Zhovkva is a town in western Ukraine, north of Lviv. Nothing special but when examined more carefully, this town reveals itself as one of the most beautiful in the region that has experienced a vivid and rich history. So what is hidden behind this name - Zhovkva...

Architects, sculptors, painters of different nationalities – Poles, Italians, Germans, Armenians, Czechs – had participated in developing this city. Creations of the best of them have formed the unified and integral image of Lviv. Poems are dedicated to Lviv, its images are represented in paintings, water-colours, etchings made by numerous artists. Hundreds and thousands of tourists from the whole world come to get acquainted with Lviv, to admire its architecture, to stroll about its streets, to breath in this unique, peculiar only to this place, spirit of struggle for freedom and independence.
Are you longing for tasting the magical atmosphere of the City of Lion? We are to help you enjoy your staying in this wonderful city with most comfort and to feel the hospitality of Lviv and its citizens.

Lviv is sometimes called  ¨a museum under the open skies¨ due to its architectural heritage. As every big cultural centre Lviv presents a wide range of museums, most of which are located in historical part of the city. Entrance tickets are not expensive (from 2 UAH to 18 UAH per person) depending on the number of people (if it is a group) or the complexity of the excursion.

Here is the list of the most popular museums among the guests of Lviv as well as its citizens.

     Getting to Lviv by bus can be either quite comfortable and relatively cheap - if you take a long-distance one (at least overnight) or a pain in... (try it and choose a word) - if you take a bus from any town in Eastern Poland...
     As for trains - Lviv is a regional railway cross-point and should you travel to any place in Western Ukraine or from/to Ukraine western neighbour countries, you'll probably go through it. There are trains to Berlin, Wroclaw, Warsaw, Prague, Viena, Budapest, Belgrad, Sofia, Venice and to several places in former USSR. It's a great point to start a train-trip through Ukraine and to get acquainted with a unique soviet railway system. Trains in Ukraine are quite slow, but these coming from Western and Middle Europe to Lviv are even slower - due to changing the rail gauge. Many railway fans are traveling to Ukraine by train just to see the rail exchange operation... 

Coffee making has always been a subject of special proud of Lviv Coffee Houses. A cup of coffee there is not cheap but it can satisfy almost any gourmet.

Here is the list of the most popular  restaurants, coffee houses and fast food restaurants among the guests of our city as well as Lviv citizens.

When travelling abroad we sometimes forget to think about peculiarities of the ways of life in another country. In some cases they differ in different cities of the same country. So here are collected the most important facts about Lviv ways of life.