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Gdańsk Suwałki
Słowiński NP
Stork
Trail R1
Region Cycling Ring
Trail
Cycling around Poland
Warszawa
Cycling around Poland
it gets more difficult on flat ground
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There is a good network of long-distance and regional
trails through ancient forests, historical towns, numerous
attractions and national parks.
National Parks [58]
In the Słowiński National Park the route winds along the
seashore, over sand dunes, through Kluki with its Museum,
Wsi Słowińskiej. Cycling routes in Wigry National Park are
laid out around Wigry Lake. In Narwia National Park the 90
kilometers of green routes run between the backwaters of the
Narwia River and flocks of aquatic birds.
• www.slowinskipn.pl/spn_pl.php?lang=pl&site=turystyka_szlaki •
• www.wigry.win.pl/praktyczny/szlaki2.htm •
• www.npn.pl/index.php?id=7&lang=pl •
Odra River Trail [59]
The main biking route in western Poland, 313-km-long,
runs beside the Odra River, the border between Poland and
Germany. It starts in the town of Wrocław and passes on
both banks of the Odra through Głogów, Radoszyce (ferry),
Chobienia (ferry), Ścinawa, Lubiąż and Brzeg Dolny (ferry).
• www.greenways.pl/index.php?content&id=30&lang=pl •
• www.oderneisse-radweg.de/content •
by bike on the storks’ trail [60]
The Stork Trail in the Podlasie region crosses four national
parks: Białowieża National Park, Narwia National Park,
Biebrza National Park and Wigry National Park, the ancient
Augustów Forest and Suwałki Landscape Park. This route
is ideal for nature lovers, enthusiasts of rare plant and bird
species and mammals which can all be seen in this garden of
nature. On the way the scenery rapidly changes from forests
to meadows. Thousands of birds fly overhead amongst them
magnificent white storks which nest in this area.
• www.greenways.pl/index.php?content&id=32&lang=pl •
• www.suwalszczyzna.pl/pol_ver/pol05.htm • vt
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Odra
River
Trail
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Łódź
Częstochowa
Kraków
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it gets more difficult on flat ground
borderland trails [61]
In the north-east corner of Poland, the picturesque land
of lakes and forests a trail called the Suwałki Region Cycling
Ring has been laid out. The jeweler’s term ‘ring’ has been
used because taking this trail you will discover the treasures
of the borders of Poland and Lithuania: beautiful landscapes,
unusual culture and the hospitality of its inhabitants. When
you are invited for a meal or during your stay in inns and
agro tourist farms try the regional dishes: sękacz – layered
cake, kalduns, and zeppelins - potato noodles in the shape of
Ferdinand Zeppelin’s airships.
• www.suwalki.pttk.pl/index.php?submenu=14&page=pokaz&id=152 •
between old towns [62]
Famous Polish towns Kraków and Częstochowa are joined
by the 188-km long Eagles’ Nest Cycling Trail. The route
passes through the picturesque region of Jura Krakowsko-
Częstochowska, its limestone hills and ravines, at an altitude
between 300 and 450 meters. Poland’s oldest fortified castles
called ‘eagles’ nests’ can be visited along the way.
There are also various cycling routes in national or landscape
parks surrounding other old and famous towns in Poland:
Warsaw: Masovian Landscape Park - 40 km and the
Kampinos Cycling Trail – 200 km
Łódź: Arturówka, a biking loop around the town – 70 km
Gdańsk: numerous cycling trails in the Tricity Landscape
Park and the Kashubia Region Switzerland – a picturesque
land located less than 40 km from central Gdańsk.
• http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurajski_Rowerowy_Szlak_Orlich_
Gniazd •
International trails [63]
There are several international cycling trails crossing Poland
including the longest, R 1. This International Cycling Route
starts in Calais, France and wends its way through Belgium,
Holland, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia
to Saint Petersburg in Russia. During 675 km of its length
it joins up with the best cycling trails in northern Poland.
• www.greenways.pl/index.php?content&id=4&lang=pl •
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