OKKO Group has begun construction of the first hotel complex of the GORO Mountain Resort in the Lviv Carpathians, the company’s press service reports.
“The construction of the first hotel complex is a strategically important stage in the implementation of the holistic concept of an international all-season resort. According to the master plan developed jointly with Austrian experts, a balanced combination of mountain, ski, hotel and entertainment infrastructure will help increase the length of guests’ stay, which will have a positive economic effect for the entire region,” said Vasyl Danyliak, CEO of OKKO Group and co-founder of GORO Mountain Resort.
The first complex includes three 415-room designer hotels with a total area of 48 thousand square meters, of which 11 thousand square meters are allocated for commercial and entertainment infrastructure, and construction of the first one has begun, the press service ofInterfax-Ukraine said.
OKKO Group started construction of a large-scale recreational project GORO Mountain Resort in October 2024. The total area of the future resort is almost 1.2 thousand hectares, of which 360 hectares are planned for mountain and ski infrastructure, and more than 800 hectares for the development of hotel, commercial and recreational facilities.
GORO Development, an investment and development company that is part of OKKO Group, is engaged in the sale of the resort’s hotel real estate. It is responsible for the development of architectural concepts, construction, functional and recreational content, as well as attracting investments in the hotel business.
Over the next 15 years, GORO Development plans to build 25 hotels with 5,150 rooms at the resort. The first phase on a 127-hectare plot near the village of Volosyanka, 5 km from the village of Slavsko in Lviv region, will include five hotel complexes, a total of nine hotels with 1100+ rooms, and is scheduled to be completed in 2028-2029.
In addition to hotels, it is also planned to build 41 75 km long ski slopes with 342 hectares of snow, two modern gondola lifts and 11 chair lifts, as well as Welcome and Mountain centers.
“GORO will become one of the largest recreational and infrastructure facilities in Ukraine, which will affect the country’s position in the European tourism arena,” Danyliak said.
As reported, in December 2024, the project received a long-term loan from FUIB for 10 years to implement key ski infrastructure facilities, including the Welcome Center, the lower station of the gondola cable car, and a multi-level parking lot, which are already under construction.
The total investment in GORO Mountain Resort is estimated at $1.5 billion. Of this amount, OKKO Group plans to invest $500 million at the expense of its own and credit funds, and another $1 billion is planned to be raised from other investors.
OKKO Group in GORO Mountain Resort acts as the sole owner, major investor, master developer, developer and operator to ensure the harmonious development and holistic concept of the all-season recreational project. OKKO Group has engaged world-class Austrian experts to create an international format: PKF Hospitality (investment analysis and concept), ILF Group (master plan and ski infrastructure) and Doppelmayr/Garaventa Gruppe (design of the lift system and cable cars).
OKKO Group unites more than 10 diversified businesses in manufacturing, trade, construction, insurance, maintenance, and other services. The flagship company of the group is Galnaftogaz, which operates one of the largest filling stations in Ukraine under the OKKO brand, with about 400 filling stations.
The group’s founder and ultimate beneficiary is Vitaliy Antonov.
AI Development and Ribas Hotels Group are planning to open Dzen Residence hotel complex in Ivano-Frankivsk region in 2025, the press services of the companies report.
“Dzen Residence is a new product for the Ukrainian real estate market. We are confident that the combination of Japanese aesthetics with the Carpathian nature will create consistently high demand and provide a stable income for our investors,” said AI Development co-founder Igor Didyk.
According to the release, the complex will be located in the village of Yablunytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk region, at an altitude of 960 meters above sea level, with a panorama of the Chornohora ridge. The 8-hectare area will accommodate 86 houses of 5 categories with an area of 42-110 sq.m. and a condo hotel with 60 rooms of 3 categories. Dzen Residence is designed in such a way that each house has a view of Hoverla, and the rooms of the condo hotel – of Petros.
The infrastructure of the complex includes a biobasin, a 655 sq. m. spa complex with an infinity pool and 5 types of saunas; a recreation area with a fireplace, places for tea ceremonies, yoga classes, two padel tennis courts; two restaurants with a panorama and a food court in the coworking area; parking for cars. A grid bridge will be built at a height of 15 meters and a pedestrian zone around the river will be arranged; there is a water source with a high mineral content; ponds with trout and Japanese carp. A large event hall (2 thousand square meters) was designed for business conferences or other events.
The project developer is AI Development. The integrated management of the hotel complex will be provided by Ribas Hotels Group. The project is designed for two stages of construction: the opening of the first stage is scheduled for Q3 2025, the second – for Q1 2025. Investors can buy cottages with an area of 55 m² with a minimum investment of $203.5 thousand, as well as apartments in condominiums with an area of 29 m2 and a price of $107.3 thousand.
“We forecast an average occupancy rate of 63% for this complex with an average room rate of $144. In terms of operating profitability, we forecast 11.1%. The total profitability, taking into account operating activities and capitalization, is 15.7%,” said Artur Lupashko, founder of Ribas Hotels Group.
AI Development is a development company founded in 2023, with an authorized capital of UAH 50 thousand. The company’s founders are Igor Didyk and Andriy Babula, with 50% of the authorized capital each.
Ribas Hotels Group is a full-service international management company with 10 years of experience, with 55 hotels under management and construction in its portfolio, including 8 projects in Bali, 1 in Moldova, and 1 in Poland. The total number of rooms is over 1000.
On Sunday and Monday, a significant avalanche hazard is expected in the highlands of Ivano-Frankivsk and Zakarpattia regions, the State Emergency Service warns.
“On February 4-5, a significant avalanche hazard (level 3) is expected in the highlands of Ivano-Frankivsk region, and on February 5, due to the expected thaw and precipitation (wet snow and rain), in the highlands of Zakarpattia region,” the State Emergency Service said in a message posted on its telegram channel on Sunday.
The State Emergency Service asks to refrain from hiking in the mountains these days.
The Carpathian Mountains are one of the most popular tourist regions in Ukraine, attracting visitors with their Carpathian landscapes, unique culture and hospitality. The Carpathian resorts are a place where you can find unique mineral waters, vineyards, castles, delicious cuisine and a wide range of outdoor activities, from hiking in the mountains to rafting.
The developed hotel infrastructure of the Carpathians and Zakarpattia includes a large number of hotels and resorts of various categories. There are hotels for families with children, for outdoor enthusiasts, for those wishing to immerse themselves in SPA treatments, and for fans of ecotourism. Zakarpattia offers hotels and resorts for every budget and taste. That’s why we’ve selected the five best places to stay in the Carpathians in 2023.
Fifth place – Grand Hotel Pylypets and HVOYA Hotel
The Grand Hotel Pylypets is a luxurious 4-star hotel and restaurant complex, picturesquely located on the outskirts of the mountain village of Pylypets in the Mizhhirya district. Pylypets is famous as a Carpathian resort, equipped for active recreation – hiking, cycling and skiing, as well as for SPA relaxation.
The hotel’s territory is located in close proximity to the Ploshanka River and the Shipit Waterfall, under the steep slopes of the Borzhavsky Ridge, reaching an altitude of approximately 1500 meters above sea level. Just a few minutes’ walk from the hotel is a 2-section cable car, which transports tourists to the top of Mount Gemba (1498 m) throughout the year.
Opened in January 2012, the Grand Hotel Pylypets with its unsurpassed elegance and high-quality 4-star hotel service was recognized as the “Best Hotel Complex of Transcarpathia – 2012” and won the regional stage of the All-Ukrainian competition “100 Best Products of Ukraine”. Hotel services include: a choice of rooms of different categories; restaurant and banquet hall; terrace by the river on the territory of the hotel; gazebos and recreation areas on the territory of the hotel; conference hall; outdoor swimming pool with heated water; traditional bath by the river; Finnish sauna; massage services; salt room; fitness room; billiards; children’s group and children’s playground; parking with round-the-clock security.
In 2013, Grand Hotel Pylypets was ranked among the 100 best hotels in Ukraine and was awarded a diploma. In the same year, the hotel won first place in the nomination “Best Hotel in the Carpathians” and was awarded the Carpathian Travel Awards for efficiency and high quality of tourist services.
Address: 352 Pylypets village, Mizhhirya district, Zakarpattia region, Ukraine
Website: https://grandhotelpylypets.com/
HVOYA Hotel is a unique complex consisting of two buildings located in the picturesque Vyshnі tract in Bukovel, Ivano-Frankivsk region. Due to its location, it provides a great opportunity for winter and summer activities.
The hotel’s two buildings combine modernity and comfort, and guests are offered different types of rooms, depending on their needs and requirements. The hotel has two reception areas operating around the clock, which ensures convenience and efficiency of guest service.
The restaurant at HVOYA Hotel offers breathtaking views of the Carpathians. Here guests can enjoy gourmet cuisine while soaking up nature through the large panoramic windows.
The SPA area includes a variety of treatments and services, including various types of massages, therapies and other relaxation treatments.
The hotel has an underground parking lot that can accommodate up to 110 cars, which provides additional convenience for guests traveling by car.
For the safety of guests, the hotel is equipped with a modern video surveillance system and has its own security. In addition, reliable OTIS lifts have been installed to ensure comfortable and safe movement around the hotel. For skiing enthusiasts, the hotel offers a ski room with a drying room for equipment. Uninterrupted Internet access guarantees communication with the outside world and the ability to work or have fun online.
HVOYA Hotel is an ideal place for those who appreciate comfort, quality of service and sophistication of the atmosphere.
Address: Vyshni tract, Bukovel, Ivano-Frankivsk region
Website: https://invest.hotelhvoya.com/
Both hotels are distinguished by a high level of service, attentive attitude to guests and an attractive location that allows you to quickly reach the main tourist attractions. They are ideal for family vacations, romantic trips or corporate events.
Fourth place: Yaremche Club Hotel
Yaremche Club Hotel is proud of its magical location among the panoramic Carpathian mountains, 550 meters above the sea, in the resort area of the picturesque city of Yaremche.
The uniqueness of this hotel lies in its special design: the exterior style of the hotel reflects the traditions of local architecture, while inside it provides modern service, a pleasant atmosphere and hospitality of the staff. Visitors can expect to relax in comfort while enjoying the beauty of nature and extraordinary views.
The Yaremche Club Hotel offers a wide range of services for complete relaxation and re-energization for any season of the year. Guests can relax and unwind in the comfortable rooms and suites, of various categories, from standard to executive suites, all equipped in accordance with European standards.
There is also a large outdoor heated pool, a furnished terrace, a spacious lobby and an exclusive restaurant with a signature menu from renowned chef Andrey Ivanov. The hotel offers breathtaking mountain views, creating an unforgettable experience.
For those who prefer a more private vacation, there are separate cottages with two bathrooms, a sauna, a kitchen and a private terrace. For younger guests, a children’s playground has been created on site, promising unforgettable impressions and joy of games.
Club Hotel Yaremche is a combination of traditional mountain hospitality and modern comfort, a place you will definitely love.
Address: Yaremche, 6 Petrash St.
Website: https://yaremche-club-hotel.com/
Third place: Verkhovyna Medical & Wellness Resort
Verkhovyna Medical &Wellness Resort is a harmonious symphony of style and comfort, embodied in three buildings with exceptional architectural design, both inside and out. There are 77 large rooms on the territory, which have been carefully prepared to provide maximum comfort during the period of rest and recreation.
Regardless of the time of year, guests have the opportunity to move between the buildings through stylish glass passages with air conditioning. This makes it possible to visit the spa, undergo medical procedures or swim in the pool directly from the room.
Verkhovyna Resort also features a prestigious congress center with advanced technologies for business events of any format. The restaurant service offers guests a wide range of choices from traditional dishes to exquisite gourmet cuisine.
For guests’ entertainment there is an entertainment center with bowling and billiards, phytobars, a tasting room, and comfortable lounge areas. All this is combined with the natural environment and maximum comfort of all the benefits of civilization, while being in close proximity to the regional center.
“Verkhovyna” is surrounded by a forest at the top of the mountain, on its own fenced territory. The resort’s core is an advanced health rehabilitation center equipped with the latest medical equipment and an individual approach to treatment programs. Visitors also have access to an aesthetic and anti-aging medicine center.
The spa facilities include a hammam, a classic bath, a Finnish sauna, a Thai herbal sauna, a salt room, a snow room, a contrast shower, a whirlpool and a spinal stretching pool.
“Verkhovyna also offers a variety of balneological treatments and programs to restore energy, improve well-being, relaxation and recreation. A pool palace with indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a fitness center, and a panoramic sun terrace complete the uniqueness of this resort.
In addition, guests can enjoy the crystal clear mountain and mineral water, the sources of which are located nearby.
Address: 100 Uzhanska Street, Kamianytsia village, Uzhanska Street, Uzhhorod district, Zakarpattia region.
Website: https://verkhovyna-resort.com/
Second place: Derenivska Kupil Resort
Located in the scenic foothills of the Carpathians, this unique resort offers you health from the Derenivka spring, whose water has been famous throughout Europe for four centuries.
Noblemen, voivodes, traders, and artists used to come to Derenivka to taste the healing water from the baths, which was believed to restore not only health and energy, but also to give youth.
Today’s Derenivska Kupil has exploded with new life, offering hotels, restaurants, SPA-zones, places for active recreation, business spaces, and places for art. Additionally, you will find a botanical garden and a unique sculpture park within its foreseeable area.
The accommodation facilities include the Iris Hotel, the Apartment Hotel and the SPA Hotel. Thanks to the silicon water of Derenivska Kupil, modern technologies, and cosmetic products of well-known European brands, Iris offers a unique set of health and body and face care procedures. In the Silver Therms SPA complex you will find everything for wellness, including a Roman steam room, a Transcarpathian bath, a Finnish sauna, balneological and massage rooms, a contrasting foot bath, an ice fountain, a tropical shower, and a relaxation area overlooking the botanical garden.
The Salamander restaurant offers exquisite cuisine with an author’s vision, the Iris restaurant is a fresh and innovative vision of gastronomic traditions, and the Salamander Cafe is a cozy place to enjoy delicious food on the territory of the SPA center.
The resort also has conference rooms, places for corporate recreation, bowling, billiards, karaoke, a relaxation area and a golf club. “Derenivska Kupil is the only complex in Ukraine that has received a certificate from the European Resort Association.
Address: Ukraine, Transcarpathian region, Nizhne Solotvyno, 150.
Website: https://derenivska-kupil.ua
Renaissance Billiard & Lounge Bar is located in the business center of the hotel, on the second floor. Renaissance Billiard & Lounge Bar perfectly combines comfort, classic elegance of style and a refined atmosphere of prestige.
Fito Bar is a corner of relaxation and health, located on the first floor of the balneological department and in the hotel’s SPA center, near the swimming pools and saunas. Here you can relax and rejuvenate. You can choose from freshly squeezed juices, smoothies, fruit, tea, oxygen cocktails and cocktails made from spirulina or sprouted wheat. Sports nutrition is also available.
“Med Palace is a medical and diagnostic rehabilitation center that is one of the most modern medical centers in Western Ukraine. Highly qualified specialists use resort resources and the latest achievements of world medicine in the treatment process.
DoReMINI is a playroom that is a favorite place for our youngest guests from 0 to 4 years old. Children will be delighted with a variety of games and activities in the pools with balls, slides, mysterious tunnels and stairs, climbing walls and lots of toys. Kids can be in this room only under parental supervision.
For corporate clients, the complex offers an effective combination of high-quality conferences, corporate events, business meetings and seminars with a unique vacation in Truskavets.
Address: 1 Kobzar Square, Truskavets, Lviv region, Ukraine.
Website: https://mirotel.ua/
All of the hotels listed above are distinguished by their unique style, impeccable service, and exciting atmosphere. These are the places where you can conquer the mountain peaks during the day and relax in the evening in comfortable conditions, enjoying luxurious SPA treatments or a delicious dinner. After visiting the best hotels in the Carpathians, you will realize that they deservedly occupy a place among the best places to relax in Ukraine.
Monday, May 8, at night in most western regions, as well as during the day in the Carpathian region and the southern part at times rain, in the Carpathians with wet snow. In the rest of the territory without precipitation, reports Ukrhydrometecenter.
The wind is north-east, 7-12 m/s.
Temperatures at night 1-6°, in the northern part of the country, frosts of 0-5 degrees on the soil surface. Temperatures in the south of the country are 4-9°. Daytime temperatures are 9-14°, in Transcarpathian and southern parts of the country up to 17°. Carpathian highlands have night and daytime temperatures of 0-5°.
In Kiev, without precipitation, the wind is north-east, 7-12 m/s. The temperature at night is 4-6° warm, while during the day it is 11-13°.
According to the Central Geophysical Observatory. The highest daytime temperature in Kiev on May 8, was recorded in 1907 and amounted to 28.2 ° C, the lowest at night – 0.5 ° in 1953.
Tuesday, May 9, in the south-east, in the southern regions it will be raining, thunderstorms, light rain and sleet in the Carpathians. The rest of the territory is dry.
Winds are north-east, 5-10 m/sec.
The temperature at night is 1-6° warm, in the northern western regions there are frosts of 0-5° on the ground. Temperatures in the south of the country are 4-9° warm. Daytime temperatures are 10-15°, in Transcarpathia 14-19°. At night and daytime in the Carpathian highlands it is 0-5° heat.
In Kiev, without precipitation, the wind is northeastern, 5-10 m/s. Temperatures at night 3-5° warm, during the day 12-14°.
The State Emergencies Service of Ukraine on Sunday reported a high risk of avalanches from April 30 to May 1 in the highlands of Ivano-Frankivsk and eastern Transcarpathian region.
As reported on the website of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the third level of danger has been declared.
