Panoramic city
tour
(3 hours)


The tour acquaints city visitors with the most interesting sites of Lviv including St. George Cathedral, the oldest city park, University building, Freedom Avenue with its magnificent Opera House and Shevchenko monument, old city quarters, included into UNESCO World Heritage list:

Lviv Churches
(3 hours)


Lviv boasts many beautiful churches. Some of them are real masterpieces of architecture presenting unique icons, sacral sculptural objects and stained glass windows. During the tour special attention is given to Latin Cathedral, Boim’s Chapel, St. George Cathedral, Armenian Church, Assumption Church complex. Visitors get acquainted with churches of various architectural styles: Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo etc. and different denominations: Catholic, Orthodox, Greek-Catholic.

Lviv Museums
(3/4 hours)


There are 20 museums in Lviv. The National Museum and the Ethnographic Museum foreground rich folk heritage of Western Ukraine while Antique Armory (City Arsenal) offers an interesting collection of old weapons. Pharmaceutical Museum nestles in the oldest functioning pharmacy in Lviv (since l735) and exhibits the development of pharmaceutical trade in Ukraine.

Jewish Heritage tour
(half day)


The history of the Jewish community in Lviv can be traced back to the second half of 13th century. Seven centuries transformed it from a small group of settlers to the biggest Jewish community in the Western Ukraine prior to World War II. The thorny path of its development in many ways paralleled the history of the whole Jewish nation in Central Europe. Historical sites include the former “Golden Rose” Synagogue, the former Hasidic Synagogue (the functioning Jewish community Center), an active Synagogue, the former Jewish hospital found by Rappoport. Visit the old Jewish quarters, cemetery, the monument to the victims of the Jewish Ghetto (1992), the Holocaust memorial (1993), and the Sholem-Aleichem house with memorial plaque.

Lviv from the
Polish Era
(half day )


Historically, Lviv was an integral part of the Rzeczpospolita Polska (1387-1772 and 1920-1939) and consequently, the Polish history and culture has had an indisputable influence on Lviv.

Lviv from the Hapsburgs Era
(half day )


Travel back in time to the I8-19th centuries to the cosrnopolitan Lviv of the Austrian Empire. With the Poland partition in 1772 Lviv fell under the Austrian rule and became the administrative center of the newly-formed province of Galicia and Lodomeria. The city entered a new era. Lviv hosted world renown Austrians like Joseph Roth, Franz Xavier Mozart, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian Emperors - Joseph II, Franz I and Franz-Joseph.... The tour foresees visiting Market Square (Rynok) with former residence of the Austrian Governors of Galicia, the former Casino building and neo-Gothic St. Elizabeth Church named in honor to the Austrian Empress Elizabeth (Sissi). Other highlights are Lviv University building (originally built for Galician Parliament), St. George Cathedral - masterpiece of’ Baroque architecture and Dominican Church (1764 - a replica of the famous Karl Bommei Church in Vienna). In the Lychakiv cemetery admire the classic tomb sculptures by famous Lviv masters Hartmann Witwer, Antony, Leopold and Johann Schimsers and see the grave of the Austrian Defense Minister Bauer.

Zhovkva and Krekhiv Monastery
(half day tour)


Zhovkva, founded in the 14th century, is a historic town-reserve 40km northwest of Lviv located on the slopes of Roztochchya preserve.

Olesko Castle
(half day tour)


The Castle, located 75 km north-east of Lviv, built on a top of a hill, is a historical architectural structure dating from the 13th -18th centuries. It was described a mighty fortress in documents dating to 1327. During the 15th -18th centuries the Tatars made frequent attacks in this area. The Polish king Jan Sobiesky III was born here in 1629. During his lifetime he amassed a large collection of art works. After the 1975 restoration a museum has been founded and the Castle now serves as an exhibition site for the Lviv Gallery of Arts. The museum boasts of five hundred paintings, sculptures and works of applied art from the 10th -18th centuries. The museum preserve, that surrounds the Castle, includes parks, sculptures, a pond and some ancient renovated structures.

Pochayiv Monastery
(half day tour)


The second largest Orthodox Shrine in Ukraine after Kyiv Cave Monastery. Located in Ternopil region 140km northeast of Lviv. According to the legend it was founded by the Kyiv monks fleeing the Tatars invasion of 1240. The Monastery itself was first mentioned in the chronicles of 1527. The central church of the Monastery complex is Dormition Cathedral (177l-1783). The Pochayivska Lavra is one of the most celebrated pilgrimage sites in Ukraine. Among its many relics are the foot imprint of the Mother of God, spring with healing water, and the miraculous icon of the Blessed Virgin.

Carpathian Mountains Retreat
(full day tour)


The beautiful landscapes of the Ukrainian Carpathians are breathtaking in any season. The mountain range with its violent rivers, rich flora and fauna, lush meadows, traditional wooden churches of highland ethnic groups, models of distinctive culture are admired by both natives and travelers. Escape from everyday worries and enjoy the solitude and majestic beauty of the Carpathians.

German Settlements
in Halychyna region
(full day tour)


The German presence in the Western Ukraine dates back to 13th century, but their population rose greatly in the 18th century, when Galicia became a part of Austrian (Hapsburgs) Empire. Most immigrants came from southwest of Germany. They established colonies at the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, namely in Dobromyl, Stryy, Ivano-Frankivsk, Sambir, Sokal, Radekhiv, Brody, Berezhany. These towns had historical German names such as Koenigsau, Josefsberg, Dornfeld, Karlsdorf, Josefstal etc. Some 200 thousand people lived in 250 German colonies in the Western Ukraine until 1900. About 650 German families still reside in Lviv region and the regional “Deutches Heim” association has 250 members.
The tour includes visits to the following sites: the cemetery of German World War II soldiers in Potelych, German heritage sites in Lviv and its vicinities, former German settlements in Ternopillia (Dornfeld), Shchyrets (Rosenberg), Dolynivka (Felizienthal) and Klymets.

Jewish sites in Lviv region
(full day tour)


Jews have lived at the territory of Ukraine since the 10th century. At the turn of the 20th century more than one third of the Jews of the Western and Central Ukraine lived in the towns “shtetls”. Today the Jewish population is significantly smaller due to the devastating impacts of the World War II, the Holocaust and the massive emigration starting from 1970s.
The tour acquaints with the history of the local Jewish communities. It includes visits to old Ghetto, monuments of Holocaust, Synagogues, Jewish cemeteries, former Jewish hospital in Lviv etc. In Brody you will see Josef`s Roth memorial places and ruins of the old Synagogue. In Drohobych you will visit Bruno Shculz’s house and Jewish mass burial sites. In Zhovkva view the remnants of 17th century Synagogue and monument to Jewish Holocaust victims.

Ivano-Frankivsk
(full day tour)


Located between two rivers, founded in 1661 and originally named Stanislav, it is a second largest city of the Western Ukraine and the cultural heart of the Carpathian region. Home of the ethnographic Hutsul region, it offers a bounty of unlimited travel possibilities: resort vacations, Kolomya, Kosiv, Yaremche. This lustrous pearl of Ukraine in the Carpathian foothills welcomes you to the rich beauty and the national folkloric heart of Hutsulshchyna.

Musical and Theatrical Lviv


Lviv is famous for its festivals. When the chestnuts start blossoming in Lviv famous musicians all over Europe come to the city to participate in the “Virtuosi of Lviv” International Festival of Classic Music.