Enchanted Transcarpathia: Top 5 of the most amazing parks in the region (PHOTOS)

Tourinform Transcarpathia continues to tell about the unique places of the Ukrainian Carpathians.

National Park Synevyr

Address of the park: Transcarpathian region, Mizhhirya district, the village of Synevyrska Polyana

How to get there? The best way is by car, by bus, distance from Uzhgorod is 174 km, distance from Lviv is 252 km. 

It is one of the most famous parks in Ukraine. Most of the territory of the National Park is located within the Inner Gorgany Mountains. Most of the territory of the National Nature Park "Synevyr" is occupied by conifers, mostly spruce forests. Old forest, beech virgin forests, that are the UNESCO World Heritage Site, are located on the territory of the park.

Tourists can book an excursion, horseback riding tour, visit the center for rehabilitation of brown bears, the museum of timber, the old village – the Museum of Kolochava, which presents the architecture of Transcarpathians.

Uzhok National Nature Park

Address of the park: Transcarpathian region, Velyky Berezny district

How to get there? by car, distance from Uzhgorod is 80 km, distance from Lviv is 160 km. By train from Lviv to the station Uzhok, Volosyanka, Zhornava, Kostryno.

An incredibly beautiful park on the border of three countries: Ukraine, Slovakia and Poland. The territory of the park in July 2007 was included into the list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites "Beech Virgin Forests of the Carpathians".

You can see here not only the beauty of the golden autumn, but also the unique old beech forest. You should visit the wooden temples in Boyko and Lemko styles in the villages of Kostryno, Sukhy, the temple in the village of Uzhok (a monument from the UNESCO list), Sil, Husny and others.

Schönborn Park

Address of the park: Transcarpathian region, Perechyn district, the village of Turya-Pasika

How to get there? The best way is by car, distance from Uzhgorod is 42 km, distance from Lviv is 240 km.

Schönborn Park is a gem of park design art, and it is especially beautiful during the golden autumn in the Carpathians. In the center of the park, there is a man-made lake with mountain water.

In the Schönborn Park you can stroll on wide alleys, admire the lake, walk on the bridges, see the druid calendar in the Celtic Garden and visit the operating water mill. The park was restored in 2013. Artists, sculptors and restorers took part in the process of park development.

National Nature Park "Zacharovany Krai"

Address of the park: Transcarpathian region, Irshava district, the village of Ilnytsya

How to get there? The best way is by car, distance from Uzhgorod is 95 km, distance from Lviv is 274 km.

The park is a nature conservation, recreation, cultural and educational, research institution of national importance and is a part of the natural reserve fund of Ukraine. Nature is especially fascinating in the autumn.

On the territory of the national nature park "Zacharovany Krai", there are unique natural objects such as the geological reserve of the national significance "Zacharovana Dolyna" and the hydrological nature monument of the national significance "Chorne Bahno Bog". You can also book a tour.

Kuziy Park

Address: Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, Kuziy tract, between the villages of Luh and Khmeliv.

How to get there? The best way is by car, distance from Uzhgorod is 180 km, distance from Lviv is 310 km.

The Carpathian Biosphere Reserve and one of its parts – the Kuziy tract – are especially picturesque in the autumn period.

The tract is surrounded by steep mountains, the ridges of which are covered with age-old virgin forests, predominantly oak and beech tres. The rocky ridge of the Jurassic period limestone is a beautiful view.   You can book tours on the territory of the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve.

Source: mukachevo.today