Attractions of Bukovel

To visit the monuments of nature and architecture, you will need to drive 15-20 kilometers through the picturesque Carpathians.

Dovbush Trail

The art and memorial complex "Dovbush Trail" originates in the protected tract "Dribka", lies between the rocks to the "Ambar Dovbush", goes to the Gorgan Zaprutsky Range, makes a vicious circle and leads to the original species point. The original stone compositions of sculptor Darius Grabar, dedicated to the people's avengers and the liberation of the Galician peasants from serfdom in 1848, attract the eye at the Dovbush Trail. Doboshanka Mountain attracts tourists, where, according to folk tales, Dovbush loved to visit. Special interest is the Dovbush Stone - a silent giant towers over Prut, covered with legends.

"Dovbush Trail" was created in memory of and gratitude to the people's avengers and their legendary leader Oleksa Dovbush, who acted here in 1738-1745. In the chronicle of the history of the Ukrainian people, the Galitskaya prishishnitsvo entered a bright page. This is a peculiar form of struggle, which existed for several centuries (XV-XIX century). Peasants became farmers, who, unable to withstand the oppression of the conquerors, took weapons and in small detachments opposed the exploiters in the Carpathian region, Bukovina and Transcarpathia. The unique creation of nature is the amazing rocks of Dovbush, which has long since become a true tourist Mecca for travelers. A unique heap of stone blocks of Yamnenskoye sandstone (the main geological rock) has frozen here since the Ice Age, affecting visitors.

Manyav monastery

Not far from Yaremche, in the picturesque gorge of the Carpathian Mountains, is located the ancient village of Manyava. Here, among the Carpathian pine-trees, an ancient monastery-monastery of the 17th century stands on a cliff above the river. It was founded by immigrants from Athos by the monks Jov Knyaginetsky and Ivan Vishensky. The date of the founding of the Manyav monastery is 1608. It was then that the first written mentions appeared about him. Once this monastery obeyed directly to the Patriarch of Constantinople. At one time there was a large library of early printed books. Legends say that in the 30-40 years of the XVIII century, the legendary leader of the Hutsul insurgents Olexa Dovbush repeatedly visited here. In the middle of the XVII century. in the monastery were up to 200 monks. He had dozens of monasteries in subordination in Galicia, Bukovina and even in Moldova. In 1612, the Krestovozdvizhenskaya church was erected in the monastery. In 1620-1621 the monastery was surrounded by a defensive wall with three towers. However, during the Turkish raidIn 1676 the monastery was destroyed and restored only in 1681. There is an assumption that on the territory of the monastery is buried the hetman of Ukraine Ivan Vygovsky, who died in 1664. Still Maniavsky monastery is famous for its iconostasis, created at the end of the XVII century by the icon painter hieromonk Iov Kondzelevich.

This majestic structure, measuring 13 x 11 meters, consists of six rows, in which about 100 icons of different sizes are placed, from miniatures to icons of more than two meters. Significantly, the iconostasis stands next to the same outstanding monuments as the Kozeletz Iconostasis in Chernigov and Sorochinsky in Poltava. In 1970-1980 in the monastery were carried out significant restoration work. After that Maniavsky monastery was declared a historical and architectural reserve. At the moment on the territory of the monastery is located the Krestovozdvizhensky Monastery of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate. Well, above the monastery is located one of the most beautiful Carpathian waterfalls - Maniavsky Falls. It is located in a mountain gorge. But getting there is hard enough. The waterfall is a spectacular sight. The height of the waterfall is about 20 meters, the water from it falls down several cascades. At the foot of the waterfall - a small shallow lake.