New Year's Tour to the Carpathians from the Travel Company «Miracle Travels»

29.12.2023. Friday.

• 19:00 - tourists boarding in Kyiv (Zhitomirskaya metro station).
• 20:30 - group gathering in Zhitomir (gas station BRSM, central bus station).
• 21:30 - tourists boarding in Zvyagel (district).
• 23:00 - tourists boarding in Rivne (district, hotel Ivanhoe or Khutorok).
• 02:30 - tourists boarding in Lviv (circular).
• The final time and place of gathering must be confirmed with the group leader.

30.12.2023. Saturday.

• 08:00 – arrival in Volovets (a small village located at the foot of the Carpathians – the Plai and Temnatik mountains: beautiful scenery, clean healing mountain air)
• Accommodation in private hotels Verkhovyna, Greenwich, equipped in the best traditions of hospitable Transcarpathia with cozy rooms of a European level.
• The Verkhovyna Hotel from the facade resembles a small mansion, but inside everything is done without unnecessary pathos. On the ground floor there is a spacious hall and restaurant, the second and third floors are reserved for rooms for visitors. There are rooms for two, three, four. All rooms are equipped with a standard set of furniture: double or twin beds, TV, electric kettle, Wi-Fi, wardrobe, coffee table, shower, bathroom. Some rooms have a balcony and a small hall. The rooms offer mountain views.
• Hotel Greenwich is a four-story building in the center of the village of Volovets. The hotel has 15 rooms. In the room: bed, wardrobe, bathroom, TV, bath amenities, heating, satellite TV, Wi-Fi.
• Breakfast.
• The New Year's tour of Transcarpathia begins with an excursion: ski resort Pylypets - ascent on a panoramic lift to the observation deck of Mount Gimba (1491 m); the unique Shipot waterfall is one of the most full-flowing and beautiful waterfalls not only in Transcarpathia, but throughout Ukraine; a sample of mineral water from a deposit of ferruginous mineral waters near the village of Kelechin.
• If you wish, you can devote this entire day to skiing and sledding at the Pylypets GC.

31.12.2023. Sunday.

• Breakfast.
• Visit to the palace-estate Schönborn Castle. This elegant hunting castle of the Counts of Schönborn can easily be included in the list of outstanding architectural structures in Ukraine. In addition to the history of the construction of this elegant castle, the design of which is based on the astronomical year, you will hear several love stories that its walls remember and have been passed on from mouth to mouth for many decades.
• And, of course, the tour program would not be complete and not so fun if it were not for the tasting of Transcarpathian wine.
• You will visit the tasting room of the Urst family of winemakers, who hospitably welcome lovers of the sunny drink.
• The area of the Ursta farm's own vineyards in the village of Bene is 4 hectares. The vineyards are located and grow in an ecologically clean zone of the region, in the Malaya Gora tract, at an altitude of 200-250 meters above sea level. Pivnitsa are carved with clubs at the foot of Mount Kerteis in the north-east direction from the village of Bene. Their age is more than 400 years. Depth – from 5 to 25 meters. As a result, the average annual air temperature is 10-12 degrees.
• And the cherry on the cake will be a visit to the world-famous Thermal Pools of Transcarpathia in Kosino, because the composition of this water is unique not only in Ukraine, but throughout Europe, with the exception of the water used for treatment in the world-famous sanatorium Gajdusoboslo ( Hungary).
• On the territory of the Kosino Thermal Waters complex there are five swimming pools, three of them thermal. All of them are open at any time of the year. The large thermal pool partially extends into the Royal Hall, where you can relax, visit 7 unique saunas, go to the tea room, shower room, locker room, massage room or complex store. The temperature in the thermal pools is +41 °C.
• Return to the hotel.
• Preparing for the New Year 2024.
• Celebrating New Year 2024! Fabulous snow-capped mountains, long-standing traditions and exquisite Transcarpathian cuisine are the ideal place to celebrate the most magical holiday of the year. For you - a festive banquet, entertainment program, themed games, a round dance around the Transcarpathian spruce.

01.01.2024. Monday. Happy New Year!!!

• Late breakfast.
• And a new meeting with the snow-capped Carpathians. Departure to the Pylypets ski resort. Skiing, sledding, snowboarding, a huge amount of frosty mountain air, sparkling snow, mulled wine will cheer anyone up from the pleasant, but still tired, New Year's Eve.
• We are confident that the actively spent first day of 2024 will leave an unforgettable impression and inspire you to actively spend the whole year!
• If a stormy New Year's Eve does not allow you to spend this holiday actively, you can stay at the hotel, relax, walk around the outskirts of the village, go to a trout farm (catch a fish, which they will cook in front of you, and continue the celebration over a glass of homemade liqueurs) or order a relaxation in the vat (warm up and relax in warm water with medicinal herbs).
• Return to the hotel.
• Dinner.
• Free time (kolyba, barbecue, sauna).
• Not far from the hotels there is a trout farm. Those who wish can take part in fishing and then cooking it on coal.

02.01.2024. Tuesday.

• Breakfast.
• Check out from the hotel.
• You will spend the last day of the tour on the slopes of the snow-capped peaks of the Play ski complex: skiing, sledding, and snowboarding.
• 16:00. departure to Lviv.
• 19:00–22:00 - free time.
• Plunge into the evening life of this amazing city and admire its fabulous architecture. You will give yourself an unforgettable experience from visiting colorful and already famous establishments of the old city such as Kriivka, Anti-crisis Kneipa, Under the Blue Dance, Gasova Lampa.
• Departure to Zhitomir, Kyiv.

03.01.2024. Wednesday.

• Arrival in Zhitomir ≈ 05:00; Kyiv ≈ 07:00.