Things to do in Lviv

Lviv got its name from Lion, the eldest son of the Russian King Daniel of Galicia. When you go, the lion crest, which is already the emblem of the city, will attract your attention.

Places to Visit in Lviv

You can easily visit Lviv in 3 days.

Museum of Folk Architecture and Life

Established in 1971, the museum is one of the largest open-air museums in Europe. You need to spare half a day for this open-air museum. Because there are 105 buildings you must see. Some of these are village houses, some are churches. If you go on the weekend, events are organized for tourists to attend.

I especially recommend you to enter the music house at the entrance, you can make music with the attendant there. There is also a shabby restaurant where you can eat inside while visiting. Entrance to the museum is only 30 Gravni.

Lychakiv Cemetery

Right next to the open-air museum, there is an open-air sculpture exhibition that is always open. Don't forget to see it too. Another place I would recommend you to visit before returning to the city from here will be the city cemetery. To enter the Lychakiv Cemetery, you need to pay 25 Gravni. This place, which was originally established as a botanical garden, was later turned into a cemetery. You can spend the remaining half of your day visiting this cemetery. Because there are over 3000 tombs here, they decorated the tombs with sculptures, each of which is a work of art. This cemetery is close to the rural life museum, if the weather is good, you can walk between these two places.

Lviv Opera House

Let's return to the city with the tram number 7 from outside the city and head towards Lviv's famous ballet house to watch the ballet you bought tickets for in the morning. Don't say I don't like ballet, I don't buy tickets, I won't go, if it's the first, try it, please. 

Lviv Opera House is a very beautiful building, if you go half an hour before the show starts, you will have time to visit the mirrored hall on the top floor of the building. Also, try to explain that you do not want expensive tickets when buying tickets, they usually try to sell tickets to tourists from expensive places.

A market is set up on the side street of the Opera House every day. I suggest you look there. You can find affordable souvenirs or things like textiles, porcelain, soap for yourself. If you turn right from the edge of the market and continue, you will come to the famous Rynok Square after a short walk. Here, everything about Lviv is happening in this square.

Rynok Square

The town hall will be the first place you enter because here is the tourist information office. They immediately give you a map and start explaining. Depending on the light situation, I suggest you go up to the tower of the city hall and take pictures. You don't want to go up here once and go up again because you will have to climb a lot of stairs.

It's time to walk the cobblestone streets around the town hall. However, after going up and down all those stairs, you need to take a breather. When you exit the town hall, you will see a coffee shop on the corner on your left. As soon as you walk through the door, you will realize what an interesting place you have come to. This place is referred to as a coffee mine. There is a cellar at the bottom, when you go down, you wear a miner's helmet and walk around. Both the ground floor and the upper floor are used as coffee shops. It is possible to find almost any type of coffee. Coffee is not grown in Lviv, but coffee from all over the world is roasted and ground here and sold in cafes.