The best walks and hikes around Tereszpol

The first wooden chapel was built in this place in 1668 from the foundation of Marcin Zamoyski, the Lviv Sub-Stole, later the Grand Treasurer of the Crown. From 1688 to 1886 under the administration of the Franciscans. In 1720, it was re-endowed by Tomasz Józef Zamoyski, the starost of Grodecki and Płoskirów, probably with the simultaneous construction of a new church or the expansion of the original chapel. It was burned down by the Swedes in the 18th century. The current church was built in 1768 from the foundation of Jan Jakub Zamoyski, later the voivode of Podolia. In 1778, it was consecrated by Bishop Melchior Jan Kochnowski. Extended on the northern side in the years: 1897-8. Thoroughly renovated before 1930, and in 1975 the roof was renovated.

On the Polish side, the battle was fought by a unit commanded by Colonel Marcin Lelewel Borelowski (700-800 people) and a unit led by Kajetan Ćwiek Cieszkowski (400 people). Both of these units had taken part in the Battle of Biłgoraj the day before; after the clash, they merged into one unit. On the Russian side, Major Mikołaj Sternberg commanded; his forces numbered – according to various sources – from 3 to 4 thousand soldiers. The Russian units consisted of 5 infantry companies, a squadron of dragoons and two Cossack sotnias. The Russians also had four cannons. Borelowski commanded the Polish forces from Polak Hill, where a monument to the insurgents currently stands and there are boards with descriptions in Polish and Hungarian.

Battlefield of 1863

The Szum Reserve is a reserve established in 1958 to protect numerous species of typical plants in the surroundings of the Szum River, a tributary of the Tanew. It is located in the buffer zone of the Roztocze National Park. Protected plants include the forest cnid, the umbellate helper, the sundew (round-leaved, intermediate), the snowdrop, the snowdrop, the common ivy, the lily of the cape, the clubmoss (juniper, carnation, crow's-eye). There is an educational trail in the reserve, and the Roztocze Edge Trail also runs here.

A water reservoir created by a dam on the Szum River. A quiet, peaceful place, perfect for rest and relaxation from the hustle and bustle of the city, at the threshold of the Roztocze National Park. There is even a small beach.

The Florianka settlement and the Konik Polski Ostoja in the Roztocze National Park are an ideal place to get to know these interesting animals (a Polish breed of late-maturing horse of the primitive type). Sometimes the horses that are in the paddock come to the fence and you can pet them. An extremely atmospheric place. In the settlement you can eat fresh cake and drink coffee.

Gościniec Florianiecki in the Roztocze forests is a beautiful, paved bicycle and walking trail. It is an 11-kilometer forest trail that connects Echo Ponds in Zwierzyniec and the village of Górecko Stare. Along the way, you will pass the Forest Chamber (the ethnographic museum of the Roztocze National Park), the Florian oak and a Polish horse breeding farm.

Polak Hill (318 m), from which there is a panorama of the Sandomierska Valley. You can also see the edge zone of Roztocze, cut by narrow strips of fields. You will reach the hill from road 858 through a beautiful beech alley. On the hill there is a tourist shelter with benches, a monument to the January insurgents in Panasówka and an obelisk commemorating Poles and Hungarians fighting in the unit of Marcin Borelowski codename Lelewel, commanding the Polish unit in the victorious battle against the Russians near Panasówka in 1863.