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The Red Trail – The Puławy County Loop

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The beginning and end of the bicycle loop are located in the village of Góra Puławska at the bridge on the Vistula River; this is where the loop is joined by the green trail to Parchatka and Janowiec. You can shorten the distance of the route by following the connecting trail from Kajetanów through Bronowice to Łęka. Then, the loop length comes down to 27.75 km.

This is the only trail to be located entirely on the left bank of the Vistula River. It presents interesting landscapes and traces of the past associated with the local history.

All-terrain bicycles are not required for traversing the trail.

 

The ride begins in Góra Puławska, at the information board with a map located about 130 m away from the Ignacy Mościcki Bridge. The red trail starts its course here and at first, it overlaps with the green trail from Parchatka to Janowiec, on the stretch of 4.29 km (at see p. XXX).

While in Góra Puławska, it is worth visiting the Church of St. Adalbert and the bell tower, located at Kościelna Street. According to tradition, the first church was built here around 1020 (although the written records about the church date back only to 1325). The church was most likely erected when the cult of St. Adalbert was widely spread. A small wooden church was built on its current location in the 1730s. The construction of the present church, founded by the Czartoryski Princes, began in 1768 and was completed in 1781. The church was erected in the Baroque and neo-Classical styles. At the same time, the presbytery and bell tower were built. The entire parish complex survived until the Second World War, during which it was partially destroyed. The church and the bell tower were rebuilt in the years 1945–49. It is interesting to note that one of the first parish priests working in the church in the years 1787–1800 was the famous comic dramatist of the King Stanislaw August Poniatowski era, Father Franciszek Zabłocki. Another famous writer, Ewa Szelburg Zarembina, was baptized in the local church (see p. XXX).

Until the present day, celebrations on the feast day of St. Adalbert are held near the cross, located in the forest on the outskirts of Góra Puławska at Kozienicka Street. 

After several hundred metres you reach Radomska Street. You continue straight ahead along the street for about 450 m and then turn into Długa Street (at 0.9 km). You then ride uphill. On the right you pass by a stadium used for training by the local football team, KS Góra Puławska, where various events are held (at 1.1 km). Going downhill from the top of the elevation (at 2.12 km), you pass by a neighbourhood of single-family houses in Adamówka. You turn right at the fork road about 260 m later (at 2.38 km). At first, you ride along the edge of the forest, and then the road moves away from the forest. Before you approach the trees again, you first pass by a pretty house with the yellow elevation on the left (at 3.1 km), and 100 m later, an orchard on the right. You have the forest ahead of you and on the left. After the asphalt road ends, you proceed for about 1.5 km on the unpaved road.

You enter the forest and turn left (at 3.49 km). You continue straight on all the time along the edge of the wooded area. The forest road is barely visible and you need to watch out for the stumps and branches lying on the ground. After about 300 m you leave the forest and enter a meadow, proceeding along the edge of the forest. About 230 m later you should reach the castle, which confirms that you are on the green and red trails (at 4.01 km). If you look left earlier on, you will see the chimneys of the Puławy Nitric Acid Plant in the distance above the forest, and a bit closer, the yellow house that just passed by. You proceed on the path along the forest behind the road sign, and then through the forest road along the overhead power line (at 4.13 km). After 300 m you leave the overhead lines behind you and continue straight on with the forest wall on the left (at 4.44 km). After another 350 m you enter the asphalt road.

This is where the trails part ways: the green trail goes straight on, and the red trail turns right. 450 m later you pass by a wooden building on the left, which used to serve as the fruit storage room (at 5.24 km) and ride through a small birch coppice (at 5.29 km). Continuing the ride, you encounter a stone sculpture of Plastuś [a character from children’s stories] guarding the gate on the left (at 5.5 km), 100 m later you pass by a large rock with the brass number of the house, and finally, you pass by a small roadside shrine standing under two lime trees (at 6.07 km). You continue straight on at the intersection (at 6.19 km), after which you ride on the gravel road. After about 600 m the road turns slightly right. You pass by a house made of cut stone on the right (at 7 km) and you are on the asphalt road again. You go downhill and turn right at the Volunteer Fire Department Station in Trzcianki (at 7.15 km). On the left you pass by another rock with the house number (at 7.3 km), which is much larger than the previous one, and after 200 m you can see a small pond with a bench on the shore on the same side of the main road, but about 50 m away from the trail. You finally leave the village of Trzcianki and reach Tomaszów (at 8.58 km).

After about 200 m you turn left at the intersection, and continue the ride, passing by a wooden house on the left (at 9.03 km) and a white and blue roadside shrine from 1937 founded by the residents of Tomaszów (at 9.33 km). Soon, the asphalt road ends and you enter the forest riding on the gravel road (at 10.3 km).

You ride through an impressive birch alley surrounded by a pine forest. After about 600 m the lane of white birches ends and you turn right at the crossroads, leaving behind an old log cabin on the left (at 10.93 km). You exit the forest onto the concrete road (at 11.6 km) and proceed at the edge of the forest that gradually moves away from the trail. After 700 m you pass by a new wooden house located near the route. Continuing the ride, after 670 m you enter the asphalt road (at 12.97 km). Soon, the main road turns first right (at 13.31 km), and then left (at 13.52 km). A road side chapel dating from 1956 stands at the first bend, and the Zarzecze church is located about 300 m behind the second bend (at 13.8 km).

The Church of St. Joseph the Betrothed of the Blessed Virgin Mary was erected by the efforts of Father Józef Jarosz in the years 1982–84, according to a design from Chicago adapted by architect Janusz Bielak and constructor Janusz Pietrzak. It is a one-nave church, made of red brick. The fronton façade extended to the front is supported by four columns, which form arcades. The building is topped with a steep pitched tinplate roof, crowned with a pinnacle covered with hip roof and topped with a cross.

You turn right at the church, passing by a commemorative roadside shrine dating from 1928. You ride across the main road after 150 m, and you enter the picturesque gravel road planted with old willow trees.

The “Bajka” [Fairy Tale] Stable is located about 5 km away in the village of Leokadiów. The venue offers horse riding lessons and horse and carriage rides. The nearby area boasts a lot of open space and large number of field and forest roads, which are perfectly suitable for cross-country horse riding. The Stable also organizes longer rides, e.g. to Janowiec at the Vistula River or to the village of Czarnolas, while in the wintertime, it offers sledge cavalcades combined with bonfires. The “Bajka” Stable boasts new fully professional horse riding equipment and an experienced instructor.

You pass by a signpost saying that a rest area for cyclists is located 500 m away at the school on the right. About 600 m later you reach the overpass above Route 12 from Zwoleń to Puławy. You will encounter the Puławy ring road a few more times. Before the overpass – from which a splendid view of the vicinity and numerous local orchards unfolds – the asphalt road leads first to the right (at 14.57 km) and then immediately to the left (at 14.73 km). You ride straight on toward one of the orchards. Having left the asphalt road, you turn right at the gravel road intersection (at 15.63 km), after 500 m you again ride on the asphalt road and make a left turn this time (at 16.19 km). You now proceed parallel to the Puławy ring road. You are separated from the busy road by the road noise barriers. You pass by two underpasses under the ring road (at 16.4 and 16.83 km). A fire container is located near the second of the underpasses. You turn left together with the asphalt road and reach the signpost with a map (at 17.35 km).

This is the starting point of the blue connecting trail (5.69 km long), which runs through the overpass above the ring road to Kajetanów, and then through the village of Bronowice to the red trail in the vicinity of the village of Łęka. This shortcut allows you to cut 10.41 km out of the route. If you want to quickly return to Góra Puławska, it is best to go this way. You can then omit the villages of Kowala, Opatkowice and Łęka.

If you decide to use the shortcut, you can find a brief description of the ride along the blue connecting trail below.

Following the blue trail, you first ride through the overpass. The nearby plant-nurseries and forests are visible from above. You turn left at the brick roadside shrine (at 0.36 km) and enter the village of Kajetanów, leaving the forest behind on the right. After about 1 km, you pass by a wooden cross standing beneath a large lime tree (at 1.34 km). After another 200 m, on the left you pass by a yellow roadside shrine founded by Józef and Maria Bartosiewicz (it is clear that the ending “wicz” was added later on). You leave Kajetanów and enter the village of Bronowice (at 2.24 km).

Although small, this is one of the oldest villages around Puławy, located on the red trail. The first settlement dates back to the 13th century. In the 15th century, Bronowice became the property of the Firlej family. Important communication routes – the trade route from Kraków to Warsaw and then to the Baltic Sea, and the postal route from Lublin to Warsaw – led through the village. It also used to boast a castle. After its demolition, the remnants of its foundations were used in the construction of the palace with two wings erected in 1880, which, unfortunately, was destroyed as a result of front actions during the Second World War and was never rebuilt. Besides, after 1945 the entire village was nearly wiped out from the face of the earth, since the front line ran through Bronowice located at the Klikawka River. After the war, the palace was demolished and the retrieved building material was used for the construction of a nearby school, which features an openwork cross shot with bullets, found next to the old obelisk and transferred to the school by the Puławy Association of National Traditions.

The obelisk was erected to commemorate the events of 1792. During the war with Russia, the Polish army led by Tadeusz Kościuszko and Prince Józef Poniatowski, retreated after the Battle of Markuszów and stayed in the village of Bronowice. Kościuszko, the leader of the Insurrection, conducted the military review here. In 1917 an obelisk (recently renovated) was placed at the intersection. The inscription says, “To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Tadeusz Kościuszko’s death, October 15, 1917.”

Also associated with the village is Ewa Szelburg-Zarembina, author of many children’s books, novelist, poet, playwright and essayist who was born in Bronowice in 1899. Her mother was a dressmaker and her father was the manor gardener. He contributed to a great degree to the establishment of the magnificent park and to maintenance of the beautiful garden. A fragment of the hornbeam alley leading to the palace survived until the present day; the massive tulip tree and the English oak growing here remind you of the former glory of this place.

Riding through Bronowice, about 1 km later, a beautiful panorama opens up ahead of you over the Puławy bridge, emerging in the distance (at 3.23 km). After another 200 m, a splendid view over the Puławy Nitric Acid Pland unfolds in front of you (at 3.5 km). A little bit further on, you pass by the Volunteer Fire Department Station in Bronowice (at 3.97 km). You ride straight on through the intersection (at 4.06 km) and reach the school, near which the above-mentioned palace was once located. You pass by a cross, dating from 1850 (at 4.22 km), and 100 m later you cross the small bridge, behind which the village of Bronowice ends.

Riding through the underpass below the overpass, you reach the other side of the ring road (at 4.71 km) and enter the village of Łęka (at 5.33 km). An even better view of the new bridge and the Puławy Plant opens up from here. After about 350 m, you reach the intersection where the blue connecting trail ends. Next to the information board with the trail map stands a 2002 roadside shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Perpetual Help, which is worth seeing.

Continuing the ride along the red trail (from the junction with the blue connecting trail), after less than a kilometre, you will see the Puławy Nitric Acid Plant ahead of you (at 18.20 km). You go straight on and after another kilometre turn left (at 19.14 km) onto the gravel road. You proceed straight on at the next crossroads (at 19.29 km), and you pass by a makeshift football field on the left, located near the birch coppice (at 19.54 km). You go straight on at the next two intersections (at 19.77 and 20.08 km), staying close to the forest edge. The gravel road takes you to the main road where you turn left (at 21.65 km). After about 70 m you turn right onto the small asphalt road leading to the village of Kowala (at 21.72 km).

After 250 m at the crossroads, the trail turns left into the asphalt road. You pass by a grey metal cross on the right (at 22.15 km). A gravel road begins about 400 m behind the cross. You pass by a roadside shrine standing on the right (at 22.85 km) and about 300 m later you enter the asphalt road again.

You are now in Opatkowice (at 23.17 km). You ride straight on at the crossroads (at 23.28 km), you pass by the local Volunteer Fire Department Station on the left, and then a wooden cross and the elementary school (at 23.55 km) featuring a commemorative plaque from 1959. Further on, you pass by impressive high cliffs on the left. You can see interesting old farmer machines in the courtyards of the roadside farms. No longer used, the machines await someone who will take interest in them.

The trail turns right behind the wooden house near the roadside shrine (at 24.03 km). A bit later you pass by several dozen roadside willow trees on the left (at 24.62 km). This used to be a very common view in the Polish countryside, which is now more and more difficult to encounter. You reach the levee (at 24.79 km), and you continue the ride along it. You turn right and proceed straight on along the levee. You can see the Puławy Nitric Acid Plant on the right (at 25.2 km). You pass by a small roadside shrine on the same side of the road, behind which a new wooden house was built (at 27.48 km). Then, you ride near the Volunteer Fire Department Station in Łęka (at 28.92 km), and after another 680 m you pass by a white roadside shrine dating from 1917 and reach the intersection with a map and signposts.

This is where the previously described blue connecting trail, or the shortcut, ends. You are about 4 km away from the end of the red trail, 1.5 km away from Bronowice, 22 km away from Janowiec, and 5 km away from Puławy.

Continuing the ride, you pass under the ring road overpass (at 30.74 km) and – heading straight on along the levees – you pass by another roadside chapel (at 32.7 km). From time to time, the openwork slab passages are found on the levees. You can ride on them in order to look at the nearby Vistula River and the town of Puławy. Soon, you will need to ride on the concrete slabs to reach the levee anyway (at 33.27 km), as this is where the red trail markers lead you. You reach Radomska Street, cross it and you reach a junction of the red trail with the green trail running from the direction of the Ignacy Mościcki Bridge (at 33.4 km). 40 m later you arrive at the map with signposts, where you began the ride (at 33.44 km).

 

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  • 2014-08-02 20:28:48
    silnik
    Chodzi o odcinek hmm jak to wytłumaczyć startując z Puław przejeżdżamy przez miejscowość Adamowka i dojeżdżamy do lasu i tam ostro skręcamy w lewo, mijamy oznaczenie dwóch szlaków czerwonego i zielonego i pojawia się potrójne rozwidlenie drogi. Jedziemy prosto choć ta droga jest jakby najmniej uczęszczana. Drogą tą wyjedziemy z lasu na wprost pola i przez to pole trzeba przejść choć drogi tam nie ma, kierujemy się na wprost wzdłuż linii lasu.
    Jadąc od wsi Trzcianki dojeżdżamy do lasu i skręcamy w lewo. W tym miejscu łączą się szlaki czerwony i zielony. Po przejechaniu kilkuset metrów po prawej stronie kończy się las a droga skręca w lewo, natomiast my musimy kierować się na wprost wzdłuż linii lasu (przez pole). POWODZENIA

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  • 2014-08-02 20:28:28
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    silnik
    Bardzo przyjemny szlak z całą pewnością wybrałbym się na niego jeszcze raz. Oceniam go na 3,5 gwiazdki. Uwaga na jeden odcinek więcej w zakładce SPRAWOZDANIE
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    Bardzo dobra trasa, przyjemna do jazdy, z dobrymi widokami.

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  • Length: 33.43 km
  • Route type: red trail
  • Difficulty level: 1
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