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Beautiful scenary, kind, generous people
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So much to experience, so little time
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The home of my ancestors.
Pomocub Says: The Ivano-Frankivsk Acadamic Drama Theatre is locatted right next door to Hotel Nadia in central Ivano-Frankivsk. The theatre hosts mainly plays but there was an advertisement when I was in Ivano-Frankivsk for famous singer Ani Lorak's concert at the theatre in October of...
levibg Says: Our favorite thing to do in almost any city, is get to center via bus and spend all day walking around. Ivano Frankivs'k has a lovely walking street with fountains and small shops, a bustling market, and beautiful old churches. It's easy to get lost so take a map and choose...
Pomocub Says: Like most Ukrainian cities Ivano-Frankivsk also has an Independence Street/ Nazalezhnosti Vulystya which is the main pedestrian walk way in the centre of the city. The street is lined with various different indoor and outdoor restaurants, coffee bars and also the odd cake...
Pomocub Says: River Cheremosh is a very large river that runs through the Carpathian Mountains. The River Cheremosh is a famous white water rafting spot and companies in the area run white water rafting courses and excursions that can last between 2-5 days and include hotel accomodation.
Peperoncino: Absolutely Delicious!
Pomocub Says: Peperoncino is an italian indoor and outdoor restaurant located on the main pedestrial walk way in Ivano-Frankivsk. Only a 5 minute walk from the Hotel Nadia and it is the first restaurant you will come across on that walk way if you are coming from that direction. As it has...
Legend Restaurant: The Food is Rivaled Only by the Decor
levibg Says: The restaurant decor is so beautifully, traditionally Ukrainian that it's hard to concentrate on the menu. Garlands of onions, garlic and spices drape the dark ceiling beams between old pottery and craft and farm items. Traditional murals in bright reds and blues and greens...
Pomocub Says: Kray Neba is a hotel/ restaurant located 40km outside of the city of Ivano-Frankivsk. We stopped here for lunch on our way to Ivano-Frankivsk from L'viv so this review will be purely on the restaurant side of Kray Neba as I did not use the hotel services. The restaurant has...
Arkan: Fantastic restaraunt on the river bank
Pomocub Says: Arkan is a restaraunt on Sheshory Village, Kosiv that serves traditional Ukrainian / Hutsul dishes. The restaraunt has a 2 tier inside area and a 3 tier summer terrace looking the river which runs a long side, the outdoor space is open and the restaraunt staff offer you a...
If you find yourself in Ivano Frankivsk, do not miss the chance to visit Bunker Bar! This low-key underground bar is styled after a Ukrainian resistance bunker during the Soviet revolution. Trinkets garnish the walls in a respectable, not tacky, way - there is always something interesting to look at hanging on the walls.
The bar carries a wide variety of vodkas (of course!), including a fabulous home-made vodka that the owner gave us! They also serve nice Ukrainian dinner dishes. Service is great and the atmosphere is perfect!
Perhaps the best testament to this bar is the fact that it's always packed with locals, young and old!
Definitely stop by for a visit!
Dress Code: Come as you are
Updated Jul 6, 2009
Address: Vul. Vagilevicha, 6
Phone: 8 050 373 52 52
Pomocub Says: Ivano-Frankivsk airport is located just 3 miles from the city centre. The airport is extremely small with one run way and only one terminal. Due to Ivano-Frankivsk being a small city you can only travel by Aeroplane to Ivano-Frankivsk from Kyiv. Only 2 flights operate from...
hunterV Says: We came to the city by train. It is connected with Kiev, Lviv and other large cities by trains.There are also bus routes to the majority of West-Ukrainian cities.I don't know if the city airport functions now.You can fly to Lviv and then take a bus, a train or a taxi to...
Pomocub Says: In busy areas such as train stations, metro stations, football stadiums in Ukraine you will see toilet facilities that look like this (even in the ladies toilets). Regular toilets will be found in hotels and restaurants. In the busy areas and when entering a toilet using the...
Pomocub Says: Ukrainian Orthodox is the main religion within Ukraine and indeed in Ivano-Frankivsk. When driving around the country you will see many grand churches in even the tiniest and poorest of villages. Due to the large Jewish community you may also see Synagogues. You will notice...
Pomocub Says: In my experience of Ivano-Frankivsk most of the population in this area speak Ukrainian. This may sound a rather obvious but many cities in Ukraine (in particular Eastern Ukraine) speak mainly Russian. The dialects in Ukraine tend to vary quite vastly and Ivano-Frankivsk is...
Pomocub Says: You will find when travelling around the rural areas of Ivano-Frankivsk that there will be many people stood beside the road trying to wave down your car. This happens often but more so on market days. From what I was told from my interpreter it is fairly safe but use your...
Pomocub Says: It is important to stay aware and to stay vigilant when driving on Ukrainian roads. You will find that inside of the big towns and cities the roads will be smooth and very safe but on the rural roads outside of the cities most roads you will see pot holes and cracks which...
Pomocub Says: This warning or danger tip isn't just specifically for when Ivano-Frankivsk but for any market or busy town area within Ukraine. Be aware that if you see anybody that you think could be following you around the market that smells of alcohol to keep well away from them. Pick...
Pomocub Says: If you ever get the offer of visiting an authentic Ukrainian village you have to go. The villages in Ivano-frankivsk are extremely beautiful with views of the amazing Carpathian Mountains. Ukrainian villages are generally very cash poor but inhabit some of the most kind,...
Pomocub Says: This is a very big market which sells everything from clothes, shoes, food, flowers, ornaments.....even animals. We were brought here by our interpreter and really enjoyed our morning at the market. Most items were really well priced. I bought a rug for my living room that...
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Favorite thing: I spent in this city half a day, waiting for a train back home. We decided to get from railway station to center by foot, and it took quite long walk though. What I got to notice, Ivano-Frankivs'k is very friendly city with same very friendly people. At day time, it was very alive. As its a region center, in city quite well advanced business, lots of shops and services (comparing to most other west ukrainian citys, unfurtunatly, they are far from good).
Though, as for architecture, I expected more from this famous city. Just few beutiful buildings I came across, and most of them, in center.
Well, in spite of everything, Ivano-Frankivs'k is a fine place to make a stop in your further travellings around Carpathian Mts and west of Ukraine.
Fondest memory: As for fondest memory, it was in pizzeria Chelentano, which is close to main square. We were so hungry, so offered pile of food, waiters I guess, for first time saw such hungry tourists, was funny to see their eyes when we asked for more and more :) Btw, very tasty place to have a lunch.
Written Feb 2, 2007
Ivano-Frankivsk is the home of the Carpathian Mountains and the home of my ancestors. My first visit was in May 2012 to meet an Aunt that I had managed to track down after over 40 years of no contact...
Ivano-Frankivsk would sound like Ivan-Franko-City in English. It was named after the outstanding Ukrainian writer and poet of the 19th and 20th century Ivan Franko. The city got this name in 1962......
Ivano-Frankivs'k is a bit in the shadow of L'viv, the most important city in Western Ukraine. The name of the city (after the prominent Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko) was given to it at its 600 years...
This city is full of beautiful old buildings, among the communistic concrete apartments. The market is the heart of the city, as well as the broad, cobblestone walking street with its fountains and......
It is currently August 6, 2004, and I arrived in Ivano-Frankivsk 10 days ago. So far, it has rained rained rained....this is very unusual weather for this time of year, but it explains why I do not......
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