
Bieszczady - a big loop

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Last edit: 03-06-2019
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3h 46m
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Distance
171.11 km
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Lesko
It is called the gate to the Bieszczady Mountains. Entering the Great Petla Bieszczadzka along the San River, on the left side you will pass the 16th-century Kmita Castle located on the slope, which protected the trade route leading to Hungary. There was also a large Jewish Diaspora in Lesko, after which a synagogue and the largest Jewish cemetery in the Bieszczady were left.
• castle from the 16th century
• synagogue from the 17th century
• kirkut - the largest Jewish cemetery in the Bieszczady Mountains
• town hall and tenement houses from the 19th century
Hoczew
• on the Hoczewka river, rocky thresholds protected as an inanimate nature monument
• church. St. Anna from 1745
• natural monument "Rocks in Hoczewce"
Baligród
• military cemetery of Polish and Soviet soldiers killed in 1944-47
• church. Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary from 1877
• at the market: obelisk of the victims of the murder of August 6, 1944 and the tank T-34 - monument of liberation on October 24, 1944
• Greek Catholic church of the Holy Spirit Dormition of the Catholic Church in 1829
Jabłonki
Here you will see a curiosity - an obelisk dedicated to General Karol Świerczewski ps. Walter (this is the one you remember from the old 50 Polish zloty banknote). The monument was erected at the foot of the hill, which in his honor was called Walter (836 m above sea level), in a place where "a man who did not bend" received from the UPA militia his deadly bullet (or, as some historians say, a knife in the back from your own soldier). His death, for which Ukrainian militias were accused, became a pretext for carrying out the action of Wisła, during which the Ukrainian population was displaced from the Bieszczady area.
Cisna
This is a tourist town where you can meet hotels, agritourism and inns at every step. Among them, the cult Siekierezada. It refers to the name and style to the novel by Edward Stachura under the same title. In the years of splendor Bieszczady met with fascinated by this region artists and workers working at felling and burning charcoal. In Siekierezada you can sit at wooden benches with axes hammered into tables, drink wine or beer poured straight from the pip. Listen to climatic music and be afraid of diabolical heads densely hung on the walls. You must visit Siekierezada to "feel the atmosphere", and whether you like it or not, it's a completely different story. In addition to Siekierezada in Cisna, you will see Bieszczady art galleries, as well as other legendary pubs.
Przysłup
As for the Bieszczady Mountains, it is a large and decent tourist center.
The buildings include:
• trout frying shop
• Bieszczady Forest Railway Station
• bars and stands with oscypki
• as well as a viewpoint
Wetlina
A town with hotels and restaurants, as well as the starting point of tourist routes
• the exit of the yellow trail to the Orłowicz and Paprotna Pass
• the exit of the green route to the Department and Small Rawka
• waterfall "Siklawa Ostrowskie"
Pass Wyżna 872 m above sea level
• the best vantage point on the route
• obelisk dedicated to the memory of Jerzy Harasymowicz
• a memorial to "Victims of the mountains and rescuers carrying help"
• exit of the yellow route
Ustrzyki Górne
Here, you will also find numerous hotels and restaurants, the largest of them is a center with regional cuisine, the Zajazd pod Caryńska.
And also hiking trails leading to the high Bieszczady peaks:
• exit of the red trail to Połonina Caryńska and Szeroki Wierch
• the route of the blue route to Wielka Rawka and Wołosate
• exit to Tarnica
Chmiel
Just before Smolnik it is worth taking a 7 km drive from the Great Bieszczady Loop to visit Chmiel. There is an Orthodox church here, which in 1968 was used in the film "Pan Wołodyjowski" in the fire scene in Raszków. The plan assumed an authentic burning of the church for the purposes of the film. Thanks to the opposition of the local community, the church survived. At the former church in Chmiel (now a Catholic church) there is a unique movable monument - a tombstone from the sixteenth century with an inscription in the Old Church Slavonic language.
Smolnik
The side lane on the right leads steeply uphill. At the top there is a former Orthodox church in the style of Bojkowski pw. St. Michael Archangel from 1791, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The most valuable elements of the temple furnishings were taken by the Ukrainian population leaving the area, but the building is beautiful, has an interesting shape, and the old wood inside the church has the smell of history.
Lutowiska
• viewing point
• neo-gothic Roman Catholic church
• Jewish cemetery from the second half of the 18th century
• horse farm in Hutsul
Czarna Górna
• an oil mine
• mineral springs
• a former wooden Orthodox church. St. Dymitra from 1834
• traditional folk architecture
• Bieszczadzka Motorbike Harbor
Żłobek
• a former wooden Orthodox church. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary from 1830
• breeding of fallow deer and deer
Hoszów
• wooden orthodox church from 1938 located on the hill
Ustrzyki Dolne
• Bieszczadzki Natural History Museum
• brick Greek Catholic church with iconostas from 1874
• Museum of Młynarstwa i Wiesi
• brick church from 1664. Sanctuary of the Mother of God
• track of the Hungarian-Galician Iron Railway
Olszanica
Olszanica is one of the oldest villages in the Bieszczady Mountains, and the beautiful palace that houses the hotel today surrounds a well-preserved manor park
Uherce Mineralne
• a baroque church from 1757 • a monument of inanimate nature "Waterfall in Uhercko Mineralne"
• Bieszczady Bike Tracks

Siekierezada pub and restaurant
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