Green Velo

This tour provides an excellent opportunity to encounter the very interesting history of Galician towns. The main attractions along the route are the historical centres in Błażowa and Dynów. Of particular note is the Przeworsk – Dynów narrow gauge railway, with a unique tunnel.

The route leads through areas of touristic interest, drawing on both the characteristics of the natural environment and also cultural heritage. The tour starts at Błażowa’s market square. Before you go further, you should get to know the unique monuments of the town.

Having learned the unusual history of the town head to the east, through the village of Piątkowa to Harta. It is worth to stop here. Heading further south, you reach the charming Dynów, lying at the junction of four counties: Rzeszów, Przemyśl, Przeworsk and Brzozów. You leave the town riding down Ożoga Street. The trail follows a Green Velo route through the picturesque places of the Dynowskie Plateau and the towns of Ulanica and Futoma as far as Błażowa. On this section, you can admire a panorama of Dynów and the neighbouring towns. The loop finishes in the village of Piątkowa, and further down 3 Maja Street, you will reach the starting point.
 

Route:

• Błażowa (0,0 km)
• Piątkowa (5,0 km)
• Harta  (9,5 km)
• Dynów (16,5 km)
• Ulanica (22,0 km)
• Futoma (27,0 km)
• Piątkowa –(29,0 km)
• Błażowa (32,0 km)   

Surface:

• local bituminous roads
• the route is partly marked:

The route is partly marked:
Dynów – Błażowa: in a large part Green Velo

Tourist attractions on the route:

• Błażowa – mansion from the late 18th and 19th century, the neo-gothic Church of St Martin of the late 19th century, the town hall from 1900 and the Jewish cemetery from the 18th century. It is worth seeing the unique Public Museum of the Błażowski Land.
• Harta – an old mill and a bell tower, in which echoes a centuries-old bell.
• Dynów – it is worth seeing the train station, as well as going on an extraordinary journey by historic railway via the only narrow-gauge railway tunnel in Poland, and the longest one in Europe. In its heyday, Dynów was a multicultural city, as evidenced by architectural monuments surviving to this day.