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
