Why this ride
A 187 km round trip from Jabłonica Polska - roughly 3 h 53 in the saddle. 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 the Assumption of the Blessed Vi and Udava
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 187 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 53
- 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 56 km this is Bieszczady Loop, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 56 km
- Named road
- Bieszczady Loop
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Vi
Haczów, a village in the foothills of the Carpathians in southeastern Poland, has a church that is considered the largest Gothic wooden church in Europe, and one of the oldest. Built in the fifteenth century, probably on the site of an earlier church, the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Michael the Archangel is a massive structure of larch logs, with a steep shingled roof and a bell tower, standing among old trees. Inside, the walls are covered with polychrome paintings, the oldest from the late fifteenth century, showing saints, biblical scenes and decorative patterns, and the atmosphere is dim, warm and fragrant with old wood. In 2003 the church was listed by UNESCO among the Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska, along with five others in the region. It is still used for worship, so check visiting times and dress respectfully.
Read the complete Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Vi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Vi 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 56 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 93 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 the Assumption of the Blessed Vi.
5. Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Vi
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Vi 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 the Assumption of the Blessed Vi. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Vi to Turzańsk-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Arch
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Vi → Turzańsk-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Arch is 56 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 the Assumption of the Blessed Vi
back through Turzańsk-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Arch → Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Vi is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.