Why this ride
206 km from Jasienica Rosielna to Jasienica Rosielna, about 4 h 12 of riding. On the way it passes Turzańsk-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Arch, Udava and back through Turzańsk-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Arch.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Church of All Saints and Udava
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 206 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 12
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Bieszczady Loop
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 65 km this is Bieszczady Loop, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 65 km
- Named road
- Bieszczady Loop
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Church of All Saints
Blizne, in the green rolling country of the Subcarpathian region, has one of the oldest wooden churches in Poland, and you can see its age before you step inside. The Church of All Saints dates in its main structure from the late fifteenth century, built of larch and fir logs, with a steep shingled roof that sweeps nearly to the ground and a slender tower that seems to grow out of the nave. It is a classic of the Gothic wooden tradition that spread across the Carpathian foothills, and in 2013 it joined the UNESCO list of wooden churches of the Carpathian region.
Read the complete Church of All Saints write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Church of All Saints is where the day begins. Next is Turzańsk-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Arch.
2. Turzańsk-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Arch
The wooden church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Turzańsk stands on a gentle slope in the foothills of the Bieszczady mountains, in the far southeast of Poland, near the borders with Slovakia and Ukraine, with its onion domes rising above the trees. It was built in the early nineteenth century by the Lemko or Boyko communities, the Ruthenian highlanders who once lived in these mountains, and it is one of the wooden tserkvas of the Polish and Ukrainian Carpathian region listed by UNESCO in 2013. Inside, an iconostasis of painted icons separates the nave from the sanctuary, and the church is still used for Orthodox services.
Read the complete Turzańsk-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Arch write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Turzańsk-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Arch comes up about 65 km into the recorded legs. Next is Udava.
3. Udava
Out where Slovakia, Poland and Ukraine meet, the eastern Carpathians fold into long, rounded ridges covered in beech forest so continuous that from a high point it looks like a green sea. Udava is one of the Slovak pieces of the UNESCO Primeval Beech Forests listing, protected within Poloniny National Park, the most easterly and least populated corner of the country. Here the forest has been left to its own rhythms for a very long time: giant trees, fallen trunks covered in fungi and moss, a dense understory of young growth wherever light breaks through. Wolves, lynx, brown bears and even European bison roam the area, and the dawn chorus in May is unforgettable.
Read the complete Udava write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 102 km into the recorded legs you reach Udava. Next is back through Turzańsk-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Arch.
4. back through Turzańsk-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Arch
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Turzańsk-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Arch write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Turzańsk-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Arch, late in the day. Next is Church of All Saints.
5. Church of All Saints
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Church of All Saints write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Church of All Saints. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Church of All Saints to Turzańsk-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Arch
Church of All Saints → Turzańsk-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Arch is 65 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Turzańsk-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Arch to Udava
Turzańsk-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Arch → Udava is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Udava to back through Turzańsk-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Arch
Udava → back through Turzańsk-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Arch is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Turzańsk-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Arch to Church of All Saints
back through Turzańsk-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Arch → Church of All Saints is 65 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.