Beskids

#264 among destinations in Poland

Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature

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The Beskids or Beskid Mountains are a series of mountain ranges in the Carpathians, stretching from the Czech Republic in the west along the border of Poland with Slovakia up to Ukraine in the east. ()

Local name: Beskidy Maximum elevation: 5659 ftCoordinates: 49°25'0"N, 20°15'0"E

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Lesser PolandPoland

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Beskids – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Niedzica Castle, St. Michael Archangel's Church, Lake Czorsztyn, Czorsztyn Castle.

3.2 miE
Forts and castles, History museum, Museum
Niedzica Castle, Niedzica
81 min walk • Niedzica Castle, perched on the hilltops of the Pieniny mountains in the small town of Niedzica, Poland, is a medieval fortress that exudes historical charm and offers stunning views of the surrounding landscape, including the Czorsztyn Lake.
3.8 miNW
Church,
St. Michael Archangel's Church, Dębno
98 min walk • St. Michael Archangel's Church in Dębno is a Roman Catholic Gothic-wooden church located in the Polish Goral village of Dębno from the fifteenth-century. Together with different churches, it is designated as part of the UNESCO Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland.
2.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Czorsztyn
53 min walk • Lake Czorsztyn is a man-made reservoir on the Dunajec river, southern Poland, between the Pieniny and the Gorce Mountains. It exists due to a dam in the village of Niedzica. The dam itself was completed in 1995. Its measurements are: 56 metres high, 400 metres long and 7 metres wide on top.
2.5 miNE
Forts and castles
Czorsztyn Castle
65 min walk • The ruins of Czorsztyn Castle are located in the southernmost part of Poland in Czorsztyn, at Czorsztyn Lake within Pieniny National Park borders. On the other side of the Czorsztyn Lake is located Niedzica Castle.
4.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Wdżar
106 min walk • Wdżar, on the Geoportal map of Wzor - peak in the range connecting Lubań with the Pieniny, between the Drzyślawa and Snozka passes, on the border of Kluszkowce and Krośnica.
3.1 miNE
Forts and castles
Zamek Czorsztyn
79 min walk • The ruins of Czorsztyn Castle are located in the southernmost part of Poland in Czorsztyn, at Czorsztyn Lake within Pieniny National Park borders. On the other side of the Czorsztyn Lake is located Niedzica Castle.
2.6 miW
Church
Kościół pw. Świętego Jana Chrzciciela w Dursztynie
67 min walk • Parish of St. John the Baptist in Dursztyn - a Roman Catholic parish belonging to the Niedzica deanery, archdiocese of Kraków.