The beauty of Lviv sacrate relics captures with its glory.
During the Temples of Lviv tour you will visit three religious centers of Ukraine: Orthodox, Greek-Catholic and Armenian; pearl of Ukrainian baroque style St. George’s architectural ensemble; Onufriy monastery, where the first Ukrainian typed books were published: Apostol and ABC book by Ivan Fedorov; and a lot of other interesting Lviv temples.
Main holy places in Lviv:
- main Catholic cathedral of Ukaine (St. Maria’s Latin Cathedral, the only gothic temple of Ukraine that has been preserved from 14th c.)
- main Armenian church of Ukraine built in 1363
- main Greek-Catholic church of Ukraine (St. George’s church 17th c.)
The most interesting temples in Lviv:
- Assumption church – main Orthodox church of Ukraine in 16-17th c. The place of Petro Mohyla ordination into metropolitan of Kyiv. The first stauropegic church fraternity of medieval Ukraine
- St. Georg’s Orthodox church
- Dominican monastery with the temple of God’s flesh
- Bernardin’s monastery – fortress (1630)
- Benedikt’s convent, St. Onufriy’s Vasylian friary
- Carmelite’s monastery
- Jesuit temple – the first holy place in Lviv to have been built in baroque style (1630)
- Chapel of Lviv patricians 17th c. Boim and Campianus families
- religious themes in Lviv sculptures
- St. Mary’s monument on the main street of the city.
More places of interest in Lviv:
- museum of history of religion (on exhibition – all main religious trends in Ukraine: Orthodox, Catholisism, Uniatism, Judaism, Islam, Protestantism)
- Johann Pinsel museum of wooden church sculpture (mysterious craftsman of 18th c. who was called Lviv Michelangelo)
- Boyko’s and Lemko’s wooden Carpathian churches in open-air museums of wooden sculpture
*entrance tickets are paid additionally: Latin cathedral – 2 UAH, Armenian church – 1 UAH, chapel of Boim and Campianus families – 5 UAH/person.
Price per hour: English-speaking guide – 120 UAH
Foreign language speaking guide – 140 UAH
3-hour tour into the Old Lviv of 18-19th c., into the times of Austrian emperors’ rule who enriched Lviv with buildings and neighborhoods of unique beauty.
The tour Austrian Lviv will guide you through contemporary landmarks created in various styles: Classicism, Eclecticism, Baroque. All these landmarks exist both individually and in combination with each other making our city a unique highlight of your trip.
Throughout the tour you will see:
- Mariyska sq., pharmacy and passage of Mikolash (1st kerosene lamp), Potocki palace – former residence of earl Alfred Potocki
- ‘Lviv first skyscraper’ (how 7-storey building officially became 4-storey)
- Art Gallery, scientific library (Ossolineum), main post office.
- Galician regional seim (parlament)
- Polish Regional Bank, Galician Savings Bank (sitting Statue of Liberty), Bank of Prague
- Stone building of Rohatyn (now Puzata Khata), Building of Railway Administration, Kryva Lypa (curved linden) driveway
- George Hotel, Grand Hotel – birth place of the writer von Sacher-Masoch (from whose name the term masochism derives)
- Philarmony
- M. Lysenko music academy
- Shevchenko avenue
- Palace of Justice
- Officer casino and casino of horse factories owners (place where they shot a chess game between d’Artagnan and cardinal Richelieu)
- legendary coffee shop of mathematicians ‘Scottish’
- Zalevski’s confectionary, products of which were shipped to Paris (now Svitoch chocolate factory)
- main University building of Austian period and Academichna street.
Price:
Ukrainian-speaking guide – 120 UAH/hour
Foreign language speaking guide – 140 UAH/hour
If this is your first time in Lviv or you have only one day to visit Lviv, this tour is perfect for you.
You will see the heart of Lviv, the oldest part of the city which has been preserved till now.
The tour will take you along the streets of ancient Lviv (UNESCO site), where the majority of Lviv and Ukrainian landmarks are situated.
Duration of the tour: 2-3 hours
Price per hour: Ukrainian language – 120 UAH
Foreign language – 140 UAH
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Lychakivska Street that goes from Hlynianskyi gateway to the East from the city center is an integral part of Lviv. During medieval times it was the main trade route to the East – Hlynianskyi trankt (road). It was this side of Lviv where it repelled tatar attacks repeatedly. The street is rich for its history and almost every building holds a separate story or legend. After 3 km on the street, the itinerary turns up to the hills of Znesinnia where a real open-air museum is located.
Shevchenkivskyi Hai (Shevchenko grove) is located on the wooded hills of Rostochchia in the North-East part of the city in Kaiserwald area on the territory of about 84 hectares next to Vysokyi Zamok (High Castle) park on the territory of the landscape park Znesinnia.
The open-air museum successfully combines hilly landscape, Carpathian vegetation and historical structures transported from different regions of Western Ukraine.
The museum’s exhibition has about 120 national landmarks from Western regions of Ukraine. Apart from that on the permanent exhibition and in the museum storages there are 20.000 items of everyday use and applied arts.
The museum’s premises is divided into 6 ethnographic zones. Every zone is a minivillage that consists of 15-20 national landmarks. In the living and agricultural quarters there are items of daily home usage, agricultural implements, transportation means and craft tools.
These minivillages are named: Boykivshchyna, Lemkivshchyna, Hutsulshchyna, Bukovyna, Podillya and Lvivshchyna.
Out of over 120 landmarks from Western regions of Ukraine, there are 6 wooded churches. The oldest exhibit – village house dating back 1749. There is also a smithy, school, sawmill, fullery, water and wind mills.
*entrance tickets – 15 UAH/person (10 UAH for students/children)
This tour offers you to see the main most interesting sites of Lviv in only 3 hours of your precious time.
On Vysokyi Zamok (High Castle) hill (413 m over the sea level) there once stood a medieval fortress that had some relation to the city construction. The trip uphills opens an unforgettable panoramic view on the city that surrounds the hill.
You will be taken along the main streets and avenues where kings and emperors were riding on their carriages. You will have an opportunity to see main sights of Lviv: Theatre of Opera and Ballet (Opera House), St. George’s cathedral, Galician seim etc. And, of course, Lychakiv cemetery. It is impossible to imagine Lviv general appearance without it.
