Belz. First mentions of the town date to 1030. Here a number of historical and architectural monuments have survived: Old Rus fortifications (10th c.), the Town Hall (17th c), the Dominican Church (16th - 18th cc.), a tower and a church (17th c.) Of great interest is an archaeological monument Zamochok site with its defensive ramparts, ruins of a wooden house, ceramic material of Old Rus times, iron utensils, and a tin seal. These archaeological finds are exhibited at the L'viv Museum of History.

Brody. The town is known from the 12th c., the time it entered the Halych-Volynian Principality. The palace (17th - 18th cc.), which belonged to Polish magnates Zolkewski and Koniecpolski, has survived as well as the Church of Our Lady, St. George's and the Trinity Churches (17th - 18th cc.).

Bus'k. Olden Bozhes'k, the capital of the Buzhany tribe, is known since the 6th c It got its name probably from the River Buh on which it stands. The town was first mentioned in the Halych-Volynian chronicle in 1097. In 1100 it became the capital of the principality ruled by Prince Davyd Ihorevych. At that time the town was an unassailable fortress amid swamps.
Two sites have been preserved on the territory of contemporary Bus'k, and some architectural monuments - trim houses with carving, St. Parasceve's Church (1708) with olden murals. In the territory of one site rises a wooden church encircled by high earthen ramparts. It was first mentioned in 1776. Near the church there is a chapel (1864) cut out of the trunk of a 1,000-year oak six metres thick. The Roman Catholic Church (17th c.) stands in the centre of the town. Now it houses wooden sculptures executed by masters of the L'viv school. In the late 18th c., a park was laid out in the town, which is now a monument of landscape gardening.

Drohobych. The remains of the fortifications of the olden site testify to the fact that as early as the 12th -13th cc. in the territory of the contemporary town a fortified settlement stood. Since the latter half of the 14th c. Drohobych had been one of the centres of salt production in Precarpathia.
Two masterpieces of Ukrainian wooden architecture (15th - 16th cc.) have been preserved in the town: the Churches of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and of St. George. Here Yuri Drohobych (1450-1494) was born, famous Ukrainian scientist, Doctor of Medicine and Philosophy, Professor of Krakow and Rector of Bologna Universities, the author of the first book published by the Ukrainians in Rome in 1483. The name of I. Franko is closely associated with the town. Here the great writer finished a school and a gymnasia.

Horodok. Founded in the times of Kyivan Rus, it is known from the Ipatiivs'kyi Chronicle of 1213 as a town in the Halych-Volynian Principality.
During the Liberation War of the Ukrainian people (1648-1657) Horodok became the scene of fierce battles against Polish oppressors.
To our days have survived several architectural monuments: the Annunciation Church (1633), the wooden Church

Morshyn. The balneological resort known since 1877. First written mentions about the settlement date back to 1482.

Oles'ko. The Oles'ko Castle is an outstanding monument of architecture and history of the 13th - 18th cc. In the medieval times it was a powerful Old Rus fortress, later a residence of Polish magnates. Now the castle houses the museum-reserve which exhibits hundreds of unique works of painting, sculpture, and decorative art of the 19th c.

Pidhirtsi. The settlement appeared in the late 14th - early 15th cc. A remarkable monument of the Late Renaissance has been preserved in Pidhirtsi: the castle built in 1635-1640. Nearby spreads a marvellous park, a monument of landscape gardening (17th - 18th cc.) with a 400-year-old linden.
An inn (18th c.) with a sundial on its pediment has survived in the village. In 1752-1766 a magnificent Roman Catholic Church was built here which has remained to the present.
In the former Plisnes'ko hamlet there is a monastery built in the Baroque style in the 18th c.

Pidkamin'. First mentions of the settlement in the historical documents date from 1441. In the 15th c., the Dominicans founded a monastery here which for a long time was a stronghold of Catholicism in Western Ukrainian lands.

Roztochchia reserve. The reserve was organised in 1984 on the area of 2,080 ha. It is situated on the Roztochia Ridge which is a watershed of the basins of the Black and Baltic Seas. There prevail mesas up to 390-m high divided by river valleys with the lake system of postglacial origin. Here highly productive pine and beech forests grow which can be met in the territory of Ukraine only in Roztochia and in the Crimea. The flora and fauna of the reserve is very rich and diverse. Seventeen species of fauna and twenty-eight of flora are entered in The Red Book of Ukraine.

Sambir. The town founded in 1238 on the Dniester suffered numerous epidemics and foreign invasions throughout its history. Now it has a number of architectural monuments: the Roman Catholic Church (16th -17th cc), the hunting lodge of King Stefan Batory (16th a), the remains of the fortification ramparts (16th -17th cc), and the Town Hall (1668). The park (18th c) laid out on the base of a natural forest is an outstanding monument of landscape gardening.

Skolivs'ki Beskydy, national park. The park was created in 1999 on the area of 35,684 ha. Here unique natural complexes of the Skolivs'ki Beskydy are represented where forest ecosystems combined with the picturesque middle mountain landscapes are of a special ecological, scientific, aesthetic, and recreation importance.
The park possesses 50 species of plants entered into The Red Book of Ukraine; its animal kingdom is also very rich. Bisons were brought here from the Belovezhskaya Forest.
Great resources of mineral waters resembling famous Naftusia by their composition are found in the park
territory.

Yavoriv. First mentions of the town date from 1408. In the mid-15th c two Roman Catholic churches and the Dominican Monastery were built there, and in 1621 the Basilian Monastery was founded.
In the latter half of the 17th c. Yavoriv got the defensive significance: the castle was rebuilt and the town surrounded with earthen ramparts. For some time the castle housed the royal mint and various court ceremonies took place there.
Two architectural monuments have been preserved in the town: the Nativity Church with the bell tower (1670) and the Dormition Church (1670).

Yavorivs'kyi national park. The park was organised in the grounds of the Yavoriv natural landscape park in 1996. Its area is 7,078.6 ha. It is of great importance for the preservation of typical landscapes in Roztochia. Favourable climatic conditions contribute to the development of recreational activities. In the adjacent settlements historical objects have survived, as well as monuments of wooden architecture, churches and a monastery. Therefore the creation of the Yavoriv National Park has not only nature-preserving significance but historical and cultural as well.

Zhovkva. The town is known since 1368 under the name of Vynnyky. Later it belonged to the Polish magnates Zolkewski.
Here many architectural monuments have been preserved: a castle (16th - 17th cc.), Zvirynets'ka and Hlyns'ka entrance towers (17th c), the Roman Catholic Church (1618), the Dominican Church (1653) and the bell tower (1843), rows of stalls and dwelling houses - monuments of medieval town-planning, St. Basil's Monastery (17th c.) with a church and a bell tower (early 20th c), the synagogue (late 17th c), and the Trinity Church (1720) - a masterpiece of Ukrainian wooden architecture.