Salt Mine in Bochnia and Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the
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Recorded distance
352 km
Riding-time estimate
5 h 27
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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From Bochnia it runs 352 km to Bochnia; allow about 5 h 27 of riding. The stops in between: Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Archi, Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the and back through Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Archi. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 850 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It crosses from Poland into Slovakia - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules. The line favours views over speed.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Salt Mine in Bochnia
People were mining salt at Bochnia by the middle of the thirteenth century, which makes it the oldest salt mine in Poland and one of the oldest in Europe still open to visitors. For centuries the salt from here and from Wieliczka, about twenty-five kilometres to the west, filled the coffers of the Polish kings; at times it accounted for a remarkable share of the royal income. Together the two mines and the royal castle at Wieliczka form a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Planning note
Salt Mine in Bochnia is where the day begins. Next is Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Archi.
2. Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Archi
In 1600, Mikołaj Zebrzydowski, a Polish nobleman, began to build a chapel on a hill south-west of Kraków, modelled on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Over the following decades, he and his descendants added dozens of chapels and churches spread over the hills, laid out to recreate the Passion of Christ and the life of the Virgin, with the landscape itself standing in for Jerusalem. The result, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, is one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Poland and a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1999.
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Planning note
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Archi comes up about 67 km into the recorded legs. Next is Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the.
3. Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the
The Church of All Saints in Tvrdošín, at the edge of the town in the Orava valley, is a wooden Gothic church from the fifteenth century, built of larch and fir, with a shingled roof, a tower with a distinctive spire and a painted interior, and it is one of the oldest of the wooden churches listed as a World Heritage Site in Slovakia. Its Renaissance and Baroque decorations, including a carved altar and paintings, were added over the centuries.
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Planning note
about 175 km into the recorded legs you reach Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the. Next is back through Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Archi.
4. back through Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Archi
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Salt Mine in Bochnia. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Salt Mine in Bochnia to Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Archi
Salt Mine in Bochnia → Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Archi is 67 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Archi to Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Archi → Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the is 108 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the to back through Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Archi
Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the → back through Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Archi is 110 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Archi to Salt Mine in Bochnia
back through Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Archi → Salt Mine in Bochnia is 67 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.