Lviv from A to Ya. Manual for an independent tourist

Lviv is a city with a centuries-old history. Here every home and street is saturated with a special atmosphere. Arriving here for the first time, you will walk with wide eyes and do not believe that you are in Ukraine.

In our pre-holiday article we will tell you what to look in Lviv for 3 days, which attractions and institutions are required to visit. And the first thing you want to tell the worship of the city of Lion to the May holidays - to book accommodation in advance, as this weekend it will be very hot here.

Day 1

We start our walk in Lviv. First you need to eat and charge emotions, so we go to the crap.

Crying (Kryyoman)

Crying is a unique establishment, which is rather famous for any other kitchen (although it is good here), how much is the situation. "Crying" is the shelter of the soldiers of the Ukrainian Rebel Army (UPA). Here you will see a collection of military equipment, German grenades, grenade launchers, radio stations and encryption machines. And among all this military wealth, you will be able to try the "halfter of sausages", the bloodstand, the kulesh, a dearer and, of course, drink a gorilla, tincture and kvass.

It's not so easy to find a crap - there are no signs. But we will give you a hint - it is right in front of the city's town. There you will see a residential building and a basement with an inconspicuous door. Write, you will open a military guardian and asks the password. And the password sounds: "Glory to Ukraine!", After the guard responds: "Glory heroes!", You put a tincture and put on the narrow corridors of the restaurant. Believe to everything with humor, tourists love here, will always feed and entertain.

Another feature of the Kryovka - the restaurant is open around the clock. Therefore, if you arrived in Lviv early in the morning or late in the evening and do not know where to go - boldly go to the king.

Address: pl. Market, 14.

Park High Castle

Park "High Castle" One of the most favorite places not only tourists, but also by Lviv. He is on the castle grief. From here there is a fascinating view of the city. And if you go here in the early morning, you can enjoy not only a panorama, but also silence that will add romance.

The first mentions of Lviv in the annals of 1256 are connected just with the castle mountain. And the park was equipped in the XIX century on the site of the fortress a high castle, which was a defensive fortress and a weapon repository.

Address: ul. Castle

Lviv Copal Coffee (Lvіvska Kopalny Kavi)

To visit Lviv and do not drink a cup of coffee in the speaking - it is impossible. Walking in the center of the city, you will all the time will be located next to the coffee house, so you will not succeed. You can sit on the terrace with a transparent roof, at the window in the hall itself or go down to the mine, putting on a helmet and drink coffee there.

Taking the menu, the eyes simply run away from the names of coffee - coffee mulled wine, coffee-dessert with cream, liqueur and nuts, blessing coffee, which is of great popularity. For dessert, take Lviv cheese or apple strudel - it is so tasty that I want to prolong pleasure.

The menu also has meat and hot dishes, snacks, salads, strong drinks and cocktails. Everything is very tasty and satisfying.

Address: pl. Market, 10.

The town hall is in the building of the city council. To look at Lviv from a bird's eye view, you will have to climb over a steep staircase, overcoming 408 steps. But when you do this, you will open a stunning view of the city. When you look at this beauty, note that there are no billboards in the old part of Lviv, which spoil the appearance and is delightful!

Interesting Facts:

On the Lviv Town Hall are the clock made in 1852 at the Factory V. Shtil. This watch is considered one of the oldest in Ukraine.

Every day at 12:00, the Hymn Lviv plays from the tower.

Address: pl. Market, 1.

Dominican Cathedral (Catholic church)

One of the symbols of the decoration of Lviv is a Catholic Dominican Cathedral, built in the XVIII century. Majesty and solemnity - this is how it is possible to characterize it. The words "Soli Deo Honor Et Gloria" were written on the front, which means "God's united honor and glory". The interior of the cathedral reigns sophistication and luxury. In the domical depicted holy Dominican Order, in the altar part - 4 apostles. The cathedral is a bright Baroque style representative.

Address: Museum Square, 1

The first grove restaurant meat and justice (Person Grill restaurants M'yasa Ta Fair)

After you feed appetite, go to this institution that is located at ul. Gross, 20. The only minus about which you should warn you are huge queues, especially if you are traveling for holidays. But if you are ready to wait, your torments will be raised with a juicy kebab, a beef steak, a sausage plate, a factor and fragrant grill vegetables.

We will not write the legend of this institution, but simply say that it is so tasty here that the next day you will think: "Why did I eat so little meat?"

Address: ul. Gross, 20.

Gusova Lump (kerosene lamp)

If you do not like the queue in "Meat and Justice", then go to Gasova Lampa. Although there is worth going anyway. This restaurant-museum is devoted to the invention like a kerosene lamp, which became known in 1853, thanks to the pharmacy workers "under the Golden Star" - Ignatia Lukasevich and Jan Zeg. Find the restaurant you are on Armenian Street, 20. There will be a sculpture of Lukasevich at the table with a kerosene lamp (one of the inventors), and if you raise your head, you will see Yana Zega looking out of the window.

At the entrance you will meet and spend on dark corridors. The kitchen here is Ukrainian - meat board, sauer vegetables, pork sausage, fat. You can also try drinks from tubes - tincture, honeycomb, hrenovukhu, and even kerosene.

Since this is not just a restaurant, but a restaurant museum, the exposition of kerosene lamps is exhibited here (almost the largest in Europe).

Address: ul. Armenian, 20.

Day 2.

Resting and taking strength for walking, we are going to an unusual place - in the cemetery. And after that, we are waiting for many more fascinating places.

Lychakovsky cemetery is also called the open-air museum. Since almost every crypt is a real work of art. The history of the cemetery begins with 1786, when Lviv was the capital of Galicia. And the first burial dated 1657.

There are 23 chapels, belonging to rich families, 2000 tomb, 500 reliefs and figures. In total, the cemetery is about 300,000 burials. The writer Ivan Franco is resting here and the author of "hellish ruti" Vladimir Ivasyuk.

Being here, you will be delighted with sculptures and tombstones. Some of them are made by the famous architects - Anton and Johann Shveyzer, Martman Viet., Paris Filippie, Feodosia Biz and others.

And if you want stronger sensations, come here on a tour at night. Lighted tracks and ringing silence will produce a strong impression.

Address: ul. Mechnikova, 33.

Latin Cathedral

The beautiful Latin Cathedral is located in the center of Old Lviv. Its spire has a length of 67 meters, so you can easily find this place. The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was built for 100 years! The start of construction dates back to the XIV century. In all the time of its existence, the appearance of the cathedral changed, the most significant restoration took place at the end of the XVIII century, then the temple acquired the features of the Baroque and Rococo styles. MUST SEE!

Address: Square Cafedry, 1

Church of Jesuit (Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul)

On the same street, two steps from the Latin Cathedral is the church of Peter and Paul Order Jesuit. It was built in 1610 - 1630. Since then, in the exterior and interior of the temple, almost nothing has changed. In the XVIII century, they attached a tower, which is the highest in the city.

The church of Jesuitis is interesting for its dungeons where you can see the remnants of the princely walls of XIVV., Artifacts, frescoes, as well as sarcophagus with an inscription, which confirms that it is made for Archbishop Nikolai Vijitsky.

Address: ul. Theatrical, 11.

"Masonic Lodge", or "Kratoga Restaurant Gloria"

The Masonic Lodge Restaurant is located in the same building with a crap and a signboard here either. But the one who is looking for - will always find. After you enter, you can hand any crumpled paper or something else - do not be afraid and be sure to save it until you calculate. When you take the menu in the hands, you will see prices with a lot of zeros - this is the most expensive restaurant of Galicia. But after presenting the thing that you will be given when entering or the Local network card, your discount can reach 90%.

Address: pl. Market, 14.

Square Market

Walking along the old Lviv you will always return to the market area. Its architecture is characteristic of the Central European cities of the Middle Ages. After a large-scale fire in 1527, there were no old wooden buildings, only cellars. Italians, Rusins, Germans, Armenians, Poles and Jews who lived in Lviv took part in the restoration. Now we see in architecture what was formed until the XIX century. At the corners of the square, four fountains are installed - Fountain Adonis, Amphitrite Fountain, Neptune Fountain and Diana Fountain. Around the area market are at home attractions: Bandinelli House, Black Kamenitsa, Venetian House, Lubomirsky Palace, Adreole Passage.

Lviv Opera House. S. Kruzhelnitsky in Lviv is one of the most beautiful theaters of Europe on a par with the Vienna and Odessa operations. On the facade of the building you will see the figures "Love", "Life", "Glory", "Art", "Victory". Inside there is a large mirroring hall, decorated with paintings, symbolizing the change of the year. In the hall - chandelier from precious materials. And on the second floor they survived the choir of Emperor Franz Joseph. You can just go to the theater simply on the tour, but it is better to take a ticket to the presentation. You will be impressed.

Address: Prospect Freedom, 28

Cafe Masoch

After saturated day excursions, go to Art Cafe Masoch, where you are waiting for a spicy evening. Here reigns the atmosphere of works of Leopold von Zaher-Mazoha - Knuti, handcuffs, leather vacations, interesting chairs "with a perchnka", woven bras and erotic photos. Opening the menu, do not be afraid and do not rust - dishes and drinks are also associated with the theme of sex and masochism. If desired, the waiter will put on you the collar or takes off the lash (in the evening).

By the way, at the entrance there is a sculpture of Leopold von Zaher-Mazoha in full growth. It can be climbed into your pocket and find something interesting.

We want to draw your attention that the place is not for visiting with children. But after the description you yourself guessed.

Address: ul. Serbian, 7.

Day 3.

Usually, departure from the hotel or apartment takes place in the first half of the day. What to do if your train is only in the evening. Our advice - we leave things at the station, and from there we go to watch beautiful sights.

Saint Olga and Elizabeth Cathedral

The cathedral is the highest in Lviv - its height is 85 meters. Completed in neo-style, it strikes with his beauty. The cathedral was built at the beginning of the 20th century and was called the church of St. Elzhbeth in honor of the wife of Emperor Franz Joseph I - Elizabeth. In 1991, the Cathedral was transferred to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and renamed.

The portal with a large rose in the center, sharp spiers, vertical space inside - the elements of the North-German and French gothic architecture were used during the construction.

Address: Kropyvnitsky Square, 1

Cathedral of St. Jura.

St. Jura's Cathedral is the pearl of the Ukrainian Baroque and the main shrine of UGCC, here a long time was the residence of the Grekocatolic Metropolitans. The very first Cathedral on the Svyaturaskaya Mountain was erected at the time of the Galician-Volyn Principality. The current temple ensemble was built in 1770. The bell tower is the oldest bell in Ukraine - 1341.

Address: Square of St. Jura, 5

House legend

Restaurant "House Legends" is in a quarter from the area of \u200b\u200bthe market and is located on 4 floors in an old house. Each room stores some kind of secret. For example, in the legend's room about Lviv pavement, samples of bridge different eras are presented, and the exposition of historical watches is located in the Lviv room. The kitchen here is homely, prices - medium.

Address: ul. Staroevrayskaya, 48.

Lviv Master of Chocolate (Lvіvska Maizrun Chocolate)

Despite the fact that the workshop network today opens in many cities of Ukraine, it is necessary to visit her in Lviv. The abundance of chocolate products, fragrant coffee and coffee cocktails, sweet souvenirs - well, it is impossible to pass by.

Address: ul. Russian, 3.

We hope our small guide will help you decide what to look in Lviv for three days. Walking through the streets, you will feel absolutely happy, because there are so many beautiful and interesting, permeated history and secrets.

Leave comments and photos about your journey to Lviv, let's share each other interesting!

Remember the old movie with Julia Roberts - "Eat, pray, love"? So, if the screenwriters arrived to Lviv on the eve of the filming, they would not have to take scenes in three countries of the world. All that the heroine of the film Elizabeth Gilbert was engaged, perfectly fits in the spirit of this atmospheric city in the west of Ukraine. Lviv is stunning, ancient, majestic, sacral, mystical, gastronomic, romantic and very friendly.

We just returned from Lviv, where they spent just an unforgettable week. I have a biased one and a half thousand photos and a bunch of stories that I will share with you in the next couple of weeks! And today, the general post about Lviv, who explains why we went there, what they saw and why would surely return again.

"In Lviv first, traveling to the cemetery, there is very beautiful!", - Slender older sat in front of us in the coupe and spoke about Lviv. "And besides the cemetery, pick up the town hall, from there all the lions are visible! And there people are very friendly and calm. Here we have all sorts in Vinnitsa, and they have everything polite."

Why did we decide to go to Lviv?

We decided to go completely spontaneously to the West of Ukraine. We have long wanted, but then the repair in the apartment must be done, then the time "according to Asias" to dangle. This summer, they wanted to work hard, sitting in Kiev, but suddenly it turned out that Sasha warned the bosses about vacation in July in winter. They are mandatory and responsible people, and have already found a replacement for these two weeks in July. Therefore, I had to urgently invent how to spend your vacation. In the fact that you need to go to Lviv, there was no doubt. It is relatively close to Kiev, just night by train or 5.5 hours on the high-speed train of Intersiti. In Lviv, beautiful architecture, delicious food, a lot of entertainment. If briefly, Lviv is a European city with Ukrainian accommodation prices and restaurants. Here you can go on a tour of 3 dollars or dine from the Bureau for 10 dollars on three.

What did we do in Lviv?

Lviv is a medieval city. Surprisingly, in the historic center the buildings are preserved, which is simply impossible to believe. Some houses are 450 years old! They stand flattelling and moreover "live" - \u200b\u200bthere are museums, hostels, restaurants, shops ...

Lviv is stunning Gothic cathedrals and churches. Majestic outside and completely amazing beauty inside. If you have little surprise you, go to the Latin Cathedral and listen to the melody of the organ during the service.

By the way about the bodies. It is in Lviv that is the largest in Ukraine and one of their largest organs in Eastern Europe. It stands in the church of Maria Magdalene in the Lviv House of Organ and Chamber Music. We went there for a concert, and only $ 1.5 dollars gave for tickets! Organ concert for $ 1.5, you can imagine this?!

Remember, at the beginning of the post, I wrote about the cemetery, which I really advised us to visit the grandfather from Vinnitsa - Random our fellow traveler in the train? So, in the Lychakov cemetery, we also drove.

It is unique with its ancient scleps and very beautiful sculptures on the graves. There are a lot of celebrities. Twenty years ago, the cemetery received the status of the museum under the open sky, and now there are excursions. Very interesting place, calm and majestic. And the guide told us a couple of dozen stunning stories about those who are buried there.

"Emotional restaurants" in Lviv

Lviv's chip is "emotional restaurants." The network from thematic restaurants and cafes, where your visit is turned into a performance. It all started with the famous "cruise" in 2007. Three Lvovyan opened the restaurant - the bunker of Ukrainian rebels. They played on the most common myth about Lviv, that there are completely nationalists here, who hate Moskalei. The restaurant is absolutely comic, for those who have a good sense of humor. The place is very popular with tourists from Russia, which go there to look at the "the most bands".

Funny place - "Gusov Lampa", which mimics the oil-producing station. You climb somewhere along the screw staircase in the twilight and suddenly get to the cozy veranda with a glass roof. Kerosinki rushed everywhere, and food brought in cast-iron frying pans.

There is also a "masoch cafe", where the waiters are affectionately can stick off all the wishes. We did not get there, since I had no one to leave Arina, but with a child in such a place there was somehow not Komilfo.

"Fantry restaurant" Galicia "is another thematic restaurant in which you want to return. The owners played on the theory of spy conspiracy. If you read the "secrets of the Zion wise men" and believe in the Masonic conspiracy, then the "frosting restaurants" is a magnificent meme on this topic! This is the restaurant of the secret society of Lviv liquidasons and surroundings. It is not so easy to find it. No signs. To get there, you need to go through a small test.

Do you know that Lviv is Ukrainian Mecca Coffeemanov? "Where in Lviv coffee?" - You ask. It is mined in the mine right under the central square of the city! Lviv, all night dig coffee from the ground to fry the grains at dawn and serve a freshly welded and fragrant drink to breakfast. Coffee mines called "Lvіvska Kopalny Kavi". Go there and yourself make sure that I did not come up with anything. All the cleanest truth!

We visited some more interesting places where you should go to people with a good sense of humor. I will write about all of them necessarily! Do not miss the post about gastronomic lions!

Lviv for children

If you ask Arina that she liked in Lviv, she will begin to tell how to make a big caramel on the master class in the "workshop of Caramel."

And it will also be sure to mention how he played on the street piano and painted the gingerbread in the gingerbread "yurashki".

And I will be able to remember how free "candy-compliments" dragged in an amazing "workshop of chocolate", where every sweetness is a work of art, and hot chocolate and coffee are served in such different variations that it will be possible to try it all over a few days.

Still Arinka will tell you about his new friends in Ivan Franco Park and about how we climbed high to the mountain to see a high castle. The castle did not find it, but saw all the lions from a bird's eye view, and she met whites.

And, of course, Kotokafa! We found as many as two and went there almost every day. Kotokafa is such places where you can not only drink coffee or eat, but also stroke cats!

Each has about a dozen, but there is no smell, everything is clean and neat. A real find for parents who want to take a child and calmly eat. Play with cats - pleasure not only for children, but also for adults. Just look at Milah Lily, and I want to squeeze her!

Is it dangerous in Lviv? How do they relate to Russian?

I specifically left this chapter at the end of the article so that you first read everything else. And now tell me if Sasha is like "Moskal" dotted to death, which Lviv has been tormented for a whole week?

Immediately I will say that Sasha has a rather strong Moscow accent, because he was born there and lived up to 27 years. And at least a hundred years has passed since the move to Ukraine, the emphasis was smoothed only by little - all local with ease recognize Russians in it. Away stereotypes - in fact, Lviv is tolerant and tactfully belong to any tourists. It does not matter where they arrived from: from France, Germany, Azerbaijan or Russia. The most important thing is to deal with respect to the city, country and people who live there. I tried in Lviv in Ukrainian, Sasha Ukrainsky does not know, spoke Russian. We were consistently well and no rudeness, aggression and discrimination we did not feel a second.

How much did we spend money in Lviv?

Apartment rental in Lviv

We lived in the very center of Lviv, right on the square market. Rent through the Airbnb a small apartment with a kitchen and one bedroom. The day the lease accounted for $ 15, 6 days cost 90 dollars.

Train in Lviv

Train of Kiev-Lviv - 2 tickets for 161 hryvnia and 1 children's - 129 hryvnia - total 451 hryvnia ($ 20.5)

Lviv-Kiev high-speed train (5 hours on the way) 2 tickets of 328 hryvnia ($ 15) - 656 hryvnia ($ 30)

Total spent on the road: 1107 hryvnia, it is a little more than $ 50.

Excursions, Food, Restaurants

As a rule, we have had breakfast at home, and in the cafe dinner and dinner. Sometimes just so among the day came to the coffee shop to eat dessert or drink fruit cocktails in Kotokafa.

The most expensive account in the restaurant was 650 hryvnia ($ 30). We were brought 800 grams of a juicy beef steak, a huge plate with lamb cutlets, potatoes and vegetables.

The smallest lunch account is 60 hryvnia ($ 3) in a small cafe with homemade cereals.

The entrance tickets to the sights are rare when there are more dollar per person. Once we paid for a tour of Lychakovsky cemetery. They spent 80 hryvnias - less than 4 dollars.

Total for food, restaurants, excursions and transport We spent 5370 hryvnia - $ 244.

Souvenirs and gifts - about 450 hryvnia ($ 20)

We managed to go from Kiev to Lviv in Lviv 404 dollars for three persons.

In the next couple of weeks, I plan to write about everything in detail. I will show the most beautiful Lviv attractions, tell about the "emotional restaurants" in which we visited, write a guide to how to quickly navigate how everything is arranged in the center of Lviv, as well as how to see everything yourself, without the help of travel agencies.

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We suggested that in Lviv you will:

Yes, yes, it is to move away! It was possible to write "to eat", but each of us in the depths of the soul knows that this word will not describe the goal of visiting multi-willed and a variety of cafes and restaurants in Lviv. Before a detailed description of the recombrudations, let us express regret that only one stomach is on vacation, and not three (the third for the dessert).
1. The best solution for lovers of simple, but satisfying cuisine will be a visit to Zomenik - this cafe is famous for its deununs, which are also suitable for beer like a picnic for spring. This institution can become an ideal choice, both for snack and for a long noisy feast - to solve you.

Where to go? - Street T. Koscheotka, 1.

2. You can have a delicious breakfast and take a break from hiking while "Studel House" is a great institution, to go into which we advise everyone and everyone. The main thing is to be prepared for the fact that the choice will be so big and everything will be so tasty that it is possible to lose consciousness from gastronomic happiness. All this magnificence is complemented by the fact that each piece of the strver is served with different sauces.

Where to fly? - Shevskaya Street, 6.

3. To feel the spirit of the old Austria and please yourself-loved with a variety of drinks certainly stands in the "blue flask". This unique place can accommodate a very limited number of people, which is probably so popular - all hunting to get there. But, if you are still lucky and you planted yourself to a small wooden chair and you had a menu, you are guided by intuition and try all the tinctures that you can. They are the best in the world in the "blue flask". And yes, we do not motivate you to get drunk! Or still motivate? 😉

Where to run? - Russian Street, 4.

4. Continuing the topic of the legendary Lviv tinctures and delicious food, we safely recommend going to Gasova Lampa, which is positioned as the "Museum-Restaurant". The point is that the largest collection of gas lamps in Europe is collected there, the first of which was invented in Lviv. Our advice - Close to the top floor, choose a place overlooking the roofs of the city, order the most cluttered dish ( approx. Ed.: I'm not going to pick up more literary synonyms to the ancient Ukrainian word "frowny", because only the content manager goes on vacation, and the editor stays in the office hungry). You choose a frittable dish can be potato with sausages in a ton of sauce. Please initiate life and drink a beer boilers for our poor editor. Yes, that's how it's simple!

Where? - Armenian Street, 20

5. Finally, the recommendation from the project-manager Dobovo, which I was involved in the UCHO that in the "Meat and Justice Restaurants" is given the best BORRUCH in the world ( approx. Ed.: This is such a goulash with a bunch of all tasty in a plate of fragrant bread, which you can also eat). It will also be superfluous to note that the specialization of the institution - meat and punishment ( approx. Project-manager Dobovovo: meat and punishment - our all). This is if you suddenly thought that the name is some kind of joke. In short, you need to go!

Where to? Where to - Gross Street, 20.

We truth believe that you will go there! After all, the endless cycle of recreation and travel across the cafes is always useful to dilute the cultural program. Lviv is a city in which 100% there is what you still could not see anywhere. So here is a guide.
6. The oldest pharmacy of Lviv "under the Black Eagle" has been working since 1735 and there not only you can buy medicines, but also to arrange an interesting excursion. Rare exhibits are represented in the museum - collectible bottles, cups, columns, recipes and other entertaining pieces associated with pharmaceutical activities.

Where is the pharmacy? - Drukarskaya Street, 2.

7. Another unique museum is the glass museum. He is also the only one of its kind throughout Europe. There are both ancient products and modern, which were brought from many countries. The room is located in the basement of the house of Palazzo Bandinelli - once one of the richest houses of Lviv. So it is quite possible to kill two hares - look at the exhibits and visit the dungeon for the sidewalks of the city.

That's where the glass museum - Square Market, 2.

8. You can plunge into an interesting part of the story in the Museum of the Dniester Mermaid. Only his location should motivate travelers to visit! This is the bell tower of the Church of the Holy Spirit, on the top of which the vintage clock is installed. The museum itself is devoted to the history of the activities of the Russian Trinity and the emergence of the first West Ukrainian almanac.

Go here - Copernicus Street, 40.

9. If you were not got in youth and did not have the habit of spending leisurely on abandoned and not very cemeteries, then in Lviv it can be fixed without any problems by going to the Lychakov cemetery. First, he is already more than 200 years old, and secondly, there are beautiful tombs that belonged to rich Lviv families. Rates for the visit - on the face.

The cemetery is here - Street Mechnikov, 33.

10. What lions can be without delicious beer? So we think no. In this regard, we recommend visiting the brewery museum with the function of tasting the best Lviv beer. Oh yeah, there you can still watch a movie about brewery and look at the tools of brewers of the past years.

Look at beer and drink beer here - ul. Klepaarovsk, 18.

Another obvious point of our virtual tour, which is designed to make a brighter tour real.
11. You should start with lifting to Lviv Town Hall. Having done a difficult path to the N-MU number of steps and being on top, you can widen the city. While you will admire and do selfie and Panorms, come up with a route for further travel, because the top is always better visible. Sweep, rejoice at the sun, fill the siel in instagram and go on.

Climb here - Square Market, 1.

12. By the way, a separate item can be allocated to the market itself, because this place is a full-fledged point in the tourist route. You can be seduced by a restaurant and drink a cup of Lviv coffee on the terrace / sit on the fountain / listen to street musicians.


13 . Walking around the central part, take a look at the Dominican Cathedral, Bernardinsky Monastery, do not make a chapel of boots and the Italian courtyard. When in the latter, detect the next restaurant, run away from there to the opera theater, and then to the Poletsky Palace. Here you can linger on an hour or other, admire the architecture and, if it is warm, sow on the grass. There is very quiet and not fussy, so try not to rear, as the Dobovo content manager made it once.

Palace will find here - Copernicus Street, 15.

14. I almost forgot to send you to Dzugu. Briefly speaking, this place is a bohemian party. If you are not yet tired of them in Kiev, then Welcome! There, the concentration of all kinds of art is perfromans, painting, sculpture and all that. The excellent opportunity will be connected to the urban underground.

Where do art serve? - Armenian street, 35

15. And over again! If the forces still have not left you, our dear readers, and even if you are not on heels and shoes you do not teach, running on a high castle! This park with panoramic views. Ancient legend says - where panorama, cool pictures there. Do not miss the same chance.

Place for the photo here: Street high castle.

Spring weather and endless streams of solar heat have a beneficial effect on the team of Dobovo, so in finally, we wish you the same sincere fun as in our office, only in Lviv.
16. First, why are we just not to take and get lost somewhere? If you are in the city for the first time, then it will be very not problematic. Turn in the first courtyards (no crime), explore the catches and do not think about where it will lead you. Let the spirit of adventurism do not leave you. Perhaps you will meet the cute Lviv grandmother, which will show you the road back and treat a couple of urban legends, or you will find your love.
17. From this advice follows the following, namely - Meet! Lviv live wonderful people who will never even think to refuse to help and the company. In the evening, in the square, the market is going to young people with guitars, and on weekends the city just walks. No, it is not necessary to run up to each person with a Lviv accent and impose communication with his modest person, let everything happen by itself. Personally, I once had to get acquainted with the indigenous Lviv, who showed a couple of interesting and not tourist places, and another novice actor read me in front of me and my friends poems Shevchenko. So be free and open, no one bites you.


18. Speak in Ukrainian. Even if in everyday life you are talking in Russian, this practice will only benefit. This place will simply incite go to the Ukrainian, because it sounds somehow especially sweet and beautiful. There is a chance to learn slang words and dialects, and then come to Kiev and boast to friends and colleagues. Curious to you!
19. Walk until morning. Yes, forget about sleep. Why spend precious time in Lviv to sleep and siting the pants on the sofa? So we think so. And let the burden of eaten and drinking, it does not prescribe on you, but, on the contrary, gives you strength and energy. The main thing is not to be afraid to be late for the train, and even if you are late - it is advised to have the opportunity to spend over day in the city. Forget about mobile phones and social networks and you can even resolve yourself not to answer the call from work, because as a result it will still won't have the meaning when you watch the dawn with the second half, or friends.


20. In the end, no matter how the magic city was not Lviv, never stop at one point. Take a ticket and move on - where your eyes look. After all, there are so many things that you have not seen. And how does it not scare it?!
The Dobovo team traditionally wishes bright impressions and colorful spring. If you read it, then look at the window right now. Perhaps there has already appeared the first green leaf, or a sunset of pink.

1. Where to change money
Everyone knows that the national currency of Ukraine is hryvnia, so they change their dollars together by the Ukrainian hryvnia, and it can be changed absolutely everywhere. As such divorces, as in Europe, percentage of exchange or very low course, due to the fact that the exchanger is located in the center of the historical place, they do not have. The course almost everywhere one also conditions. For those who want to win from the course and is not afraid to risk, you can search for the currency, they will pay you more. But for resting rest without unpleasant adventure, I recommend changing in the exchange station. Exchangers work late, and some up to morning seven days a week. And the difference in the same place is the exchanger and the location of the exchanger will not play any role to the course, even if you change money at Lviv airport.
But still count in advance or check the operator what amount of money you will receive for the number of foreign money that will be me

2 . Wi-Fi There are almost everywhere, there will be no problems with him in all hostels, apartments and hotels, and even more so in all restaurants. It pulls not only inside the restaurant, but still a little outside so you can not go, but here it is nearby)

3. City map and sights You can take free everywhere - in bars, restaurants, hostels, hotels, brochures will be broken everywhere with the bright name of Lviv.

5. Install yourself in the Maps.me Map Phone (Maps.me), you will definitely find that place that you are looking for and reach it by the shortest paths. The card does not require the Internet, just download in advance

6. Attitude to the Russian

Guys, immediately answer the most asked question about Lviv: How do Russians refer to Russian?. Great !!! Lviv peaceful calm city, there is no war. For 2016, in Lviv we were 6 times, and all six times were peaceful fun and interesting. Many foreigners, of them most of the Russians. Refer to Russian better than in Russia))).

Even in the "Krying" refer to Russian well, but to support atmospheric, not "Moskal" whether you))))). All fun and good-naturedly. The same peaceful situation and in. Boldly kill rest in this little good-natured city.

7. Concerts Lviv is cheaper than in other cities.

8. In the evening, it is sure to walk around the square of the market, where street musicians will play should be enjoyed.
9. It is better to come to Lviv in the all-round week. At the weekend tourists are much more.
10 . Be sure to visit opera theatre Lviv. An ordinary excursion costs 10 hryvnia (0.36 $), opera costs 130 hryvnia ($ 9). But you can go cheaper. To do this, it is necessary to buy a ticket for an excursion for 10 hryvnia and a ticket to Opera, buy for 50 hryvnia, and then in the Hall itself to pay 50 hryvnia checking, total 110 hryvnia.

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How to see Lviv yourself when you are limited to the budget, but at the same time it is completely enough to enjoy its atmosphere and do not miss the most important thing. We will share your personal experience of the trip and tell what kind of tour in Lviv it is best to take, how to use where you can stay in Lviv, where to save and what to pay attention to. So, an independent trip - a tour of Lviv for three days.

The first day

Lviv is open to the whole world. The hospitality was submitted to the municipal level, and therefore, you can get an excursion ... for 0 hryvnia.

Your task is to get to the heart of Lviv -. Right with the railway station there is a tram number 1.

note: Unlike many other Ukrainian cities, there are no conductor in Lviv trams. A ticket must be purchased from the driver and be sure to postpone. Otherwise, risks to get on the checking and pay a fine.

In the center of the square market - the famous. There is also a communal tourist information center. You free orientedWhere to go, tell about festivals and events, will give excellent guidebooks and a very successful map of Lviv. There is free Wi-Fi on the square.

Photo source: touristclub.kiev.ua.

You can download and a virtual excursion on the official tourist site of the city - here you have a free guide. Sit down on a bench or one of the cute cafes. We take fragrant coffee and lviv baking: enjoy and determine the places that we want to visit.

Council: We recommend or. "Danatki" is delicious cheese pies and strudel. Copal mines are mined coffee from under the ground. You will have to wear a helmet - how without it! You are not only buying a cup of Lviv coffee (or a hammer bag with you), but in addition you get a tour.

Our route

Photo source: grodnensis.by.

Park High Castle

Every tourist should be visited here. We fold from the powder tower to Vinnichenko Street, then on the street of Krivonos, the princes - they will lead us to the highest point of Lviv, sheedy legends -. Through the picturesque old park climb the mountain.

Only fragments of walls remained from the medieval castle. But there is a stunning observation deck, from where they are visible, both on the palm and old, and new quarters of Lviv. And you can make magnificent photos for memory.

Photo source: ukraineallaboutu.com.

Council: You can see all the old Lviv immediately, knees on his streets by bike. This is very popular in Lviv transport. You can rent it for rent: there are points on the market square. And from 2015, the Lviv City Hall begins to develop municipal cycling plants: you can take a bike at one point in the city, leave it into another.

Second day

Defend it to the later corners of Lviv. Sit into the tram (№2, 7) or to the minibus. From the tram number 2, we leave at the Street of Lychakovskaya Street. On the right side of the church of Peter and Paul. From her on Street Mechnikov to go to. And the tram number 7 will bring right there.

Lychakovsky cemetery

This is a historical and cultural reserve, where graves have been preserved from the 17th century. There are excellent monuments here - masterpieces of sculpture and 23 chapels, where they buried the rich Lviv citizens. Recently, even know-how appeared: Night excursions to the Lychakovsky cemetery.

Photo source: wikimedia.org.

Cost: Entrance - 10 UAH, Excursion - 50 UAH.

Shevchenkovsky Guy

Photo source: lvivforyou.com.

Behind him is the house of the famous Lviv Scright - the merchant of Spröcher. He saved on food, regretted money on the tram, but built a house higher than it was put in Lviv. You will see on the Avenue of Freedom and a house with two towers and many more beautiful buildings.

On Doroshenko Street (parallel Copernicus) we sit on the tram and go back to the Old Town, on.

Council: We say goodbye to the hospitable Lviv in the famous (pl. Market, 14), without it, the picture will be incomplete. You will not notice the entrance, but nearby - already familiar "dance" ... knock on what looks like a boat window and say "Glory to Ukraine!" At the entrance you nalce Medovukhu. Be sure to order the beer "Zenik", it is only in the emotional cafe Lviv. And enjoy the asylum flavor of the UPA! And at the exit - again excursion ...