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Lviv
N 49°50.385', E 24°1.832'
2006-11-17, 2008-08-30, 2013-05-11, 2014-05-03 http://lviv.travel/
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Lviv is the most "European" city of Ukraine. There are many beautiful cities with ancient architecture in Western Ukraine. But Lviv is the only truly big city, even by Ukrainian standards where a city with 500,000 people means a medium-sized city. Tourists love Lviv for its narrow streets, old stone blocks - brukivka - and cozy atmosphere. Lviv is perfect for weekend tours from Kyiv. It's quite easy to get there by daily train. Vast majority of tourists come to the city by train and then move towards the Market Square (Ploshscha Rynok). I am sure that the first major attraction of the city on the way from the railway station to the downtown is the Church of St. Olga and Elizabeth.
Church of St. Olga and Elizabeth ©Yuriy Buriak
The downtown is perfect for a long walk - just explore all old streets and alleyways around the Market Square . Be sure to buy the travel guide, as without it you won't be able to find all interesting information .
Lviv City Hall ©Yuriy Buriak
View from the Lviv City Hall tower ©Yuriy Buriak
View from the Lviv City Hall tower ©Yuriy Buriak
View from the Lviv City Hall tower ©Yuriy Buriak
View from the Lviv City Hall tower ©Yuriy Buriak
View from the Lviv City Hall tower ©Yuriy Buriak
Merry little train ©Yuriy Buriak
Rynok (Market) Square ©Yuriy Buriak
View from the Lviv City Hall tower ©Yuriy Buriak
View from the Lviv City Hall tower ©Yuriy Buriak
Latin Cathedral ©Yuriy Buriak
View of the Vysoky Zamok (Tall Castle) Hill ©Yuriy Buriak
Dominican Cathedral ©Yuriy Buriak
Lviv Opera House ©Yuriy Buriak
View from the Lviv City Hall tower ©Yuriy Buriak
View from the Lviv City Hall tower ©Yuriy Buriak
View from the Lviv City Hall tower ©Yuriy Buriak
View from the Lviv City Hall tower ©Yuriy Buriak
During the "Day of the City" (first or second Saturday of May) a beer marathon for beer lovers official website only in Ukrainian ). In the first pub, you get a map, a beer mug and beer coupons with which you go around a dozen pubs and receive a free beer in each of them. This is a good opportunity to see many interesting streets in the downtown.
Beer Marathon in Lviv ©Yuriy Buriak
is one of the first cities in Ukraine that implemented the QR codes .These are the square bar codes from which you can get information about a specific object by using your smartphone Obligatory part of the program is to climb the Vysokyi Zamok (Tall Castle ) Hill, which offers the best views of the city.
On the way to the Vysokyi Zamok (Tall Castle) Hill ©Yuriy Buriak
On the way to the Vysokyi Zamok (Tall Castle) Hill ©Yuriy Buriak
TV tower ©Yuriy Buriak
View of the old city from the Vysoky zamok (High Castle) ©Yuriy Buriak
would recommend visiting the Stryisky park and Lychakiv cemetery, where buried many famous Ukrainians like poet Ivan Franko and composer I haven't mentioned Opera House as I'm sure everyone knows about it, even those who haven't been to Lviv before.until 1939
Lviv House of Scientists ©Yuriy Buriak
Lviv House of Scientists ©Yuriy Buriak
Lviv House of Scientists ©Yuriy Buriak
Lviv House of Scientists ©Yuriy Buriak
Lviv House of Scientists ©Yuriy Buriak
Lviv House of Scientists ©Yuriy Buriak
Lviv House of Scientists ©Yuriy Buriak
Lviv House of Scientists ©Yuriy Buriak
Lviv House of Scientists ©Yuriy Buriak
Lviv House of Scientists ©Yuriy Buriak
Lviv House of Scientists ©Yuriy Buriak
Lviv House of Scientists ©Yuriy Buriak
Lviv is also famous for its thematic cafes - "Kryjivka", "Mazokh", "Pid zolotoyu rozoyu" - as well as numerous coffee and chocolate houses. During our last visit we went to three such cafes.Kryjivka " - 14 Market Square. The most known, unusual and a bit scandalous restaurant in the city. We chose a place in the courtyard, under the anti-aircraft gun and around a huge robot. The food here is ordinary, despite the interesting titles, but still it is better than in other restaurants of this chain.
Kryjivka restaurant ©Yuriy Buriak
Kryjivka restaurant ©Yuriy Buriak
Anti-aircraft gun in the Kryjivka restaurant ©Yuriy Buriak
Anti-aircraft gun in the Kryjivka restaurant ©Yuriy Buriak
Anti-aircraft gun in the Kryjivka restaurant ©Yuriy Buriak
Lviv City Hall ©Yuriy Buriak
Gasova Liampa " - 20 Virmenska St. This is a multilevel restaurant designed as a mine. We managed to find a free table on the top level and watched the beautiful sunset. House of Legends " - 48 Staroevreiska St. This is a multilevel restaurant and museum. Each floor hides various Lviv
"Dim Legend" ("House of Legends") museum and restaurant ©Yuriy Buriak
"Dim Legend" ("House of Legends") museum and restaurant ©Yuriy Buriak
Сhimney sweep in the House of Legends ©Yuriy Buriak
We spent the night in Lviv a few times and during the last visit choose not a hotel, but an old mansion on 2 Technichna (Technical) St. If you travel with a large company, we recommend this place. The entire house can be rented for $250 per day. You can also book one room (information ).
Guest house on 2 Technichna St., where we stayed overnight. ©Yuriy Buriak
Check out the new tourist website of Lviv , created specially for Euro 2012. For sure it stands out among the websites of other host cities.
Lviv Opera House ©Yuriy Buriak
Lviv Opera House ©Yuriy Buriak
Svobody (Liberty) Avenue ©Yuriy Buriak
St. George. Monument to the police officers who died while being on duty. ©Yuriy Buriak
Taras Shevchenko memorial ©Yuriy Buriak
Rynok (Market) Square ©Yuriy Buriak
Rynok (Market) Square ©Yuriy Buriak
Rynok (Market) Square ©Yuriy Buriak
City Hall ©Yuriy Buriak
Rynok (Market) Square ©Yuriy Buriak
Monument to the Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz ©Yuriy Buriak
Stryiskyi park ©Yuriy Buriak
Ivan Franko National University of Lviv ©Yuriy Buriak
Skateboarders near the University ©Yuriy Buriak
Fire station ©Yuriy Buriak
Mateika Street ©Yuriy Buriak
Management of Lviv Railway on the Lystopadovogo Chyna Street ©Yuriy Buriak
House on the Sichovykh Striltsiv Street ©Yuriy Buriak
Armenian Church ©Yuriy Buriak
This is not Italy, it's a courtyard on the Lesi Ukrainky Street in Lviv. ©Yuriy Buriak
House on the Sichovykh Striltsiv Street ©Yuriy Buriak
Balcony in the house on the Stefanyka Street ©Yuriy Buriak
Svobody (Liberty) Avenue ©Yuriy Buriak
Coat of arms of the Masons ©Yuriy Buriak
Architectural monument on the Lesia Kurbasa Street ©Yuriy Buriak
Generala Grygorenka Square ©Yuriy Buriak
House on the Svobody (Liberty) Avenue ©Yuriy Buriak
Lviv Academic Theatre of Les Kurbas ©Yuriy Buriak
Green house on the Johara Dudayeva Street ©Yuriy Buriak
Hnatyuka Street ©Yuriy Buriak
House with majolica on the Lesia Kurbasa Street ©Yuriy Buriak
House on the Johara Dudayeva Street ©Yuriy Buriak
Creative advertising in Lviv ©Yuriy Buriak
House on the Svobody (Liberty) Avenue ©Yuriy Buriak
Kryva Lypa passage ©Yuriy Buriak
House on the Tarasa Shevchenka Avenue ©Yuriy Buriak
House on the Petra Doroshenka Street ©Yuriy Buriak
Engine with chestnuts ©Yuriy Buriak
This is not Italy, it's Lviv! ©Yuriy Buriak
©Yuriy Buriak
House on the Kopernyka Street ©Yuriy Buriak
Lviv balcony ©Yuriy Buriak
Monument to Ivan Franko and advertisement of the local chocolate "Svitoch" ©Yuriy Buriak
Svobody (Liberty) Avenue ©Yuriy Buriak
Hippie bus in the center of Lviv ©Yuriy Buriak
Monument to Danylo Galytsky and the Cossacks ©Yuriy Buriak
Kaboom ©Yuriy Buriak
House on the Stefanyka Street ©Yuriy Buriak
Lviv Polytechnic University ©Yuriy Buriak
Lviv courtyards ©Yuriy Buriak
Villa on the corner of the Melnyka and Konovaltsia streets ©Yuriy Buriak
House with an owl on the Gvardiyska Street ©Yuriy Buriak
House with an owl on the Gvardiyska Street ©Yuriy Buriak
House with an owl on the Gvardiyska Street ©Yuriy Buriak
House on the Сhuprynky Street ©Yuriy Buriak
House on the Сhuprynky Street ©Yuriy Buriak
Chuprynky Street ©Yuriy Buriak
Villa on the Chuprynky Street ©Yuriy Buriak
House on the Sakharova Street ©Yuriy Buriak
House on the Kopernyka Street ©Yuriy Buriak
House on the Briullova Street ©Yuriy Buriak
House on the Kopernyka Street ©Yuriy Buriak
House on the Сhuprynky Street ©Yuriy Buriak
House on the Сhuprynky Street ©Yuriy Buriak
House on the Сhuprynky Street ©Yuriy Buriak
Panteleimona Kulisha St. ©Yuriy Buriak
Panteleimona Kulisha St. ©Yuriy Buriak
Attic on the Kopernyka Street ©Yuriy Buriak
House on the Kopernyka Street ©Yuriy Buriak
House on the Kopernyka Street ©Yuriy Buriak
Church of St. Mary Magdalene (House of Organ and Chamber Music) ©Yuriy Buriak
Tourist map of Lviv ©@
Getting there: The day train runs three times a day. Map of Lviv with public transport.Promo Videos of Lviv :Video about Lviv in timelapse format .EURO 2012 Promo video 1 EURO 2012 Promo video 2 EURO 2012 Promo video 3 Tags, Ukraine: cemetery , church , city , mountains , observation deck , town hall cemetery , church , city , mountains , observation deck , town hall
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Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
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Our rating - 8.20
Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
* - Note: Description of the evaluation is not always appropriate for a particular object, it's just a little help
Visitor's rating - 0.00
Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
* - Note: Description of the evaluation is not always appropriate for a particular object, it's just a little help
