CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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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238 km from Svidník to Svidník, about 5 h 10 of riding. The stops in between: Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve, Kwiatoń-Tserkva of Saint Paraskeva, Church of St Philip and St James the Apost and Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska. It crosses from Slovakia into Poland - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules.
In the village of Ladomirová, just north of Svidník in north-eastern Slovakia, a small wooden church dedicated to the Archangel Michael stands on a gentle rise among trees. Built in the eighteenth century by the Greek Catholic community without using a single nail, it has three wooden towers with onion-shaped tops, rising in height from east to west, and its interior holds an iconostasis of painted icons. It is one of the eight wooden churches of the Slovak Carpathians inscribed together by UNESCO in 2008, and its simplicity and craftsmanship are deeply moving.
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Ladomirová is where the day begins. Next is Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve.
Bardejov's main square is a long, gently sloping rectangle lined with Gothic and Renaissance burgher houses, their tall gables painted in pastel colours, with the Gothic Basilica of St Giles at the top and the old town hall standing alone in the middle. The town grew rich in the Middle Ages on trade between Hungary and Poland, and its walls, bastions and moat largely survive. Bardejov was inscribed on the UNESCO list in 2000, along with its Jewish suburb, with a synagogue and ritual bath from the eighteenth century, a reminder of the community that lived here until the Holocaust.
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Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve comes up about 38 km into the recorded legs. Next is Kwiatoń-Tserkva of Saint Paraskeva.
The little wooden church at Kwiatoń is often called the most beautiful of its kind in Poland, and when you see it you understand why. Built in the seventeenth century by the Lemko community, it has three parts, each topped by a tower with a bulbous cupola, rising in height from the sanctuary at the east to the bell tower at the west, all clad in wooden shingles and set in a green churchyard among old trees. Inside, painted walls and an iconostasis of icons glow in the dim light. It is one of the wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine inscribed by UNESCO in 2013.
Read the complete Kwiatoń-Tserkva of Saint Paraskeva write-up.
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about 74 km into the recorded legs you reach Kwiatoń-Tserkva of Saint Paraskeva. Next is Church of St Philip and St James the Apost.
The wooden church in Sękowa is small, dark and quietly astonishing. It stands on a slope in the Beskid Niski, the low and thickly wooded mountains of south-eastern Poland, and dates from the early sixteenth century, with a steep shingled roof, a tower with a pointed top and a gallery running around the walls. The timber has gone almost black with age, and inside the walls and ceiling are painted with colourful flowers, figures and scenes of faith from the seventeenth century. It is one of the wooden churches of southern Małopolska listed by UNESCO in 2003, and unlike a museum piece, it is still used for services.
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Church of St Philip and St James the Apost, about halfway. Next is Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska.
The church of St Michael the Archangel in Binarowa looks, from the outside, like a simple barn with a tower: dark shingled walls, a steep roof and a small onion-topped belfry. Step inside and the walls and ceiling explode with colour, covered with painted decoration of saints, scenes from the Bible and floral patterns, some of them centuries old. Built around 1500 of larch and fir, without nails in the traditional joinery, it is one of the Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska, a group of Gothic churches inscribed as a World Heritage site. The local story is that it was built from timber left over from another church, but whatever its origins, the result is one of the finest wooden interiors in Poland.
Read the complete Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska write-up.
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Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska sits at 106 km, about halfway. Next is back through Church of St Philip and St James the Apost.
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Read the complete Church of St Philip and St James the Apost write-up.
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back through Church of St Philip and St James the Apost comes up about 139 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Kwiatoń-Tserkva of Saint Paraskeva.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Kwiatoń-Tserkva of Saint Paraskeva write-up.
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about 164 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Kwiatoń-Tserkva of Saint Paraskeva. Next is back through Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve write-up.
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back through Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve, late in the day. Next is Ladomirová.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ladomirová write-up.
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The route ends here after 238 km.
Ladomirová → Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve → Kwiatoń-Tserkva of Saint Paraskeva is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Kwiatoń-Tserkva of Saint Paraskeva → Church of St Philip and St James the Apost is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Church of St Philip and St James the Apost → Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska → back through Church of St Philip and St James the Apost is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Church of St Philip and St James the Apost → back through Kwiatoń-Tserkva of Saint Paraskeva is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Kwiatoń-Tserkva of Saint Paraskeva → back through Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve → Ladomirová is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.