Remember those savory, scrumptious Slavic dishes Grandma used to cook? Well you can learn how to master them yourself in just a few hours, then sample your own wares by signing up for this “Galician Cuisine Masterclass with Kataryna”. It’s like having your Holubtsi and eating it too!
History of Crafts in Ukraine. Crafts were widely practiced in Ukraine from the earliest times, but for many centuries they were not divorced from other forms of work. Crafts production was concentrated mostly in the cities and towns in the form of small enterprises headed by single proprietors or craftsmen. Usually products were made to...
What is a Pysanka? What’s a “Pysanka”, you say? Well, in your Pysanka Masterclass you will find out – among other Ukrainian traditions you will come to know – that a Pysanka is a type of painted Ukrainian Easter Egg traditionally exchanged as gifts during the Pastoral Season. How do You “Write” a Pysanka?...
Zhovkva Castle. Founded in 1597 as a private fortified town and named Żółkiew after its founder, hetman Stanisław Żółkiewski, the town eventually became the royal residence for King John III Sobieski of Poland, and a hub of religious life, arts and commerce. As a private town in Poland, Żółkiew was the property over time of the Żółkiewski,...
Book our Golden Horseshoe Tour of Western Ukraine‘s Lviv Oblast, and visit area shtetl sites and tour the 16th Century castles of Olesko, PIdhirtsi, & Zolochiv – Spectacular remnants from the era of Poland’s Medieval Aristocracy, now turned into museums and art galleries. Olesko. As the first stop on our Privately Guided Western Ukraine – Golden Horseshoe...
Shevchenkivskyi Hai. The Museum Of Folk Architecture And Rural Life, AKA Shevchenkivskyi Hai is a real ethno-park, situated among the scenic forest hills in the area called Kaiserwald or Lviv Plateau, encompassing nearly 84 hectares. This unique open-air museum features historical architecture divided into 6 ethnographic sectors and was named to the UNESCO World Heritage list in...
Lychakiv Cemetery History. Since its creation in 1787 as Łyczakowski Cemetery, Lychakiv Cemetery has been the main necropolis of Lviv‘s intelligentsia, middle and upper classes. Initially the cemetery was located on several hills in the borough of Lychakiv, following the imperial Austro-Hungarian edict ordering that all cemeteries be moved outside of the city limits. After...
Originally designed by Zygmunt Gorgolewski, a graduate of the Berlin Building Academy and then the director of city’s Engineering Academy, the Lviv Opera and Ballet Theatre was erected on former marshland of the submerged Poltva River at the end of the 19th Century, and now sits at the end of Prospect Svobody [Freedom Avenue], the tree-lined centerpiece of...
Individual and Group Tours can be designed to fit your specific plans and include visits to historic Jewish Heritage sites and landmarks, among them: synagogues, cemeteries, and museums; plus explore the possibility of searching local archives for ancestral documentation or of contacting living relatives.
On our Lviv By Minivan Tour you get tp sit back and relax in the quiet comfort of our minivan while we take you on a visual observation tour of Lviv, one of Western Ukraine’s UNESCO World Heritage sites. Sights. The Old Market Square. First stop on your Lviv By Minivan Tour is Rynok...
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