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Castle tour
Visit Olesko, Zolochiv and Pidhirtsi castles.

Group tour cost: 400 UAH per person + 200 UAH for the entrance tickets to all castles.
It includes the transfers, print-outs (short information about the castles) and the guided tour in Ukrainian language.
Group tour is offered every day except Monday.
Trip duration: 09:00 - 18:00

Individual tour cost:

by car - 7400 UAH (English or other languages, up to 2 persons)
by minibus - 7800 UAH (English or other languages, up to 7 persons)

The price included: transportation, guide service, tourist fee.
Not included: entrance tickets to 3 castles 200 UAH per person, food.

The most popular tourist itinerary is the one, which leads to Olesko, Zolochiv and Pidhirtsi - the small villages famous for their age-old majestic castles. From a distance we can see the powerful defensive building on the picturesque hill in Olesko, which walls are formed of the cutted stone blocks, they "remember" a lot of invasions of invaders. And within some kilometres there is one more castle, quite not like the previous. It's alike a fairy-tale palace with the slender towers, shining versatile mosaic tile and playful decoration.
There are hardly any castles in the world that went through such roller coaster transformations – from a royal residence to a hospital, vocational school for farming machinery mechanics, ghost-haunted ruins, museums, crumbling structures in perpetual state of restoration where cows and goats graze on once well-kept lawns.
These are different kind of castles. They are like a photograph of beautiful flowers represented by a crazy avant-garde genius - it is really worth seeing.

Olesko Castle, Ukraine Olesko Castle, Ukraine Olesko Castle, Ukraine

Olesko Castle is an outstanding architectural and historic monument from the 13th - 18th centuries, once a strong fortress of Old Rus in the 14th century. Later in the 15th - 16th century Olesko Castle was turned into a palace for aristocracy and remodeled in the Italian Renaissance style in the 1620s. The famous Polish king Jan III Sobieski was born there in 1629. The king often lived in Olesko Castle and collected numerous art works. Afterwards the castle belonged to the Rzewuski family. After restoration in 1965-1975 Olesko Castle became a museum. Hundreds of unique paintings, sculptures and applied arts can be seen in the museum. Among them are icons, portraits, still-lives, the monumental picture of the Battle of Vienna, old furniture and wooden sculptures. In the Olesko Castle basement there is a well which also served as an escape passage for the besieged. A nice park with some modern sculptures surrounds Olesko Castle.

Pidhirtsi Castle, Ukraine Pidhirtsi Castle, Ukraine Pidhirtsi Castle, Ukraine

Pidhirtsi Castle is a unique architectural monument in the late Renaissance style dating back to 1635-1640. It belonged to the aristocratic Rzewuski family, was not intended as a defense structure and should be more accurately called a palace. Pidhirtsi Castle is surrounded by a moat and includes a Baroque church of St. Joseph (1752-1766). It has a wall with a heavy gate and a park with old trees. Pidhirtsi Castle has been under restoration after years when it was used as a Soviet hospital. It may take many years before it regains its pervious glory. However visitors are admitted and have to use their imagination when looking at once grand interiors. Visitors to Pidhirtsi Castle will be invited to take a short walk to see a beautiful wooden church of St. Michael from 1720.

Zolochiv Castle, Ukraine
Zolochiv Castle, Ukraine Zolochiv Castle, Ukraine

Zolochiv Castle was built as a citadel with bastions in the 1630s. In the 17th - 18th centuries the castle belonged to the rich Polish families of Sobieski and Radziwill. In the days of Austro-Hungarian empire Zolochiv Castle was turned into a prison and later became a grim prison under Stalin. A memorial and an exhibition to commemorate those who perished here can now be seen in the castle as well as a chapel outside the castle walls. Inside Zolochiv Castle visitors could see a newly restored Chinese palace built to follow European fashion for Chinese art in late 17th century. To the right there is a larger residential palace undergoing restoration. From the bastions one could see surrounding countryside and the town of Zolochiv. Tourists would be taken to the old magic stone in the castle courtyard. It has engraved inscriptions in unknown language and a hole in the middle that will help fulfill your wishes if you put your finger there and turn.

Information about the castles in pdf


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