Lumshory is the oldest resort area of ​​Transcarpathia. It was here, near the source of the mountain river Turitsa in 1600, that a water hospital was founded, to which nobles from all over Europe came for treatment. The first vat in Lumshory was located near a mineral water source with a high content of hydrogen sulfide and radon. This water is not suitable for daily consumption, but if you heat it and take a bath, it becomes very good for health, thanks to the activation and positive effect on humans of dissolved minerals. In the 18th century, thanks to the efforts of the Counts of Schönborn, the spa became a well-known in all of Europe “Lumshory Resort” – a favorite vacation spot for Austrian and Hungarian nobles. The picturesque hinterland is famous for its unique natural springs. It is known that more than 400 years ago, a holiday in Lumshory with its unique local water was simply indispensable and very useful in the treatment of musculoskeletal system (muscles, ligaments, tendons and bones) and had an extremely positive effect on the nervous system. In those days, vats looked like wooden barrels. They were heated by lowering hot stones into the water. When a metallurgical plant was opened in the nearby village of Turya Remeti, two quarter-ton cast iron vats were cast. After the end of the First World War, both vats were lost. Only in 1970 did Volodymyr Opiary manage to find and dig up one of the vats in the forest in the stream. The second is currently part of the exposition of the Vienna Museum. To this day, Lumshory has preserved and uses an ancient vat, which is located in the recreation complex “ U tsimbora “.

Lumshory vats nowadays

Today, vats are made of high quality cast iron, can “cook” up to a dozen people and promise amazing and unforgettable experiences. Locals throw firewood under the tub. People get into it only after the water reaches 36.6 degrees. Then it is slowly heated to 40-45 degrees. As soon as you feel that it is already hot enough – quickly jump into the local cool river, which is very close.

Such a seemingly crazy procedure will only consolidate the therapeutic effect. It really has little to do with vivid sensations and great well-being! The greatest extreme can be felt in winter, at an air temperature of minus 10ºC.

Nowadays in Lumshory and its surroundings you can find several dozen places where you can bask in the vat, but only one bath, which has existed here since ancient times, you can get a bath in hydrogen sulfide water with high radon content. Such vats are the most useful. All other baths offer vats with herbs and spruce branches, which is also useful, but does not have such a powerful health effect.

Contacts

“Hunting Estate”

The complex has 5 health vats, of which:

• 2 vats for 4-6 people – UAH 550. in 1 hour,
• 1 vat for 10-12 people with a diameter of 2.8 m – UAH 1,000. in 1 hour,
• 2 vats for 7-9 people – UAH 800. in 1 hour.

Vat in Lumshory “Gapachok”

In this vat for 6 people near the river brew a variety of medicinal herbs collected in the clean Carpathian plains. These are chamomile, lemon balm, mint, thyme. Water together with herbs in the vat tones the skin, improves its respiration, improves the circulatory system.

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In all these complexes there is a possibility of settling in rooms and whole cottages.
Prices for housing and services do not differ much.

The range of services is about the same. In addition to the already mentioned, you can rent ATVs and snowmobiles, as well as admire the Carpathians while horseback riding or fishing. Tourists should book accommodation in Lumshory in advance, because the resort is extremely popular and the number of seats is limited. Prices for services change sharply depending on the season. They are especially high for the New Year and Christmas holidays and very busy in April – May.

2023 prices for vats in Lumshory and Transcarpathia

• “U Tsimbora” (Lumshory village) – UAH 800 per hour (6-8 people), UAH 1000 per hour (8-12 people)
• “Hunting estate” (Lumshory village) – UAH 550 per hour (4-6 people), UAH 800 per hour (UAH 7-9 people), UAH 1,000 per hour (10-12 people)
• To lem ande (Lumshory village) – from UAH 700 per hour
• Gopachok (Lumshori village) – UAH 700 per hour, UAH 1,300 for 2 hours, UAH 1,600 for 3 hours. Phytochan
• “Forest Tale” (Zhdenievo village) – UAH 750-1500 UAH per hour;
• Grand Hotel (Pylypets village) – UAH 700 per hour (4 people);
• Belle Royale (Lisarnia village) – UAH 400 per hour (maximum 6 people);
• Volnohora (Lisarnia village) – U400 UAH per hour in the first two hours, each next hour – 200 UAH (prices are indicated for accommodation in a vat for up to 10 people, if more than 10 people – 50 UAH for each next person);
• Kateryna (Polyana village) – UAH 450 per hour (up to 4 people), UAH 350 each hour;
• Ungvar Bath (Uzhhorod) – 1250 hryvnia per hour with a minimum order of 2 hours / 4 people. + 500 UAH surcharge for each subsequent visitor;
• “Prague” (Uzhgorod) – 1500 UAH per 2 hours.
• “Uzhanski kupeli” (Uzhok village) – 800 UAH for 1.5 hours in a small vat (additional hour from 200 UAH); in a large vat for 1.5 hours – 1000 UAH (additional hour from 400 UAH); in a new vat for 1.5 hours – 1200 UAH (additional hour from 400 UAH).

Tours and excursions

Where to eat

In addition to the amazing scenery, beautiful waterfalls, skiing and swimming in unique vats with mineral water, there is another important reason to choose Lumshory as a place to relax. This is a lunch at the ethno-restaurant “Horseshoe”, which is located nearby in the town of Perechyn. Ukrainian, Hungarian, Slovak, Czech, Polish, Jewish and even Roma – all the flavors and aromas of international Transcarpathia in a single tasting menu. Meal in the “Horseshoe” – a real feast for the stomach: frog legs, cucumber, poprygashka, shovdar, picnic, lined beans, banosh, fragrant baked potatoes on the fire, pancakes with liquor … And what is worth the branded alcoholic beverage “Plum brandy from my grandfather “. As local guides like to say, if you haven’t been to Lumshory and bathed in vats and didn’t have Transcarpathian dishes in the Horseshoe – you haven’t been to Transcarpathia!

What else to see in Lumshory

How to get to Lumshory

Given the distance from major cities, getting to the village of Lumshory is quite difficult. The nearest railway passes through the town of Perechyn, which can be reached by train from Uzhgorod. From Perechyn you can use scheduled transport, the schedule of which in the winter there are interruptions. In addition, Lumshory can be reached by scheduled transport directly from Uzhgorod, namely from the so-called “Perechyn” bus station, which is located near Uzhgorod Castle. Most tourists come to Lumshory by car or sightseeing bus. Excursions to the vats are regularly organized from Polyana. Distance from Uzhgorod to Lumshory – 50 km, from Polyana – 45 km.

🧡 Holidays in Lumshory will be one of the best and will be remembered for a lifetime!