Lumshory
Uzhhorod district · Transcarpathian region
You know that Lumshory is a balneologicalresort, and the first medical facility has been operating here since 1600. In the XVIII century, there was already a "Lumshory Resort". It has the status of a mountain village in Perechyn district of Zakarpattia region on the Turychka river. It is a part of the Turychky village council (Turychky village council, tel. 03145 2-39-14). Less than 100 inhabitants live here. 3.5 kilometers to the north of Lumshory are the eponymous tract and the cascade of Lumshory waterfalls. In one of the waterfalls (formerly called Partizan), water falls from a cliff in a powerful stream over 4 meters high, forming a small lake at the foot. The water comes here from the Runa (Rivne) meadow, which is the largest meadow in the Ukrainian Carpathians, a complex of alpine alpine meadows, the height of which reaches 1479 m above sea level and an area of 1100 hectares, and in the Lumshory gorge it spreads into two streams that fall on smooth gray stones from a height of 12 m. Since 2003, the village has had a 300-meter-long rope towing cable car.
Lumshory vats first started operating 400 years ago
The village of Lumshory, hidden among the Carpathian forests, has deservedly gained the status of a pearl and a business card of the charming Transcarpathia. This phenomenal popularity is explained simply - there are vats here. Huge cast-iron containers for hot bathing in the open air, which can accommodate up to 10 people at a time, depending on their size. And there are plenty of sizes here, as well as vats, or rather, indoor baths on the banks of the mountain river Turychka. Artificial rifts have been arranged along its channel to raise the water level in the places where vacationers go down to the river to cool their bodies steamed in the vat.
There is a well No. 91 at the Polonyna recreation center. The mineral water is supplied from a depth of 157 m and belongs to the low-sulfide, low-carbon dioxide, low-mineralized hydrocarbonate cold waters of the Sernozol type. It is worth mentioning the presence of radon in the springs of Lumshory mineral waters, the content of which is slightly higher than the hydrogeochemical background for Transcarpathia.
Initially, there was only one place in Lumshory with wellness vats. It was located near a water source with a high content of hydrogen sulfide and minerals. This water is not suitable for drinking, but when heated it is very useful due to the activation of trace elements dissolved in it. The first mention of a hospital in Lumshory dates back to 1600. The healing water was heated with the help of hot stone blocks, which were lowered into oak fonts. Later, during the Czech rule, a two-story building for guests was built here. When a factory was built in the neighboring Turykh Remety, two 250-liter cast-iron vats were cast there , in which mineral water was heated and poured into troughs. After the First World War, both vats were lost. It was only in 1970 that Volodymyr Apiary dug up one of them in a stream in the forest. The second vat is now in the Vienna Museum. To this day, the village still has an ancient vat in which healing water is heated.Three years ago, three new vats were brought to Lumshory. Two of them were placed on the territory of a local restaurant-hut owned by entrepreneur Mykhailo Vorozhylnyk. One is at the Lumshory recreation center. Each vat can accommodate five to six people. The procedure is as follows: you are put into a huge 1,000-liter copper vat of mineral hydrogen sulfide water and cooked over low heat with firewood. Bathing in the vat brings healingto the musculoskeletal system.
As the resort village developed and the popularity of this wellness procedure grew among tourists coming to rest in the Carpathians, vats began to appear like mushrooms along the river. Today, there are more than ten baths, but only one of them, which existed here originally, offers bathing in hydrogen sulfide water with a high radon content, which is the most beneficial. All the other vats are used for steaming herbs and offering bathing on spruce branches, which is also useful, but not directly related to why vacationers come here.
Given the remoteness from civilization, it is quite difficult to get to the village. The nearest railway line runs through Perechyn, which can be reached by train from Uzhhorod. Then you can take a shuttle bus, which has interruptions in its schedule in winter. Most people come to Lumshory by their own transport or by sightseeing buses. Excursions to the vats are regularly organized from Polyana. The distance from the regional center to Lumshory is 50 km, from Polyana - 45 km.
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Landmarks, museums and places of interest near Lumshory.
WaterfallLumshory waterfallsLumshory2 km from the centreLumshory waterfalls are a group of waterfalls in the Ukrainian Carpathians, a hydrological natural monument of local importance (called "Waterfall on the Turytsia...
ChurchChurch of St. Basil the Great, LykitsaryLikitsary2.8 km from the centreBasil is a wooden church in the village of Likitsary, Zakarpattia region, an architectural monument of national importance (#193).
Mountain meadowPolonyna Rivna (Runa)Lumshoryaltitude 1 400 m6.7 km from the centrePolonyna Rivna, more often called Runa in Zakarpattia (in the local dialect "runa" means exactly "flat"), is a broad, gentle massif in the western part of the...
WaterfallVojvodyn waterfallPolianska Huta9.9 km from the centreThe Voyevodyn Waterfall is located on the stream of the same name near the village of Zhdeniyevo in Zakarpattia within the Sokolovi Skeli, an ornithological reserve of...
Honey & meaderiesTurianskyi Med Apiary, Turia RemetaTuri Remety13 km from the centreTurianskyi Med («Turia Honey») is the family apiary of Myroslava and Viktor Minkovych in Turia Remeta, a picturesque village in the Turia river valley near Perechyn.
RiverTuria RiverTuri Remety13 km from the centreThe Turia is a small mountain river in western Zakarpattia and a right tributary of the Uzh. It begins north-east of the Polonyna Rivna massif, where its upper course...Craft nearby
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Cheese dairies & pasturesTurianskyi Dvir Estate Cheese Dairy, Turia PolianaTurya Polyana15 km from the centreTurianskyi Dvir is a private country estate on the shore of a mountain lake in the village of Turia Poliana in the Perechyn area, about 50 kilometres from Uzhhorod.
Eco farmsLavandova Hora lavender farm, PerechynPerechyn19 km from the centreLavandova Hora (“Lavender Hill”) is a family farm on the edge of Perechyn that in just a few years has turned an ordinary hill above the town into one of the most...
Craft producersKarpaty Nasolodzhuisia juices & jams, PerechynPerechyn20 km from the centre“Karpaty Nasolodzhuisia” (Carpathians, Enjoy) is a brand of the company Dzherela Karpat from Perechyn, a small town in the Uzh valley.
Eco farmsCsiga-Biga “Merry Stable” Farm, Velykyi BereznyiVelykyi Bereznyi22 km from the centreVesela Stainia Csiga-Biga (“The Merry Stable”) is a small family farm in the town of Velykyi Bereznyi in the Uzh valley.
Cheese dairies & pasturesBilasovytsi Cheese Dairy, BilasovytsiaBilasovytsia26 km from the centreBilasovytsi Cheese Dairy is a small family dairy in the Transcarpathian village of Bilasovytsia, set at about 600 metres above sea level at the foot of Mount Pikui.
Koliby & Hutsul cuisineKoliba “Nad Potokom”, PolianaPolyana26 km from the centreKoliba nad Potokom (“Kolyba above the Stream”) is a wooden kolyba restaurant in the spa village of Poliana near Svaliava in Zakarpattia, on Dyskovetska Street, which...Where to stay
Hotels, sadybas and cottages in and around Lumshory.
HotelU SerhiiLumshoryunder 1 km from the centreParkingNearby: Lumshory waterfalls 2.1 kmChurch of St. Basil the Great 2.8 km12 trailsfrom 2 750 UAH per night
HotelU MyronaLumshoryunder 1 km from the centreHot tubSaunaBBQNearby: Lumshory waterfalls 1.9 kmChurch of St. Basil the Great 2.7 km12 trailsfrom 1 100 UAH per night
HotelNad potokomLumshoryunder 1 km from the centreHot tubParkingWi‑FiNearby: Lumshory waterfalls 2.2 kmChurch of St. Basil the Great 2.6 km13 trailsfrom 1 500 UAH per nightTrails nearby
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ModerateTwo-dayLumshory village loopvia Mount Mala HolytsiaElevation profile445–1 184 m15.9 kmascent 1 122 m≈ 6 h walkingunder 1 km from the centre
HardMulti-dayLumshory village loopvia Voievodyn WaterfallElevation profile441–1 474 m30.6 kmascent 2 256 m≈ 12 h walkingunder 1 km from the centre
HardMulti-dayTurychky village to Lumshory villagevia Runa polonynaElevation profile274–1 480 m26.5 kmascent 1 206 m≈ 9 h walkingunder 1 km from the centrePeaks nearby
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PeakMount Mala HolytsiaLumshoryaltitude 1 184 m4.3 km from the centreMala Holytsia (“Little Holytsia”) is a 1,184 m summit in the north-western part of the Polonynskyi Ridge in Zakarpattia Oblast.
Mountain meadowMount Liutianska HolytsiaLiutaaltitude 1 375 m6.2 km from the centre8 trails to the topLiutianska Holytsia (also known as Lautanska Holytsia and Liutanska Holytsia) is a 1375-meter peak in the Ukrainian Carpathians, located in the northwestern part of...
PeakMount Rivna (Polonyna Runa)Lumshoryaltitude 1 480 m7 km from the centreRivna, or Polonyna Runa (“runa” means “flat” in the local Transcarpathian dialect), is a mountain massif and its highest summit in the western part of the Polonynskyi...