The Icon Trail No. 2875 (blue mark) connects unique wooden churches located in the districts of Snina and Sobrance.
It starts in the easternmost Slovak village Nová Sedlica. In its centre you can see a miniature of the wooden church of St. Michael the Archangel, which was moved to the Humenne open-air museum in 1974. We get on the bike and continue to Zboje, where there was once also a wooden temple. Now you can see it in the open-air museum of the Bardejov Spa. The next stop is the village of Uličské Krivé. The building of the temple cannot be missed along the main road. Did you know that near it there is also skit by Father Ignatius Chokin?
On the route of the cycle path you can also observe a mini-gallery of wooden temples in Ulič. From the main road you can go to the temples in Ruský Potok, Topol and also Jalová. After passing the centre village of Stakčín you will head towards the Ukrainian state border. However, you will not follow the first class road, but turn left to Kalná Roztoka, where there is a so-called temple in a fur coat. It is so named because it is plastered inside and outside with clay plaster.
Continue in the direction of Ubľa, where we will turn to the village of Dúbrava. There we will cut to Šmigovec and Hrabová Roztoka, where Greek-Catholic wooden churches await us. The penultimate stop of the cycle path is the church in the village of Ruská Bystrá, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The end belongs to the wooden church in Inovce.
The length of the route is 79 km without and 114 km with diversions.
More information and a map can also be found at this link.
For cyclists: The route starts directly in the Poloniny National Park in the village of Nová Sedlica and runs along the blue cycling sign 2875. On the way you will see up to nine wooden churches. The unique Icon Trail ends at a wooden temple in the village of Inovce.
The same procedure applies as for the pedestrian route.
