Why this ride
From Potelych it runs 188 km to Potelych; allow about 3 h 35 of riding. It goes by way of Roztochya, Zhovkva-Tserkva of the Holy Trinity and back through Roztochya.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Potelych-Tserkva of the Descent of the Hol and Zhovkva-Tserkva of the Holy Trinity
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 188 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 35
- 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.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Potelych-Tserkva of the Descent of the Hol
In the village of Potelych, in western Ukraine near the Polish border, a wooden church has stood since the early sixteenth century. The Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit is one of the oldest wooden churches in Ukraine, built of logs with a tall roof covered in shingles, and its interior holds wall paintings and an iconostasis from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, inscribed in 2013.
Read the complete Potelych-Tserkva of the Descent of the Hol write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Potelych-Tserkva of the Descent of the Hol is where the day begins. Next is Roztochya.
2. Roztochya
Roztochia is a low, wooded ridge that runs like a spine from southeastern Poland down to the outskirts of Lviv, and on its Ukrainian end, between Ivano-Frankove and Novoyavorivsk, lies the Roztochia nature reserve. Its old beech woods were added in 2017 to the UNESCO listing of Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe, a chain of forests that tells the story of how beech recolonised the continent after the Ice Age. The ridge is also a watershed: rain that falls on one side ends up in the Baltic by way of the Vistula, and on the other in the Black Sea by way of the Dniester. Standing on a hilltop and knowing that is oddly satisfying.
Read the complete Roztochya write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Roztochya comes up about 50 km into the recorded legs. Next is Zhovkva-Tserkva of the Holy Trinity.
3. Zhovkva-Tserkva of the Holy Trinity
Zhovkva was designed as an ideal Renaissance town. In the late sixteenth century, Stanisław Żółkiewski, a Polish nobleman and military commander, founded it north of Lviv with a castle, a market square, churches and fortifications laid out according to the principles of the time. Later, the town was a favourite residence of King Jan III Sobieski, who defeated the Ottomans at Vienna in 1683. The Tserkva of the Holy Trinity, a wooden church built in 1720, stands on the edge of the town, and it is part of the UNESCO-listed Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, inscribed in 2013.
Read the complete Zhovkva-Tserkva of the Holy Trinity write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 94 km into the recorded legs you reach Zhovkva-Tserkva of the Holy Trinity. Next is back through Roztochya.
4. back through Roztochya
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Roztochya write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Roztochya, late in the day. Next is Potelych-Tserkva of the Descent of the Hol.
5. Potelych-Tserkva of the Descent of the Hol
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Potelych-Tserkva of the Descent of the Hol write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Potelych-Tserkva of the Descent of the Hol. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Potelych-Tserkva of the Descent of the Hol to Roztochya
Potelych-Tserkva of the Descent of the Hol → Roztochya is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Roztochya to Zhovkva-Tserkva of the Holy Trinity
Roztochya → Zhovkva-Tserkva of the Holy Trinity is 44 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Zhovkva-Tserkva of the Holy Trinity to back through Roztochya
Zhovkva-Tserkva of the Holy Trinity → back through Roztochya is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Roztochya to Potelych-Tserkva of the Descent of the Hol
back through Roztochya → Potelych-Tserkva of the Descent of the Hol is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.