Lviv
The Heart of Europe
Lviv is a historic city with a rich and multicultural history. For several centuries, it belonged to Poland and was an important center of science and culture. The city is one of the fastest-growing tourist destinations in Europe.
Lviv is a Ukrainian city located on the border of the Eastern Roztocze and Podolian Upland, on the Poltva River. It is about 70 km from Poland. It covers an area of 182.01 km² and has a population of around 730,000. It is a cultural, scientific, and economic center of the country.
Trip itinerary:
1 day
meeting in Olsztyn
lunch around Lublin (paid individually)
ride to the border,
customs and passport clearance, transfer to the hotel, accommodation, served dinner
2 day
breakfast
sightseeing Lviv with a guide who speaks Polish
In the sightseeing program, among others,
Old Town:
The town hall takes center stage, surrounded by 44 townhouses showcasing all architectural styles from the Renaissance to Modernism. In the Market Square, Władysław II Jagiełło received a feudal tribute in 1387 from the Wallachian hospodar Alexander. On November 11, 1920, Józef Piłsudski watched a parade on the occasion of the city being awarded the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari.
Latin Cathedral - one of the oldest churches in Lviv, built at the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries according to the plans of the city architect Piotr Stecher. The seat of the Lviv archbishops of the Latin rite
Boim Chapel - a Mannerist family tomb chapel of the Boim merchants. Its founder was George (György) Boim from Transylvania, secretary to King Stephen Báthory.
Black Tenement - The facade of the tenement building is covered with diamond rustication made of sandstone. The black tenement is considered one of the most valuable examples of bourgeois architecture from the Renaissance era.
Armenian Cathedral - one of the oldest and most valuable historic churches in Lviv, until 1945 a Catholic cathedral of the Armenian rite dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Wallachian Church - The Wallachian Church complex is a special monument for Lviv. This is due to both the church’s architecture, which combines Byzantine-Ukrainian features (three domes) with Italian Renaissance.
City center:
Hetman's Embankments - Hetman's Embankments is the former name of one of Lviv's main promenades.
Mickiewicz Square - It forms the center of 19th-century Lviv. The main visual highlight is the Adam Mickiewicz monument standing in the middle of the square.
Opera - It's not just a work of architectural art, but also of sculpture and painting. It represents eclecticism in art.
Lychakiv Cemetery - the oldest necropolis in Lviv. It is the burial place of many outstanding people who contributed to Polish and Ukrainian culture, science, and politics.
Cemetery of the Little Eagles - an autonomous part of the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv. It contains the graves of participants in the defense of Lviv who died between 1918 and 1920. It is called the Cemetery of the Orlęta, because among the nearly 3,000 soldiers buried there, most are the Lwów Eaglets, that is, high school and university youth, as well as the intelligentsia.
dinner at the hotel (included in the price)
or
dinner at Baczewski's restaurant - the family that opened the world's first vodka mass production factory in Lviv
(for an extra €20, see the menu at the end of the offer)
3 day
breakfast
the continuation of the sightseeing:
Lviv Polytechnic - State Higher School opened in 1844, a Polish technical university in the Borderlands.
University - founded by Jan Kazimierz in 1661 as the Lviv Academy, until 1940 known as Jan Kazimierz University; one of the oldest in Eastern Europe and the fourth oldest university established on the lands of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Sapieha Palace - Built in 1868 by the Marshal of the Galician Sejm, Prince Leon Sapieha.
Potocki Palace - neo-Renaissance, built in 1888–1890 for Alfred Józef Potocki.
The Ossolineum Building – founded for the Polish Nation in 1817 by Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński and opened in 1827, it combined a library, publishing house, and the Lubomirski Museum. It was one of the most important centers of Polish culture, mainly because of its extremely rich library collections, second in value in the country only to the Jagiellonian Library.
dinner at the hotel (included in the price)
or
dinner at the Beer Theater
combined with a tasting of Lviv beers
(mandatory supplement €20, menu see at the end of the offer)
4 day
breakfast, check-out
drive to Zhovkva - the former estate of the Zhovkva and Sobieski families.
sightseeing:
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Collegiate Church of the Queen of Heavens - the place where John III Sobieski was baptized
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The Dominican Monastery and Church
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Wooden Greek Catholic Church
drive to the border crossing, customs and passport clearance
drive to Olsztyn
Accommodation:
Accommodation at Hotel Lvov.
2-3 person rooms with a bathroom
Meals:
Meals: 3 breakfasts - buffet;
3 dinners - served;
Transport:
tourist-class bus or coach
(depending on the number of people)
The price includes:
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Accommodation
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Meals
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Airplane pilot care
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Entrance tickets: Lychakiv Cemetery, Cemetery of the Little Eagles, Boim Chapel
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Accident and Health Insurance
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Transport: bus or coach of tourist class, parking fees
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Guide in Polish; 2 days, 6 hours each
Optional event:
Show at the Opera - The repertoire is not known yet.
450-500 UAH per person
Registration on the day of enrollment, paid - date to be arranged.
Attention:
1. You need a passport / ID for the trip
2. Admission ticket prices as of December 2019. The above prices may change.
3. The organizer reserves the right to change the trip price if the euro exchange rate increases by more than 2% compared to December 12, 2019, at PKO BP bank, foreign currency sales department.
4. Program changes according to the client's request