Green Velo

Drohiczyn is a charming town situated on the Bug River. It was the first capital of the Podlasie Voivodeship, as well as one of the four crowning cities (after Gniezno, and before Krakow and Warsaw).

Preserved to this day in the city are: the early medieval stronghold on Castle Hill, the Jesuit monastery complex with the Church of the Holy Trinity, the Franciscan monastery complex with a three-nave, late Baroque church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, a Benedictine monastery with an 18th century church with an interesting Rococo façade and the Orthodox church of St Nicholas the Miracle Worker. Awaiting tourists are also rafting on the lazy Bug River, visit to  the Diocesan Museum as well as the Historical and Cultural Nadbużański Park: ‘Bug – Borderland of Cultures and Religions,’ which in addition to collections of archaeological and historical exhibits, tempts with unique exhibitions of historical canoes and motorcycles.