Day 1: departure from Lviv (08:00) – Khorostkiv (tour of the town, the palace complex and arboretum, review of magnolia flowering) – Yabluniv (tour of the palace, park, temples and lunch) – Kopychyntsi (tour of the town, temples and museum) – Husiatyn (tour of the museum and wine tasting) – Husiatyn district (check-in at the hotel before 21:00 and dinner).
Day 2: breakfast and departure (08:00) – Husiatyn (tour of the town, temples, views of the Zbruch River and mineral water tasting) – Lychkivtsi (tour of the castle grounds, the church and villa) – Horodnytsia (a walking trip to the hill fort on Mount Bohyt and lunch) – Vikno (tour of “viknyny”, excursion to the museum of local lore) – Hrymailiv (tour of the town, temples and the museum reserve “Medobory”) – Lviv (return before 23:30).
Accommodation:
аt the hotels in Husiatyn district, 2- and 3-bed bedrooms with amenities.
The price INCLUDES:
- travel by a comfortable coach,
- accommodation,
- guided tour service,
- excursion service on tourist sites,
- travel insurance.
The price DOES NOT INCLUDE and pays additionally:
- meals,
- entrance fee to tourist sites.
Technical information about the ecological and educational path “To Mount Bohit”:
1. The length of the route from the village Horodnytsia to the Mount Bohit and back is 6,2 km; the height difference is 180 m;
2. The total duration of the route (ascent and descent) is 3-4 hours;
3. The route is designed for the average group of physically fit people;
4. No previous training or experience required.
5. For the walking trip, please take comfortable shoes and clothes, as the route runs through forests and bushes.
6. The walking route is optional. Those who do not want to take part in it can walk around the picturesque suburbs of the village Horodnytsia.
Tour language: Ukrainian. Contact us if you would like to hire a guide who speaks English or another foreign language.
The price INCLUDES:
- travel by a comfortable coach,
- accommodation,
- guided tour service,
- excursion service on tourist sites,
- travel insurance.
The price DOES NOT INCLUDE and pays additionally:
- meals,
- entrance fee to tourist sites.
Entrance fees:
- The Museum of Theatrical Arts in Kopychyntsi: general, pensioners – 10 UAH, students – 8 UAH, schoolchildren – 5 UAH;
- The museum of local lore in Husiatyn: general and pensioners – 15 UAH, students and children – 10 UAH;
- Wine tasting in Husiatyn: general, pensioners, students – 70 UAH, excursion without tasting – free of charge;
- Ecological and educational path “To Mount Bohit” in the natural reserve “Medobory”: general, pensioners – 30 UAH, students, schoolchildren – 2 UAH, children under 10 years old – free of charge;
- Historical and local history Museum "Unforgettable names” in Vikno: voluntary donation;
- The Museum of Nature in the natural reserve “Medobory”: general, pensioners – 30 UAH, students, schoolchildren – 2 UAH, children under 10 years old – free of charge.
Meals:
Breakfast on the 1st day – you can have breakfast at home or bring sandwiches to eat on the bus or during bus stops.
Lunch on the 1st day – at a café in the village of Yabluniv. The cost is 95 UAH/person.
Dinner on the 1st day – at the hotel after check-in. The cost is 85 UAH/person.
Breakfast on the 2nd day – at the hotel. The cost is 65 UAH/person.
Lunch on the 2nd day – at a café in the village of Horodnytsia. The cost is 95 UAH/person.
Khorostkiv
A small industrial town on the river Taina can boast of its enormous Palace complex of Semenskyi-Levyskyi. The most ancient landmark of the complex is the old Palace (the 1790s), and the most beautiful one is the neo-Baroque Palace (1837), built by the Italian architect Botocchini. Among the architectural attractions of Khorostkiv, we should also mention the Church of the Holy Virgin (1887), the equestrian arena (1837) and the building of the railway station (1890). Nature lovers will find a monument of landscape art of the national importance -Khorostkiv arboretum (1972) which occupies the area of 18 hectares and contains more than 1,500 species of flora from all continents.
Yabluniv
Famous for its apple gardens, the village on the river Nichlava welcomes you to explore the modest Didushytskyi's Palace (XIX century), surrounded by a park with exotic plants (the 1840s). Its highlights are a beech alley and a pond with a picturesque island. The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1875) and the Church of St. Elizabeth (1900) in Yabluniv are also worth seeing.
Kopychyntsi
Known for its sausages, this Podilian town, located like Rome on seven hills, is also famous for its ancient wooden Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (1630). Also, in Kopychyntsi there is a fascinating secession area of the Market square, the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (1802), a Ukrainian People's House (1910), a synagogue (XVIII century), the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin (1898) and Mykolai's Church (1900.), designed by an architect Vasyl Nahirnyi. Kopychyntsi is well-known in Ukraine for its Amateur Folk Theatre named after B. Lepkyi. You can learn about its glorious past and present in the Museum of Theatrical Arts of the Ternopil region.
Husiatyn
The homeland of the Cossack leader Severyn Nalyvaiko has long been famous for its highly mineralized hydrogen sulphide therapeutic water, such as "Naftusia”, which is popularly called "ropa”. You can taste it as well as take with yourself. The river Zbruch surrounds the town from three sides and separates it from the village with the same name in the Khmelnytskyi region. Among the architectural and historical monuments, which you should visit, are the Church of St. Onuphrius (XVI century), the Church of St. Anthony (1610), the Bernardine monastery and the ruins of the synagogue (XVII century), built in the Gothic-Moorish style. You can learn about the glorious history of the region in the museum of local lore. Due to climate change, on the generous Podilian land now there are grape plantations, where they produce fine wine for its connoisseurs.
Lychkivtsi
Near the village in the river Zbruch in 1848, the border guards found Zbruch idol –Svitovyd, which is now a highlight of the Krakow archaeological museum.
On a high hill in the middle of the village, there is a number of buildings and monuments that may interest tourists, namely, the ruins of the defensive Church of the Conception of the Virgin Mary (1728), the chapel built on the site of the castle and its remains (XVII century), the tombstone of M. Zaborovskyi (1828), the cholera column (1831) and a lovely villa of Timelman (early XX century) built in the style of Romanticism with Gothic elements.
Horodnytsia
Take a walking trip through the ancient forest to the ex-ocean reef mountain Bohyt (also known as Bokhit, Bohit, Bokhut), which is a valuable part of the reserve "Medobory" due to its luxurious and rare vegetation. This rather high Towtra is a classic rocky limestone strand with a height of 414 meters above sea level, which has long been a cult centre for people. Scientists have found here an ancient Slavic pagan settlement-temple (IX-XIII centuries), burial mounds, an old road of the Scythian era, and a system of shafts and ditches of the Scythian and ancient Slavic periods. The prehistoric dolmen structure, which consists of two vertical stones-blocks and one horizontal plate laid on them is especially fascinating. Some scientists believe that the legendary Zbruch idol-Svitovyd, found in the river Zbruch, used to stand on the mountain Bohit. This place is a Zbruch cult pagan centre, which operated for a long time after the adoption of Christianity in our area.
Vikno
This picturesque village near Medobory got its name due to two small karst lakes Synie and Bezodnia, which are popularly known as “viknyny”. Ivan Franko used to come here to visit a local landowner Vladyslav Fedorovych. Franko Rocks and the exhibits of the amazing Historical Museum "Unforgettable names" remind about these visits.
Hrymailiv
The birthplace of the inventor of X-rays Ivan Pului and outstanding cook Dariia Tsviek invites you to explore the ruins of the stone synagogue (XVII century), the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1806) and the Museum of Nature in the reserve "Medobory".
