Volyn Region

Volyn region, a land with pine forests, magic oak-groves, boundless valleys, full-flowing rivers and blue lakes, that is rich in history and variety of tourist potential: wooden churches, monasteries, prince castles, colored Ukrainian estates, different museums and natural parks.

Here you can see spiritual center of Kyiv Rus, Volodymyr Volynskiy (it is more than 1000 years old) as well as original Lutsk with its monumental Lutsk castle, fairy building with chimeras and colorful Museum under the sky.

Volun prepared for you the variety of variants for sacral (religious) tourism. Architectural monument of pre-Mongolian period as well as unique round Vasyliivskiy Church is waiting for you (Volodymyr Volynskiy).
 Here you will be able to reunite with wonder-working icon of Mother of God in Zimnenskiy Svyatogorskiy Cloister or to visit the unique Lutsk museum of Volyn icon (here one of the most powerful orthodox shrine is located). It has been disappeared miraculously in times of soviet government). Besides, you can visit grand Svyato-Kresto-Vozdvizhenskiy Male Cloister.
It is an ancient church that has been build without any nail.
Volyn region prepared for you great number of fabulously beautiful objects of nature. Cheremskiy nature reserve is waiting for you. You will see primordial nature that has not been touched by “urban civilization”, charm of Shatski Lakes (they have been named “the blue eyes of Volyn” for their cleanness and transparence) and beautiful Ratnieskie Lakes. Here unique rhodonite source (Kiverts region) is located.
In the XVIII famous for the whole Europe sanatorium has been situated here.
In Volyn you will be able to visit house-museum of well-known Ukrainian poetess Lesya Ukrainka (Kolodyazhnoe village) and house museum of world famous composer Igor Starvinskiy (Ustyluh city). Here you will feel the unique atmosphere and impart sacrament of creativity process. Besides, you will be able to enjoy the variety of international festivals (folk, pop, historical) and tournaments.
 Allow Volyn to meet with you – and you will get a wise, a little bit old-fashioned and thoughtful but very faithful friend with clean blue eyes that cannot cheat. You will stay in its heart, in melodic ringing of bells and whisper of angels that fly in the night to go on the roofs of ancient churches…

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