New Year in Hutsul style - 3 days tour

Itinerary:

Day 1: Departure from Lviv (08:00) – Kolomyia (excursion to the museum “Hutsulshchyna”, Pysanka Museum and lunch) – Yavoriv (Hutsul coverlet /“lizhnyk”/ making workshop) – Verkhovyna (check-in at Hutsul homes, dinner).
Day 2: Breakfast and departure (08:00) – Verkhovyna (excursion-concert in the museum of Roman Kumlyk, excursion and photo shoot in Hutsul clothes in the museum “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors” and tour of the museum “Khata-Staia”) – Bukovel (cable-chairlift to the top of the mountain Bukovel, the Carpathian panorama and free time) – Verkhovyna (return to the manors, New Year's Hutsul Fun).
Day 3: Late breakfast and check-out (12:00) – Kryvorivnia (tour of khata-grazhda (old Hutsul settlement) and church) – Yaremche (tour of the waterfall, the restaurant Hutsulshchyna, souvenir market and lunch) – Lviv (return at 22:30).

Departure place: Lviv, Viacheslava Chornovola ave., 7 (hotel "Lviv", near entrance).

Accomodation: Cosy Hutsul green tourism manors in Verkhovyna, rooms: 2-3 bed bedrooms with amenities on the corridor (1 for 2-3 rooms). Photos of typical manors can be seen here http://vidviday.ua/photo_album.php/photo_album_id/9

You will find:

- Incredible “Hutsul New Year's Fun” in the capital of Hutsulshchyna, Verkhovyna;
- Acquaintance with the history, customs and culture of one of the most fascinating people in the world – the Hutsuls;
- Best dishes of the Hutsul cuisine;
- Most outstanding historical and natural monuments of the region: the Hutsul temples, waterfalls, rivers, picturesque Carpathian landscapes, the Hutsul museums;
- Snowball fights and other winter entertainments.

HUTSUL NEW YEAR'S FUN!

The New Year's Eve celebration takes place in the complex, “Dyvotsvit”, in the village of Kryvorivnia. The New Year program starts at about 22:00. During the celebration you will find:
- New Year program, folk songs, dances, entertainment with the Hutsul folk choir “Dovbushova Taistra”;
- Wit and ingenuity contests, karaoke show;
- Workshops on Hutsul dances: Hutsulka, Resheto, Holubka;
- Hutsul songs: spivanky, kolomyiky, songs about the Carpathians;
- Ceremony of awarding the title of a Hutsul;
- Dancing, dancing and more dancing to fiery Hutsul music.

Festive dinner menu with authentic dishes of the Hutsul cuisine:
- Snacks, salads, tsvikli, studenets, pickled cucumbers and tomatoes;
- Porcini soup (yushka), banush and brynza;
- Hutsul holubtsi, knyshi with pork greaves and huslianka;
- Budz, brynza;
- Steamed varenyky;
- Fruit, sweets, tea of fragrant healing Carpathian herbs;
- Cheerful Carpathian “water”, medovukha, champagne, wine, mineral water, uzvar.

The price INCLUDES:

- Travel by comfortable bus;
- accommodation (2 nights);
- New Year's Fun (entertainment program, food, drinks, including alcohol);
- dinner on the 2nd day;
- breakfast on the 2nd and 3rd day;
- guided tour service;
- excursion services on tourist sites;
- travel insurance.

The price DOES NOT INCLUDE and pays additionally:

- Entrance fee to tourist sites and lunches.

Discounts for children:

- Children under 5 years old, accompanied by 2 adults, without a separate seat on the bus and accommodation - free of charge;
- Children from 6 to 12 years old, discount from the total cost of the tour - 350 UAH.

The price INCLUDES:

- Travel by comfortable bus;
- accommodation (2 nights);
- New Year's Fun (entertainment program, food, drinks, including alcohol);
- dinner on the 2nd day;
- breakfast on the 2nd and 3rd day;
- guided tour service;
- excursion services on tourist sites;
- travel insurance.

The price DOES NOT INCLUDE and pays additionally:

- Entrance fee to tourist sites and lunches.

Discounts for children:

- Children under 5 years old, accompanied by 2 adults, without a separate seat on the bus and accommodation - free of charge;
- Children from 6 to 12 years old, discount from the total cost of the tour - 350 UAH.

Entrance fees:

- National Museum of Folk Art of Hutsulshchyna and Pokuttia named after Yosafat Kobrynskyi: general – 40 UAH, students and pensioners – 20 UAH, schoolchildren – 15 UAH;
- Pysanka Museum: general – 25 UAH, students and pensioners – 15 UAH, schoolchildren – 10 UAH;
- Hutsul coverlet /“lizhnyk”/ making workshop: general, students, pensioners – 15 UAH, schoolchildren – 10 UAH;
- Excursion-concert in the Museum of Hutsul lifestyle and musical instruments named after Roman Kumlyk: general, students, schoolchildren – 25 UAH;
- Museum “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors”: general, students, pensioners – 20 UAH, schoolchildren – 10 UAH; children 12-17 years old – 15 UAH, children 6-11 years old – 10 UAH;
- Museum “Khata-Staia”: general, students, pensioners – 20 UAH, children 12-17 years old – 15 UAH; children 6-11 years old – 10 UAH;
- Return cable-chairlift to the top of the mountain Bukovel: general – 120 UAH, pensioners and children under 12 years old – 85 UAH;
- House-museum “Hutsul grazhda”: general, pensioners – 30 UAH, students – 20 UAH, schoolchildren – 10 UAH.

Meals:

Lunch on the 1st day – In the town of Kolomyia. The price – 120 UAH.
Dinners and breakfasts – Manors in Verkhovyna.
Lunch on the 2nd day – Catering establishments at the ski resort Bukovel on tourists’ taste and choice.
Lunch on the 3d day – Grazhda restaurant in Yaremche. The price – 120 UAH.

Kolomyia

The town of kolomyikas, one of the most beautiful towns in Halychyna, can boast of magnificent Secession buildings in its central part. Be sure to see the visiting card of Kolomyia, the world's unique Museum of Easter egg painting, also known as Pysanka Museum. It is located in the largest egg in the world, standing at 13.5m high, and has a collection of 12,000 exhibits. In the town, you will also see one of the best museums in Ukraine, the National Museum of Folk Art of Hutsulshchyna and Pokuttia named after Yosafat Kobrynskyi, one of the oldest in Ukraine wooden Church of the Annunciation (1587) and the Town Hall (1877), which is not in the center of the Market square but on a street corner.

Yavoriv

The picturesque Carpathian village has preserved the ancient traditions of homemade woollen coverlets (lizhnyks), and most of the residents are engaged in bedspreads making. Only in Yavoriv you can see the full cycle of the birth of a coverlet from freshly sheared sheep's wool to the finished product, and then buy the freshly made product.

Verkhovyna

The ethnic and geographical centre of Hutsulshchyna, the former village of Zhabie, nestled on the banks of the marvellous river Chornyi Cheremosh, in addition to the picturesque Carpathian panoramas has many other attractions for discerning travellers. Here, you are warmly welcomed to a concert tour to the private Hutsul Museum of lifestyle and musical instruments named after Roman Kumlyk. In the house-museum of the movie “Shadows of forgotten ancestors”, you can learn about the great love of the Hutsuls Ivan and Marichka, as well as have a photo shoot in the Hutsul clothes. And in the museum of the Polonyna life “Khata-Staia”, you can taste delicious Hutsul brynza.

Bukovel

The No. 1 Ski resort in Ukraine, Bukovel mountain stands at 1115 m. Travel up in the cable-chairlift to the top and admire a beautiful view of the Gorgany and Chornohora mountain ridge.

Kryvorivnia

The legendary “Ukrainian Athens” has preserved the classical Hutsul Church of the Blessed Virgin (1719) and the house-museum “Hutsul grazhda”. The legendary “Ukrainian Athens” has preserved the classical Hutsul Church of the Blessed Virgin (1719) and the house-museum “Hutsul grazhda”. Many prominent people, such as I. Franko, M. Hrushevskyi, H. Khotkevych, M. Kotsiubynska, Ivan Trush and others loved this picturesque village, and you will definitely like it, too.

Yaremche

The famous climatic resort is located between the picturesque mountains in the fascinating valley of the Prut river. Every year, thousands of people admire the cascading waterfall “Probii” (Yaremche Huk) and eat lovely food from the unique wooden restaurant “Hutsulshchyna”.