsts, etc. - then they will start to move out, as well as criminal liability for issuing permits for such construction (including previously issued - without statute of limitations).

14) Finally, prohibit the construction of landfills and shelters for animals - compulsory treatment or criminal liability with confiscation of apartments for owners- "buns" (one person can not endanger the lives and health of all in the district); why if there is a gas / water leak, rescuers can break into the apartment, and if cockroaches and rats climb from there, excrement flows - no? ? ? This is no less life-threatening, but not instantaneous.
15) Animal shelters - only in private households outside the settlements (good thing, we have a lot of abandoned houses on the farms); ban on fighting dog breeds, mandatory training, accounting and checks for already purchased; in shelters and zoos to establish humane norms of the area of aviaries for keeping animals, according to their dimensions and natural needs (a wolf or a lion cannot live in a cage - at least an aviary of 100 sq. m / person, bears - at least 200 sq. m).
You can not keep exotic animals - sell them and buy pets, arrange a contact zoo "Grandma's yard" or a farm. Prohibit the keeping of predators in adjacent territories / entertainment complexes.
And only after bringing ORDER it is possible to speak about development of tourism and economy of the country as a whole.
And the reasons for the absence of all of the above - MONOPOLY and CORRUPTION in all instances, from small to large, from petty officials to the government. And, apparently, we will not be able to cope with this evil, and the abolition of e-declarations and liability for illegally acquired property is just a confirmation of this. But our people tolerate everything, watch - and are silent. Therefore, the words of Taras Hryhorovych will probably be relevant at all times:
„...And the one, generous and luxurious,
All temples are built;
And the homeland is so loving,
So sorry for him,
Yes, dear,
Sharpen blood like water! .
And the brothers are silent to themselves,
Stared!
Like lambs. "Let, " he says, "
Maybe it should be "... "
"Dream", T. Shevchenko
Therefore, today we "have what we have" - hurry to see the unique places of Ukraine, until finally everything is ruined, cut down, built up, stolen ...

And yes, I recommend traveling in small groups not only during the quarantine period - it is mobile, comfortable, safe, richer and more informative, with a guaranteed trip. And mass excursions in groups of 50-100 people. - This is yesterday. Previously, only in sports tourism followed the practice of 6-12 people. in the group, now it has become the right norm for car travel.
П. S. 95% of the objects from the routes can be found on the well-known tourist site TA, at one time I spent a lot of time and nerves on adding or correcting them there.
Surprisingly, the owners of the facilities for some reason think that someone will do this work for them, and they themselves are not able to add information about themselves in various directories, check the data. Because you need to understand that if you are not on the Internet today, then you are not in the tourism market.
After all, there are resources with a multimillion-dollar audience: Booking - for hotels, TA - for attractions and restaurants, Turpravda - for cities region), Googlemaps - for coordinates, Facebook - for daily publications. And it's all free (exception - booking commissions), without investments, but with a large audience of readers and potential customers. Especially the first two sites are the main ones used by foreigners when planning their tours, they focus on their ratings in the first place.
By the way, to determine the real rating of the hotel / restaurant, use the formula: (Booking + TA + Google) / 3, and it will be more or less real picture.
Keep in mind that Google reviews are VERY wrapped up, there is an opportunity for the owner to pay for promotion or block an objectionable user, on Booking the owner can cancel your reservation through the site and also delete your negative feedback (bookings can only be written by someone who stayed at the hotel through their site), on TA pay attention to the profile of the authors (if the user has only 1-3 publications - it is 99% ordered).
By the way, the Ministry of Tourism has decided to create its own site with all the hotels, attractions, restaurants, tours of Ukraine, ie duplicate the site TA. Why invent a wheel if a bicycle has existed for a long time? I think the future of such sites as: road awaits him. yua, convenient. travel, bouquet. com. yua, ornaments. to whom, autotrevel. ru, guide. Carpathians. yua, carpathian.

info, travel. com, etc. After all, they do not take into account how much time and money it costs to maintain such a portal, its promotion and promotion.
Or, conversely, take into account - a good platform for money laundering for many years…
Finally, if you do not have time for long journeys, then set a plan-minimum of those places that are a must see to have an idea of the historical and natural heritage of our country. According to the photos published above and the current popularity among tourists, I offer a rating.
MAST SEE IN UKRAINE
1. Bukovel Resort - s. Polyanytsya, Ivano-Frankivsk region
2. Kosine Thermal Complex - v. Koson, Transcarpathia.
3. Ghost town of Pripyat, Chernobyl - Chernobyl, Kiev region.
4. Ackerman Fortress - Belgorod-Dniester, Odesa region.
5. Kamianets-Podilskyi Historical Reserve - Khmelnytsky Region
6. Pidhirtsi castle-palace - village Pidhirtsi, Lviv region
Askania-Nova National Bioreserve - Kherson Region
8. Brown Bear Rehabilitation Center and Lake Synevyr - Transcarpathia.
Farms and cheese factories of Khust district - Transcarpathia.
10. Cossack island Khortytsia - Zaporozhye.
11. Rock city-fortress Tustan - with. Urich, Lviv region
12. National Opera and Market Square - Lviv.
13. Arboretum Sofiyivka - Uman, Cherkasy region
14. Dykanka and surroundings - Poltava region
15. Cold Yar tract - with. Buda, Cherkasy region
16. Kachanivka Historical Reserve - Kachanivka, Chernihiv region
17. City on the water Vilkove, 0 km - Odesa region.
18. M. Gogol National Reserve - Poltava region.
19. Baturyn Historical Reserve - Baturyn, Chernihiv region.
20. Tarasova Gora, Kaniv Reserve - Kaniv, Cherkasy Region
21. Canyons of the Southern Bug and b. Mortuary - Migeya and Trikraty, Mykolaiv region
Holy Dormition Pochaiv Lavra - Pochaiv, Ternopil region.
23. UNESCO beech virgin forests - Velykyi Bereznyi, Zakarpattia.
Lubart Castle, Historical Reserve Old Town - Lutsk, Volyn Region
25. Sharivsky Palace - Sharivka, Kharkiv region

Well, everyone should visit the Historical Centers of Kyiv, Odesa, Chernihiv, Chernivtsi, Poltava, Pereyaslav, Drohobych, Mukachevo. Personally, I was pleasantly impressed by such places as Verkhovyna, Gola Prystan, Polyana Zakarpattia, Morshyn, Myrhorod, Sednev. Silence, tranquility, beautiful nature around, well-developed infrastructure, without parties, disco dances and intrusive animation - all as I love.
П. P. S. All the above information and ratings are purely my personal opinion and vision of the situation in Ukraine, based on work in the tourism business, travel, hiking, monitoring, analysis.
If you have a different point of view - welcome to the pages of TurPravda in the format of stories, not discussions. All the best and more travel! No nails, no plastic for you on the roads)))

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