Western Ukraine

Transcarpathia

Tour Description: Guided

Our tour starts at Lviv – one of the most beautiful cities of Ukraine with it’s rich architecture, old culture and unique hospitality. From Lviv bus will take us to the Volovets village and our bicycle tour starts. We’ll see waterfalls, old churches and castles ruins, mountain rivers and great cascades,folk architecture museums and deer farm.

During 7 days you’ll discover Ukrainian culture and unique nature of Carpathians. English-speaking guide will tell 7 Legends about this region and it’s traditions. The last point of tour is Mukachevo town. You can buy Ukrainian souvenirs in numerous shops, visit an old castle Palanok, and enjoy by tasty Ukrainian dishes in one of restaurants. Bus will take us back to Lviv where tour ends.

Tour Description: Self-guided

Our tour starts at Lviv – one of the most beautiful cities of Ukraine with it’s rich architecture, old culture and unique hospitality. From Lviv bus will take us to the Volovets village and our bicycle tour starts. We’ll see waterfalls, old churches and castles ruins, mountain rivers and great cascades,folk architecture museums and deer farm.

During 7 days you’ll discover Ukrainian culture and unique nature of Carpathians. English-speaking guide will tell 7 Legends about this region and it’s traditions. The last point of tour is Mukachevo town. You can buy Ukrainian souvenirs in numerous shops, visit an old castle Palanok, and enjoy by tasty Ukrainian dishes in one of restaurants. Bus will take us back to Lviv where tour ends.

Highlights: Guided

• Ridge Borzhava
• Waterfalls Shypot
• Castle Palanok
• Creamery
• Deer farm
• Stave churches 
• Sources of mineral water 
• National Cuisine
• Folk Architecture and Life open-air museum

Highlights: Self-guided

• Ridge Borzhava
• Waterfalls Shypot
• Castle Palanok
• Creamery
• Deer farm
• Stave churches 
• Sources of mineral water 
• National Cuisine
• Folk Architecture and Life open-air museum

Daily Program: Guided

Day 1: Arrival in Lviv
Arrival to Lviv; transfer from the Lviv airport to the hotel. Spend some time exploring the city before meeting with the guide. End the day with an optional excursion in Lviv.
Overnight in Lviv.

Day 2: Lviv - Pilipets (12 miles/20 km)
Following breakfast, you will be transferred by minibus to Volovets (118 miles/190 km). From there you will bike from Volovets to Pilipets. After checking into the hotel, you will have lunch and enjoy a trekking trip to the Shipot waterfall. In the evening, you will have dinner and an optional visit to a bath. 
Overnight in Pilipets. 

Day 3: Borzhava Ridge (12 miles/20 km) 
After breakfast, you bike along the Borzhava Ridge (optional 12 miles/20 km; climb of 2,00 feet/600 m). Once on top of the ridge, you will have lunch and a snack. 
Overnight in Pilipets. 

Day 4: Pylypets - Kolochava (37 miles/60 km)
Today you will bike from Pylypets to Mezhyhiriia (19 miles /30 km). After a break for lunch, you bike an additional 19 miles (30 km) to Kolochava. Upon arrival, you will visit the Museum "Old Village" of the Church and Holy Spirit. You will then check into your hotel and an optional bicycle tour of the pass (10 miles/16 km). 
Overnight in Kolochava.

Day 5: Kolochava - Iza Selishche (42 miles/68 km) 
After breakfast you bike to Drahovo (19 miles/30 km), where you take a break for lunch, before continuing to Selishche. In Selishche, you have an excursion to a cheese factory. From there you continue to bike to Lipchiu, where you visit a reindeer farm. The route then continues through Easa and one to Iza Selishche. 
Overnight in Selishche. 

Day 6: Selisch - Vinogradov (31 miles/50 km)
The day begins with a ride to Kireshi, where you visit the "Valley of Narcissi" nature reserve. You continue to Vinogradov and check into the hotel. After that you have a tour of the city and an optional bicycle tour in the "Chorna Mountain" hole and the Queen to the ruins of the castle (12 miles/20 km).
Overnight in Vinogradov.  

Day 7: Vinogradov - Chetfalva (29 miles/48 km)
The route heads to Chetfalva, where you can admire the cities Reformed Churches. From there you continue biking to the coast, where you check into the hotel. In the evening, you can visit the thermal pool, enjoy free time in the city and a wine tasting following dinner. 
Overnight in hotel near Chetflava.  

Day 8: Bergegovo - Lviv 
The day starts with a transfer by minibus from Beregovo to Mukachevo (19 miles/30 km). Visit the Palanok Castle and the Monastery of St. Nicholas. After lunch, you will have another transfer by minibus Mukachevo to Lviv (155 miles/250 km). You can check into the hotel and enjoy free time in Lviv. 
Overnight in Lviv.

Day 9: Departure from Lviv 
Following breakfast, you will be transferred to the airport.  

Daily Program: Self-guided

Dates: Guided

Daily: May 15- Oct 10, 2012 (groups of 5 or more)

Dates: Self-guided

Route Map: Guided

Route Map: Self-guided

Packages and Prices: Guided

Tour package (guided)
Per person, double occupancy (groups of 5-7) $785 Tour package, groups of 7-10 $730 Tour package, groups of 11-15 $655 Transfer from airport to hotel, 1-3 people $30 Transfer from airport to hotel, 4-10 people $40 Accommodation in Lviv (double room, private facilities, breakfast) $40 Lunch in Lviv on the 1st and 9th day $30 Excursion support in Lviv (1 hour/group) $20 Bike rentals Mountain bike (includes helmet) $80 Equipment provided free with all rentalsith a $0

Packages and Prices: Self-guided

Included Services: Guided

• Accommodation (6 nights), mini-hotels
• All breakfasts in hotels, 3 dinners, 2 suppers)
• Transfer Lviv-Volovets (first day)
• Transfer Beregovo-Lviv (last day)
• Entrance tickets to museums and to deer farm
• Instructor and translator support during the route
• Excursions according the route schedule
• Bicycle rent and transfer to and from the route
• Baggage transportation
• Medical insurance

Included Services: Self-guided

Hotels: Guided

Day 1: Hotel U Burgera, Lviv
www.burger.com
Hotel Burger is a comfotable hotel and restaurant in the center of the ancient city Lviv. 

Day 2 and 3: Hotel U Ganni ta Mykhayla, Pilipets

Day 4: Hotel Cetnicka Stanice, Kolochava

Day 5: Hotel Skorpion, Selishche

Day 6: Hotel JJ, Vinogradov
http://hotel.jjworld.com.ua 
JJ Hotel offers 15 comfortable rooms with air conditioning and satellite TV. 

Day 7: Hotel Jayvoronok, Beregovo
http://zhayvoronok.com.ua
Hotel Jayvoronok is a restaurant and hotel located in a picturesque corner of Transcarpathia in Beregovo, surrounded by picturesque nature and vineyards. 

Day 8: Hotel U Burgera, Lviv

Hotels: Self-guided

Day 1: Hotel U Burgera, Lviv
www.burger.com
Hotel Burger is a comfotable hotel and restaurant in the center of the ancient city Lviv. 

Day 2 and 3: Hotel U Ganni ta Mykhayla, Pilipets

Day 4: Hotel Cetnicka Stanice, Kolochava

Day 5: Hotel Skorpion, Selishche

Day 6: Hotel JJ, Vinogradov
http://hotel.jjworld.com.ua 
JJ Hotel offers 15 comfortable rooms with air conditioning and satellite TV. 

Day 7: Hotel Jayvoronok, Beregovo
http://zhayvoronok.com.ua
Hotel Jayvoronok is a restaurant and hotel located in a picturesque corner of Transcarpathia in Beregovo, surrounded by picturesque nature and vineyards. 

Day 8: Hotel U Burgera, Lviv

Bike Rentals: Guided

Bike Rentals: Self-guided

Surface and Terrain: Guided

The tour travels through rugged terrain, mountains, countryside roads and mostly asphalt paved roads. The terrain is very hilly and is appropriate for hybrid or mountain bikes. Approximately 80% of the tour is on roads shared with traffic and 20% on quiet roads. 

This tour is rated Moderate and is for cyclists in good physical condition. 

Surface and Terrain: Self-guided

The tour travels through rugged terrain, mountains, countryside roads and mostly asphalt paved roads. The terrain is very hilly and is appropriate for hybrid or mountain bikes. Approximately 80% of the tour is on roads shared with traffic and 20% on quiet roads. 

This tour is rated Moderate and is for cyclists in good physical condition. 

How To Get There: Guided

Tour Start and End
Nearest airport: Lviv, Ukraine
Nearest train station: Lviv, Ukraine

Train station is situated in the center of Lviv. You can take a bus or trolleybus to get to the right place.

Public transport is rather cheap in Ukraine, only about 0.2 EUR for one way.

It may be more convenient and cheaper to arrive at the Borispol Airport in Kiev, with a further move to a night train to Volovets, and on the way back from Lviv to Kiev by overnight train tand then a flight from Borispol airport. Price for e-ticket round trip railway is 35 USD for a 4-seater and 130 USD for a 2-seat compartment. 

How To Get There: Self-guided

Tour Start and End
Nearest airport: Lviv, Ukraine
Nearest train station: Lviv, Ukraine

Train station is situated in the center of Lviv. You can take a bus or trolleybus to get to the right place.

Public transport is rather cheap in Ukraine, only about 0.2 EUR for one way.

It may be more convenient and cheaper to arrive at the Borispol Airport in Kiev, with a further move to a night train to Volovets, and on the way back from Lviv to Kiev by overnight train tand then a flight from Borispol airport. Price for e-ticket round trip railway is 35 USD for a 4-seater and 130 USD for a 2-seat compartment. 

More About Ukraine: Guided

Ukraine, like the rest of the former Soviet countries, has endured years of development and political challenges, some of them still recent. However, it remains one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world (it regularly ranks in the top 10). There are mountains, beaches, religious destinations, and cosmopolitan cities with rich cultural history.

The Carpathian Mountains are also very popular in Ukraine for their ski resorts, hiking trails, and tranquil, remote villages. The mountains are also resplendent with creeks and streams, as well as hot springs popular with spas. The natural landscape of Ukraine gives ample opportunities for visitors to swim, fish, hunt, camp, and enjoy the outdoors. The remote rural areas of this region are still dotted with traditional, folk-style stone and wood homes and farm structures, as well as ruins of medieval castles and fortresses.

More on bicycling in Ukraine > 

View all Ukraine bike tours >

More About Ukraine: Self-guided

Ukraine, like the rest of the former Soviet countries, has endured years of development and political challenges, some of them still recent. However, it remains one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world (it regularly ranks in the top 10). There are mountains, beaches, religious destinations, and cosmopolitan cities with rich cultural history.

The Carpathian Mountains are also very popular in Ukraine for their ski resorts, hiking trails, and tranquil, remote villages. The mountains are also resplendent with creeks and streams, as well as hot springs popular with spas. The natural landscape of Ukraine gives ample opportunities for visitors to swim, fish, hunt, camp, and enjoy the outdoors. The remote rural areas of this region are still dotted with traditional, folk-style stone and wood homes and farm structures, as well as ruins of medieval castles and fortresses.

More on bicycling in Ukraine > 

View all Ukraine bike tours >

Tour Company Background: Ukraine 4 You: Guided

Ukraine 4 U, also known as Velovuyki, is a company specializing in developing, organizing and conducting bicycle tours throughout the Ukraine. Located in Kiev, Ukraine, they offer tours in Ukraine, Egypt, Uzbekistan and Spain. They also offer bicycle tours in other countries for clients who speak Russian.

Ukraine 4 U strengths include their deep knowledge about Ukrainian culture. Living in Ukraine, they strive to chose routes that reveal cyclists to every aspect of the countries culture. All tours are conducted several times per season during the last 3 years and instructors are familiar with any possible nuances along the route. All instructors speak the local languages and dialects and have immense cycling experience. 

Our company was founded by a group of like-minded, loving the speed, bicycle, traveling, sports and nature. For many years we traveled by bicycle all over Ukraine and abroad, each time we developed new interesting bike trails for ourselves and our friends . We enjoyed the nature, local traditions and culture, opened more and more new beautiful places in the Ukraine. And in 2008, our hobby became our job. We love bicycles, we love Ukraine, we love traveling and we are happy to share with you our joy and guide you through the beautiful places of our country. Bicycle tour – is a great vacation, which will give you a lot of positive and unforgettable impressions.

Our instructors have a big experience in organization, development, support and mentoring of cycling trips across Ukraine and abroad. We conducted tours for groups of 4 to 20 people, as well as large corporate events for more than 40 people. Duration of cycling trips was – from few hours excursion to 7-days tours. The geography of tours: Ukraine, Egypt, Morocco, Bulgaria, Romania and Slovakia. Also our instructors have a hiking experience in the Carpathians, Crimea, Caucasus and Nepal.

2008 we founded a company “Velovuyki” and since that time we offer more then 30 different tours a year. 2010 is a year when we founded a company “Ukraine4u” – this is our separate project for foreigner, English speaking tourists who are interested in Ukraine, active tourism, green tourism and sports. If you want to join any our tour for Russian speakers or you are interested in other dates, do not hesitate to contact us.

All our instructors are university graduates and all were successful in their business before they decided to devote themselves to their favorite activity. None of us have never regretted it. We love our work, we do things we love and give joy to our clients. Join us! And discover a beautiful Ukraine together with us.

Tour Company Background: Ukraine 4 You: Self-guided

Ukraine 4 U, also known as Velovuyki, is a company specializing in developing, organizing and conducting bicycle tours throughout the Ukraine. Located in Kiev, Ukraine, they offer tours in Ukraine, Egypt, Uzbekistan and Spain. They also offer bicycle tours in other countries for clients who speak Russian.

Ukraine 4 U strengths include their deep knowledge about Ukrainian culture. Living in Ukraine, they strive to chose routes that reveal cyclists to every aspect of the countries culture. All tours are conducted several times per season during the last 3 years and instructors are familiar with any possible nuances along the route. All instructors speak the local languages and dialects and have immense cycling experience. 

Our company was founded by a group of like-minded, loving the speed, bicycle, traveling, sports and nature. For many years we traveled by bicycle all over Ukraine and abroad, each time we developed new interesting bike trails for ourselves and our friends . We enjoyed the nature, local traditions and culture, opened more and more new beautiful places in the Ukraine. And in 2008, our hobby became our job. We love bicycles, we love Ukraine, we love traveling and we are happy to share with you our joy and guide you through the beautiful places of our country. Bicycle tour – is a great vacation, which will give you a lot of positive and unforgettable impressions.

Our instructors have a big experience in organization, development, support and mentoring of cycling trips across Ukraine and abroad. We conducted tours for groups of 4 to 20 people, as well as large corporate events for more than 40 people. Duration of cycling trips was – from few hours excursion to 7-days tours. The geography of tours: Ukraine, Egypt, Morocco, Bulgaria, Romania and Slovakia. Also our instructors have a hiking experience in the Carpathians, Crimea, Caucasus and Nepal.

2008 we founded a company “Velovuyki” and since that time we offer more then 30 different tours a year. 2010 is a year when we founded a company “Ukraine4u” – this is our separate project for foreigner, English speaking tourists who are interested in Ukraine, active tourism, green tourism and sports. If you want to join any our tour for Russian speakers or you are interested in other dates, do not hesitate to contact us.

All our instructors are university graduates and all were successful in their business before they decided to devote themselves to their favorite activity. None of us have never regretted it. We love our work, we do things we love and give joy to our clients. Join us! And discover a beautiful Ukraine together with us.

Terms and Conditions: Ukraine 4 You: Guided

Terms and Conditions

• Ukraine 4 u has to receive your confirmation about the tour 2 months before starting
• We have to receive advance payment in an amount of 20% of the total tour price at about 1 month before the tour start date and give us an estimated number of passengers
• Give us exact number of passengers not late than 2 weeks before the tour

Deposit

• Deposit is 20% of the cost of the tour.
• Paying a deposit you confirm your participation in the tour 
• In case of cancellation of the tour deposit will be returned not fully

Return of Deposit

Time before the tour: returned%

• 1 month: 75% 
• 2 weeks: 50%
• 1 week: 25% 
• less than a week: 0%

Terms and Conditions: Ukraine 4 You: Self-guided

Terms and Conditions

• Ukraine 4 u has to receive your confirmation about the tour 2 months before starting
• We have to receive advance payment in an amount of 20% of the total tour price at about 1 month before the tour start date and give us an estimated number of passengers
• Give us exact number of passengers not late than 2 weeks before the tour

Deposit

• Deposit is 20% of the cost of the tour.
• Paying a deposit you confirm your participation in the tour 
• In case of cancellation of the tour deposit will be returned not fully

Return of Deposit

Time before the tour: returned%

• 1 month: 75% 
• 2 weeks: 50%
• 1 week: 25% 
• less than a week: 0%