Over green pastures, on the background of ancient trees, at some distance from few houses of Bartne, there is a true gem of wooden architecture – former St. St. Cosmas and...
The St. St. Cosmas and Damian Orthodox Church in Bartne is almost 100 years younger than the other local temple. It was founded as late as in 1930, which does not diminish its...
Today, Lemko chyże , i.e. traditional wooden huts, enchant many tourists with their shape, as if designed with a view to a gentle landscape of the Low Beskids. Few of them...
In the heart of the valley surrounded by forests and mountains, with the small village of Bielanka, where many Lemkos live until today, the beautiful Intercession of the...
Although Bodaki is a small village lost among the mountains and forests and having as little as several farms, there are two Orthodox churches here and both are under the same...
The St. Demetrius Orthodox Church in Bodaki is smaller than the other temple in the village. Actually, it is a larger chapel, built in 1932 or 1934, at the edge of the fields...
As large as an old Lemko chyża , the Nativity of St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church is almost completely shielded by a line of spruces. It is a very modest temple: tin...
When we are approaching the Ascension of Jesus Greek Catholic Orthodox along a lime alley from the parking lot, among the lines of trees we can only see its vestibule. Nothing...
The old parish house in Grybów looks like an idyllic, Old-Polish manor: white-washed walls, green shutters and a tiny entrance porch with two bulky stanchions. This small,...
Although few houses are left in the once large village of Hańczowa, fortunately the beautiful wooden Intercession of the Theotokos Orthodox Church, built here in the 1 st...
The silhouette of the St. Basil Orthodox Church in Konieczna can be perfectly visible from the nearby convenient highway leading to the border with Slovakia. Built in 1903, it...
The former St. St. Cosmas and Damian Orthodox Church in Krzywa is one of those temples, which does not resemble the image of a classic Lemko Orthodox church from the Low...
In Kunkowa, a miniature village hidden in the side valley behind the Pieninki Gorlickie Mountains, the charming St. Luke Orthodox Church of 1868 has survived until today. The...
Bulbous, shingled domes on the fabulous, hip roofs, higher and higher towards the sky, crowned with decorative wrought iron crosses, tripartite silhouette with a tiny chancel,...
The wooden St. Luke Orthodox Church in Leszczyny looks most beautifull when we look at it from the road from Bielanka:then, its silhouette with a high steeple and three...
The Nativity of the Theotokos Church in Libusza is almost contemporary to the much more famous temple in nearby Sękowa. Just like it, it is wooden and was built in 1513....
It is best to approach the Nativity of the Theotokos Orthodox Church in Łosie from the side of Maziarska Farm. Then, we enter the area around the temple through a lovely brick...
A wooden temple in Męcina Wielka may be a real mystery for many visitors: is it a church or an Orthodox church?Actually, both answers are correct, because it was built in 1807...
In the middle of the parish cemetery in Moszczenica, there is an unusual rotunda. The original, hexagonal shape of the Chapel of Christ in the Sepulchre in the cemetery is...
If we want to reach the Intercession of the Theotokos Orthodox Church in Owczary, we have to drive along a winding side road to the very end of the long Beskid valley but our...
When we deviate from the main road leading from Gorlice to the Małastowska Pass, to a small village of Pętna, we will be surprised. Although it is the small Lemko village,...
In order to reach the wooden St. Andrew Church, at first, we have to walk across a small bridge over the stream and then go under a stone arch of a small gate. The unique...
The St. Michael Church in Ropa dated back to 1761, is a temple which surprises us with its unusual structure: when standing in front of a stone wall surrounding the church...
Tourists travelling fast along the road via Ropica Górna, just at the road may notice slender, small turrets crowned with decorative crosses. It is worth, however, stopping...
The impressive wooden St. Andrew Church in Rożnowice is maybe not so well-known and valuable as the temple in nearby Binarowa, but after all it is characterised by its...
The St. St. Philip and Jacob Church from 1520, standing amidst old limes, looks like a big shingled tent – with the parts of a steep roof descending almost to the ground and...
The shingled walls and roofs of the St. St. Cosmas and Damian Orthodox Church in Skwirtne are crowned with, just as it should be in case of a classic Lemko Orthodox church,...
Are there any houses in the world which are sweeter than beehives?In the Beekeeping Museum in Stróże, we can see for ourselves that they are sweet not only thanks to bees,...
The wooden, two-steepled façade of the St. Michael Church in Szalowa amazes with its shape, which is not typical of wooden temples. With its two steeples covered with...
It is not easy to find the former Nativity of the Theotokos Orthodox Church, hidden in a narrow valley, in the hamlet of Wólka. Located on a steep scarp above the stream...
Although numerous vehicles are constantly driving along the busy road just next to the wooden St. Adalbert Church, we do not experience it at all when standing in the shade of...
In a small open-air museum in Szymbark, there are wooden rural buildings transferred from the neighbouring villages. Apart from such places, it is not common to see in the...
In the busy centre of Uście Gorlickie, the stone gates covered with roofs with small, bulbous crowns lead to an enclave of silence and concentration. The area around the St....
The small Intercession of the Theotokos Orthodox Church from the 18 th century, located in Wołowiec, is one of these Lemko temples, which come to the minds of those who love...
Everyone, who enters the health resort in Wysowa-Zdrój, at the beginning of the village will see the large wooden Assumption of Mary Church. It was built with a view to the...
The fact that for a long time Wysowa-Zdrój has not been a health resort but a small Lemko village lost among the hills of the Low Beskids, is reminded by the wooden St....
In the village of Zdynia, once large and populous, few holdings have been left until today. Fortunately, the Intercession of the Theotokos Orthodox Church, standing below the...
Everyone, who finds themselves in the hamlet of Polanki above Szymbark, high on the slopes of Mount Maślana, will be surprised to see, in the side valley of a small stream,...
The wild forests of the Low Beskids hide many secrets - one of the more unusual ones are mysterious ruins of boulders, rock cliffs, natural towers and pulpits high on the...
The ornamental gate at the road from Gorlice to Konieczna leads to the nearly magical world. Right behind it, there is the beginning of an alley leading to a driveway in front...
A white silhouette of the castle in Szymbark, located just above the scarp of the Ropa Valley, is a unique sight in Poland. The Renaissance building has miraculously survived...
In Zagórzany near Gorlice, behind a high wall and Neo-Gothic gate, there is a neglected landscape park of more than 14 hectares. In the depth of the park, there is the ruined...
The war cemetery No 55, today hidden in a small grove among the fields, north of Gładyszów, was built in the open field, just like most other cemeteries established during WWI...
The towering hill called Mount Cmentarna (367 m above sea level), which on the north dominates the centre of Gorlice, in May 1915 was the area of heavy fights. After the...
At the small Wąska street, diverging from the Gorlice marketsquare, attention is drawn by a storeyed tenement house: from its façade, passers-by are looked at by the black and...
The Pustki Hill rising up over Łużna (446 m) towers over the neighbourhood, above the village and road leading to Gorlice. It is not difficult to guess why it was a crucial...
In the forest, on the steep slope of the Pustki Hill (446 m above sea level) over Łużna, in the shade of large beeches, stone monuments stand, around which tens of wooden...
When standing in the parking lot on the Małastowska Pass, we can see a wooden fence with a gate covered with a triangular roof. At the rear, on the axis of the gate, we will...
The lonely peak of Rotunda (771 m above sea level) is crowned with amazing wooden structures. These slender towers are a part of the war cemetery No 51, considered to be the...
The war cemetery No 80, founded high above the Sękówka Valley, surprises with its splendour. Even from afar, when climbing up a steep narrow path among the fields, we can see...
On a flat ridge of the Patria Hill (432 m above sea level), among the trees, we can see from afar four massive stone pylons. Two of them are crowned with blades of huge iron...
From the road running via Konieczna to the border with Slovakia, on a wooded ridge of the Beskids, we can see a forest clearing with a slender tower. This is a reconstructed...
In the narrow backstreets of old Biecz, among single-storeyed, often wooden houses, a little Renaissance tenement house appears unexpectedly. Built in 1519 by the merchant...
The white facade with stone window frames, fragments of stone and brick walls and high, hip roof draws attention with the capital letters of the motto Vita brevis, ars longa...
Before we reach this open-air museum, from afar we will notice a wooden drilling tower of the former oil mine “Magdalena”. A century ago, such towers marked the landscape of...
Libusza boasts of long traditions of oil extraction – the first mine was commissioned here as early as in 1856. Unfortunately, the oil deposits ran out and the mine was closed...
A hundred years ago, the Lemkos from Łosie could be met on the roads not only in the region but also in Moravia, Transylvania and the Russian Empire lands: they even reached...
On a small square above the centre of Ropa, more than eighteen wooden churches and Orthodox churches stand under the trees! They are, however, not real buildings but...
Sękowa and neighbouring Siary are the cradle of the global oil mining. As early as in 1790, oil was drawn in Sękowa from specially excavated wells while in 1852, the first in...
The ski station with a chair lift and piste of 1,400 m.
Riverside hostel: camping site, water equipment rental, swimming area, administered by: Municipal Community Centre in Ropa.
Pod Lasem agri-tourism farm. Owned by Helena and Jan Rotko.
Nad Rzeką Ropą agri-tourism farm. Owned by Jadwiga Korzeń.
Agri-tourism farm. Owned by Julia and Mikołaj Prokopowicz.
Those entering the old town in Biecz from Gorlice are enchanted by the panorama of the town, with a silhouette of the collegiate church, town hall tower and conical roofs of...
An original silhouette of the Renaissance Barian-Rokicki house almost completely covers the entrance to the old town, so there is no way to miss it. And it is worth paying...
Here, where today Biecz is situated on a hill upon Ropa, centuries ago, Becz, the bandit knight, freed a girl called Bietka who was to become a prisoner. When many years later...
In a quiet corner out of the way, in the eastern part of the town, just above the scarp above the Ropa Valley, there is a storeyed school building. Why, however, is this...
Attention of those visiting the old town market in Biecz is mainly focused on the Town Hall. But attention of those walking around it will certainly be drawn by a charming St....
A slender silhouette of the collegiate church in Biecz, i.e. the Corpus Christi parish church, with its Gothic peaks, steep roof and high belfry, is a symbol of Biecz and a...
Upon the hill of the old town in Biecz, a smaller hill borders from the east side, surrounded on three sides by the valleys of Ropa and smaller streams. It was here where one...
In the middle ages, every self-respecting town had to protect its wealth behind solid walls. Back then, Biecz was one of the richest merchant centres in Małopolska, so it had...
A stroll around old Biecz means walking the quiet streets and the marketsquare where there are small tenement houses, and often single-storeyed, wooden houses. Thus, an...
At the eastern end of the old town, over the scarp delimiting it from the side of the Ropa Valley, behind small houses and a high fence of the school playing ground, we can...
When going along a narrow path up the broad Ropa Valley from Wysowa-Zdrój, among few buildings of the village of Blechnarka, we can see characteristic bulbous domes amidst the...
Surrounded by greenery at the foot of Mount Cmentarna, a bit out of the way, overgrown with weeds, a Jewish cemetery is hidden. Today, few people visit it, although sometimes...
It is no coincidence that a stone, elegant main façade of the Nativity of the Theotokos Basilica Church brings to mind the churches in Italy. Sandstone blocks, illuminated by...
Next to the busy intersection of ul. Kościuszki and Węgierska, visitors’ attention is drawn by an unusual form of a small shrine. On a bulky, white pedestal of a thick column,...
The marketsquare in Gorlice is a genuine heart of the town and meeting place for the inhabitants. On warm days, many of them sit eagerly in café gardens or on stone benches,...
In order to enter the Sanctuary of Jesus Crucified in Kobylanka, we need to climb the stairs towards an impressive Baroque gate in the wall. The wall surrounds the hill in the...
Among huge Carpathian beeches, high above the ridge marking the border with Slovakia, on the slope of Mount Jawor (723 m above sea level), a tourist with astonishment will...
At the foot of the ranges of Jaworzynka and Kozie Żebro, the spa part of Wysowa-Zdrój is located. Here, the spa park stretches along a small stream. Its history dates back to...
Wysowa-Zdrój is a village in the Ropa river valley. Founded in the mid-fourteenth century, it is a spa resort and an excellent tourist base for hiking, biking and horse-riding in...
Behind the buildings of the forestry in Zagórzany, established in the former territories of the extensive property of the Skrzyński family of counts, an impressive stone cross...
Ski lifts in Małastów – Sports and Recreation Centre in Gorlice. In the Centre, there are 3 ski lifts of 500, 400 and 150 m, with easy pistes.
The inn is a part of the “Gładyszów” Hutsul Horse Stud Farm. Along with the Jaśmin inn, named after a wonderful Hutsul stallion, it complements the tourist offer of the centre....
The restaurant is located at the “Sądecki Bartnik” Beekeeping Farm owned by Anna and Janusz Kasztelewicz. The motto of of “Sądecki Bartnik” is “Honey – the miracle of nature”....
At the inn, it is easy to feel the atmosphere and tradition of Lemko huts. The stylised interior perfectly emphasises the taste of dishes and the decorations put us in a nostalgic...
At the edge of the forest, on the road to Krzywa, in the area of the non-existing village of Banica, an impressive statue stands behind a fence. It commemorates seven Polish...
The buildings of Łużna are towered over by the spires of steeples. The local parish church boasts of a two-steepled façade and large size. The Neo-Gothic brick basilica was built...
When travelling along the wooded ridge of Magura Wątkowska, we are constantly hidden under the crowns of beeches. We will find only one observation point here. On a small pass...
Almost opposite the church in Ropa, between two small outbuildings, through the gate we can see a large driveway and an elegant columned portico of the manor. This is the...
In Rozdziele, a little out of the road, away from houses, we can see amidst the trees an unusual silhouette of the local Greek Catholic Church. Built at the end of the 18 th ...
Right at the border with Wapienne, much closer than the buildings of the village of Rozdziele, on a large green area we can see a small wooden Orthodox church. Its silhouette with...
When we pass through Sękowa, instead of paying attention, at the very beginning, to the famous wooden St. St. Philip and Jacob Church, we notice the impressive slender Neo-Gothic...
The former Greek Catholic Orthodox church, and today the Catholic church, is a brick temple, built in the so-called Joseph II style in 1818. In order to make it similar to wooden...
Old, stylish oillamps, ancient irons with heaters, yellowed books and prints dating back a hundred and more years... This is just a part of the exhibits in the rich collection of...
Opalówka agri-tourism and organic farm is run by Maria and Zbigniew Opala.
Dom na Łąkach agri-tourism farm is run by Agnieszka and Andrzej Adamkiewicz.
Independent Public Complex of Health Care Facilities – MSW Continental spa sanatorium.
Czysta Frajda recreational services – Janusz Nosal. Pontoon and canoeing rallies down the Poprad River.
Holiday and rehabilitation centre.
Bike service and rental, organisation of bike trips in the area.
The ski station with a chair lift, 2 T-bar lifts and lifts for children, about 1.5 km of pistes.
The Cichy Kącik inn is a charming place whose history and tradition date back to 1936. After the outbreak of World War II, it was closed, after the end of the occupation the...
Bike rental, nordic walking, skis and snowboard, cross-country skis, off-road.
U Króla Stasia agri-tourism farm is run by Anna and Stanisław Król.
The outdoor swimming pool and paddling pool for children located at the tourist village Domki w Lesie.
Chałupa Górola agri-tourism farm owned by Małgorzata and Adam Grywalscy.
U Babci Mili Guest rooms. Owned by Bernardyna and Janusz Kieblesz.
U Grzegorza agri-tourism farm. Owned by Justyna and Grzegorz Królikowscy.
U Krysi i Jasia agri-tourism farm. Owned by Krystyna and Jan Miejscy.
The Kłynec Inn, located in the centre of Krynica-Zdrój, at the extraordinary artistic artNikifor hotel, is a traditional Lemko house. The Lemkos, former inhabitants of the Low...
The Gościniec Dworski restaurant in Ropa invites you to taste the best specialties of manorial cuisine. Our offer also includes traditional delicacies of simple Carpathian...
The Sękowski Dwór restaurant, located in a picturesque area of the Low Beskids, is a perfect place to organise a wedding reception. It is situated on a 2-hectare plot with a...
Słoneczko agri-tourism farm. Owned by Edward Bartko.
When approaching the former St. St. Cosmas and Damian Orthodox Church in Banica (now the Catholic Church), among the trees we will see, first of all, bulbous domes covered with...
In no other Orthodox church, will we see so many extremely picturesque, bulbous domes as in the former St. St. Cosmas and Damian Orthodox Church in Berest!Not only all three parts...
The simplicity of the silhouette of the wooden late-Gothic St. Michael Church in Binarowa, built in 1500, contrasts with the extraordinary wealth of the interior décor. Almost...
Due to numerous reconstructions, the silhouette of the former St. Demetrius Orthodox Church from 1760, today the Catholic Church in Binczarowa, has lost its characteristic Western...
St. Michael the Archangel Orthodox Church in Brunary Wyżne, currently used as the Roman Catholic Church, is characterised by its impressive size. It was built in 1797 in place of...
The small, former St. Demetrius Greek Catholic Orthodox Church in Czarna (now the Catholic Church) is almost a textbook example of a Lemko temple. Built on a hill upon a stream...
When looked at from the road, the former St. Paraskeva Orthodox Church in Czyrna seems to be very impressive. This is, however, misleading as it has been placed on a terrace...
The large, wooden St. Adalbert Church in Kąclowa makes an impression of an old building with a long history. Similar, in terms of its architecture and design, to many authentic...
The small, wooden Transfiguration of Jesus and Our Lady of Częstochowa Church, hidden among the trees just above the spa promenade attracts attentions of few health visitors...
At Bulwary Dietla, along the bed of Kryniczanka, there are several beautiful wooden spa villas. The first one from the southern side, located just below a steep slope of the...
In the depth of the Słotwiński Park, we may notice a small, wooden rotunda with big windows, standing right at a steep mountain slope. Few people know that it is the oldest...
Thanks to the typical Western Lemko architecture, we will immediately recognise the former St. Michael Orthodox Church in the Our Lady of Częstochowa Parish Church in Mochnaczka...
St. John Orthodox Church in Muszynka, built in the 18 th century, is now the Roman Catholic church. However, it is not difficult to notice typical features of sacral Western...
Inside the former wooden St. St. Cosmas and Damian Orthodox Church (today the Catholic church), in the lower part of an iconostasis, we may see an interesting painting, which...
But for bulbous, small domes over a nave and chancel, the former St. Michael Orthodox Church in Polany would look like a regular Catholic church. Surrounded by a stone wall, the...
Hidden in the shade of big trees, the tiny St. Jacob Orthodox Church in Powroźnik (now the Catholic church) is a true gem among the wooden Orthodox churches in the Beskids. It is...
The small St. Demetrius Orthodox Church in Śnietnica is located on a hill surrounded by a stone wall, next to the new Catholic church – in the years 1947-97, it was used as a...
The former St. St. Cosmas and Damian Orthodox Church in Tylicz, located in a cemetery, is currently the Roman Catholic church. The temple, built in 1743, as a tripartite building,...
In the upper part of the extensive marketsquare in Tylicz, from behind the old trees and a stone belfry, the small wooden St. Peter and Paul Church looms up. It was founded in...
The compact structure of the former St. St. Cosmas and Damian Orthodox Church in Wojkowa, now the Catholic Church, is shielded by high trees. It was built in 1790. At a close...
When we climb down to the basement under the building of New Mineral Baths in Krynica-Zdrój, we will suddenly find ourselves in a different, magical world. Here, among finely...
High on a ridge at the foot of boundary Mount Jawor, above the Muszynka valley and Tylicka Pass, in the forest, the yellow foot trail unexpectedly crosses a deep ditch and...
The brick St. Luke Orthodox Church with a slim tower, which currently serves as a Catholic church, towers over the houses of Izby picturesquely scattered in a wide valley at the...
In a narrow side valley between the hills of Holica and Krzyżowa, hidden behind the forested area of the main cemetery in Krynica, you can admire the incredible Equal to the...
In the southern part of Krynica-Zdrój, we can find the Saints Peter and Paul Greek Catholic Orthodox Church whose majestic brick and stone walls tower over a road. It was raised...
Right next to the promenade in Krynica, amongst the nature of a spa forest park, at the foot of the steep slope of Parkowa Góra, a small tram-like vehicle appears every moment...
At the junction of Piłsudskiego St. and Pułaskiego St., in the very centre of Krynica-Zdrój, the white walls of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church draw attention....
If you hear music while taking an evening stroll along the promenade in Krynica, it means that a special show of a musical fountain has just started next to the “Stary Dom...
In the heart of Krynica-Zdrój, next to the junction of Piłsudskiego St. and Pułaskiego St., behind the white walls of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, we can find...
Monumental long colonnades along the promenade in Krynica-Zdrój are placed just in front of the great edifice of a spa house. They are a great example of Polish Modernist...
In the shade of trees, below houses along Pułaskiego St., we can find a small wooden pavilion. Its roof is covered with tiles and crowned with a small tower topped with a dome. It...
Krynica-Zdrój lies in the valley of the River Kryniczanka where valuable mineral water sources were discovered in the late eighteenth century.
At the beginning of the promenade in Krynica, against the greenery of a spa park, a bronze bust of Adam Mickiewicz – a Polish national bard, stands on a stone pedestal. Like many...
“Stare Łazienki”, formerly known as “Stare Łazienki Mineralne”, is one of the oldest buildings in the health resort of Krynica-Zdrój. It was built in 1863-1864 on the initiative...
In the heart of Krynica-Zdrój, just off the promenade, the edifice of “Stary Dom Zdrojowy” dazzles like a majestic neo-Renaissance palace. The building was erected in 1889 and...
In the centre of Krynica-Zdrój, along the Kryniczanka Stream, just in parallel to the promenade, we can find the Dietl Boulevard with wooden villas and houses built in distinctive...
A cemetery in Nowica extends on a steep slope over a stream between old trees. Besides modern tombstones, it includes several stone grave crosses from the 19 th century. Above...
From the south, this tiny St. Michael Greek Catholic Orthodox Church in Przysłup towers over village houses from a steep slope. Raised originally on the north side of a valley in...
There is a place in Tylicz, where experiments were carried out on… special food for Soviet astronauts! A centre, which was officially meant to work on creating a new kind of...
Strolling through Tylicz, you should walk down Konfederatów Barskich St, i.e. towards the Slovakia border. Just behind an Orthodox church, you can see can a playground square on...
“Brzozowy Lasek” agrotourism farm. Owner: Kazimierz Główczyk.
“Owczarzówka” agrotourism farm. Owners: Dorota and Mieczysław Owczarz.
In resort "Wczasy pod gruszą" on Belna Górna in Biecz we offer for rent three wooden cottages. In each cottage on the ground there is a bathroom and a living room with fireplace,...
We offer a rest in luxurious and cozy conditions in a lovely house. It contains 5 rooms, a spacious living room with a fireplace, kitchen and playroom for kids. Every room has own...