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The Amber Trail Greenways, Janowiec – Puławy Branch

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The trail takes you through the towns of Janowiec, Kazimierz Dolny and Puławy that boast fabulous tourist attractions. It also leads through the picturesque regions of the Małopolska Vistula River Gorge, and Kazimierz Landscape Park that features the densest system of loess gorges in Europe. The diverse terrain, which forms the landscape full of elevations, valleys, ravines, ponds and forests intersected with meadows, fields and orchards, allows you to delight in its beauty and to encounter unpolluted nature.

The route also encompasses unique buildings and historical monuments of great value, and it enables you to visit the martyrology sites dating from the Second World War and the postwar period.

Traversing this section of the Amber Trail requires being in a rather good physical shape as well as having an all-terrain bicycle suitable for riding on the mid-forest loess roads and unpaved field paths. The entire described section of the trail has low vehicle traffic volume.

 

The ride along this branch of the Amber Trail Greenways begins at the border of Mazowieckie and Lubelskie Voivodeships in the village of Brześce. At first, you ride through the village on the asphalt road, and then you turn right onto the road made of concrete slabs about 700 m later.

The nearby town of Janowice features a noteworthy reservoir with a permanent water flow and a dam built on the Plewka River. The reservoir is open for swimming from June to September, daily 10am–6pm. Tourists have at their disposal a forest parking lot for passenger cars, a beach for the users of the designated swimming area, a beach ball court, restrooms, and a food stand. Recreational equipment rental shop (kayaks, water bikes) is also located at the dam, while designated angling areas are located on the other side of the reservoir.

Continuing the ride, you pass by a stork’s nest on the left (at 0.94 km), and straight ahead you can see the majestic ruins of the castle in Janowiec on the hill in the distance. Soon, you pass by a small roadside shrine on the left (at 1.08 km), and you turn right behind a large willow tree (at 1.21 km) in the direction of the Vistula River embankment. Now you are opposite the remnants of the Janowiec fortifications. You pass by a roadside cross on the right (at 1.67 km) and reach the embankment (at 1.81 km). You ride along the embankment for about 2 km, admiring the view of the castle, as well as of the parish church and other buildings of Janowiec that stand out at the background of the hill. At this point of the route, it is worth noting an island on the Vistula River (at 3.80 km). Extensive pasturing of cattle and horses carried out on the island determines the preservation of specific plant communities that constitute ideal bird nesting sites.

The Krowia Wyspa Fauna Nature Reserve was established in 1991 on the area of 62.3 ha. It is a protection area of nesting sites of many bird species, mainly waterfowl and wetland birds, such as the Black-tailed Godwits, Ruffs, Stone Curlews, Oystercatchers, Little and Common Ringed Plovers, Garganeys, Common Teals, Common Sandpipers and Redshanks, Northern Shovellers, Common and Little Terns, Western Yellow Wagtails, Sand Martins and Northern Lapwings.

You leave the road at the levee (at 3.8 km) at the site of the Krowia Wyspa Reserve and after several hundred metres, you reach a large lime tree with a modest green-painted metal cross standing under its massive boughs (at 4.46 km). In this section the Amber Trail partially overlaps with the blue trail, running from Janowiec through Brześce and Lucimia up the Vistula River. Please pay attention to the road signs. You continue straight ahead, toward the splendidly visible castle, passing by a picturesquely located pond on the left (at 4.84 km), which is covered with the blooming yellow water lilies in the summer months. The surrounding area – due to its location – is often flooded by the rising Vistula River. Continuing the ride, you enter Powiśle Street and cross the small bridge on a small creek covered with reeds (at 5.41 km).

Riding along Sandomierska Street, you enter the centre of the old town of Janowiec. The place had been known as Serokomla until 1537, when it was granted a town charter. The current name is associated with the town’s previous owners, the Janowski family, who sold the town to the wealthy Firley family in 1491. The latter contributed to the golden age of prosperity of Janowiec.

The historical small town of Janowiec lies at the picturesque steep edge of the Małopolska Vistula River Gorge at the mouth of the small Plewka River. It was granted a town charter in 1537 on the territory of the former village of Serokomla by Piotr Firlej of the Lewart Coat of Arms. Janowiec remained a town until 1869. It features two market squares: main market square near the parish church, and the second market square, located east of the former square (the present Wolności Square), where a brick synagogue had been located until the Second World War. It most likely dated from the end of the 16th century and was burnt down by the Nazi German army. Once, Janowiec also featured the wooden Hospital Church of St. Cecilia with the adjacent shelter for the poor. In the period of prosperity the Town Hall ornamented the town’s market square, while a brick brewery operated at the river.

Located at the site of a convenient ferryboat crossing on the Vistula River, Janowiec was often destroyed during numerous wars in the past. Nowadays, its location contributes to the town’s tourist attractiveness. The easiest way to get here from Kazimierz Dolny is by the “Janowiec” Ferry operating on the Vistula River. Several open-air events, such as the Museum Night, Wine Festival, and the “Two River Banks” Film and Arts Festival are held in the town in the summer time.

At the Market Square you turn right into Kościelna Street (at 5.95 km) and head east toward the Parish Church of St. Stanislaus the Bishop Martyr and St. Margaret. Apart form the castle, the church is the best known historical monument of Janowiec.

The first wooden church was most likely erected here in the 12th century (the records of 1326 describe the church as “old”). The brick church was built ca. 1350 at the request of Jan Bodzanta, the Bishop of Kraków. Piotr Firley founded the contemporary church ca. 1537, using the former Gothic church (today’s Chapel of St. Ann). The interior design of the one-nave church with the separated chancel is dominated by the Baroque style with interesting altars founded by the Lubomirski family (the early 18th century). The presbytery located next to the church dates from 1614.

The historical monument of greatest value in the church is the late Renaissance tombstone of Andrzej Firlej and his wife Barbara née Szreńska located in the chancel. It was sculpted by Santi Gucci, the court artist of Kings Sigismund August and Stephen Bathory. The interior also features numerous Baroque epitaphs. Interestingly, when the church was transformed into an Evangelical church in the 16th century, it had two entrances: the main one for the Protestants and the side entrance for the Catholics.

It is worth stopping by in Janowiec a bit longer in order to explore the historical open air museum of the manorial farm, with the centrally located manor dating from the 18th century, transferred here from Moniaki near Urzędowo and now located in the castle park. Noteworthy are also the 19th-century wooden buildings placed nearby: a granary from Podlodów at the Wieprz River, a barn from Wylągi, where theatre events and concerts are held today, and a storage building transferred from Kurów. Still, the castle towering above the entire vicinity is undoubtedly the greatest attraction of Janowiec.

The Janowiec Castle is among the most magnificent and most beautifully located buildings of this type in Poland. It is over 500 years old and for centuries it served as the residence of significant noble families of Firlejs, Tarłowos and Lubomirskis. The castle throbbed with life from the early 16th century until the end of the 18th century; however, in the 19th century the owners rotated more and more often, and eventually, the castle was abandoned and fell into ruin. Its last owner (and at the same time, the last private owner of any castle in Poland) was Leon Kozłowski, who managed the castle in the years 1931–75. The former bastion castle was taken over by the Nadwiślańskie Museum in 1975, and preserved as a permanent ruin. It is currently the main tourist attraction in the region. Its majestic outline on the top of the hill accompanied by the small town located below composes one of the most picturesque views in Poland.

Having visited Janowiec, you continue the journey along the Amber Trail. From the church, you head east to the small market square, where the synagogue was once located, and which today features the County Culture Centre (at 6.25 km). You continue along Młynarska Street and turn right into a road leading to the ferry landing (at 7.45 km).

The “Janowiec” Ferry crossing on the route between Janowiec and Kazimierz Dolny is open from April to November (depending on the stage of the Vistula River), Mon–Fri 8am-8pm, Sat–Sun, holidays and days off 8am-9pm. Current information about the ferry crossing can be obtained by phone at no. +48 602 858 898. The ferry shuttles from one bank to the other and back, regardless of the number of passengers. The ferry landing in Kazimierz Dolny is located opposite a no-longer-operating quarry, while in Janowiec the ferry quay is near the village of Oblasy.

During the crossing to the other side of the Vistula River, you can admire the beauty of the Queen of Polish rivers at its most picturesque section. The no longer operating quarry on the Kazimierz bank is especially impressive. Having arrived on the other riverbank, you can see a tourist beach on the right, and a small island on the left, while a wonderful view of the inactive quarry opens up ahead of you (at 8.45 km). You head toward the quarry along the concrete slabs and pass by the road sign (at 8.70 km) confirming that you are on the Amber Trail. According to the sign, you are now 735 km away from the Amber Trail’s end on Hell Peninsula, and a bit closer to Gdańsk that is “merely” 645 km away. But you head toward Kazimierz Dolny that is only 3 km away. First, you face a several-metre-long ascent up the hill through the forest along the concrete slabs. On the elevation (at 9.21 km) you pass by a roadside shrine and a signpost with information that you are close to the limestone slope of Albrechtówka Hill, from the top of which unfolds a captivating panorama of the summer resort village of Męćmierz, the Małopolska Vistula River Gorge, and the Radom Plain. At the end of the ascent, the concrete surface ends and turns into a gravel road, which several metres later becomes a tract made of hexagonal concrete slabs (at 10.00 km). After about 100 metres, you pass by a signpost informing you that the red trail leads to Plebanka Ravine, located 500 m down the road on the left.

Plebanka Ravine – the entrance is located near the Franciscan Monastery. An epidemic cross stands inside the ravine at the crossroads. It was placed there during one of the plague waves that swept through Kazimierz several times in the past centuries.

You enter Słoneczna Street (at 10.60 km), where you can encounter chaises taking tourists around the vicinity. You pass by Piastowski Inn [Zajazd Piastowski] on the left, and then you turn left into Czerniawy Street (at 11.07 km). Apart from the Amber Trail, the yellow and blue tourist trails run here as well.

Kazimierz Dolny – picturesquely located on the loess slope of the Lublin Upland at the Vistula River bank and intersected with ravines – is a unique town. The captivating town architecture situated among the diverse landscape, as well as artists who found tranquillity and ideal conditions for their creative work here, form a unique atmosphere of the place. The gem of Polish Renaissance, the town attracts thousands of tourists annually. Passing through Kazimierz Dolny, you must visit the Market Square with the Przybyła Brothers’ Mansions, which delight with their façades featuring the images of SS. Nicholas and Christopher, as well as human, floral, and animalistic motifs. The ornamented attics visually elevate the buildings.

One of the most splendid historical monuments of Kazimierz is the Parish Church of St. John the Baptist and St. Bartholomew located at the foot of the castle. The slender Gothic structure of the church with its Renaissance elements delights until the present day. The parish church boasts one of the oldest organs in Poland, in the larch case dating from 1620, as well as an impressive interior with Baroque ornaments.

The ruins of the monumental stone castle dating back to the time of King Casimir the Great tower over the town. Originally, it was a defensive structure; however, during the Renaissance period, it was transformed into a residential palace. It then gradually deteriorated and eventually turned into a romantic ruin and as such has been preserved until now.

When in Kazimierz, it is worth visiting the Kazimierz synagogue; the so-called Small Market Square; the Celejów Mansion, featuring the works of artists associated with Kazimierz; the tower accompanying the castle ruins; and the granaries, characteristic of the town’s landscape. A fantastic view unfolds from the nearby Trzech Krzyży [Three Crosses] Mount, overgrown with rare species of flora under protection.

You reach the crossroad and turn right into Kwaskowa Góra Street, which turns into Doły Street. You ride straight ahead for about 3.2 km, and then leave the asphalt road and turn left, entering Korzeniowy Dół Ravine (at 14.30 km).

Korzeniowy Dół Ravine is among the most beautiful and best known ravines in the vicinity of Kazimierz Dolny. Noteworthy are the tree roots, enlacing the steep walls of the ravine and creating a unique canopy above the heads of the tourists who walk along the ravine’s bottom. Korzeniowy Dół Ravine is part of Kazimierz National Park and is considered a monument of nature. It is not a typical ravine, but a hollow way that was created by the road erosion in the loess caused by precipitation. A cross section of Korzeniowy Dół resembles the letter V; its depth is 30 m, and its length is about 600 m. The ravine is also worth visiting for its unique microclimate prevailing there. Its shady interior attracts with its pleasant coolness, particularly on hot summer days.

Continuing the ride, you reach the asphalt road and turn right (at 15.01 km), and then you proceed on the main road and after 1.76 km you ride onto the field road. Several hundred metres later you pass by an old, white and blue little house with characteristic window shutters with a star and a moon carved out in them (at 17 km). Right behind the house, you descend along a very steep and rarely used road. The descent and concrete slabs end after about 700 m. You continue along the field road paved with stones (at 17.32 km). You then reach the Volunteer Fire Department Station in Skowieszynek, where a community centre was created, and then turn left (at 17.47 km). Riding along the concrete slabs, you reach the asphalt road and then turn left again (at 17.79 km) in order to cross Route 824 to Opole Lubelskie about 200 m later.

At the store, you ride onto the gravel road (the one veering to the right). You turn slightly left after 300 m at the crossroad (out of the three available roads choose the middle one) and proceed straight on among the orchards and fields. You pass by a metal cross (at 19 km) and carefully go down the hill along the stony road (at 19.16 km). After a short ascent, you pass by another cross at the loess road and an old orchard with a fence. Right before the next descent along the concrete slabs (at 20 km) a nice view of the surrounding hills, covered with fields and trees, opens in front of you. You go down 500 m along a steep ravine. Having reached the asphalt road, you turn left (at 20.5 km) at the roadside shrine. The Amber Trail overlaps with the red bicycle trail Kazimierz Dolny – Lublin from here until Celejów.

You ride along a creek for several hundred metres. You pass by the town of Rzeczyca, and then continue along the main road near the forest among the marshes and head toward the village of Witoszyn (at 21.06 km). The creek accompanies you on the journey at first on the left, then on the right, and then again on the left. You cross a few bridges and then pass by the local fire department station (at 22.67 km) and a small shrine with the inscription, “God bless our humble work,” commemorating the draught that the residents of Witoszyn suffered in 1937 (at 23.44 km).

You enter Celejów, cross the bridge of the Bystra River (at 24.96 km) with a mill built about 230 metres up the river at the beginning of the 20th century.

The mill in Celejów (Iłki) dating from 1918 operates until the present day. The mill was once powered by accumulated waters of the Bystra River; as of 1960, it has been powered by electricity. The only currently existing backwater on the Bystra River is found in Iłki at the mill and is about 2.80 m high. The concrete dam was built about 1957 to satisfy the needs of the fishponds, operating below, which boast a total area of ca. 10 ha.

If you wish, you can leave the trail for a while and visit the ruins of the former paper mill in Celejów.

The picturesque ruins of the old paper mill, visible from the main road, tower over the pond, on the southern side of the main road at the mouth of Stocki Creek. The paper mill was the Czartoryski family’s investment dating back to 1828. At that time, the local paper mill was one of the most modern and largest plants of the type in Poland. Nonetheless, it went bankrupt in the middle of the 19th century due to lack of orders. For some time afterwards, a gristmill operated here, and at present, the walls are the only remnants of the former plant. The ruins as well as the pond at the former paper mill are a private property.

Continuing along the Amber Trail, after about 1 km you turn left onto the gravel road (at 26 km) and pass by a ski lift in Celejów (at 26.34 km). Behind the slope, the route turns into a typical midfield path, which makes the ride more and more difficult. However, your effort is rewarded by extraordinary views (at 26.76 km). The exceptionally picturesque hillocks and hills covered with forests and bushes make a splendid impression. After a few hundred metres, the field path leads you to the asphalt main road at the palace in Celejów, where you turn right (at 27.1 km).

The palace-park complex in Celejów was erected in the middle of the 18th century on the site of the former castle of the Chotecki family. At the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, the building was reconstructed at the request of Anna Sewerynowa Potocka. It later belonged to the Czartoryski family, who added the characteristic tower. After the fire of 1847, the palace was rebuilt only in 1890 by the then owner, Józef Klemensowski. It retained its shape until now.

The palace-park complex in Celejów consists of a two-wing palace with a tower from the west, a sacred statute, the remnants of the park together with a drive alley and the water system with the Bystra River, a canal, a spring, and fragments of the former retaining walls and small architecture. Formerly, the building was surrounded by annexes, orangeries, and farm buildings. An elm, a natural gem located in the Celejów park below the palace in the picturesque bend of the Bystra River, has been placed on the list of monuments of nature. At present, the palace houses a State Health Care Centre.

You leave the palace behind and after several hundred metres pass by the Regional Chamber in Celejów (at 27.34 km) run by the “Around the Bystra River” Regional Association for Renovation and Development.

The Regional Chamber offers you an opportunity to explore the local history and products made by local artists, as well as to sample traditional local food. You can also go on a 1.5-hour-long Quest, “Retracing the Stork the Traveller.”

You reach the intersection with Route 830 (at 27.98 km) and turn right, and a moment later you turn left at the wooden cross toward the village of Końskowola. After about 1.6 km you enter the village of Stok and turn right (at 29.6 km), and then, several hundred metres later, you turn left. The road goes slightly upward, you pass by orchards and rose plantations – this is a sign that you have reached the Rose Trail of Końskowola County. You reach the intersection, where the Amber Trail joins the red trail around the vicinity of Końskowola and turn left (at 31.33 km) next to the signpost with a map of the routes. You are now 15 km away from Puławy, 715 km away from Hel, and 625 km away from Gdańsk. You ride along the Rose Trail, manifest by numerous plantations of these beautiful flowers that you admire on the way. You enter the Stocki Forest and soon afterwards another ascent begins. On the top of the elevation you turn right (at 33 km). 700 m later you pass by a metal cross, surrounded by three large maple trees on the left. Not long afterwards, you leave the asphalt road and enter the gravel road (at 34.37 km) and reach the Battle in the Stocki Forest Monument located on the edge of the forest (34.47 km).

On May 24, 1945, the partisan concentration of Home Army–Armed Forces Delegation headed by Major Marian “Orlik” Bernaciak and supported by the unit of Czesław “Maks” Szlendak fought the largest battle of the anti-Soviet uprising in the Stocki Forest. About 170 partisans were attacked by the NKVD and Department of Security secret police expedition of 700 men, equipped with armoured personnel carriers. After a daylong fight, “Orlik’s” soldiers won.

A rest area for cyclists with an information board describing the tourist trails is located behind the monument. Having rested, you proceed on the field path, at first, along the edge of the forest, and then leaving it behind. This nice route pleases the eyes with the landscape formed by undulating fields and hills, surrounded by fragments of the forests. Soon you will reach the place where the two trails are joined by the third, black trail leading to the village of Parchatka (at 35.66 km).

The black trail, which is 3.80 km long, leads you to the green bicycle path running along the Vistula River embankment from Parchatka to Puławy. At first, you ascend for 100 m along the concrete slabs toward the asphalt road. 500 metres later you reach a small cemetery and a monument commemorating the residents of Zbędowice, who were murdered on November 22, 1942. The list of victims encompasses 87 people, including one-year-old babies. The Nazi German units pacified the village in revenge for the residents’ support for the partisans. You continue and then turn right into a large ravine (that is almost 2 km long). Descending along the steep gorge, watch out on the slippery and occasionally destroyed surface. You leave the ravine, cross Route 824, and continue along the dike until you reach a green path, running along the Vistula River embankments to Puławy.

You proceed along the route that may be hardly passable after an intense rainfall on the section of 3.6 km, due to its loess base. You turn right at the signpost (at 35.66 km) and continue straight on, along the field road, occasionally paved with concrete slabs and gravel. At the field intersection, you go straight on (at 36.91 km), and then the road turns slightly right, toward a grove, which you pass on the right and behind which you turn left (at 37.38 km). You are surrounded from all sides by the fields encircled by the walls of the neighbouring forests. Continue toward the forest visible straight ahead, passing by picturesque forest gullies on the way. Proceed along the field path, located in the shallow (1.5 m deep) ravine, in order to reach the gorge paved with concrete slabs (at 38.76 km), along which you descend to Skowieszyn. This is where the Amber Trail separates from the red trail.

You reach an information board with a map and signposts, located before the intersection (at 39.3 km). On the right hand side stands the Church of Our Lady of Mercy that was built in the 1980s, together with a commemorative cross, placed here by the firemen. According to the signpost, you are now 273 km away from Kraków, and only 7 km away from Puławy. You continue along the comfortable asphalt road, and after 1.7 km you turn right at the crossroad near the roadside shrine dating from 1948 (at 41 km). After another 600 m, you turn left at the crossroad and enter the forest.

In the forest turn right at the first crossroads (at 41.86 km), and turn left at the next one (at 42.3 km). You ride out of the trees (at 42.85 km) and then continue straight on at all the field crossroads and intersections. Several hundred metres later, you ride along the concrete slabs into Ceglana Street (at 43.24 km) and you go straight on at the next fork road (at 43.56 km), reaching Skowieszyńska Street. You are now very close to the former estate of the Czartoryski family, encompassing the most interesting historical monuments of Puławy. You can easily get there, continuing till the end of Skowieszyńska Street and then entering directly into Zielona Street.

The palace-park complex was created in the English landscape park style at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, according to the concept design by Princess Izabela Czartoryska. Among the sites particularly worth seeing are:

The Palace – erected in the years 1671–76, rebuilt numerous times; well-preserved interior, including a Baroque vestibule, as well as the Stone, Gothic, Column, Ballroom and Knight (the former chapel) Halls

The Gothic House – built on the foundation of a Baroque garden pavilion; the national and European art collections were formerly kept here

Sibyl’s Temple – the most important historical monument in Puławy, modelled on the Temple of Vesta in Tivoli near Rome and built in the years 1798–1801; designated for the collection of national memorabilia, it became the first Polish museum

The Greek House – part of the former palace orangery, with a monumental tetra-style Doric portico 

Marynka’s Palace – a neo-Classical building erected before 1794 for the oldest of the Czartoryski daughters, Maria Wirtemberska

The Chinese Arbour – a rare example of garden architecture in Poland, modelled on a Chinese pagoda, once a place for brewing and drinking tea

The Yellow House – erected in the neo-Classical style before 1829, the building is also called the Alexander House (it served as the residence of Tsar Alexander II, during his stays in Puławy)

The English Stairs – a picturesque link between the lower and upper park, one of the oldest architectural elements of the Puławy garden complex

The Roman Gate – erected at the beginning of the 19th century, modelled on the triumphal Arch of Titus in Rome; finished as a romantic ruin (with parts of the wall purposefully missing)

The Sarcophagus – a monument made in Rome of Carrara marble, modelled on the Tomb of Scipio; was dedicated to the memory of August Czartoryski and Zofia née Sieniawska Czartoryska

The Caves – carved out in the park limestone slope; renovated in the recent years are now open to the public.

You continue the ride along the Amber Trail (2.1 km), proceeding on the municipal bicycle paths along the following Streets: Skowieszyńska, Gościńczyk, Wojska Polskiego, Zygmunta Wróblewskiego and Bolesława Prusa. The shelter at the entrance to the city forest is the final stop on the route (at 45.66 km).

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  • 2014-07-31 15:52:29
    silnik
    Uwaga odcinek Puławy – Skowieszyn przede wszystkim chodzi o las oznakowanie szlaku nie jest najlepsze nie tyle że go niema ale daje dezorientacje bo np. jest przed rozjazdem ale nie wskazuje w którą stronę skręcić. Jeszcze jedno ul. Ceglana w Puławach przez, którą przebiega szlak jest obecnie robiona ale można tam przejechać
    Po przejechaniu miejscowości Skowieszynek a dokładnie drogi 824 oznakowanie szlaku prowadzi inaczej niż na przedstawianych tu mapach. Po przejechaniu drogi 824 oznakowanie karze skręcić w prawo potem jest zakręt 90 stopni i rozwidlenie na którym jedziemy w lewo i po zjechaniu na duł przed kolejnym rozwidleniu stoi znak z oznakowaniem szlaku ale nie kieruje gdzie jechać bardziej uczęszczana droga prowadzi w lewo a my musimy pojechać na wprost ( tj. wąwóz prowadzący pod górę) dalej pojawią się już oznakowania.

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    On May 24, 1945, the partisan concentration of Home Army–Armed Forces Delegation headed by Major Marian “Orlik” Bernaciak and supported by the unit of Czesław “Maks”...

  • The yellow bicycle trail

    Type: Another monument

     

    The yellow bicycle trail (7.3 km long) starts at the former Gołąb Railway Station. In the same village, the route runs through Krzywa, Puławska, Zamojska and Kolejowa Streets. You continue...

  • The "Janowiec" Ferry crossing

    Type: Ferry

    The “Janowiec” Ferry crossing on the route between Janowiec and Kazimierz Dolny is open from April to November (depending on the stage of the Vistula River), Mon–Fri 8am-8pm,...

Associated events

  • From: 13:00
    24-05-2014

    To: 20:00
    24-05-2014

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  • 2014-07-31 15:20:30
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    silnik
    Bardzo fajny szlak tylko bym go zakończył w Janowcu jechać dalej nie ma sensu. Więcej uwag w zakładce SPRAWOZDANIE.

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  • Length: 46.11 km
  • Route type: amber trail
  • Difficulty level: 3
  • Average rating: 4
  • Ratings count: 1
  • Completed times: 2

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