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Carpathian Mountains are considered to be the Green Pearl of Ukraine. It’s one of the most popular resorts and tourist centers of the country. A beautiful mix of natural areas, forests, meadows, shepherds and humans living in harmony with nature is what makes the mountains so sttractive to tourists. An original nature of territory, beauty of its Alpine meadows and woods, rough rivers and mountain lakes, soft climate, curative mineral sources, the historical and architectural monuments can attract everyone to themselves. Thousands of tourists and people who like travels and adventures come here. The highest mountain over there is called Hoverla and it rises up to 2061m!
If you visit the Carpathians, you’ll not find yourself in an extreme blizzards or dying from severe hypothermia. The Carpathians benefit from having a relatively mild temperature in winter time. Lowest winter temperatures are around -10°C to 15°C. In summertime the weather is agreeably warm. Throughout the year, the Carpathians do get quite a bit of rainfall 800- 1500 mm of water. However, this is spread out evenly through the year.
Getting to the Carpathians is not difficult at all if you have a car and a map. ,,Marshrutka’’ (taxi vans) are also available for very inexpensive prices. Ukrainian railway runs a number trains that can get tourists to the Carpathians from pretty much any large city in the country. There are overnight trains from Kyiv to Uzhhorod that can get you to the northern part of Ukraine’s Carpathians, including Slavsko (one of Ukraine’s prominent ski resorts). This is the only regular-speed railway route through the Carpathians. You can also catch a Kyiv-Lviv speed train which leaves Kyiv every night at around 9pm. Once you are in Lviv, you can get to the mountains in 2-3 hours by a ,,marshrutka’’ for 3€ – 10€.
The Carpathians are great for cycling. There is an abundance of automobile roads ,,both paved and unpaved’’, which are suitable for cycling, and it’s possible to get to any region of the mountains on your bike some way or another.
Moreover, the nature of the Ukrainian Carpathians and riverbanks are suitable for riding. Traveling by developed routes tourists become acquainted with different districts, way of life and culture of local people that didn’t change much over the last three hundred years.
Whenever you decide to travel by the underground labyrinths created by nature itself, you would discover the possession of mysterious and unknowable. There are dozens of caves in the region, but only some of them are famous and available for tourists without special outfit. Others are only open for experienced speleologists.
It’s slightly more difficult to access the more rugged central and southern Carpathians. Trains run to Ivano-Frankivsk, Kolomyia, and Chernivtsi from cities in central and eastern Ukraine. From there you can take ,,marshrutka’’ to different destinations in the mountains. There is also a slow narrow-gauge diesel train that runs from Ivano-Frankivsk to Rakhiv and back several times a day. Buses and “marshrutkas” usually leave from train or bus stations.
I think it’s a great idea to visit these Ukrainian mountains…because you know, Alps or Pyrenees are so ,,outworn’’, every corner has already been discovered and there are amounts of tourists. But here you can find something new with every hike you take. You don’t meet thousands of tourists, maybe just few natives. That’s the magic of these mountains, right here, in its silence, innocence and retiringness…
created with the help of traveltoukraine.org
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