Lviv is a city with a centuries-old history, a city in which the culture of different peoples intertwined. Visit him and you will have a desire to return there again and again!
1. Look at the city from the town hall
For residents and visitors of the city to climb the Town Hall - it's like "look at the tale." Here you can admire the landscapes of the ancient city, dream, make a wish ...
The observation deck at the town hall has been opened since 1851. In order to get to the observation deck, you have to overcome 408 steps.
Address: Lviv city council - pl. Market, 1 (4th floor).
Working hours: daily from 9.00-17.00.
2. Try the taste of live Lviv beer
Lvivska is the oldest brand of Ukrainian beer, produced since 1715 at the Lviv brewery.
Lviv beer was known in Europe. For high taste qualities, Bawar, Porter Іmperial, Exportowе were especially appreciated. And today "Lvivske" beer does not change its traditions, so they cook it according to the traditional recipe, which practically did not change for 300 years of the brand's existence. Having tried this wonderful intoxicating drink, you can touch the glorious centuries-old past of the city of Leo. And you can plunge into the history of making and consuming an amber drink in the Lviv museum of brewing.
3. Climb the Castle Hill
A leisurely stroll along Krivonos Street and the High Castle Park will lead you to the Castle Hill, climbing up to which your view will be opened with an incredible city landscape. Peering through the interlacing of the streets, you can find new attractive corners of Lviv, which are worth a look. Sight place is located at an altitude of 413 meters above sea level.
Address: Park "High Castle" - st. M. Krivonos
4. To visit the city holiday
In our beautiful city you will never be left feeling the holiday, at what time of the year you would not have visited it: in winter, spring, summer or autumn - you can always enjoy the unique action of one of the many festivals of Lviv - the festival capital of Ukraine! A festivals in Lviv more than 50 and for every taste! Discover Lviv "Jazz", "Chocolate", or "Coffee" and you immerse yourself in an atmosphere of joy and celebration.
5. Try Lviv chocolate
The history of chocolate in Lviv dates back to the Middle Ages, and now, along with beer and coffee, it is one of the main gastronomic treasures, attracting visitors to the city with long traditions of taste. Even in the XIX century chocolate from Lviv was exported to all of Europe. Together with chocolate, the city will give you emotions and feelings born in Lviv.
6. Tell Lviv coffee
The history of coffee "in Lviv" originates at the end of the XVIII century with the arrival of the Austrians, who opened all the details of cooking this wonderful drink for the Lviv people, creating numerous coffee houses and confectioneries in the city, in which wealthy townspeople could taste and enjoy fragrant coffee. Over time, he became more and more popular in various circles of society, and very soon the whole Lvov fell ill with "coffee".
Many centuries have passed, but the love of coffee has not disappeared: Lvivians have remained true connoisseurs of coffee, and in Lviv coffee houses you can always feel its rich and unique taste. Yes that there taste! Here through the cup of a black tart drink the whole history of ancient Lviv is transmitted.
7. Hear the Lviv trumpeters
Trumpeters in our city "came" in the XIV century with the development of Magdeburg law. When Lviv formed a privileged society, one of the attributes of city government was the work of the trumpeter.
To date, this tradition has been renewed. Each guest can hear trumpeters, it is only necessary to stand in front of the main entrance to the Town Hall at a certain time (Rynok Square, 1)
- Weekdays - at 12.00
- Weekends - from 9.00 to 21.00 (every hour)
8. To walk along the courtyards of Lviv
Lviv courtyards are mysterious labyrinths, in which you want to wander again and again: just take ten steps from the central square of the big city, and you are already surrounded by other times and reality. Then you feel like a treasure hunter and you never know beforehand what you will find: a dilapidated stained-glass window or a mysterious walled portal, forgotten paintings or a carved spiral staircase ...
9. Photographed with the highest monument in the city
The monument to the chimney-sweep is on the roof of the old building-restaurant along Staroevreyskaya Street, 48. The cylinder in the hand of the chimney-sweeper is empty and without top; a few meters from it there is a pipe into which a visitor of the restaurant climbs directly up the stairs and throws coins inside the cylinder. The coin through the hole in the hat falls into the downpipe attached below and it rolls down to the trunk with "treasures". On the summer terrace, during the throwing of coins, visitors are given umbrellas and warn in advance about the fallout of "money deposits".
Address: Conceptual restaurant "House of Legends" - st. Staroeurevskaya, 48
10. Find Lviv lions
What animals in Lviv most? Of course, lions: formidable, smiling, sleeping ... There are even winged lions and a lion with two torsos. Each of them has its own historical place on cozy Lviv streets. And who knows, maybe the entire city exists only in their imagination ...
