Things to do in Ivano Frankivsk
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Art Museum
The faintly entertaining Art Museum is in the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary with an attic-like jumble of religious sculptures and paintings.
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Sadko
With a balcony offering primo views across the lake, Sadko produces a fine interpretation of Chinese cuisine. There’s sushi in the clubby room downstairs too. Although some to-share dishes like Peking duck (198uah) and Mongolian mutton (190uah) are quite luxurious, you can also eat frugally here. Simply add a filling plate of delicious rice shortcakes with onion (13uah) to an order of soup (around 6uah).
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Stolova Idalonya No 1
It’s fun finding such a Soviet-style student cafeteria in forward-looking Ivano. Even more surprisingly, some of the dinner ladies dishing up simple fare like fried chicken, pork cutlets, spaghetti, salads, borshch and Crimean Tatar plov (rice and meat) also speak English. The cafeteria’s sign is virtually illegible, so look out for neighbouring Kafe Petrus.
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Slovan
Slovan’s white walls, dark wooden panelling and brown floor tiles make it one of Ivano’s most stylish restaurants and its wooden-decked terrace is a popular spot to be seen on in summer. Breakfasts (French, Italian or Hutsul; 15uah) are complemented by homemade pastas, gourmet fillets of beef and humble fare such as jacket potatoes (8uah) and pizza (19uah to 37uah).
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Bristol
Treat yourself at this elegant Ukrainian-European-French establishment. Among a menu that includes Caesar salad, spaghetti, veal, frogs’ legs and even pâté de foie gras (106uah), the pork served with zingy mustard sauce comes highly recommended. The Georgian and Moldavian wines, especially the Acorex Select Cabernet VDCC, are reasonably quaffable too.
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Marrakesh
This North African restaurant might be more to write home about if it always served the tajine, couscous and plov dishes on the menu. Usually you have to improvise with salad, baba ganoush style pickled eggplants, spicy sauce or other alternatives. Still, the bright colours make the place cheerful and the oriental-style concrete basement is cool in summer.
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Taras Shevchenko Park
The entrance to Taras Shevchenko Park is lined with refurbished Austro-Hungarian mansions and its grounds have been beautifully landscaped thanks to EU money. The park also adjoins the town's large man-made lake, where there are rowboats and the occasional alarming sight of male joggers wearing only Speedos and trainers.
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Cafe Kimbo
Black-and-white photos and old newspaper-style menus give this café an arty atmosphere – with the accompanying smoke. In summer head for the outdoor seating. Besides coffee or beer served in a frosty mug, there are good desserts.
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Regional Government Administration Office
Following vul Hryunvaldska and vul Hrushevskoho from the train station to the centre, you can’t miss the hulking Soviet-realist edifice of the regional government administration office.
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Former Armenian Church
The 1762 former Armenian church boasts an attractive baroque façade and twin bell towers. The church sits on the eastern edge of pl Rynok, which is ringed with other colourful buildings.
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Regional Museum
The star-shaped town hall at its heart houses a not-particularly-exciting Regional Museum.
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Cathedral of the Holy Resurrection
The Cathedral of the Holy Resurrection is baroque in style and worth a glance.
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Vopak
For a wide range of well-priced supplies, try this popular supermarket chain.
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