A band of rolling hills between the Lublin Upland and the Sandomierz Basin — Roztocze National Park with its beech woods and its herd of Polish primitive horses, the church on the water at Zwierzyniec, the cascades of the Tanew at Susiec and the white quarries of Józefów.
Roztocze is a band of rolling hills running from north-west to south-east between the Lublin Upland and the Sandomierz Basin, reaching as far as Lviv. The region is built of limestone and opoka, covered in beech and fir woods and cut by deep river valleys.
Its heart is Roztocze National Park, with its headquarters at Zwierzyniec — it protects some 84 km² of forest, including Carpathian beechwoods and firs. The park runs a unique breeding centre for the Polish primitive horse at Florianka, where the descendants of the tarpan live under reserve conditions.
Roztocze is also a borderland cultural landscape: the masonry church on the water at Zwierzyniec, the Marian sanctuary at Krasnobród, the little town of Szczebrzeszyn with its synagogue and landscape park, and the white limestone quarries around Józefów, which earned the area the nickname of the „Roztocze Sahara”.
A natural attraction of national importance is the Tanew cascades in the „Nad Tanwią” reserve near Susiec — waterfalls over rock steps, among the finest in lowland Poland. The bases for exploring Roztocze are Zwierzyniec, Krasnobród, Susiec and Józefów; the approach is through Zamość.
The most important sights of the region, each with its own guide — how to get there, when to go, practical info.
The masonry Baroque church of St John of Nepomuk of the 18th century, on an island in the middle of a pond at Zwierzyniec — an icon of Roztocze.
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The highest hill in Roztocze National Park (310 m a.s.l.) with a viewing terrace, reached by a nature trail from Zwierzyniec.
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The Polish primitive horse breeding centre in Roztocze National Park, a former forester's lodge — the only place in Poland where the horses live under reserve conditions.
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A group of eight former fish ponds of the 1930s on the river Świerszcz at Zwierzyniec; one of them is a bathing spot.
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A town on the edge of Roztocze known for the Polish tongue-twister „W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie” — the Beetle monument, a synagogue and the Szczebrzeszyn Landscape Park.
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A spa town in Roztocze with the Baroque sanctuary of the Visitation of Our Lady, holy springs and the Krasnobród reservoir.
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An old quarry of white Roztocze limestone near Józefów, a popular film location — the area is known as the „Roztocze Sahara”.
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Waterfalls on the river Tanew in the „Nad Tanwią” reserve near Susiec — among the finest river steps in lowland Poland.
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A Renaissance ideal city designed by Bernardo Morando: a square main market, arcaded Armenian houses and the remains of a seven-sided fortress. UNESCO-listed since 1992.
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An almost entirely forested national park in south-eastern Poland — firs and beeches, the Wieprz valley, konik horses and five areas left completely alone.
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Kwatera prywatna „Przedpole” leży na skraju Zwierzyńca — miasteczka bogatego w zabytki po Ordynacji Zamojskiej, otoczonego lasami Roztoczańskiego Parku…
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List or submit a property →The beeches come into leaf, the Tanew cascades are full of water and the park's education trails reopen. A quiet and inexpensive time.
The height of the season — bathing at Zwierzyniec, Krasnobród and Susiec, the horses at Florianka and busy trails.
Golden beechwoods in the national park, long views from the hills and fewer visitors. The finest season for photographs.
Quiet and atmospheric in the park's forests, with the sanctuary at Krasnobród open. A limited season, with no real skiing on offer.
Approximate straight-line distances from the centre of Roztocze — calculated from real coordinates. By road it is often further.
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