Kolochava mon amour
Kolochava is a fairly large village, spread out in the valley of the Carpathian Mountains at an altitude of about 600 meters above sea level. Despite the relatively low altitude, the climate here is noticeably different from the lowland one: summer comes later, and summer temperatures are lower. Clean mountain air and the cleanest mountain rivers literally cutting through the village add a feeling of freshness and cleanliness.
The presence of ten museums, including a rather large open-air museum of an old village with experienced guides, several quite cozy cafes, including a Czech restaurant in the building of the former gendarme administration of 1920-39, when Transcarpathia was part of the Czechoslovak Republic, will not let those who escaped get bored away from the hustle and bustle of the city for tourists.
The surroundings of Kolochava deserve special respect: the mountain lake Sinyovir, in the cold waters of which pine trees are reflected and trout are found, a trout farm, where the entrance fee includes two kilos of fish caught by oneself, later skillfully cooked in the oven by a hotel cook, Shypit waterfall, a cable car operating in summer on the slope - all this is an hour and a half away by car and makes Kolochava an unforgettable vacation spot that combines the features of green tourism and comfort for spoiled citizens.
Kolochava is not only the birthplace of the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Stanislav Arzhevitin, but also the place of life and work of the classic of Czech literature Ivan Olbrecht, highly revered by modern Czech youth, whose idle representatives fill the village for the weekend: the Czechs enjoy climbing the surrounding mountains and drinking bitter in the local establishments, so that the Czech speech here sounds no less than the local version, obscure, by the way, for visitors from other regions of Ukraine, Ukrainian.
