In Lviv Tours

AUGB | Association of Ukrainains in Great Britain? Questions, questions  I am the founder of In Lviv Tours. Born in "Great Britain" (England, actually). I reached out to AUGB last week regarding a collaboration, after all, I am working with Ukrainian veterans, supporting injured and traumatized Ukrainians, and many of my Ukrainian friends are front line as I write. Some have been killed.  A reply from AUGB came quickly from a certain Antonina Smyrnova, and I quote, "Thanks for writing to us! What kind of collaboration are you looking for? We will be happy to help in any possible way. We can write about you on our social media if you give us more specific information." Antonina has a Facebook profile , have a look. I was grateful to read her kind reply. She clearly cares a great deal about Ukraine and what is happening to her compatriots.  On the other hand, the opposing pole, as it were, we have a certain Roman Krawec, who hijacked the communication between ...

The Lviv tour that flows underground by Veronica Does Lviv have a river?  Imagine you are holding a ticket to Lviv in your hand. Imagine, that you know what the train will look like and what people you will meet there. Imagine your map, all covered with signs of the places you will visit and what sounds you will hear on the streets.  Now look at your map again. Before you tour Lviv and get one of the most exciting experiences of your life you have to know a secret: there is a beautiful river in Lviv. But there are no blue lines meaning any water in the city on your map, right? This is the thing that will make you even more excited about traveling to Lviv: river named Poltva is the biggest underground river in Ukraine! Since the very beginning of the history of Lviv this river had a city-forming meaning as far as it has protected Lviv from the northern side.  Historically known that during the Second World War tunnels became a hiding place for a handful of Jews wh...

Tour Lviv for Chocolate and Lion Hunting by Veronica Every Lviv tour must include... Chocolate Lions? Read on!  History is the thing you can't skip while being in Lviv. But don't be scared, it's not that boring as you may imagine; it's not about memorizing years and places, ways of war or names of kings. In fact, there is only one king (he's also the only Ukrainian king) whose name you should remember - king Daniel of Galicia.  Mongol invasion of Rus' in XIII century brought a lot of truth to our country; it made it clear who's fighting for the country and who's fighting for money. Lots of cities were destroyed while a sequence of war; some didn't even try to protect themselves. Almost the entire territory of Ukraine of those days was burnt to the ground, and Mongol army seemed to keep doing that until the very west borders.  Meanwhile by the west borders nobody "never valued the poor seat of Lviv" and all that people who pretended...

Touring Lviv Rynok Square by Veronica When stone is an art form   It's not a big deal to notice Lviv Town Hall on Rynok Square when you try to discover city architecture. No doubts, it's a masterpiece of European art, but once you have a walk in the centre of Lviv the tendency is to be as attentive as you can. Have you noticed that there are no numbers on the buildings? Every house on Rynok Square had to have name of owner or elements of décor indication on it; some buildings are named "with a lion" or "with any tree", because these elements were painted on the owner family emblem or it was a family mascot. There is another interesting fact about Rynok Square architecture: clergy and noblemen had permission to build houses higher that 3 floor with 3 windows or more. This has had the unique imprint on the way Rynok Square looks nowadays, so keep your eyes opened and be inspired. We present you three building in the centre of Lviv that you must see.  Blac...