Lviv region

Lviv region is a western region of Ukraine, one of the three regions of the historical and cultural region of Galicia, part of the Carpathian Euroregion. It is one of the most developed regions of the country in economic, tourism, cultural and scientific spheres. It borders Volyn, Rivne, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk and Zakarpattia regions and has access to the state border with the Republic of Poland. Administratively, it is divided into 20 districts. The cities of Boryslav, Drohobych, Lviv, Morshyn, Novyi Rozdil, Sambir, Stryi, Truskavets, and Chervonohrad are of regional significance and subordination.

In the south of the region are the Carpathian foothills and the Carpathians themselves. They are represented by the Skole Beskydy. The southern border of the region coincides with the Verkhovyna Watershed Range. The region also includes the main European watershed of the Black and Baltic Sea basins. Truskavets, Morshyn, and Skhidnytsia are balneological resorts of international importance. The architectural ensembles of Lviv and Zhovkva, castles and other attractions, and the Carpathian Mountains offer great prospects for the region's tourism development.

Lviv is the administrative center of the region. The region consists of 20 districts: Brody, Busk, Horodok, Drohobych, Zhydachiv, Zhovkva, Zolochiv, Kamianka-Buzka, Mykolaiv, Mosty, Peremyshlyany, Pustomyty, Radekhiv, Sambir, Skole, Sokal, Starosambir, Stryi, Turka, and Yavoriv. Accommodation in the Lviv region will be provided by private estates, cottages, apartments and hotels.

The highest points of the territory are Mt. Pikuy (1405 m) on the border with Zakarpattia region and Kamula (471 m) in the plains. The main rivers are the Dniester with tributaries, the Western Bug with tributaries, Vyshnia and Shklo.There are 400 territories and objects of the nature reserve fund in the region, including the Roztochia State Nature Reserve, 33 nature reserves, the Lviv University Botanical Garden, 240 natural monuments, 55 parks - monuments of landscape art, 61 protected tracts.

There are 24 types of minerals in the Lviv region.The region is rich in mineral resources: natural gas, oil (Boryslavske, Skhidnytsia, and Strilbytske oil fields), coal deposits, sulfur, peat, ozokerite (Boryslavske ozokerite field), table salt and potassium salt, raw materials for cement production, limestone (for the sugar industry and limestone for lime burning) shale (minilithic shale), marl, large reserves of construction and refractory clays (brick and tile raw materials), sand (for locomotive sandboxes and sand for the glass industry), gypsum and anhydrite, construction chalk, sandstones, sand and gravel mixtures, expanded clay raw materials; 4 deposits of medicinal mineral waters of the Naftusia type have been discovered. The Galician land is particularly rich in large reserves of medicinal mineral waters, which are the basis for resorts.

As a true jewel of Eastern Europe, Lviv resembles an open-air museum with 2,000 historical, architectural and cultural monuments. For centuries, people have brought their culture, traditions, and religion here. Hence, the architecture of Lviv is a mixture of Gothic and Baroque, Renaissance and Romanesque, Rococo and Empire, modern eclecticism and constructivism. Lviv is a treasure trove of national ideas and culture, an economic, educational, and cultural center of western Ukraine. It has many museums, art galleries, theater and music companies. The majestic Lviv Opera and Ballet Theater has an extremely busy season. Lviv is home to 12 higher education institutions and has a well-deserved reputation as a city with a high level of education. It is home to one of the oldest universities in Central Europe and the first university founded in Ukraine.

A significant number of ancient wooden churches have been preserved in the Lviv region. The total number of historical, archeological, urban planning and architecture, and monumental art monuments in the region is 3934.

On the territory of Lviv region there are: 886 archeological monuments (including 14 of national importance), 3822 historical monuments (including 7 of national importance), 3431 architectural and urban planning monuments (including 794 of national importance), and 302 monumental art monuments (including 1 of national importance). The List of Historical Settlements of Ukraine, approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on 26.07.2001, No. 878, includes 55 settlements of Lviv region: Belz, Bibrka, Boryslav, Brody, Busk, Velykyi Lubin, Velyki Mosty, Vynnyky, Hlyniany, Hnizdychiv, Horodok, Dobromyl, Drohobych, Dubliany, Zhovkva, Zolochiv, Ivano-Frankove, Kamianka-Buzka, Komarne, Krakovets, Kulykiv, Lviv, Mageriv, Medenychi, Mykolaiv, Morshyn, Mostyska, Nemyriv, Nyzhankovychi, Novyi Yarichiv, Olesko, Peremyshlyany, Pidkamin, Pomoryany, Pustomyty, Rava-Ruska, Rozdil, Rudky, Sambir, Skole, Sokal, Staryi Sambir, Stara Sil, Stryi, Sudova Vyshnia, Turka, Uhniv, Khyriv, Khodoriv, Chervonohrad, Shklo, Shchyrets, Yavoriv.

The most important tourist attractions include:

Lviv Historic Center Ensemble or Old Town, an area in the central part of Lviv that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site;
Lviv State Historical and Architectural Reserve;
State Historical and Cultural Reserve "Tustan" (remains of a rock fortress of the IX-XIV centuries);
State Historical and Cultural Reserve in Belz;
State Historical and Cultural Reserve "Naguyevychi";
Branch of Lviv Historical Reserve in Zhovkva (see Architectural monuments of Zhovkva);
Monastery complex in Krekhiv (see Krekhiv);
Old Russian settlements of the X-XIII centuries in Zvenyhorod and Stilske;
Golden Horseshoe of Ukraine: Olesky Castle of the XIII-XVII centuries; Zolochiv Castle. Pidhirtsi castle. Svirzh Castle;
The oldest architectural monuments of Lviv - the High Castle, the Church of St. Nicholas, the Armenian Cathedral, monuments in the Gothic and Baroque styles - the Carmelite Barefoot Church of 1644;
Sanatorium and resort treatment and recreation occupy a leading position in the structure of the Lviv region's tourism complex. There are 106 relevant institutions in the region: sanatoriums, boarding houses, rest homes, bases and institutions of 1-2 day stay. Among the regions of Ukraine, Lviv region ranks eighth in terms of the number of health resort and recreation (health) facilities, and second in terms of the number of sanatoriums and boarding houses with treatment, after the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

Waterfalls:

Boryslavsky - about 2 meters high. On the Tysmenytsia River, within the town of Boryslav. Easily accessible, little known (Drohobych district);
Gurkalo - height 5 m. On the Velyka Richka River (a tributary of the Stryi). Easily accessible, popular tourist attraction (Skole district);
Small Gurkalo - 2.5 m high. On the Velyka Rika River (a tributary of the Stryi). Easily accessible, little known (Skole district);
Zalotomyatyi - height approx. 1.5 m. On Zalotomyatyi stream (tributary of Kamianka river). Easily accessible, little known (Skole district);
Kamianskyi - Height approx. 7 m. On the Kamianka River (a tributary of the Opir). Easily accessible, popular tourist attraction (Skole district);
Verkhnekamianskyi - height 3.5 m. On the Kamianka River (a tributary of the Opir). Easily accessible (Skole district);
Laznyi - height 10.5 m. On the Laznyi stream (tributary of the Stryi). Easily accessible, little known (Drohobych district);
Near Kudryvets (Skole district, near Kamianka village);
Approaches - height approx. 2 m. On an unnamed stream (left tributary of Kamianka River) in Kamianka village. Easily accessible, little known (Skole district);
Sopit - 8 m high. On an unnamed left tributary of the Sopit stream (Sopotianka). Easily accessible, little known (Skole district);
Phantom - a waterfall near the village of Lapshyn, Zhydachiv district, at the foot of Mount Bakotsyno. Phantom belongs to the so-called ephemeral waterfalls. It consists of 9 cascades about 8 meters high;
Krushelnytskyi is about 1.5 meters high. On the Krushelnytsia River (a tributary of the Stryi). Easily accessible, little known (Skole district).

List of museums in Lviv region:

Boryslav History and Local Lore Museum - Boryslav;
Brody Museum of History and Local Lore - Brody;
State Historical and Architectural Reserve in Zhovkva - Zhovkva;
State Historical and Cultural Reserve "Nahuyevychi" - Drohobych district, Nahuyevychi village;
State Historical and Cultural Reserve "Tustan" - Skole district, Urych village;
State Museum-Reserve "Olesko Castle" - Busk district, Olesko village;
Drohobych Museum "Prison on Stryiska Street" - Drohobych;
Historical and Local History Museum of the town of Vynnyky. Vynnyky - Vynnyky;
Historical and Ethnographic Museum "Yavorivshchyna" - Yavoriv;
Ivan Franko Literary and Memorial Museum-Estate - Drohobych district, Nahuyevychi village;
Markiyan Shashkevych Memorial Estate - Zolochiv district, Pidlysia village;
Stepan Bandera Memorial Museum - Stryi district, Volia Zaderevatska village;
Museum "Drohobychyna" - Drohobych;
Yevhen Konovalets Museum - Zhovkva district, Zashkiv village;
Museum of the History of the Old Russian City of Zvenyhorod - Pustomyty district, Zvenyhorod village;
Mykhailo Dzyndra Museum of Modern Sculpture - Bryukhovychi;
Petro Sahaidachnyi Museum - Sambir district, Kulchytsi village;
Zolochiv Castle Museum-Reserve - Zolochiv;
Museum-reserve "Pidhirtsi Castle" - Brody district, Pidhirtsi village;
A monument of wooden architecture of the 15-17th centuries - Drohobych;
Przemyslany Local History Museum - Przemyslany;
Pyatnychany Tower - Zhydachiv district, Pyatnychany village;
Sokal Space Museum - Sokal;
Stryi Local History Museum "Verkhovyna" - Stryi;
Ustianovych Art and Memorial Museum - Pustomyty district, Vovkiv village;
Mykhailo Bilas Art Museum - Truskavets;
Art Museum "Boykivshchyna" - Sambir;
Art Museum "Sokalshchyna" - Chervonohrad;
Chervonohrad branch of the Lviv Museum of the History of Religion (Potocki Palace) - Chervonohrad.