Svalyava sights

Places to visit if you are a first time visitor to Svalyava.

Even such a small town like Svalyava is full of sights, photos of which will remind you of a wonderful vacation. The city was founded back in the XII century, and not much has survived since then. But the description of the sights of Svalyava mentions, for example, an ancient church built in 1588. This is St. Michael's Church, which is located on the territory of a small cemetery in the southern part of the town. If you want to wander around the neighborhood, you will need a map with the sights of Svalyava.

If in the city itself there are not so many really interesting tourist objects, the surrounding areas are famous for them. On the map with the sights of Svalyava there is Cyril and Methodius Monastery. This is an object of pilgrimage of believers, and simple tourists like to come to a picturesque place surrounded by gentle hills and forests. Among the famous names there is also an unusual tract of Sinyak, an interesting attraction in the neighborhood of Svalyava.

Blue Lake Svalyava

The blue lake on the spurs of Mount Bus is filled with sulphurous exhaust from under the ground, there is practically no life in it, but it is incredibly beautiful, and the water has healing properties. In the list of attractions in Svalyava in Russian they mention Obavsky stone, which is located in Mukachevo district, in the village of Obava. This is the crater part of the volcano that once existed here.

And in 1870 near the town was discovered the grave of a Hungarian knight, dating back to the IX century. If you want to admire the beautiful scenery, pay attention to the island of Martha-Margarita on the Latorica River. It is located in the north-western part of Svalyava, a hundred meters below the automobile bridge, if you go downstream. The Roman Catholic Church from the late 19th century and the Greek Catholic Church of the Exaltation of the Virgin Mary, built in the 1930s.


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