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Poland · Southeast Poland

Bieszczady National Park

📷 Paweł 'pbm' Szubert ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Emptied mountain meadows where wolves, bison and bears came back.

The Bieszczady are the emptiest mountains in Poland, and the reason is grim: the valleys were cleared of their Lemko and Boyko villages after the war and never resettled. What is left are the połoniny, open grassy ridges above the treeline, walked in long traverses with a view into Ukraine and Slovakia. The forest took back the farmland, and with it came wolves, lynx, brown bears and a reintroduced bison herd. Orchards and cemeteries still mark where the villages stood.

Known for

  • Nature
  • Hiking
  • Budget
  • Wildlife
Travel guide on Wikivoyage ↗

Best time to visit

The best months for Bieszczady National Park are June, July, August and September.

Suggested route

7 nights across 3 stops. Jourimo adjusts it to the length of your trip.

  1. 1Ustrzyki Dolne · 3 nights
  2. 2Cisna · 2 nights
  3. 3Sanok · 2 nights