Borki: Hiking between fir forest and gorge

If you want to combine hiking and cultural sites on one trip, Borki offers some concrete points of interest: trails lead toward Szur, and a wooden wayside chapel stands on the southern edge of the village. The Szur Gallery is also nearby. The routes described differ in length and course. When looking for a hotel in Borki, this information can help you estimate the planned distance of your trip.

Gorge, forest, and wayside chapel

The gorge from Borki to Szur has a special microclimate. Large fir trees grow in the gorge, and firs are also characteristic of the coniferous forest along the way to Szur. The hiking trail from Borki toward Szur runs through Krasnobrodzki Landscape Park. A wooden wayside chapel stands on the southern edge of Borki. The yellow-marked hiking trail to Szur passes the chapel and goes through the gorge. This route thus combines scenery and architecture.

Hiking trails to Szur

The LU-5610 y hiking trail is 3.9 km long and runs from Podklasztor through Borki to Szur. A black Nordic walking route runs from Krasnobród to Borki and on to Szur; it is 13.3 km long and takes about four hours. Another, yellow-marked hiking trail passes through Borki to Szur and is about 4 km long. For the hiking route through Borki to Szur, you can return along the same trail or take the green hiking trail to Krasnobród. This return route from Szur to Krasnobród is 5.5 km long and takes about two hours.

One route to Szur crosses a hill at an elevation of 277 m and then follows a winding stone path to Szur. Comparing the route lengths, the black Nordic walking route is considerably longer than the approximately 4 km yellow-marked hiking trail. This information helps you assess the length of your planned hike, without interpreting the trail colors as difficulty levels.

Szur Gallery and nearby routes

The Szur Gallery is part of the route of the Roztoczańskie Ekomuzeum “Świąteczna Kraina”. The gallery in Szur features an exhibition of paintings. Meetings with artists at work and discussions about artworks and how they are created are planned. If you want to attend such a meeting, check in advance whether one will take place during your visit. The gallery’s literary garden offers herbal tea; if you are interested, ask in advance whether it will be available during your visit.

Nearby, a blue-marked cycling route belonging to the Roztoczański Szlak rowerowy leads to Majdan Sopocki. Also in the area, a green tourist trail is named after Władysława Podobińska. These options add a cycling route and another named tourist trail to the hiking routes, without requiring either to be linked to the gallery.

For an overview of the wider area: Krasnobród.