Active rest		Excursions:
Travel on quadracycles Horse riding Paintball Fishing Riding bicycles Mountain hiking		Pnivskyy castle Manyavskyy monastery Ancient Halych Ancient Stanislav

We guarantee you will get wonderful impressions and moral satisfaction from the magnificent landscapes of the wild nature, sonorous streams, harmonous beauty of furtrees, healing air full of fragrant herbs and galipot.
That is a magnificent Carpathian Region.

• Travel Tour 1: Trip to the mountain Makovytsya (948 m.) through Dovbush rocks — duration of a tour 2 – 3 hours.
• Travel Tour 2: Trip to the moutain Klyva (1 226 m.), duration of a tour 2,5 – 3,5 hours.
• Travel Tour 3: Trip to the mountain Synyak (1 756 m.), duration of a tour 3,5 – 4,5 hours.
• Travel Tour 4: Trip to the mountain ridge Horhany including visiting the Carpathian mountain valley. The route runs through the Travel Tour 2 and Travel Tour 3, duration is 4,5 – 5,5 hours.
• Travel Tour 5: Trip to the mountain Yavirnyk (1 624), duration of a tour 3 – 4 hours.
• Travel Tour 6: Trip to the mountain Roketa (1 106 m.) through Yaremche to the montain Makovytsya including visiting of Hutsulian mountain valley, descent from the mountain through the Kuchera river (1 010 m.) to the village of Mykulychyn. Duration of a tour is 5 – 6 hours.

We offer horse ridings up to 20 people simultaneously through picturesque Carpathian footpaths. Duration of tours makes from 1 hour up to the whole day. Everything depends on the tourists will.

We organize scenic games: exchange of fire and the whole battles depending on quantity of participants. For the organization of a game the order needs to be made for some days beforehand.

Fishing is organized by the skilled instructors who will help you to receive unforgettable impressions of fishing on the mountain rivers and lakes.

Carpathians ridings on bicycles improve physical shape perfectly. You can choose routes depending on complexities and extents corresponding to your preparation. If you do not have a bicycle with you, you can rent it here.

Nothing else is so necessary for the modern person, as the direct dialogue with the wild nature. And the best for this place, than you can not find anything better than the Carpathians with their healing microclimate and wonderful landscapes. Everyone can choose here the route according to their liking.

The castle is situated in the Nadvirna suburb – Pniv. It was built in the XVI th century by Polish feudal lords of Wallachian origin Kuropatvs. Thought, some legends say that the first defensive buildings were built in the XI th century. The most prosperous the castle was in the middle of XVII century. The last owners of it were the magnates Cetners, who helped the Nadvirna town to develop. At the end of the XVIII th century, after Poland separation, the castle becomes the property of the Austo-Hungarian Empire. Those time, the defensive buildings started to lose their role and at the beginning of the XIX century the castle started to be picked to the building material. After all these events, it has taken the form as you can see it nowadays.

The castle has a shape of irregular pentagon with six keeps. The wall thickness was a meter and a half. In the north and south the castle is surrounded by the plain, in the west there are the slopes of plateau and in the east – a deep ditch. The gate was placed in the south wall and one could enter the castle through the walkway

The researches say that during its history the castle wasn’t conquered any time. During the national liberation war (1648-1654) in 1648 under the leadership of Bohdan Khmelnytskyy the castle stood a several weeks siege. During the period of Polish-Turkish war, the castle played the role of one of the biggest defensive sconce. In 1672 after the Turks conquered Kamyanets-Podilskyy Fortress, the castle’s significance raised considerably. When in 1676 the forces of Ibrahin-pasha came to Precarpathian, Pniv castle was the only defensive building that stood the attack of the Turkish army. Besides, nobility hid there in 1746, when near Nadvirna opryshoks appeared with the leader Oleksa Dovbush

They say that there were two subways from the castle. The first one led to the park, situated in the centre of Nadvirna and the second subway - to the Manyava Monastery. If it is possible to believe in existence of the first subway, so the existence of the second is fantastic. The distance to Manyava through the mountains is more than 30 km. but the monk in Manyava Monastery told us about the existence of the second subway

Nowadays the castle is one of the popular ruins in Western Ukraine with interesting history. Lately they lead a discussion on the reconstruction of the castle. That’s why there is a chance to hope that the worst days of the castle are behind. For the present the castle is the rest place for the local citizens and a football ground for children.

According to the narrations and affirmations of some historians, Manyava Monastery started its history. The monks of Kyiv-Pechersk monastery came out of Kyiv to the Carpathian mountains, looking for miracle water. Its properties had to be close with Kyiv-Pechersk water. They stopped at the stone - a cave with the healing spring. The friars equipped the cave and started to pray at the water. With the gathered herbs and water they cured ill people. Manyava Monastery is the architectural monument of the 17 th century, that is situated in the massive Horhany, Ivano-Frankivsk region. The monastery development was at the middle of 17 th century, when it counted nearly 200 monks and dozens of Galician, Bucovinian and other monasteries were subordinated under it.

At that time, the monastry developed many trades and crafts – salt production, wine making, carving and iconography. The monastery had its own library, connecting a large number of ancient books (the collection is now kept partly in Vienna and Lviv).

There is information that in the monastery, executed by Poles in 1664, Ivan Vyhotskyi – hetman of the Zaporizhzhya Cossacks was buried, here according to his testament. Narrations also say that the famous Hutsulian opryshok Oleksa Dovbush visited the monastery.

During the Polish-Turkish war it was destroyed by the Turks in 1676, but with the support of Ukrainian and Russian powers in 1681, he was rebuilt.

Now Manyavsky Exaltation of the Cross Monastery is one of the most famous Orthodox monasteries in Western Ukraine.

Along with the sanctuary there is one of the most picturesque Carpathian waterfalls - Manyavsky waterfall. This is the highest waterfall in the Ukrainian Carpathians. Drop of water is 16m. It is located above Manyava monastery, in a mountain gorge. But it is very hard to get there. The waterfall is a spectacular sight. The height of the waterfall is about 20 meters, the water falls in several cascades. At the foot of the waterfall there is a small shallow lake, where one can swim.

On the western bank of the river Lukovytsya, there is the only active volcano in Ukraine near the village of Starunya, Ivano-Frankivsk region. However, this volcano is mud. Vulcano has over a hundred of microcraters and work at the area of sixty acres. It has not yet managed to identify the cause of volcano eruptions. They usually occur in the evening, at about 6-8 o’clock.

Historic Halych, and the territory of the reserve, goes far beyond the current administrative bounds of the district center of Ivano-Frankivsk region, covering several towns. Here, in addition to the saved or restored monuments (Church of St. Panteleimon the XII th century., the Church of the Nativity the XIII-XVIII th centuries., Assumption Church of the XVI century., Chronicles Galicia tomb and Knyazha fountain), there are also 14 churches foundations of the XII-XIII th centuries., the remains of cave monasteries, fortifications, etc.. And recently, these places are available for visitors

At the end of the last year, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine approved the general plan of the National Park "Ancient Halych". It provides for the establishment, except of three existing, of new museums, organization of a complex of tourist services, construction of tourist bases.

Having got to this small town of Halych (the same town, which at the end of the XII th century the population dominated on Paris and London), a traveler will stop his view on metal tiled tower that stands on the hill above the town. (You'll be disappointed, but it is not the remains of princely stronghold - the center of a powerful chronicle Halych located several kilometers south on the hill in the current village of Krylos).

Let’s go up with a sloping path to the castle ruins, where now undergo extensive restoration work. Galician or Starostynskyi castle is mentioned for the first time in chronicles in 1114. Apparently, according to Deputy Director General of Reserve Yaropolk Club in the XII-XIII th centuries, there was a strong wooden citadel. It served to defend the prince dock on the river Dniester. Meanwhile, archaeological excavations show that this mountain was mastered back in the first century BC. From the Galician mountain a beautiful view of the majority of the National Reserve is opened.

There almost nothing left of the princely stronghold on the mountain in Krylos. Since the middle of XIII century, when Danylo Galician founded Lviv and moved his department (the capital) to Holm, Halych lost its value of the administrative center of the state. It is appropriate to note that a prominent statesman, Prince and King Danylo Galician is exactly involved in the biggest decline of Halych. The prince gave decades against the city of boyar opposition and other rivals, and it is possible that because it had no sentiments to the old capital. So there is a little wonder that in 1998, to the 1100 anniversary of Halych, they established aequestrian monument to him in the city center, but not to Yaroslav Volodymyrkovych Osmomysl (reign 1153-1187) - a big and powerful master of Halych.

During the reign of Osmomysl at the Knyazha mountain a magnificent stone cathedral of the Assumption was built. Today the foundation of the cathedral is open for review. Administration of the reserve embodies a draft conservation and museumfication of the cathedral foundation and built in the XV century chapel of St. Basil on the remains of its southern wall. Along with the base there is an architectural monument of the XVI century, the present church of the Assumption. Krylos miraculous icon of the Mother of God is kept in the temple. Next to the stone churches, the models of wooden church architecture are established. Once in Krylos, the traveler will certainly want to drink from the Knyazha Well. It is an inexhaustible spring of healing water. Princes and counselors drank water before the battle. T hey say it gives strength to the weak. And in the south there is a legendary Galicia tomb - the remnants of the burial mound of a noble warrior in the boat. Researchers agree that this is the tomb of prince or leader - the city's founder.

At the entrance to the Halych from Ivano-Frankivsk, there is the only in the region Museum of Folk Architecture and Life. It is located on r ight side of the symbolic commemorative "Sword and Ralo”. In Precarpathian region scientists distinguish four ethnographic regions: Boikivschyna, Hutsulschyna, Opillya and Pokuttya. So, an open-air museum contains collections of material culture of the respective ethnographic groups XIX - early XX centuries. In an area of 4.5 hectares there are eleven authentic architectural monuments: two Grazhdas and a typical Hutsulian khata, opillya mud-walled hut and smithy, pokuttya country estate and oil mill, Boiko hut of 1848, etc.. There are typical tools, household items, clothing, jewelry, icons in every building. This antiquities particularly attracts foreign tourists.

The first mention of the city named Stanislaviv refers to 1662 when it received a Magdeburg right. The city was founded as a fortress to protect against attacks of the Crimean Tatars and as an stronghold of the Polish magnates Potocki in the Galician land. Fortress repeatedly stood a siege by Turkish and Russian troops.

Stanislaviv started from the Market Square and the City Hall, which in a different state preserved to this day. In its further development they have found reflection of Urban Renaissance ideas about the "ideal city" that are embodied in the planning of downtown, its streets and churches. Because of the originality of architecture, our city is sometimes called "little Lviv."

In XVIII-XIX centuries, the city was a significant trading and manufacturing center of Poland and since 1772 - Habsburg Empire (from 1804 - Austrian Empire, from 1867 - Austria-Hungary). I n the development of crafts and culture also contributed Ukrainian Poles, Jews and Armenians whose national communities were quite numerous.

Revolution woke a public life in 1848. There was created the "Rus Rada" (alongside with Polish) in Stanislaviv. It is an organized a squadron of National Guard, began printing the first newspaper. At the newly established parliament were elected the Ukrainian deputies.

The second half of 19 century is marked by a rapid development of industrial relations and creating enterprises. The laying of the railway in 1866 gave a considerable impact to this development. In those times the locomotive factory, alcoholic beverage association, skin factory "Play" sprang.

In 1884 a famous public character and writer N. Kobrynska held the constituent assembly ‘Society of Women Rus’ (later called - "Ukrainian Union") in the city. This initiated the organized women movement in Ukraine.

During the First World War, in 1915-1916 there were the cruel battles for the city. A part of historic buildings was destroyed and restored in new architectural forms.

After the collapse of Austria-Hungary in 1918 it was created the West Ukrainian National Republic.

During January-May 1919 Stanislaviv was its capital. At this time outstanding Ukrainian figures Hrushevskyi M., V. Vynnychenko, S. Petlyura, Ye. Konovalets visited the city.

From September 1939 to June 1941 Stanislaviv was a part of the Soviet Union. This period was marked by repression against the population, the apogee of which was a secret NKVD massacre of prisoners and staff suspects (innocent people) who were the Stanislaviv prison at the time of resolve the war by Germany against the USSR. The bodies were buried in the common grave in the tract near Demyaniv Laz. In 1989 there ware carried the excavations in the tract. It was discovered the remains of 586 people. In most - the bullet holes were in the back. At the reburial process there were present about 300 thousand Ukrainians. In the tract Demyaniv Laz the Memorial complex is opened and regularly memorial services are held.

During the Second World War the city three years (1941-1944) it was under Nazi occupation. The fight against invaders led the undergrounders of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists - Ukrainian Rebel Army. The military execution of 27 patriots by the occupiers in the city center in November, 1943 still cancels pain in the hearts of Precarpathian public. Fascists killed more than 100 thousand civilians in Stanislaviv and its suburbs.

In 1962 the city celebrated its 300 anniversary. It was renamed after a famous writer and activist Ivan Franko, who visited this place many times, had good friends, wrote and read his works. And since that time it ia named Ivano-Frankisvsk. The citizens of Ivano-Frankivsk and all the inhabitants of Galicia, gladly accepted the democratic transformation of the 1990's, they became a driving force. The blue and yellow flags were raised over the city in April 1990, and at the referendum in 1991 they voted for the independence of Ukraine.