A Bit of  Its History

Lviv is a magical city of tourist attraction in Ukraine. How did it come to be called Lviv?

Quite interestingly it was named to show honour and respect to Leo. He was the eldest son of Daniel, the king of Ruthenia.

Historically, Lviv enjoys an outstanding place as it was the capital of the kingdom of Galicia – Volhynia. Ukrainian known as The WINDOW to the Europe.

Its Location

It is situated on the edges of the Roztocza Upland. It is nearly 70 kilometres from the Polish border. It also has an altitude of 296 metres above the sea level.

Its Climate

To attract many a tourist to this city its mild summers has a great say. Though its winters are cold its attractions bring many tourists to it.

In reality Lviv makes you chat about it if you ever happen to visit it once in your lifetime. To call it a city of legends is really becoming.

Some call it yet another small Paris. Also it is called a warm, comfortable burgher province. To call it an amazing cultural capital with a mixture of diverse cultures would be really suited to it.

Its architecture displaying unmatchable monuments speaks resonantly of it. Dear traveller, in Lviv you find nothing but an open-air museum.

Obviously and interestingly it represents cultural diversity. It resoundly speaks of cultural heritage of many nations. Poles, Ukrainians, Germans, Italians, Jews, Armenians etc.

This unique character in Lviv’s culture keeps you spellbound to it owing to no other reason than to the simple reality that there is unification of cultures and styles in Lviv.

What Takes The Visitor’s Heart

Any visitor who happens to walk in central park will be attracted by so many attractions.

Your eyes will definitely not escape the Old Town and the Market Square which is 18,300 square-metres in extent.

It has been the heart of political, public, cultural and commercial life of Lviv for 500 years. The historical beginning of Ukraine becoming highly influenced by European culture started here.

Lviv Opera Theater

If you seek to amuse yourself in going to the theatre you may do so at Lviv Opera Theatre.

This theatre is really in the style of neo – Renaissance(1901).

Also it is renowned as being one of the most charming theatres in Europe. This is a theatre of Opera and Ballet.

Music in Lviv

You could go for orchestral music for Lviv is adorned with a philharmonic orchestra. Go to a concert once you are there for it could be a breathtaking experience to have in your lifetime.

In Lviv, the Armenian communities lived their homely life bringing with their lifestyle numerous architectural additions to the city.

These additions of architecture are unique in its spirit and colour and makes the city ever so inviting.

The Potocki Counts Palace

The Potocki Count’s Palace is a building belonging to the French Renaissance of the late 19th century with all its majestic appearance for you to feast your eyes on.

The Boim Chapel

The Boim Chapel is there with its magnificent landmark relationship to the late Renaissance and there is no other similar piece of such architecture in Ukraine or in Europe.

The Dominican Cathedral

The Dominican Cathedral could be yet another monument of architecture displaying its majesty.

This cathedral is a storehouse of original decorations of sculpture and it could rightly be called an architectural monument of the late Baroque.

High Castle Park

High Castle Park has ruins of an ancient castle. This is a shady park on a hill. It towers above the city giving you a panoramic view for it acts as a platform of view taking.

Lychakiv Cemetery

Lychakiv Cemetery where notable people were buried is historical and revered. It is, indeed, a cultural museum-reserve and is 40 hectares in extent.

Lviv Museum

Lviv Museum of Brewing was opened on October 14th 2005 and is the first Museum of brewing in Ukraine.

Lviv Town Hall

This town hall is sixty-five metres in height and is the highest in the country. If you are a person who has a heart for seeing the ancient grandeur of old cities you can  climb this.

Added to all this are so many other masterpieces of architecture. You could visit Armenian Cathedral, the Main Orthodox Church, the St.Peter and Paul of Jesuit order.

How about visiting Korniakt Palace which is now a part of Lviv History Museum. There is also the Latin Cathedral of Assumption of Mary and St. George Cathedral of Greek-Catholic church.

All these things will register experiences in your memory so that you would be able to relive them forever more.

Tourism in Lviv

It is blessed with its tourism infrastructure. It has more than 800 hotel rooms and more than 700 cafés and restaurants.

The city centre has free Wi-Fi zones and its historical monuments coupled with all such facilities making Lviv a renowned tourist destination.

In the heart of Lviv and on the suburban part of it, you could find many hotels.

The guests are always surprised to see such architectural beauty mixed with styles specific to them with admirable service and outgoing friendly crew. They are ever so helpful and make your holiday more than a pleasing, pleasurable experience.

Festivals in Lviv, The City of Leo

Lviv has a number of festivals. That is to say, it is a city of feasts. Some are coffee and chocolate feasts, cheese and wine holidays, the feast of Pampukh, the Day of Batyar and annual Bread Day.

All these festivals are celebrated in great joy and jollity. Yes, all festivals take place under the sun.

You can enjoy your holiday in Lviv at any time of the year and you will enjoy because what you enjoy is of unique nature with so much of variety in it. Sightseeing?

Well, if it is what you love the city caters to your sightseeing tastes with many a sightseeing programme around the city and its environs.

Owing to its multifaceted aspects it could rightly be called a city of miracles and surprises.

Let the blanket of nightfall come over the city you see the city overwhelmed by its magical, romantic, fairy tale impact. You may blink, maybe dazzled by its sweet effect.

The cafés, restaurants and nightclubs have facilities to enthrall you. You find in them the best of bartenders, waiters, singers and DJs.

Pleasing Your Palate

There are many restaurants to satisfy your taste buds. The food you relish is a dream come true. Now it is time for such guidance.

Restaurant Kryivka

You may wanna try indigenous cuisine of Lviv. You could do so here in Lviv. The original names of dishes can be learnt with all its genuine quality.

Added to this is the staff that is head over heels hospitable and the enticing vibe and interior.

Lviv Chocolate Workshop

If you have a sweet tooth try delicious chocolate with nuts and dried fruits. Aromatic coffee with cream. Also caramel and ice cream could be enjoyed to your heart’s content.

Theater of Beer Pravda

They serve fresh cool beer made using a then technology owned by the best brewers of Ukraine and the world.

Lviv Coffee Mining Manufacture

Go to the ground floor only to find a coffee shop and a bookshop. Wear a helmet in this coffee house if you opt to on a trip to tunnels of the mine.

To say that you can taste more than thirty kinds of coffee is not a fib. Oh of course not. That is true. Yes, Lviv offers you the best for your coffee delight.

Restaurant-Brewery Kumpel

Are you a lover of under filtered beer with its lovely raw taste or are you a lover of fine wine along with beautiful dishes of international galician cuisine. Then you should not miss out on going to Kumpel restaurant.

There are many other restaurants to cater to your insatiable gastronomic delights with their uniqueness of taste with great originality in cuisine.

After you have visited this wonderful city which enjoys history with its magnificent presence in the heart of Western Ukraine you will always want to visit it again and again.

Its charm can never tire you but blind you to it forever more. With its continuous development it does nothing but take its guests by surprise with its ever interesting, ever breathtaking and ever carassing events and experiences.

So Lviv is the city for you. Come to Ukraine to visit this historical majestic tourists’ delight.

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Ukraine is a colorful country, rich with culture and history that make for endless tourist destinations and attractions.

When it comes to the country’s must-visit cities, Kyiv tops the list. Following the capital of Ukraine are the cities of Odesa, Lviv, and the Carpathian mountains. I’ll help you discover more about these amazing places in Ukraine!

They think of the Carpathian mountains as the pearl of Ukraine. This idea of them is the same all year round. What it is, but one of the most well-liked tourist centers in Ukraine.

In fact, several attractions make the tourists glued to it. It’s natural beauty seen in the enticing beauty of its forests, mountains, rivers, lakes, amazingly beautiful waterfalls, its mineral springs known for their health-giving character and the mild climate, are the reasons for tourist attractions and popular as a “The Green Pearl of Ukraine”.

There, indeed, are travelers whose demanding nature tires you up. But even to them, a holiday in the Carpathians in winter is a satisfying experience.

Skiing in Carpathian Mountains

The European level facilities that are available for snowboarding or skiing make these fun activities for the tourist a real resounding experience.

There are extremals for freeriding with descents which are ideal for them. Then, for children, there is sledding only to please them with such enjoyment. If you do not go to sports there are activities for you too.

They are dog sledding, Carpathian vat, royal fishing, walking through snow-covered mountains, and becoming familiar with Hutsul culture.

Though the number one ski resort is known to be Bukovel the Ukrainian mountains also cater to your skiing requirements with its ski resort which are about a dozen.

Resort Bukovel

In winter, resort Bukovel becomes full of skiing traffic and is the most popular one. It has modern high capacity lifts, various quality trails, equipment of high quality for hire, and instructors who excel all of their kind for teaching skating.

The services such as an ice rink, a center for entertainment, ‘Buka’ for playing billiards, karaoke, bowling and concerts, and a karting center. Thirst for speed, tourists find this resort favorable and exciting.

Bukovel is known for its availability of spa centers. A sauna in the woods and a treatment with curative mineral water Bukovskaya also attract tourists.

When summer comes it is possible to enjoy a beach holiday on the great lake with trekking or fishing. The availability of a climbing wall, a rope park, spa grounds, and bicycles for renting adds so much to its attractions.

You will come across quite a big number of hotels. They have VIP residences and comfortable wooden cottages. Also you find restaurants, bars, cafes, kolyba, pubs with the best of their amenities and services.

You may have to incur costs for your entertainment depending on the season.

I highly recommend a new year celebration here in Bukovel. Be ready for real excitement and fun and bathe yourself in such a depth of emotions here.

Bukovel is one of the top business centers in Carpathians.

After the ski resort was introduced you see a great influx of tourists to this resort. The ski facilities are available in the season. As it is well known and visited it is a very good example of a successful tourist attraction center.

The development it underwent in leaps and bounds over the past few years it now has hotel amenities of the best type.

Its current hotels and tourist bases are inviting and pull tourists from diverse centers towards it with an indescribable magnetic effect.

It deserves its popularity since this resort in the Carpathian provides you with over 62 awesome ski slopes.

These slopes possess systems of high quality for lighting and artificial snow. There is a unique advantage here for the simple reason that you can skate even at night if it is your heart’s desire.

Added to this is the availability of 16 lifts. Its chairs have a special coating and this does away with dirt and moisture. For this simple fact, it is extremely easy to clean them.

In this ski resort in Bukovel, we find uniqueness in its truest form as it has its own characteristic natural climatic conditions.

As Carpathian mountains cover this resort, they give a vibe of comfort of tolerable weather either in winter or autumn.

Unmatchable silence and peace it is replete with makes it conducive for best conditions for sports and recreation.

The picturesque mountain peaks of the Carpathians win over your whole being, the moment you feast your eyes on them.

The marvels of nature adorn the whole territory with green forests and age-old fir trees, rivers, and lakes with their lustrous bodies of water and cascades falling with their incessant caressing murmur.

Also, you find a symbiosis of natural and medicinal resources with its depth of richness.

Rest in Bukovel can be obtained throughout the year and also you can involve yourself with activities basically

• Skiing
• Snowboarding
• Summer trekking
• Snow biking in winter
• Mountain biking

Wellness Tourism in Bukovel & Carpathian Mountains

Where else can you chill out your body and soul, but here!

The soul is bathed with comforting, pacifying beauty of the landscape while there is ample opportunity for physical activity for the body. It could be that you are not that energetic to be sporty.

Despite such deficiency in your physique, you could gradually get accustomed to snow climbing uphill, skiing or snowboarding.

Interestingly Bukovel praises itself as being the center of good health. This center is well known and enjoys status which is recognizable in that respect.

Its uniqueness is seen in its presence as a curative balneological center thanks to the abundance of health-giving mineral waters. That is to say, on top of involving yourself in outdoor activities you can indulge yourself in,

• Health Improving salons
• Massage centers
• Spa salons
• Sauna and baths

From October to March you find yourself in the bosom of winter and its delightful activities.

The snow does not disappear with tourists going to Bukovel Collages in summer.

These summer visitors love the fresh green grass and blossoms. Also they love horse rides and hiking.

Wow, you find green tourism at this time of the year. You should come to these resorts when it is summer only to explore and enthralling yourself with beholding the color of blossoming of nature in Carpathian.

Swimming in rivers and lakes with dear water and trekking into the forests and mountains is highly desirable in summer.

Any other attractions?

Oh yes, autumn with its avenues to go gathering berries and mushroom to go fishing and picnicking in the fresh air keeps tourist influx unabated.

Great festivities that you can frequent nearly every night will do nothing but add to your ideal holiday in Bukovel.

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Located at arena city complex, on the famous Khreshchatyk Street Casual style Food is a combination of cafe, restaurant. Its regarded as one of Kiev’s most popular pre-party spots.

Once you enter you’ll notice one large hall with small second floor that fits the DJ booth and 3 tables, often reserved for birthdays calibrations.

There is an additional outdoor area opened during spring/summer season.

CASUAL FOOD Atmosphere in Kiev‘s

“Comfort and warmth” are the best words to describe the atmosphere at Casual Food. The simple design with its modern elements and warm colors all come together to create the warm wave of sensations.

It’s a good place to enjoy a peaceful meal during daytime, and the right place to start partying at night.

Menu and Food

The menu is compact with good selection of dishes, mostly European, thus include couple of Thai dishes.

There is an English copy of the menu, that you can request if it wasn’t given to you from the beginning.

Food portions are moderate, so you’ll not leave hungry! And all What I tried tasted good.

Service and Staff

The staff is very friendly, they are always welling to help you choose between dishes. They do speak some English,  and rarely write down orders. Yet, never missed up any my orders before

CASUAL STYLE FOOD – Prices

Prices at Casual Food are moderate and affordable.

Let’s go for a 3 course meal:

Cesar salad with chicken fillet + steak (beef) + homemade pasta with mushrooms and white sauce + fresh orange juice Costs around $20.

Who is it For

Casual Food serves as a meeting space and casual meetings during day time, and it is a great spot to meet friends at evening, and idle pre-party stop at night on weekends.

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