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Tower (Krasiya)


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Location: in the Carpathians, 46 km to the east-east of the city of Uzhgorod, Velikobereznya district. Uzhgorod, Velikobereznyansky district.
How to Get There: From Uzhgorod or Lviv by train that goes through Stary Sambor to the station "Kostrino", from there 9 km to the village Vyshka - the asphalted road is laid almost to the beginning of one of the elevators. Or on the national highway N-13 Uzhgorod-Lviv at 61 km in the village Kostrinska Rostoka turn right and drive 9 km along the territorial highway T0713 to the village Vyshka.

In Ukraine, a country rich in attractions and a wide variety of recreational opportunities for visitors, skiing becomes one of the most popular tourism destinations in the cold season. Everyone who wants to have a great time comes here: to ski, snowboard, snowmobile, etc., and at the same time to touch the beauty of one of the most beautiful corners of our planet, to gain strength and improve health. One of the best places for such a vacation is Vyshka village, nestled on one of the numerous slopes of the vast Ukrainian Carpathians.

Among the ski resorts, which are rich in the Carpathians, there are both very famous and almost completely unadvertised and therefore not too popular, and, therefore, not crowded with tourists even in the high ski season. The resort in the village of Vyshka near Krasiya Mountain in the Transcarpathian region belongs rather to the second and therefore is highly valued by lovers of outdoor activities and natural beauty, who prefer a quiet and peaceful vacation. Therefore, all those who count themselves among the lovers of such a vacation, Mount Krasiya will seem one of the most interesting places that Ukraine has to offer.

Vyshka Village is located in Velikobreznyansky district of Transcarpathia at the foot of Mount Krasiya, rushing up to almost 1050 meters. In these picturesque places the most unforgettable vacation awaits all guests both in winter in the ski season and in summer, when the main direction of recreation here becomes green tourism. There are excellent slopes, modern chairlifts and rope tow elevators, cafes and restaurants with a variety of cuisines, cozy private cottages and hotels, a variety of entertainment — hiking and horseback riding through the forests and mountains, baths with water from thermal springs, as well as healing air of the Carpathians and stunning nature and much more.

The first skiing infrastructure in the country was laid on Krasiya Mountain in the 1980s — that is, the first slopes in Ukraine were created here! For this reason, Vyshka village and Krasiya Mountain are called the veteran of Ukrainian skiing. In total on the mountain today, after extensive work to improve the infrastructure for skiing recreation, carried out in the two thousand years, more than a dozen slopes of varying levels of complexity and length, including the longest in the country slope length of more than 3.5 thousand meters! All slopes are served by rope tow and chair elevators, to which even in high season (here the season lasts from December to April) there are no such queues as, for example, in Bukovel. There are clothes and equipment rentals, and inexperienced vacationers can use instructors who will teach skiing and snowboarding. And experienced fans of active winter sports can get a charge of adrenaline, skiing on forested mountain slopes away from the slopes.

There is something to do in Vyshka village besides skiing. From here there are many hiking trails through the beautiful mountainous area, you can also visit the unique marble caves located near the slopes, go on wine tasting, on excursions to Uzhgorod, to Nevitsky castle, In summer you can pick berries and mushrooms, walk in ancient oak and beech forests, and in winter, in addition to snowboarding and skiing, you can go mountain biking, sledding and other types of winter «transportation».

Vyshka village is a place where every tourist will feel unity with untouched nature and will be able to relax in such a way that the reserve of strength after such a wonderful vacation will be enough for months and maybe even years ahead!