L'vivs'ka Oblast' Travel Forum

Hey there!
I am preparing a trip to go through Slovakia, Poland and Ukraine and would like to pass through Lvivska Oblast.
I am hoping to find interesting guide (guides) based in Lviv or its neighborhood.
And also a good transport company using minibuses for up to 20 passengers (our groups are usually arround 16).

Any advice will be strongly appreciated.
Anybody willing to meet in person in Lviv? I am planning to visit your beautiful town on the 5th or 6th of November 2009.
if so please drop me a message to matej.sanitrar@viacarpathia.com

thanx

Matej

I am trying to plan a wedding in Lviv for next summer August 2010. Can anyone recommend a place to have the wedding reception? Any advice about a wedding in Lviv would be helpful.

Thanks,
Cindy

I want a hotel / apartment with high speed internet, I may stay there for 1 month to ??.
Any suggestion?
Thanks

I am planning to fly to Lviv from the United States. During my visit, I would like to travel from Lviv to Zhidachiv. Would bus service be available from Lviv to Zhidachiv? Or would it be better to hire a driver and go by car? What should I expect to pay?
I would appreciate any advice you can give me.

Sincerely, Robert Filmore (New York, USA)

Are there any free WiFi spots in Lviv? I'll be traveling with my laptop and would like to be able to do a little internet surfing. Thanks!

Codrutz is already working on this question but just throwing it out to the forum.

So what's the best/quickest/slowest/cheapest way to get from Lviv to Sibiu in Romania ?

Prepared to consider all options.

Hello guys,
Im Lukas from Prague travelling in Ukraine about a week and will be in Lviv tomorrow (29 May,09) and would be happy finally meet some English speaking travellers. Is anyone of you there? Or do you have any tips where to come to find some good traveller place in Lviv?

Or if you read this late - do you have any tips where to find some travelmates through internet...when Im on the way?

Thanks for any advices!
Lukas

Hello everybody!

I'll reach Przemysl from Krakow around 8 PM on June O9.
Can I reasonably reach Lvov that evening.
First are marshrutki from the railway station to the border sill running after 8 PM?
Second can I catch a marshrutka or a bus to Lvov at 10 PM if everything goes fine at the border?
If not what would be the price for a taxi or private car?

Lots of thanks
Mitia

Hi there. I was wondering whether anyone knows of any flea-markets in Lviv or shops selling second-hand fitting e.g door-handles, lights or furniture etc.? Any help would be very appreciated. Thanks a lot!

Hi, I am totally new to travel so please forgive if i ask a silly question. I will be travelling to Lviv at the end of October 2008. I will fly to Krakov airport, my flight arrives at 10am. I need a relaible method of getting to Lviv, i know there is a train that night, but was rather hoping to arrive in Lviv earlier than that.

I also neet to be back at Krakov Airport by 8am on 2nd November 2008, so am looking for relaible transport back as well.

I rather like the idea of crossing the Polish/Ukranian border on foot, so am not adverse to using buses/minibuses, but i do not speak or read Ukranian very well, so am looking for some serious help here.

I have seen answers to this question, but they seem to be several years out of date, so up to date information would be good.


Many Thanks

Mike

Hi, I'm visiting Brody next month as part of a trip to the Western Ukraine. Does anyone know of any accomodation in Brody or nearby?

hi everyone!Im student in ukraine wanting to travel in summer.I'll be in Lvov on the 2rd/3rd of july.I would like to travel around and be back in lvov by the 19th.Now in this short period of time,is it possible to travel to these 4 places?(prague,vienna,munich,berlin).If yes can someone help me figure out the easiest,fastest,cheapest way?is it better to travel by train?bus?plane?As for busses and trains,wch website can i check the availability,prices,schedules?I really wish someone could give me a hand here.:)Thanks in advance!

Hello everybody,

Which is actually the home stadium of the football club FC Karpati Lviv and how can I get there by public transport within Lviv?


Thank you for your help


HORSCHECK

Hello to all of you.

I am planning a trip to Lviv in a few weeks time by car from the North of Romania.

I have been considering lately to go for two days also in Krakow, Poland. I need a bit of inside information about which is the best way to do this.

Is it advisable to drive from Lviv to Krakow?
Is it a bad road?
Are the customs extremely congested?
Has any of you ever driven there? How much time did it take?
Would it be better to leave my car at my hotel in Lviv and take a bus/train from there?

Thanks in advance,
Mihnea
mihnel@yahoo.com

I've been given postcards that my Dad wrote in 1942, whilst in a German prison, to his family who lived in Stryj. The address given is ul Prywytna/Przywytna??. My family were forced to leave Stryj around this time, so I have no further information. Would street names have changed, once the country became part of the Ukraine?

I am looking for a way to get from Krakow airport to either Przemysl or Medycina (spelling?), the walkover border crossing point between Poland and Ukraine. I am looking to avoid going into the city of Krakow and hope to find a direct transfer by bus (coach) or minibus service from the airport. Private car drivers are quoting fees of between US$400-525. The intended travel days are between 23-25 April.

Any suggestions would be very helpful!

Hi,

My boyfriend and I are flying from NYC to Berlin in August and plan to visit Germany, Austria, and Hungary on the way to a wedding in Lviv (Ukraine) using the Eurail select pass for three adjoining countries. We'll need to get back to Berlin to catch our flight back to the US a few days after the wedding.

Can anybody give us advice on the best train routes by train, including sleepers?

I've looked at some blogs on the web but they appear a few years old and not sure if things have changed since. Another thing is that my boyfriend is Mexican and I don't know if that would increase time spent with border controls on certain train connections. I'm German and both of us have valid passports and US work visas, but some blogs sounded a little scary with regard to border control delays....

We're not so keen on traveling via Poland or Czech Republic as those countries wouldn't be covered by our Eurail pass - we would need to buy separate ones for Eastern Europe and Germany (single country) pass, which is rather expensive.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!

Thank you in advance,
Maren

Hello

I'm planning on flying into Lviv this summer, with the hope of visiting Stryj as part of my genealogy research. I speak Polish, but not Ukraine. Will this be a problem? Also how far is Stryj from Lviv.

Thanks in advance.

Stef

Do they have old ladies at the these arrival points offering travellers accomadation?

I just booked a room for 4 nights at Retro Hostel Shevchenko. The most recent reviews were good, so I figured it would be fine. And then, for some reason, I began to feel nervous, so I checked sites other than Hostelworld for reviews and found some REALLY BAD reviews and people reporting scary stuff happening at this hostel.

The question is, is this hostel ok (is the hostel unsafe)? Is it really awful?

Any advice/alternate suggestions?

Hi there!

I am going to live for Lviv for a period of 3 months (end of this month untill April late). Anyone can advertise me about the accomodation?
Where I can find accomodation for this period? When I look for accomodation (english writting web pages) all the thinks that I found is for tourists like hotels.
I am going for University and I want cheap accomodation like one single room in shared apartements with another students.
It is difficult? How much does it cost?

Many thank for help!

I want getting from kiev to lvov and some days after it from Lvov to Bucharest in cheapiest way,probably by train...
how much does it cost ?how to find the eficient booking info(where,how etc..)
many thanks!

Hello!
Me and my boyfriend are planning a trip to Lviv this new year.
Last year we went to Kiev and found Ukraine to be a nice place to celebrate in.
Do anyone know a good place in Lviv (restaurant) where we can make a reservation for a new years dinner?
Itīs very hard to find information on the Internet.. :(.
Witch Hotel should we book? There are not too many hotels in Lviv..
We want it to be nice and clean but not to expansive. And it should be in middle of everything... :)
Maybe its better to reservate an apartment?
Any tip for a New years trip to Lviv would be appricated!

Thanks for your help!

Spasiba!

Hello all,
Next summer (June/July 2008) I'm thinking of going from Krakow to Lvov with purpose of seeing Uhniv. Doing family genealogy. What's the best way to get to Uhniv?

Thanks,
Anita

what International car rental companies operate out of Lviv?

I looked trains from lviv-Krakow they all arrive afternoon. If anybody knows how to get in Nov 07 best bus deal, which will arrive 6-7 am to Krakow, please let me know. also any info about transit polish visa, can I have it same day in Kiev, what documents I need except of fly ticket

Hi

I was hoping to find out the best way into this area my grandparents immigrated from in Ukraine. Would most likely be coming from Poland. Train? Car? I don't speak any ukrainian or russian. Train from warsaw seems to take forever any other options. would love to chat with anyone in the Dubno/Rivne areas.

Brent

Hello
I Need buy a ticket in Lviv to SImferpoll(CRIMA)exacly I need the cheaper ticket "plackart"( If it is possible)
IS ther anypne who can book this tickets ???
Can you show me how I can book thats tickets it is possible
Please write me HELP !!!!!!!!

I will be in Lviv for the long weekend in the end of June 28- July 1.I am planning to take a trip to the Zolota Pidkova cities, e.g. Olesko, Zolochiv and Pidhirtsi, as well as see Zhovka and Krekhiv. and of course to stroll in Lviv for day or so.
anyone in town these days? may be we can meet for a coffee or dinner or even travel together.

let me know.

Olya

I ve seen a bus on the Lithanian Eurolines website that operates on Sunday from Lviv to Vilnius. Does anyone know if one would need to buy an advance ticket since this is a weekly bus? I will be going in the middle of August.

Thanks