Opinion about the sanatorium Smerichka in the village of Opaka near Skhidnytsia (2009)

Written: 9 april 2010
Travel time: 2 — 15 august 2009
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 1.0
A good sanatorium for people who need mineral water, nature, peace and relaxation from the bustling city life.
If you are looking for a lot of entertainment, infrastructure and food to dump, then you are not here.
Since the main goal was treatment (and not too expensive) plus I wanted to show my husband the Carpathians, walking in nature, the disadvantages were not so significant.

Among the advantages of the sanatorium:
1. not expensive
2. heated water from Skhidnytsia (brought daily), so you don't have to run anywhere, heat it yourself or something else. Water has a pleasant salty taste (oil).
3. good living conditions - shower, TV, cabinets, hot water (but by the hour)
4. nature, clean air and tranquility
5. The staff is nice and friendly

Among the disadvantages:
1. insufficient animation
2. food is simple and not much (but quite edible and tasty (considering the price, that's fine))
3. no double beds and blankets
4. there are no procedures on weekends
5. some corridors are very rough
6.

colored but synthetic linen on the beds

The sauna was renovated in 2009. Billiards is in a dark and damp basement, where you do not really want to go. In addition, it is uneven, which makes it impossible to use.
There is a small gym with several exercise machines, several mirrors and a table tennis table. The key to the hall should be requested from the nurse on duty. You can play table tennis, but you have to run carefully, because there are several holes in the floor from broken boards. We brought our own rackets, but if you want you can find some old ones there.

If you come by car, you can travel around the neighborhood, which is very picturesque. Visit Truskavets, Skhidnytsia and Boryslav. And without a car, you need a bus and it's some fun, but if you really want, you can. The administration organizes weekend trips to Truskavets and various excursions.
The animator of the sanatorium is also a guide, so it is the main type of entertainment. If you want to play football, volleyball or something, you need to organize it yourself. A little below the sanatorium there is a football field. In general, there should be a disco 3 times a week, but for 2 weeks while we were there, we barely asked for one. 10 people danced, the hall is quite decent, although without mirrors. With such a hall you can organize some field seminars or something else. The disco started late, and there was a historical film with a religious bias, followed by a discussion with the priest.

So you need to have fun on your own. You can get some sleep. People bring cards, balls, rackets. If desired, you can sunbathe, go for walks, collect herbs, mushrooms, blackberries and raspberries (in our period it was).
The nearest shop in the village of Opaka in 20-25 minutes on foot.
Among the treatments I remember were ozokerite, magnetic therapy, ultra-high frequency therapy, herbal infusions, hand massage, high pressure jet massage, pine or salt baths. There were probably a couple more that I didn't need, so I don't remember them.

All procedures only in the middle of the week and only in the morning. Massage only or neck, or chest, or waist. There was a large influx of people, so I had to choose between baths and pressure massage. Then I managed to add a little of those massages. If desired, a urologist can do anti-osteochondral rather painful oriental massage for an additional fee.

Meals three times, dinner around 18-00. As in the Soviet dining room, only the food is more dietary. There is no choice, that is, you have come and your portion is already waiting for you on the table. At dinner, often give an extra bun with yogurt or a bag of juice to eat a little later. There are fruits, but few.
If desired, blackberries and raspberries could be harvested in the forest. You can also buy in Opak or Borislav.
Depending on your diet, you will eat different foods. We had a liver diet (for example, those with kidneys, they have a different, who have other diseases, then different)
In August, the main food was beet jam, buckwheat, rice, mashed potatoes, tomatoes and cucumbers. Stewed and boiled fish, a variety of meat dishes from ground beef (different shapes, but the stuffing is the same), stewed beef pieces, chicken.
For breakfast - milk porridge, bread and butter. For lunch - soups with another dish and dessert. For dinner only the second and dessert.
Desserts were casserole, apples, bananas.
An acquaintance was treated for kidneys, she ate everything without salt, instead of casserole was just cheese, baked apples, prunes.
So it depends on your illness.
Portions are small. And from this oil wakes up just a beastly appetite and it seems that food is not enough.
Soups and milk porridges stand in pots on the tables, and you pour yourself, so you can eat more.
Drinks - tea from pots, compotes, compotes.

It seems to me that the treatment has had a positive effect on my health.

It is possible that little by little the conditions will improve. The sauna will be repaired, the walls in the corridors, too, in the gym patching holes in the floor. Let's hope so. But even in the current conditions, you can relax well, if this is the holiday you are looking for.


We liked it. Regarding some of the comments, there were quite a few people who spoke in Russian and none of them complained about the inadequate attitude of the staff in this regard. So I would assume that such a reaction was in relation to a particular person. If you treat people politely and seriously, they will treat you the same. Especially since the staff at the sanatorium, in my opinion, was very polite and pleasant.
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