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Private tour in Lviv Solomia
The Lviv Renaissance: Exploring a Transformative Era
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Hello! Thank you for coming to my page! My name's Solomia, I'm a Lviv-based tour guide, photographer and translator with a passion for showing my fascinating and beautiful home city to tourists. I've been a fully licensed tour guide since 2008, so if you're looking for a true local Lvivian and highly experienced guide to show you around the city then look no further. I can guide you to the city's most loved areas, like the Opera House and Market Square and regale you with the historical stories of these intriguing places, or I can take you off the tourist trail to experience the authentic sights, sounds and tastes of the city which few tourists get the chance to experience and which only a true local can find! During my decade-long guiding career I've learned much about the city of Lviv, and have a deep understanding of its complex history, culture and traditions. With this experience and knowledge I'm able to be a highly flexible tour guide - I always cater to the particular interests of my clients. If you have an interest in any particular topic, event or theme then please let me know and I will do my best to build a tour specific to you! While I am a highly adaptable guide, I also offer a number of set tours which have proved very popular with my tourists. You can find details of these here on my profile :) If you have any questions please do not hesitate to get in contact. During my guiding career I've met many fascinating people from a host of wonderful countries and worked on many projects, for instance showing an Azerbaijani journalist around for a documentary about the city, and more recently I guided a notable YouTuber around the city and contributed to the amazing film made about the stay here. I've also assisted academic researchers, journalists and those visiting for the purpose of tracing their relatives. Whatever your reason for visiting Lviv, I'm happy to help you get the most out of your trip! I can give tours in Ukrainian, English (I was fortunate enough to study here for two years), French, German or Polish. Be sure to check out my photos and I hope to hear from you - let's explore this wonderful city together! I am a fully licenced guide
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Join me and let's walk through Lviv's tapestry of splendor and progress together!
Overview of your Lviv tour
The Lviv which one sees today was, in a large part, constructed during the Austrian period of the city's history. The Austrian Empire acquired Lviv in 1772, and stayed until the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire after the First World War. During this period Lviv prospered, magnificent buildings for entertainment such as the Opera House were built, centers for learning established, like Lviv Polytechnic, and the city was electrified and trams were introduced. Although both the First and Second World Wars took a great toll on the population of Lviv, fortunately many of its buildings remained undamaged. Walking the streets of Lviv today one can see and feel the strong influence the Austrians had on this city. I hope you'll join me for a tour of the Austrian story of this city. Also, just to say, I'm a very adaptable guide so if you have a specific itinerary in mind send me a message and I'll customize the tour for you!
Your Lviv tour itinerary
We'll begin at the Opera House, from where a pregnant lady watches over Lviv. Yes, join me and I'll tell you the fascinating story. . . Having gazed at the magnificence of the Opera House, we'll walk to the nearby House of Scientists which, during the Austrian times, was a casino before going to see the modern-day Ivan Franko National University, St George's Cathedral and Lviv Polytechnic University, where we'll learn more about religion, education and architecture in Galicia. Turning to head back towards the city center, we'll pass through the beautiful Franko Park, where we'll see red squirrels hopping around! Passing pass back into the city we'll look at the National Scientific Library, which houses a rare collections of books and, interestingly, used to be a monastery. Finally we'll see the grand Pototski Palace, which was originally build as a residence for the President-Minister of Austria, but is now the National Art Gallery. After the tour I highly recommend a visit to the gallery!
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Type: Walking
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Lviv Oblast, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
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