The town has its unique aura and charm and attracts tourists with a large number of architectural monuments.Drohobych is one of the most beautiful towns of Western Ukraine, the capital of salt production and the birthplace of 15th century philosopher Yurii Kotermak-Drohobych and Bruno Shults, one of the greatest Polish- language prose stylists of the 20th century.

The most prominent landmark in Drohobych is the wooden church of St. George (XV century, 1657), which is protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Be sure to visit the ensemble of the Market square, with the Town Hall and the two oldest buildings in the town: the Gothic Church of St. Bartholomew (1392r.) and the Bell Tower (XIII century), which was rebuilt from the old Russian defensive tower.

The town also features one of the oldest factories in Europe, Drohobych salt plant which has continued to operate ever since it was opened in the 18th century. Here, you can see how they manufacture salt. You can also buy salt and souvenirs. The largest Choral-Synagogue in Galicia (1842.), the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (XVI century), the Gallery of Sacred Art and the Department of History of the Museum “Drohobychyna” are also worth visiting. In the Department of European Art Museum, you can also see wonderfully preserved frescoes  of Bruno Shults, and many treasures, beautifully restored, from the collection of Count Karol Liantskoronskyi, one of the wealthiest magnates in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Drohobych is also famous for a unique dish, in which a salty cake and delicious bread is baked on brine with sausage.

Drohobych's most prominent landmark is the wooden Boyko Church of St. George (15th century), which is listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The church was built in the 15th century, but its final appearance was given in 1678. This ancient shrine is famous for its unique interior paintings and an equally unique iconostasis from the mid-17th century. The interior is decorated with frescoes made under the direction of the then famous painter Stefan Popovych Medynskyi, who gave an almost portrait-like expression to the figures depicted.

The church used to be located in the village of Nadiievo (now Ivano-Frankivsk region), but clever Drohobych residents brought it to the city in parts on oxen, exchanging it for... salt.

The city has its own slogan: ‘Drohobych has all the salt!’, and the coat of arms and flag feature 9 salt furnaces. And it's no coincidence that one of Europe's oldest saltworks, founded in the 13th century, still operates here. For centuries, Chumaks from Kholm, Volyn, Kyiv and even Italian concessionaires came here to buy salt. The saltworks is located between two ancient churches, practically in the very centre of the city, which is why it is often called the ‘heart of Drohobych’.

During the tour, you will see a rolling pin that once lifted natural salt brine from a 50-metre deep mine, brine collectors where the salt solution is settled, and of course the legendary metal panvas where salt is boiled on wood. And these are not museum exhibits, but a daily operating production process where you can see the entire salt production cycle with your own eyes. It's hard to believe that in the era of artificial intelligence and human space exploration, there are still places where salt is boiled using medieval methods, as it was hundreds of years ago.

By the way, experts say that the salt boiled here is much cleaner and healthier than the salt mined in the mine. In the end, you can see for yourself by having an unlimited salt tasting and buying white gold and souvenirs from it during a tour of the enterprise.

Many European cities can envy the architectural diversity of Drohobych's city centre. First of all, the 40-metre-high town hall (1920s), built in the classicist style, dominates the city and attracts visitors with its almost century-old clock on four sides.

Not far away is the Gothic Church of St Bartholomew, a sacred medieval building, the construction of which was approved by King Jagiello in 1392! Today, the building is among the top 15 most mystical churches in Ukraine. It is incredibly interesting to see the bell tower (13th century), rebuilt from an ancient Russian defensive tower, and the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (17th century), which is considered an example of wooden architecture of the Ukrainian Renaissance. It is also worth paying attention to the Baroque-classical Cathedral of the Holy Trinity of the UGCC (1690), which played an important role in the church and social life of Ukrainians in Drohobych.

You can spend a long time on the former Panska Street (now Taras Shevchenko Street), looking at the houses with magnificent stucco and villas in the Viennese Secession style, including the luxurious villa of the former mayor and president of Drohobych, Raimund Yarosh. In general, Drohobych simply amazes with an incredible number of luxurious and exquisite villas, palaces and townhouses that you have to see with your own eyes.

The European Art Department of the Drohobychyna Museum is housed in one of the most beautiful buildings in the city, called Villa Bianchi (early twentieth century). European art is represented by paintings, furniture, porcelain, textiles, weapons, and medals of the XVII-XIX centuries. The basis of the exhibition is the beautifully restored and exquisite collection of treasures of Count Karol Lianckoronski, a famous collector and traveller, which used to decorate his palace in the town of Rozdil.

Of particular interest will be the contemporary multimedia exhibition Bruno Schulz and His City, which is dedicated to the life and work of the world-famous writer, artist and visionary Bruno Schulz. Particularly noteworthy are the unique fragments of an authentic mural on the theme of Grimm's fairy tales (1942), which Bruno Schulz decorated in the children's room in the villa of the Gestapo officer Landau. Three fragments of Schulz's frescoes were stolen by Israeli special services in 2001 and are exhibited in the Holocaust Museum in Israel, and five fragments of the frescoes can be seen in the Drohobych Museum.

It is interesting to see the majestic choral synagogue, which is more than 20 metres high, the largest in Galicia and one of the most beautiful in Eastern Europe. The synagogue was built over 23 years, from 1842 to 1856, during the heyday of the city's Jewish community.

Interestingly, the exterior design was based on a similar synagogue built in the German city of Kassel in 1830, using the same Romanesque architectural belts typical of the German Ruhndbogen style to depict the façade. But while the German synagogue can now be seen only in photographs (it was completely destroyed by the Nazis), the Drohobych synagogue was restored and turned into a temple again

Thanks to the costumes, professionalism and interactivity, this wonderful journey through Drohobych is one of the 12 best theatrical tours in Ukraine. During the tour, you can see the courtyard of the magistrate's office, go down into the dungeons of the town hall, and into the ancient prison, where you can meet the executioner and prisoners. The tour participants also have the opportunity to climb the town hall tower to see this beautiful city and the panorama of the Carpathians from a bird's eye view. The theatrical performance is conducted by professional historians and theatre performers who present history and tales in a fun and relaxed way

And how can you go without dessert? A visit to Ukrainian Medovars, the only licensed enterprise in Ukraine and the world that produces honey balms, honey vodka and liqueurs according to unique patented recipes, is exactly what you need after an intense journey. During the tasting presentation, you can enjoy tasting exclusive medakas and honey liqueurs for every taste, which are made using special fermentation, purification, maturation and aging technologies. How can you not remember: ‘I've been there, I've drunk the honey beer...’.