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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From Lutowiska it runs 581 km to Lutowiska; allow about 10 h 49 of riding. The stops in between: Ruská Bystrá, Turzańsk-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Arch and back through Ruská Bystrá. It crosses from Poland into Slovakia - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 179 km this is Bieszczady Loop, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
In the Bieszczady mountains of south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine, a wooden church stands on a gentle rise above the San valley at Smolnik. It is dedicated to St Michael the Archangel and built in the style of the Boyko people, with three log sections stepping up from east to west under shingled roofs. Since 2013 it has been part of the World Heritage Site of Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine.
Read the complete Smolnik-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Archa write-up.
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Smolnik-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Archa is where the day begins. Next is Ruská Bystrá.
Hidden in a fold of the Vihorlat hills near the Ukrainian border, the little village of Ruská Bystrá has a wooden church built in the early eighteenth century, dedicated to Saint Nicholas, with a tower and a roof of wooden shingles and an iconostasis of painted icons inside. It is one of the Greek Catholic churches included in the World Heritage listing of the Wooden Churches of the Slovak Part of the Carpathian Mountain Area, inscribed in 2008, along with Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox churches across the country.
Read the complete Ruská Bystrá write-up.
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Ruská Bystrá comes up about 179 km into the recorded legs. Next is 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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 290 km into the recorded legs you reach Turzańsk-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Arch. Next is back through Ruská Bystrá.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ruská Bystrá write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Ruská Bystrá, late in the day. Next is Smolnik-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Archa.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Smolnik-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Archa write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Smolnik-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Archa. That is the ride.
Smolnik-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Archa → Ruská Bystrá is 179 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Ruská Bystrá → Turzańsk-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Arch is 111 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Turzańsk-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Arch → back through Ruská Bystrá is 111 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Ruská Bystrá → Smolnik-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Archa is 180 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.