From San to Home
This cycle route is intended to last 1-3 days, depending on your physical fitness and interests. The tour begins in Boykivshchyna in the village Syanky and takes us through the Uzhanska Valley along the Polish and Slovak borders to the town Perechyn. Along the way, we will tell you about the natural, ethnic, defensive, and delicious attractions of the valley. After descending from the Uzhotskyi Pass, where the San River starts, you can find a portal to the past, gain strength from ancient oaks, visit the place where three state borders meet, find out what Uzhanska Valley tastes like, gain Heracles' strength, get married and get on Kaolinite hill. That is not even a full list. So, let’s go!Alisa Smyrna is a tour and mountain guide from the Uzhanska Valley. She specializes in cultural, cycling, and walking tours for German-speaking tourists, educational tours for children and adults. She has studied German philology and world literature in Ukraine, obtained an MBA in International Tourism Management in Austria. She is the owner of the «Bed&Bike Dobra Nuc» bicycle estate in the former collective farm granary, where she organizes real Uzhanska Valley weddings and gets her tourists married, organizes gastronomic evenings with volunteers from all over the world, as well as arranging children's camps. Alisa's special passion is children's and family environmental programs, in which you can go beyond the habitual and use all the senses, rediscovering the world around you. Phone: +38 (050) 609-49-91.One might encounter cell phone dead zones, so we suggest downloading this route in advance.In order to properly prepare for the trip, please get familiar with the information below! This will help you arrange in advance to visit the places of interest and avoid possible problems.Contact the following BEFORE embarking on the route:Point 2. Ecological trail from the Uzhok Pass to the border sign № 224: get a permit and pay for forestry services. Border post in Syanky: +38 (03234) 6-02-00/4-17-60, mostiska_zagin@dpsu.gov.ua.Point 5. Uzhanskyi National Park, get permission to go for a hike on Mount Kremenets: send the names and passport data of the hike's participants to uzhanskij@gmail.com or call: +38 (03135) 2-38-37.Point 8. «Bed&Bike Dobra Nuc» Hostel: Dubrynychi village, 3-A Haharina St. Around the clock from April 20 to October 20. Reservation: +38 (050) 609-49-91 orPoint 9. «Lemko Estate»: Mon – Fri from 9:00 to 18:00, on weekends by appointment: +38 (050) 707-78-63.Point 10. «Muzey Mista Perechyn» (Local History Museum of), Uzhanska St, 7. Mon - Fri from 9:00 to 17:00, on weekends by appointment: (050) 265-50-12, https://www.facebook.com/museumperecin.Point 11. Book a costumed tour of Perechyn with postman Fedor Feketa: +38 (050) 609-49-91, Alisa Smyrna.
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