L'vivs'ka Oblast' Travel Forum

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

We will be in Krakow in October and would like to go to Lviv for 2-3 days.
What is the best way to travel and would we be able to see much in that
time? What is the weather like in October?
Thanks

We are planning a trip to Ukraine next year and I would like to visit my Nana's village. The village is south of Brody and is called Nakvasza. We were hoping to take the train but I cannot find if it stops there.
Any tips on finding my family there would be welcome too. I sent a letter to the catholic church there but never heard back

Thanks
Cynthia

HELLO
I NEED A HELP !!! WE ARE TRAVEL TO CHISINAU FORM POLAND !!! WE NEED I BOOK TICKET FOR BUS or TRAIN(I can not propably) WE will in Lviv on 28 December 2006(we can be one day earlier) and we would be sure that we will can buy ticket to Chisinau
Anybody know How often does arrive bus from Lviv to Chisinau and What time ???
and where is situated a bus stop ??? pleas if could help me !!!

anothet question we want travel from Lviv to Chisinau,and we will have a transfer in Żmerinka(railyway station betwene a Lviv and Odessa) We affraid that
we can not buy a ticket because will not available places in train
Where we can buy ticket to Chisinau in Lviv or In Lviv and Żmerinka

please help us which book a ticket !!!!! sorry for problem
regards
Jarek

Hi,

Can anyone please tell me how I would get between the above 2 cities. I've looked at the train timetable and it doesn't suit my needs. Is it possible to do this journey by bus and also back again a few days later? Or how about train between Krakow and Przemysl and then bus from Przemysl to Lviv?

Any assistance much appreciated.

Keep well,
Stevie

What is Lviv like in December and can you see the Carpathian Mountians from L'viv?

Hi there! :)

Can anyone, please, advise me a cheap and safe way of traveling from Lviv to Kiev?
I would like to take an overnight journey. I read about Ukrainian trains (being the cheapest way of traveling), but I'm going on my own, so do you think is's a good idea to take a platzkart? Or maybe I should take a coupe car? Or maybe the best way for me would be to take a coach? But here I don't have any information. What's the price difference between platzkart, coupe and a coach? Is there only one coach company or are there plenty of them (if so, which one do you recommand?). Where on the Internet can I find a timetable?
I would appreciate any help :)

Best regards! :)

arantha

Hi my friends ;)
here you can read more about our trip...
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First we are going to Wroclaw by train and then to the Polish/Ukrainian border.... from there to Lviev and further to www.sheshory.org/english/ ethno festival. We want to cycle across countries, villages, towns and cities in Ukraine, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Slovakia and maybe Turkey and Syria. Everything is spontaneous ;)

In September I plan to travel through Transcarpatia but also to Lviv. I found some organisations organizing homestays in Transcarpatia, but none providing privat accomodation in Lviv. Does anyone here know landlords renting out rooms with easy access by public transport?
We are two travellers and we are not keen on comfort, so a shared toilet is o.k. for us. I speak some Russian, so it is not problem, if the host does not speak English or German.
Hoping to get good advice!
Regards!
ajgedsor

Hi there:)

I would like to ask about women in Lvyv.

In general, are women in Lvyv open to communicate, talk..how do they behave?
How does the scheme go in the disco bars and caffe's? How does the 'procedure' with the women go? Is it fine you go and chat to her..buying her a drink?

Im intersted in knowing this..
I always want to have women company around me:)

If anyone can help me clearfying this..please do write:)

Greetings.

R.

I am going to be vising Lviv and Krakow from 19 to 22 April. I am interesting in trying to find an English speaking guide that could show me around the city. Also a recommendation for a safe place to stay. Thanks!

Hi guys. Just a question: I gonna visit Lviv and I'd like to find some of the Masoch places. A part of his home, I've read that there is a statue of Sacher-Masoch in Lviv. Is it true ? And where is it ?
Thanks a lot