krakow to ROHATYN?

[garstonite]

hi....i`m planning a trip to Rohatyn within the next 12-14 weeks...i can easily fly to krakow (poland)from liverpool.....i then need to travel from krakow to Rohatyn...what time of year does the harsh weather conditions break?..can i get a train from krakow to the nearest large town/city to rohatyn...if so,where do i get a train to?.........cheers,merry xmas and happy new year to all....regards..allan

[garstonite]

i discussed this trip with my brother in law yesterday,and we are coming to rohatyn.rogatyn about 20th may,so any advice would be appreciated...does anybody know of any hotels/guesthouse in rohatyn??...there will be 5 of us ..4 kabluckyj`s...and me....regards..allan

[Hannia]

There is no direct way of getting from Krakow to Rohatyn. Whatever mode of transportation, you will probably
have to make Lviv a stopover. Consider making the stop in Lviv more than a layover. Take a tour of the old Armenian
Section of Lviv, and maybe a concert at the beautiful Lviv Opera House in Center City.

Have you tried to get in touch w/Ihor in Ivano-Frankivsk? He could probably help you plan out your trip and also
make arrangements for you in Rohatyn.

From previous post :

Allan, get in touch w/Ihor Kohut. He lives in Ivano-Frankivsk, the
regional center. Ask whether he can look up the phone numbers for you.
Tell him I sent you to him for help. At a later date, if you decide to visit
your ancestral village/town, Ihor can be of great svce as personal translator
and chauffeur??? He comes w/exc references and his prices are very fair.
His full time position is teaching at the Ivano-Frankivska University.
micro@il.if.ua

Happy New Year Allan!

[garstonite]

thanks hannia.....i am going to draft a letter with all the info we have about ostap...there will be 5 of us arriving in may...do i take it there are no hotels /guest houses in rohatyn?..how long is the journey from krakow to lviv?..lviv to rohatyn??.many thanks...allan.(.e-mailing ihor now...cheers..and have a great new year)

[Hannia]

How to get to Rohatyn:

If you are travelling from the West on your own (remember that you need to get Ukraine visa first at Ukraine embassy,
otherwise the Ukrainian customs will not let you into the Ukraine), the best way to get to Rohatyn would be to fly with
Polish Airlines "LOT" or Ukrainian Airlines (I highly recommend Polish Airlines because of its Western European planes,
standard and quality) directly to Lvov (Lviv, in Western Ukraine) through Warsaw (one hour flight from Warsaw to Lviv).
And then from Lviv you can catch direct bus to Rohatyn (a bit less than 2 hours trip through Peremshliany or Bibrka),
which goes daily there from Lviv´s main bus station. Bus tickets for Rohatyn are sold at the second floor of the Lviv
bus station, at the Peremyshlyany directionwindow. There are a number of buses, every hour mostly, which go through and
stop at Rohatyn from Lviv bus station. These are all buses going from Lviv to Ivano-Frankivsk (a few per day), Kolomyya,
Yaremcha, Nadvirna, Kalush, Perehinske, Kosiv etc. You can catch also train Lviv - Khodoriv - Rohatyn
(4 hrs trip), which departs around 8 am daily from Lviv main railway station. I went many times by that train.
It stops in Rohatyn but goes 14 km further to its final stop in Pidvysoke around 1:00 pm (village where my grandparents
live), major railway junction, where another train which came from Ternopil waits, so that one could change the
trains to go further all the way to Berezhany and Ternopil if he wants. I recommend bus trip because of better
covienience and being faster.

You can catch bus to Rohatyn also from Ternopil (buses Ternopil - Ivano Frankivsk, Ternopil - Dolyna, Ternopil -
Perehinske, Ternopil - Truskavets, Ternopil - Stryy. All of them stop at Rohatyn Bus Station, next to newly built
small Bus Station Building, which should be opened soon. Now Bus Station is located in quite a primitive building
(by Western standards) with small hall, three tickets windows. In terms of hotel, I suggest you to stay overnight
in neraby city Lviv since there you can find western standard hotels and this is the largest city, architecture pearl
of Central Europe, well worth to see well around also. It is just less than 2 hours back trip from Rohatyn to Lviv.

ROHATYN - ROGATIN - ROGATYN. TOWN INFORMATION PAGE. Rohatyn is small town in northern part of Ivano-Frankivsk region in Western Ukraine. With population about 12.000 people.

[Hannia]

So far I have located only one hotel in Rohatyn. Have no idea re quality.

Elit-Centre Hotel
Halytska Str., 20, Rohatyn, Ivano-Frankivsk region, 77000

Tel.: +380 (3435) 2-41-36

Ukrainian-Polish Tourist Portal
Ukrainian-Polish Tourist Portal

[garstonite]

thanks very much Hannia....i think we`d prefer to stay in Rohatyn,as we will probably have a lot of research to do in that area..on saying that,whereabouts will the Births/Marriages/Deaths registration office be for the Rohatyn area?..in Rohatyn/Lviv or Ivano-Frankivsk?....regards.....allan