One Day in Drohobych

More than once I have heard the notion that if you have seen the sights of Lviv, that is quite enough for one's general education, and there is no point going to other towns of the region in search of something new. I will never agree with that. For me every settlement of the Lviv region is singular and unique. And Drohobych won my heart at once, with its history and its atmosphere.

Palace of Arts

The Uniqueness of the Morshyn Resort

Morshyn is one of the most famous resorts in Ukraine.

The former 'Hrybok' pump room. Built in the 1930s. Architect Franciszek Kocimski. Depicted on the coat of arms of Morshyn

Zolochiv Castle: Fortress, Residence, Torture, Museum

Zolochiv Castle together with Olesko and Pidhirtsi is part of the popular tourist route 'The Golden Horseshoe of the Lviv Region'.

Sokal. An Impromptu Trip in the Rain to the Western Buh

Sokal is a town in the Lviv region, situated 80 km north of the regional centre. How does the Galician province, with a population of about 20,000, live?

Dolyna: Ancient at the Roots, Young at Heart

I had long wanted to see old Dolyna. The town's thousand-year history begins from this spot, where the salt springs were already being used in the 10th century. Today it is a quiet, green district of the town, and it was its notable sights that I set off to get to know.

The main enterprise was the saltworks, now turned into ruins, though it is a monument of industrial architecture. This is what it looked like at the beginning of the 20th century; how it looks now I will see at the end of my journey.

Turka: The Boyko Capital, a Pearl of the Carpathians

Turka — the pearl of the Carpathians

Turka

The Schönborn Counts Palace. A Zakarpattia Pearl

Would you like to see 19th-century Austria-Hungary? In the Mukachevo district of the Zakarpattia region there is a splendid castle of Count Schönborn

Pidhirtsi Castle: a Plundered Palace, a Haunted Ruin

To see all the castles of the 'Golden Horseshoe of the Lviv Region', from Olesko we went to Pidhirtsi in the Brody district.

Pidhirtsi Castle

Sviatohirsk: A Historical and Architectural Reserve

Sviatohirsk is rightly called the pearl of the Donbas. For here you can see historical and architectural monuments, churches and monasteries, mountains, a river, and a national nature park.

Olesko Castle. Stronghold, Residence, Museum, Film Set

Olesko Castle is one of the oldest and most famous structures of its kind in Ukraine. It held great strategic importance, as it was built on the border between Poland and Lithuania, at a crossroads of routes during the period when Kyivan Rus was breaking up into appanage principalities. The first mention dates to 1327. Today it is an architectural and historical monument of the 14th — 18th centuries and a museum-reserve that is part of the "Golden Horseshoe of Lviv" tour.