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Tips, trails and stories about the Ukrainian Carpathians
4 Dec 2025 · 5 min readRafting along the Dniester Canyon: from Kutyshchi to UstechkoAny trip is always about new experiences, getting to know new places, people, and nature. And what can we say about a good mood and a charge of positive emotions for the coming months! A special place among travel is occupied by rafting, and it doesn't matter what kind of boats and rivers - in...
4 Dec 2025 · 2 min readYoga, parkour and rock climbing. SportFest IF will be held in Frankivsk this weekendThis weekend, Frankivsk, on the German Lake, will host a grand sports festival, SportFest IF, where everyone will be able to try their hand at a variety of...
4 Dec 2025 · 6 min readWeekend hike. Route #2: Skole - mt. Parashka - Gurkalo - Korchyn village - Verkhne Synevydne village (25 km)There are a lot ofroutes in the Ukrainian Carpathians - for every taste, duration, and different categories of difficulty. Someone is looking for options...
4 Dec 2025 · 7 min readDniester canyon. Weekend on the oars.In fact, there are two Dniester rivers. We can see one from the bridge or from the shore. It's a river, except that it's bigger than the Bystrytsia. But...
4 Dec 2025 · 9 min read12 ecstasies of a New York-based filmmaker from traveling around UkraineArthur Wei, a traveling filmmaker from Brooklyn, New York, spent 45 days traveling around Ukraine.
4 Dec 2025 · 4 min readTourist in Chernivtsi: where to eat, drink coffee and enjoy local beer on a budgetThe famous Austrian publicist Georg Heinzen once wrote the following about Chernivtsi: "this is a city where 'Sunday afternoons began with Schubert and ended...
4 Dec 2025 · 4 min readTOP-5 restaurants to visit in LvivMysterious, alluring Lviv. Even those who have never been there have heard that the "city of four thousand lions" has become a tourist Mecca and is...
4 Dec 2025 · 7 min readThe best restaurants and cafes to relax in UzhhorodTheKarpatyRocks blog offers you several iconic places in Uzhhorod where you can have a delicious meal and relax after walking around the historical sights of...
4 Dec 2025 · 4 min readBuy gifts handmade by Carpathian craftsmenI think everyone has heard the popular phrase "Hand Made". It is a well-established expression in English that literally means "handmade". Wikipedia defines...
4 Dec 2025 · 4 min readWhere to eat and relax in FrankivskTheKarpatyRocks blog offers you several iconic places in Ivano-Frankivsk where you can have a good meal and relax - alone, with your loved one, with friends,...
4 Dec 2025 · 4 min readBuy original Hand Made gifts with your own handsI think everyone has heard the popular phrase "Hand Made." It is a well-established expression in English that literally means "handmade." Wikipedia defines...
4 Dec 2025 · 3 min readBuy original gifts for a girl for her birthdaySo, you've made up your mind and want to buy original birthday gifts for a girl - useful, handmade and, of course, at an affordable price. Of course, you...
4 Dec 2025 · 5 min readBuy original gifts for a guy for his birthdayOn the eve of the holidays, many girls begin to puzzle over what to give a guy. It doesn't matter if he is a loved one, just a friend, a coworker or a boss....
4 Dec 2025 · 3 min readFestival "Bukovel Open. The mountains are calling!" - opening of the 2017/2018 season in BukovelFinally, real winter has arrived in the Ukrainian Carpathians, and with it a new season at Ukraine's largest ski resort, Bukovel. This means that from now...
4 Dec 2025 · 3 min readMarmarosh mountain range - a floral wonder of the Hutsul AlpsThe Marmarosky (ridge) massif, together with the Chyvchyn Mountains, is called the Hutsul Alps, and this is no accident. After all, this mountainous area has...
4 Dec 2025 · 1 min readLet's fall in love with the Carpathians...On one of the channels we found several series of videos by Den Mirko. It's a great work that we hope will make all our readers fall in love with the...
4 Dec 2025 · 1 min readThe true beauty and grandeur of the planet Earth in the movie "Home: A Journey"The incredibly spectacular film by the legendary Jan Arthus-Bertrand shows the viewer the true beauty and majesty of planet Earth. The boundless Okavango...
4 Dec 2025 · 1 min readOverview of travel clubs in UkraineTravel clubs bring together like-minded people who like to travel and have fun. These communities have a very warm atmosphere, despite the different age...
4 Dec 2025 · 8 min read10 most common myths about mountain hikingThe article aims to dispel people's fears of hiking in the Carpathian Mountains. All these myths are dispelled after the first hike.
4 Dec 2025 · 1 min readNational Geographic Ukraine photographer Denis KrivoyWe can talk about the Marmarosh mountain range for hours. Perhaps this is one of the places in the Carpathians where every photographer dreams of visiting....
4 Dec 2025 · 1 min readPlanet Earth II is the most expensive movie about wildlife!Planet Earth II is the future of nature documentaries, produced by the BBC as a follow-up to the highly successful Planet Earth series that aired about a...
4 Dec 2025 · 6 min readThe Carpathian Mountains are a large mountain system in Central and Eastern EuropeTheUkrainian Carpathians are part of the Carpathian mountain system in western Ukraine. They are 280 km long from the headwaters of the San to the headwaters...
4 Dec 2025 · 6 min readCycling within the framework of the Velokraina projectCycling has its advantages over other types of tourism. A bicycle is a very convenient means of transportation. It gives travelers the opportunity to cover...
4 Dec 2025 · 9 min readHiking equipment and clothing from the Gorgany chainThe Gorgany.com team is convinced that the more people travel, the happier they are :) And to make more happy people, Gorgany tourist club has launched the...
4 Dec 2025 · 7 min readWhy it is better to buy a handmade walletMoney has a powerful force, and not everyone knows how to use the flow of monetary energy to their advantage, although this ability directly affects well...