PRIVATE TOUR LVIV
A walk on the dark side that will obscure then enshroud your perceptions of normalcy.
One or two travellers: £90
Add £40 per additional traveller
Flexible start time
Duration is about 3 hours
Meeting point map
Every day exc. 25/12, 01/01
Drinks included
With a local
TOUR OVERVIEW
Our Lviv cemetery tour is a truly classic Lviv tour. Lychakiv, like Campo Verano in Rome and Highgate Cemetery in London, is a forboding yet enticing setting that spans over 40 hectares. It's an open-air museum where 350,000 people rest.
The difference is that Lviv, at the crossroads of so many warring nations for so long, has suffered and still suffers immeasurable tragedies, ergo the vast majority of those who rest at Lychakiv were military personnel.
Lychakiv was also last exit for famous Poles and Ukrainians. You will learn about the many different symbols of death that adorn thousands of headstones, and honour the burial traditions of Lviv since 1786.
There will be a Defenders of Ukraine tour in future, and that will include the Field of Mars, a solemn place where friends and families of men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country can mourn.
This tour is different in that we explore the oldest tombs and mausolea, pore over the most obscure inscriptions, and listen to arcane tales that lie behind the dark heart of Lychakiv.
And we go one step further, as your guide at Lychakiv cemetery will be accompanied by Lilith, a regular visitor who has a guarded interest in the afterlife.
She will share her thoughts and explain why Lychakiv is such a life-affirming place to be. We go beyond touring the cemetery per se, as is our wont.
Lviv has been called "City of Bones", Lychakiv the most famous necropolis in Europe - both descriptions are apt. On this tour you will understand why.
While our old town is remarkable and beautiful, where there is beauty there are shadows. Lychakiv is not far away from our most loved landmarks.
Lychakiv with Lilith reveals dark Lviv, led by a local and accompanied by a Gothic girl. We include mausolea, memorials, and a tonic to drown all sorrows.
Request a tour on WhatsApp. You can pay 50% by bank transfer to our IBAN / SWIFT (BIC) before travel date, then 50% in cash (British pound sterling - Ukrainian hryvnia equivalent) to your guide on the day - details on request.
✍ by In Lviv Tours on September 29th, 2025.