Ethno-vehicle - in the footsteps of the former Boykowszczyzna.
Bojkowie - Former Bieszczadzcy Highlanders refers to the now non-existent and forgotten ethnographic group that used to live in the Bieszczady and the upper San valley in the past. Getting to know the past of the Bieszczady Mountains through contact with the souvenirs of the Bojków culture, blended into the contemporary landscape of the mountains, reflection on their former hosts and the passing of time. The theme of the tour is to learn about the Boyko's living places, their religion and what they did. Those traveling along the trail will discover culture through eyesight, because the most characteristic visual designations of the Boyko region are wooden churches, cemeteries, chyże, everyday utensils, icons, Carpathian embroidery, Carpathian jewelry, as well as elements of pastoral culture. An inseparable element of Boyko are the Bieszczady Mountains.
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Arrival by plane to the airport in Balice or Jasionka, transfer by coach to Sanok.
Accommodation at Hotel Bona ***, optional Sanvit Health Promotion Center, Hotel Jagielloński or Pod Trzema Różami, dinner, free time, overnight.
Dinner at the Jadło Karpackie inn - places where the past meets the present, decorated in a regional style and offering Boyko dishes: fuczki, cold soup made of bear's garlic
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to MBL in Sanok - the most important place on the ethnographic map of Podkarpacie, an open-air museum presenting the culture of Bojków, Dolinians, Lemkos and Pogórzans: guided tour of the MBL sector of the Bojków sector and the Galician Market, free time approx. 2.5 hours.
Lunch at the Tavern Jadło Karpackie in Sanok.
Transfer to Solina. A cruise ship on Lake Solina - the Bieszczady Sea, a place of recreation and relaxation with a view of the mountains.
Beekeeping workshops at the Bojków Museum of Spiritual and Material Culture, conducted by Władysław Bronowski - a passionate from the apiary in Berezka.
Return to the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to Myczków. Visiting the Bojków Spiritual and Material Culture Museum - the most important place on the map of Bojkowszczyzna, run by an enthusiast of Boyko origin, a story by Stanisław Drozd, optional bread baking workshops, approx. 3 hours, purchase of souvenirs and Boykowska coffee in the Bojkowska Gallery.
Transfer to Polańczyk, visiting the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Beautiful Love with a miraculous icon and a spring, a walk around the spa.
Lunch in Oberża Zakapior, which follows the tradition of the Bieszczady gorges, with dishes from Bojkowska and Lemko cuisine as well as live music by local artists.
Transfer to Lutowiska, stop - panorama of the Bieszczady Mountains, Trail of Three Cultures (memorabilia of Bojki).
Visiting the Boyko church in Smolnik (UNESCO monument), the only one preserved of this type in the Bieszczady Mountains - a tripartite one, with a broken roof, onion domes and an eaves, approx. 1 hour.
Purchase of goat cheeses from the Bieszczadzka Koza Farm. They are traditional Boykowski cheeses with wild garlic and black cumin.
Accommodation at the Stanica Chreptiów Hotel in Lutowiska, dinner, overnight.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Drive along the Bieszczadzka Loop through Ustrzyki Górne, Brzegi Dolne, Wetlina, Dołżyca to Łopienka. Walk through the former village of Bojków to the Greek Catholic church, sightseeing in consultation with the Carpathian Society. There are charcoal kilns along the way. Walk and sightseeing approx. 1 hour
Lunch at the Siekierezada restaurant, known as a diner. It alludes to the cult novel by Edward Stachura of the same title. It has its own specific atmosphere and decor, combining the features of tough Bieszczady lumberjacks and sensitive artists, with original Bieszczady cuisine (garlic soup, Bieszczady pancakes, Boyko dumplings).
Free time, possibility of buying handicrafts at the Czarny Kot Gallery.
Drive through Bystre and Baligród to Lesko.
A walk in Lesko: the former Synagogue, Bieszczadzka Gallery, Jewish cemetery - Jewish cemetery).
Return to Sanok and continuation of the route in the Dolinianie package or transfer to the airport in Rzeszów, as agreed with the tour operator.
Funded by the National Institute Wolności - Center for the Development of Society Obywatelski from the Development Program funds Civic Organizations for 2018-2030
The website was created as part of the "EtnoCarpathia" project co-financed by the Interreg V-A Poland-Slovakia Cross-Border Cooperation Program 2014-2020 and by the National Institute of Freedom - Center for Civil Society Development from the Civic Organization Development Program for 2018-2030.
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