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This will be the second time that St. Nicholas brings “Half Price Weekend
in Lviv” to her citizens and guests. The 50% discount on a range of
services is a present that the tourist industry of Lviv is ready to offer from
the 17th-19th of December, 2010 (this includes accommodation, food services,
excursion services, visits to museums and leisure activities).
More information about the “Half Price Weekend in Lviv”
project is available in mass-media, internet news sources, and airline
carriers. Photos and a list of discounted services and participants can be found
at the following websites: www.lviv.travel, www.visitlviv.net and
www.city-adm.lviv.ua.
The first ones to bring you this gift from St. Nicholas are:
Hotels: Lion's Castle, Dnister, Vintage, Leopolis, Hetman, Eurohotel, Sykhiv,
Misterhostel, Citadel Inn Hotel and Resort
Tourist Agencies: Dana K, Chudo Tour, Kyy Avia West, Mandry Plus, Vsesvit,
Halitsiya-Tour, Halintour, Riturnel', Tango Travel, Krylos Kom
(vidviday.com.ua), Inlviv, TurdeLviv.
Additional benefits: “Yellow & Blue” Clothing Shop by Ukrainian
Designers
Saint Nicholas in Ukraine prepares pleasant surprises, not only for
children but for adult participants of the festival.
On this page. you can see the institutions that give the feast day of
St. Nicholas and to provide a great 50% discount.
Not only tourist but
residents of the city can also use this gift.
Give yourself a gift: Come to Lviv!
Hotels
1. Lion's Castle
Contact:Lviv, Glinky street, 7 (side street. Gvardiyska)
tel. +38
(050) 3734295 Fax: +38 (032) 2378251
info@lioncastle.lviv.ua,
www.lioncastlehotel.com
Accommodation: 50% discount on rooms in hotels of all
categories of Lion's Castle.
Special menu: Green hills Park café: Cesar salad
with chicken 150g - 17.5 UAH (2.20 USD), Farfale pesto sauce 250g -17.50 UAH
(2.20 USD), with Penny pomidorovym Sauce 300g – 15.00 UAH (1.89 USD), with
Spaghetti Bolognese Sauce 300g - 20 UAH (2.52 USD), with chicken broth 200g - 9
UAH (1.13 USD), coffee - 4 UAH (0.5 USD), Tea – 7.5 UAH (0.94 USD),
banana-apple pie 100g - 5 UAH (0.63 USD), vodka World Noble 50g - 5 UAH (0.63
USD) (prices include 50% discount)
2. Dnister
Contact: Lviv, Mateyka st, 6
tel. +38 (032) 2974323, tel. / fax:
+38 (032) 2971017
reservation@dnister.lviv.ua
3. Vintage Boutique Hotel
Contact: Lviv, Staroyevreyska st, 25-27
tel. +38
(032) 235-68-34, +38 (032) 235-70-24
info@vintagehotel.com.ua
www.vintagehotel.com.ua
Accommodation: from 17th to 19th of December (2
nights for half price)
4. Leopolis
Contact: 79008 Lviv, Theatral'na st, 16
tel. +38 (032) 2959500, +38
(032) 2959503, fax + 38 (032) 2959599
sales@leopolishotel.com,
hotel@leopolishotel.com
Accommodation: 19th, 20th and 21st of December
(3 nights for half price)
Special meals: Breakfast Buffet
5. Getman
Contact: Lviv,V.Velykoho st, 50
tel. 38 (032) 2399090
hetman.reservation @
rambler.ru
Accommodation: Accommodation in double rooms at half price.
Special
meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
6. Misterhostel
Contact: Lviv,Bankivs’ka st, 5
tel. / Fax: 38 (032) 2720716,
38 (067) 6708234
misterhostel@gmail.com,
www.misterhostellviv.com
Accommodation: 2 x double room on the floor – 60
UAH/adult (7.55 USD).
3m Double room on the floor - 55 UAH/adult (6.92 USD).
4x
double room on the floor - 50 UAH/adult (6.29 USD).
6ty bed room on the floor -
45 UAH/adult (5.66 USD).
2x double room with facilities in the room - 75
UAH/adult (9.43 USD).
3m Double room with amenities in the room - 65 UAH/adult
(8.18 USD).
4x double room with facilities in the room - 60 UAH/adult (7.55
USD).
Others: kitchen with microwave, kettle, crockery, TV, refrigerator,
computer, Internet, Wi-Fi, iron, ironing board. Bedclothes, towels as needed
7. Eurohotel
Contact: 79005, Lviv,Tershakovciv st, 6 A
tel. +38 (032) 2757214, 242 31 601 info@eurohotel.lviv.ua;
www.eurohotel.lviv.ua
Accommodation: 10 rooms Superior, price 350 UAH/day (44.03 USD).
8.Hotel “Sykhiv”
Contact: 14 Morozna St. Lviv, 79066
tel. +38 (032) 232-5015; +38 (032) 232-5005
info@hotelsykhiv.com; www.hotelsykhiv.com
Available accommodations: 30 deluxe and standard rooms, with prices from 160
UAH to 190 UAH per night for standard rooms, and 425 UAH for deluxe rooms.
9.Citadel Inn Hotel & Resort
Contscts:: Lviv, 11 Hrabovskoho St. , вул. Грабовського,11
tel:. +38 (032) 2957090, fax +38 (032)29590000
resrvation@citadel-inn.com.ua; www.citadel-inn.com.ua
Accomodation: 18th th , 19th and 20th of December (3 nights) грудня
(3 ночі)MealsBreakfast “A-LA-CARTE”
Other:Sauna- 50% off. — 50%.
10.NCP, Ecocollege
Contacts: Lviv, 7 Yana Rainisa St.
Tel. +38 (032)2422646
eklnau.ucoz.ru; wikgwo@bigmir.net
Accommodation: Rooms in the dormitory of the college — 25 UAH per person.
(Without a discount it's 50 UAH per person)
Travel Agencies
1. Dana - K
Contact: Lviv, Svobody avenue, 41
tel. +38 (032) 242-15-51, phone / fax +38
(032) 225-58-97
svoboda-dana@mail.lviv.ua
2. KY Palace West
Contact: Lviv, Galycka square, 14
tel. +38 (032) 2975373
kawest@mail.lviv.ua, www.kawest.com.ua
Tours: All tours for half price
3. Mandry Plus
Contacts: 79014, Lviv, Muchna st, 47 / 4
Tours: All tours for half price
4. Vsesvit
Contact: Lviv, F.Lista st, 3 / 3
tel. +38 (032) 297-05-68, +38
(032) 297-15-58
mira@wseswit.lviv.ua, www.wseswit.lviv.ua
Travel route:
18,12, 19.12 at 11:00
Tour of "Old Lviv" (3 hours). – 20 UAH/adult (2.52 USD)
Introduction
to the history and architectural character of the city. Overview of the most
interesting sights - old buildings, cathedrals, parks, fortifications, etc.
Visit the “Vysokyy Zamok” and get the opportunity to see the city with a bird’s
eye view! The passage of a unique medieval part of town, listed in the UNESCO
World Heritage List: Rynok Square, Latin Cathedral, Boim Chapel, Kornyakta
bell, Dominican Cathedral ... Exciting stories about famous people who lived
and stayed in the Lion City, and created history. Visit unique places of the
ancient city – the Italian and Armenian courts. Climbing the 65-meter Lviv city
hall with a panoramic overview of downtown. Lviv legends, fables and historic
curiosities. Architectural kaleidoscope: Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque,
Classicism, Empire psevdostyli, art nouveau, eklevtyka ... Lviv var'yaty and
cafes. And much more! During the tour you will see and hear about all the most
... most ... most ... in. For those who are first time guests to the city, this
tour will be an excellent introduction to the city, but even if you've been in
our capital of Galicia, you may still discover a lot.
18.12 at 14:00
Adventure "Fortification of the ancient city" (3 hours) – 20
UAH/adult(2.52 USD)
This tour offers the most complete information about the
defensive system of the medieval city: the city walls, Vysokyy and Nyznkyy
castles, towers, moats, ramparts, gates, underground tunnels ... You will see
the remains of defensive structures, learn about their history, the siege and
assaults on city, and the heroic defense of the city from the numerous enemies.
Adventure introduces not only the fortifications of downtown and nearby
monasteries that were part of the defense system of the city. You hear
the story of the fraternity Rifle - a kind of “school of chivalry” in the
medieval Lviv, which prepared the townspeople to defend the city.
18.12 at
15:00
Tour “Lviv Austrian” (2 hours) – 15 UAH/adult (1.89 USD)
Walking tour of
the Austrian quarter of the city: Prospectus Svobody, University of Iv. Franko,
St.Yuriy Cathedral - seat of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, National
University Lviv Polytechnic, ensemble streets of Stepan Bandera and Kopernyka
st, : Memo revival St. Lazarus, Citadel’na mountain, museum of the book
"Mermaid Dnistrova", Lviv Scientific Library of Mr. Stefanyk, a
modern art center of the city: art gallery, Art Palace, Palace of
Potockyy.
18.12 at 18:00
Adventure Lions mystical (2 hours) - 15 UAH/adult (1.89 USD)
Adventure is a
novelty in the tourism market in Lviv! Tourists will learn about Lviv’s
mysteries from ancient times to present day. Stories about ghosts, alchemists,
vampires ... Visit the underground church of the Jesuit monk ghost or the
Dominican church and the underground Pharmacy museum where you will visit the
room of the eerie alchemist. Unsolved mysteries of the ancient city, suicide,
and legends – all mystically themed tours of Lviv!
19.12 at 15:00
Adventure
"Lviv cemetery" (2 hours) - 15 UAH/adult (1.89 USD)
The open air
museum. Visit the oldest cemetery in Europe: Weeping Madonna, Franko’s Grave,
Shashkevych, Ivasiuk, Krushelnytska, graves of the rebels of 1862, Orlyat,
Sichovyh Strilciv and participants of the second St. War.
19.12 at 15:00
Tour
“Lviv - City of Coffee” (2 hours) - 15 UAH/adult (1.89 USD)
During the tour,
you will learn about the history of coffee consumption, its way to Europe and
to the city. You will hear stories about the struggle of coffee in medieval
Europe and Asia, its causes and consequences and a lot of different information
about this popular drink and all that it is connected to. The first coffee houses
in Europe and in Lviv. Traditions and old customers in Lviv’s coffee houses.
Stories and funny incidents. Types of coffee and how to use them ... We welcome
all Coffee-maniacs and supporters of this popular drink!
Each excursion
participant
will receive a free city card
5. Galicia TOUR
Contact: Lviv, Sichovyh Stril'civ st 4, apt 23
tel. +38 (032) 2425474,
tel. +38 (032) 248701
office@galicia-tour.lviv.ua,
http://www.galicia-tour.lviv.ua
We offer two-day tours of collective "Oh,
someone who loves St. Nicholas?"
Tour Dates: 18-19.12.2010
The tour
program consists of the following:
Day 1: Arrive to Lviv, self check-in at
hotel 10.00 - meet your guide at the Opera House, tour of the medieval streets
of the city (3.30 hrs.) Excursion to the National Museum of A. Sheptytskoho. An
overview of the Life and work St. Nicholas exhibition will enable you to learn
more about the wonders and endless love and good works of St. Nicholas. Free
time for walking around the city, visiting the Winter Fair.
Day 2: 10.00 -
Tour of "City with the aroma of coffee" (1.30 hrs.), Visit the Lviv
Historical Museum, the Historical Treasures exhibition, free time. Optional
visit to the Organ Hall, theatres, museums of our city.
The tour:
550 * UAH.
- 50% = 275 UAH (35 USD).
Children under 12 years ext. place 150 UAH (18.87
USD)
650 ** UAH -50% = 325UAH (40.88 USD)!
Children under 12 years ext. place
200 UAH (25.16 USD)!
Included:
1. Accommodation
2. Excursions
Not included:
1. Admission to the program.
2. Insurance.
3. Food.
4. Personal
expenses.
Other: we also offer a variety of themed tours Lviv, Lviv tours in
the Carpathians and Transcarpathian, organization corporative and other
celebrations and more.
6. Galintur
Contact: Lviv, Oleny Stepanivny st, 2 tel. + 380987114557, fax 032 233 1934 2009 galintour@mail.lviv.ua; www.galintour.lviv.ua Walking Tour "streets" - duration 2 hours. Defense building, monument of Danilo Galician, Bernardine monastery, Rynok Square, "black store”, Kornyakta house with the Italian yard, Armenian quarter, cultural and artistic center "Dzyga", City Hall (Ratusha), the pharmacy museum, Assumption Church, Boim Chapel, Churches: Cathedral, Dominican, the Opera House. Guided tour per person: 40UAH (5.03 USD). , during the action 20UAH (2.52 USD). Excursions are offered to: "Vysokyy Zamok", “Lychakiv cemetery“, " Davnoruskyy Lviv"," “Austrian Lviv”.
7. RITURNEL
Contact: Lviv, Vodoginna st, 2, apt. 101
tel. 0322422826, fax.
0322422827
riturnet-info@ukr.net; www.riturnel.lviv.ua
Travel route: "Little
Paris for two", "City with a taste of coffee", "Beer Tour
to the city", "Lviv for children" ... If it rains in Lviv
"," Lion’s Golden Horseshoe”.
8. Tango Travel
Contact: 79 008 Lviv, Jaroslava Osmomysla square, 1 apt. 6
tel. 0322367563,
380676763217, fax 0322367565
office@tangotravel.com.ua;
http://tangotravel.com.ua
Travel route: special 2 day tour called “With St.
Nicholas to the Lviv”.
1 day in Lviv. Meeting tourists representative of the
company Tango Travel. Transfer to hotel accommodation (complies with the rules
of the hotel).
10:00 - Tour of Medieval Lviv. Lviv - the city that is at the
crossroads of trade routes and geographical areas, which makes it unique. The
city will never be on the sidelines of history, it was the center of the strategic
plans of aggression authorities of different times and different peoples. Each
left behind a monument. Tour departs the oldest part of town that survived to
the present day: the Opera House - one of the most beautiful in Europe, Jesuit
Church, Cathedral, Rynok Square, Assumption complex, Dominican Church, Pharmacy
Museum (optional), and the Armenian Cathedral Square. Galician Square, square
of A. Mickevych.
15.00 - Visit the Museum of Folk Architecture and Life
"Shevchenkivskyy Grove" - ethno-park in Lviv, which represents life
in Western Ukraine. Visiting the museum, you will become familiar with the
architectural features of different construction zones in Western Ukraine. The
museum is a residential building, household, wooden churches (some force), smithy,
school, sawmill, fulling, water mill and windmill.
Place to sleep
Day 2
Breakfast. Check out of room (things remain at a storage site).
Free time.
Recommended tour: the Golden “Horseshoe of Lviv” (150UAH, 18.87 USD). The
territory of the Lviv region has always belonged to princes and noble families
who built here with vigor their castles and family estates. During this tour,
we offer an unforgettable journey to the castles of the Lviv region, which have
survived to this day. “Pidgoretskyy Castle” was built in the 17th century led
by architect Andrea del Aqua at the direction of the crown hetman Stanislav
Konetspolskyy. It is one of Europe's best samples of Renaissance palace with
fortified a bastion. Its decoration is also an Italian park and a family chapel
“Geshovkyy”. “Oleskyy castle”- an eminent monument of architecture and history
of the XIII-XVIII centuries. The history of the castle is extremely versatile,
because at different times its owners fought different ideas and the castle
remained a silent witness to all these events. “Zolochevskyy Castle” entrance
tower, the Chinese Palace, and a large residential palace create a Renaissance
ensemble that at various times was a fortress, royal residence, Mansion,
prison, and educational institution. So the legends of the castle are lost.
This tour will take you through the Middle Ages, royal charm atmosphere points,
the king's house and castle walls.
Farewell from Lviv. Transfer to the
station.
The price includes:
* Meeting tourists’ representative of the Tango
Travel company
* Tour escort
* Tour: “Shevchenkivskyy Grove”, “Medieval
Lviv”
* Breakfast
* Transfers
* Gift for St. Nicholas Day from “Tango Travel”
agency.
* Hotel accommodation.
Not included:
* Personal expenses
* Attendant
*
Tickets
* Travel by public transport
The program is conducted with a minimum of
2 persons, price 400 UAH (50.31 USD) per person.
9. Krylos-Com
Contacts: Lions Chornovil Ave ,7 (Hotel “Lviv”), 3 floor, apt 321. phone / fax (032) - 260-04-10, vidviday.com.ua @ gmail.com, www.vidviday.com.ua Travel route: Tour "Meeting Lviv" Duration: 3 hours. Tour days: Friday, December 17 and Saturday, December 18. Cost: 20 UAH (2.52 USD) per person. Route: Monument of King Danylo, Bernardine monastery, Hlynyanska Tower, City Arsenal, Powder Tower, Assumption Church, the Dominican church, “House of seasons”, Armenian Church, Rynok Square, Latin Cathedral, Boim Chapel, Svobody Avenue, the monument of Adam Mickevych, the monument of Taras Shevchenko, Opera House. Cost includes sightseeing tours. Advanced tickets are paid at the Armenian Cathedral Latin Cathedral and Boim Chapel. Tour “Lviv necropolis" Duration: 2 hrs. Promotional days: Friday, December 17 and Saturday, December 18. Cost: 15 UAH (1.98 USD) per person. During the tour, you can visit the Cemetery and see its most famous burial. Cost includes sightseeing tours. Advanced tickets are paid to the Cemetery. Tour "Golden Horseshoe" Duration: 8 hours (10:00-18:00). Promotion day: Sunday, December 19. Cost: 75 UAH (9.43 USD) per person. During the tour you can see the three best castles of Ukraine: Oleskyy, Pidgoretskyy, Zolochevskyy. Price includes: transportation by comfortable bus, escort tour-guide, excursions to museums. Additional costs: entrance tickets to museums and meals. Other: Each participant will receive a tour map of the "Tourist Region" of the 200 natural and historic attractions of the region.
10. INLVIV
Contact: Lviv, Brothers Rohatyntsiv st 30 apt 1,
tel. / fax: 38 (032) 235763
contact@inlviv.com; www.inlviv.info
tours: city tours Ukrainian (50 UAH/hour) (6.29 USD/hour)
German (100UAH/hour) (12.58 USD/hour)
Russian (50UAH/hour) (6.29 USD/hour) languages by prior booking.
Accommodation: rent (the second day at full cost)
Other: transfers from airport / train station (45/55 UAH,(5.66/6.92 USD)
depending on time)
11.TourdeLviv
Contact: Office 805, 63 Chornovola ave. (Prospect), Lviv
tel. +38(032) 242-4303, 0979534502, fax (032) 244-5444
mariya_tourdelviv@ua.fm, www.tourdelviv.lviv.ua
The tourist route: Opera House – the Shevchenko Statue –Jesuit Church - the
ruins of the hospital of the Holy spirit – the Horseshoe statue – the Entrance
to the Old City: Rynok Square – the Latin Cathedral (discovering from the
inside) – The Chapel of the Boim Family - coming back to Rynok Square – the
City Tower (a chance to climb up a Tower) – The Black House (Chorna
Kam'janytsja) – the Italian Yard – the Pharmacy Museum – the beauty of
Armenian block architecture – the Armenian Church (discovering from the inside)
– the House of Four Seasons – the Dominican Church (discovering from the
inside) – the Dormition Church ensemble – the Bernardine Church – the Soborna
Square – the Statue of King Dalyno.
Duration: 3 hours
Price: 30 UAH per person – 50% OFF = 15 UAH per person
Timetable:
18.12 – starts at 11:00 A.M.
19.12 – starts at 11:00 A.M
18.12.2010 – Out-of-city excursion “Following the Paths of Polish Kings” 50%
OFF
The trip to the Royal Zhovkva (the most ideal Renaissance town with its Żółkiew
Castle, fortification, unique murals in the Vasilian church, the Jewish
Synagogue, the former Dominican Church) and Krekhivskyi Monestery that sits in
the midst of the beautiful landscape of the Roztochja National Park. In the
city of Krekhov, we will also visit the holy water spring, so don't forget to
bring along some empty containers for water. If we feel like we are able to
continue our journeys, we will move on to the secluded cave monastery, where
you will get a chance to pray for the health and happiness of your family
and friends in the church that's hidden in the stone of a cave.
Our royal path will lay through the Kulykiv village – the birthplace and
homeland for the famous Ukrainain actor Bohdan Stupka.
Price – 120 UAH per person- 50% = 60 UAH per person
12. Chudo Tur (Miracle Tour)
13. Zakhid Show , 4REST Apartments
Contacts: Lviv, office 5, 1/3 Svobody Ave,
tel:. +38(032) 2615097, fax +38(032) 2614197
westshow@mail.lviv.ua, www.travel.lviv.ua
We offer 5 economy class rooms for only 200 UAH per night!
14. Sonata
Contacts: Lviv, office 2, 62 Kopernika St.
tel/fax +38(032)244-56-85; +38(032)244-56-86
lviv@sonata.org.ua; sonata.lviv@gmail.com
Our offer: One day trip to Lviv
Day 1.
Arrival. A guided tour in a medieval Lviv by foot (visiting Rynok Square with a chance to climb up a City Hall Tower, pharmacy-museum, the beauty of Armenian block architecture, the House of Four Seasons, the Italian Yard, the Dominican Church, The Boim Chapel, the Bernardine Church, The Jesuit Church, the Latin Cathedral, T. Shevchenko monument. Lunch (for additional price)
Free time. If desired, more excursions can be offered. Departure.
The price covers: excursions;
Additional expenses: museum entrance tickets; personal expenses.
Price for 1 person:
if the the group size is: 10+1 – 20 UAH
20+1 - 10 UAH
30+2 -7 UAH
40+2 - 5 UAH
A Two-day stay in Lviv:
Day 1.
Arrival and transfer to the hotel. Check-in in the hotel. A guided tour in a medieval Lviv by foot (visiting Rynok Square with an opportunity to climb up a City Hall Tower, pharmacy-museum, the beauty of Armenian block architecture, the House of Four Seasons, the Italian Yard, the Dominican Church, The Boim Chapel, the Bernardine Church, The Jesuit Church, the Latin Cathedral, T. Shevchenko monument. Lunch. Free time.
(On your choice: trip to Waterpark, to Vernisazh (the souvenir and art market) where you can purchase souvenirs, or a chance to see a play in the Opera House). Overnight.
Day 2.
Breakfast. A guided tour around Lviv (St. Yura Church – the main Greek-Catholic church, one of the oldest universities – Ivan Franko University, Pototsky Palace art museum, the High Castle, where you will have a wonderful overview of all the main sights in Lviv). Lunch. Free time.
On your choice – additional excursions. Departure.
The price includes: accommodation, excursions fees, transport, transfer to the hotel, meals.
Additional expenses: museum entrance tickets; personal expenses.
Price for 1 person:
if the the group size is: 10+1 – 230 UAH
20+1 – 200 UAH
30+2 – 185 UAH
40+2 – 180 UAH
1.The “Yellow & Blue” clothing shop by Ukrainian designers.
Contacts: 5 floor, “Magnus” Shopping Center, 1 Shpytal'na St. Lviv
tel. +38 (032)245-2296
zhukka@rambler.ru
The offer: certain items 50% OFF
1. From leading Ukrainian designer Olena Dats', an active participant of the UKRAINIAN FASHION WEEK , SHOWROOM at PARIS FASHION WEEK, Dubai Fashion Days.
2. From leading Lvivian designer of the Mykytyuk –Jatsenyuk tandem, and active participant of LVIV FASHION WEEK.
3. From fashionable designer Olena Molchanova, an active participant of the Fresh Fashion UKRAINIAN FASHION WEEK.
2. “Ravlyk” art gallery. (in the underground of the Jesuit Church)
1. 15, Svobody Ave,
2. tel.: +38 (032) 243-35-99
3. What we offer: On December 19th 2010, from 12:oo to 15:00 PM, a free master-class “Handmade Lviv Lions in Cholade”. You will re-create the most famous architectural monuments of Lviv and will be able to buy them with a discount!
4. Sign up is in the “Ravlyk” art gallery.
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