Sanok Travel Guide
Sanok
Sanok Travel Guide - “The Royal Free City of Sanok”, Polish: Królewskie Wolne Miasto Sanok, is a town in the Subcarpathian Voivodship south-eastern Poland, located on the banks of the San River with a population of 39,110 people, as of June 2009.
Sanok is one of the oldest settlements in Polska and takes pride in that it was mentioned as a local administrative centre within Halych Ruthenia in 1150. It was granted Magdeburg Rights in 1339 and was the capital of the Sanok Land being one of the five Lands of the Ruthenian Voivodeship.
It is still the main administrative, cultural, industrial, academic and communication centre for the Bieszczady region and offers visitors a variety of activities and attractions.
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Sanok Travel Guide
This is a travel Guide about the country of Polska which is located in central Europe. You are very welcome to visit my site and I hope that you will enjoy the experience.
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Accommodation in Sanok
You will find the full range of accommodation in this town from the most luxurious five star hotels with up to date and modern amenities to pensions (a type of guest house or boarding house) and rooms or apartments at very reasonable prices. Some of the larger towns and cities will also have hostels.
If you prefer to stay in a more rural location there are a number of “Agro” style of accommodation places on farms and in the countryside plus there may be camp sites nearby.
If you see something you like or wish to know more about please contact the accommodation directly as I do not take commission and I take the attitude that their own website will have more up to date details on what they offer than if I were to include it here.
If you wish to advertise your accommodation on Sanok Travel Guide please contact me.
Accommodation
This place to stay may just be the right accommodation for you.
| Name and website | Address | Type |
| Hotel Poland | Full Advert Example | Hotel Poland |
Activities & Attractions in Sanok
Poland is a country with a large variety of landscapes, a place where you can experience all four seasons. This provides the visitor with many opportunities for adventure and different activities and visiting attractions, whether you enjoy the mountains, lakes, rivers or the beaches you will find something that suits you.
If you see something you like or wish to know more about the activity or attraction please contact the provider directly as I do not take commission and I take the attitude that their own website will have more up to date details on what they offer than if I were to include it here.
What ever activity or attraction you run, if you wish to advertise on Sanok Travel Guide please let me know.
Activities & Attractions
If you enjoy walking, there are a number of mountain walking routes centred around the town of Sanok.
About 30% of the area is located within the Stonne Mountains Landscape Park not far from the well known Bieszczady National Park and other protected Landscape Parks such as: Ciśniańsko-Wetliński, San Valley, Jaśliski and the Przemyśl Piedmont.
If you are in Sanok why not take a walk along the banks of the San River on the “Błękitny San”, Blue San - a program designed to protect the waters of the San River and its tributaries.
Other trails include the “Good Soldier Švejk's Adventures Trail”, the “Icons” Trail with examples of wooden Orthodox architecture, the “San River Fortification Trail” about the history of a famous fortification lines from World War II, known as the Molotov Line.
| Name and website | Address | Type |
| Activity or attraction | ul.activity | Activity or Attraction |
Geography of Sanok
The town of Sanok takes its name from the River San and is located at the intersection of the main roads leading from the regional city of Rzeszów, Przemyśl, and Kraków to Lake Solina and onwards towards the Bieszczady Mountains situated in the extreme south east corner of Poland.
Known as the gateway to the Bieszczady Mountains it is one of the larger towns in the area that leads to two border crossings at Krościenko for Ukraine and Radoszyce for Slovakia.
History of Sanok
Awaiting details.
Museums in Sanok
Polska is full of history and the Polish are great lovers of knowledge of the past so you will find many museums in the country, whether it be a folk, military, science, skansen, transport or any other type.
Poland has a long history and has been an important trading route that has been invaded by many different groups over the past 1,000 years. Museums are a great way to explore the nations history about the inhabitants of the land in the past, their lives and customs.
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Museums
Museum of Folk Architecture (Muzeum Budownictwa Ludowego) is an open air ethnographic museum (Skansen) being the largest one of it's kind in Poland. It has numerous permanent and temporary exhibits and also arranges cultural events through out the year.
The Museum of Folk Architecture in Sanok, includes a reconstruction of a Galician market made up of 40 old wooden buildings which heralds and reflects the atmosphere of the region's past dating back to the turn of the twentieth century.
The Historical Museum is located within the Renaissance castle and an eighteenth-century tenement house on top of the hill overlooking Sanok. The museum houses a valued collection of Orthodox icons and utensils from the 15th century to the 19th century and has the largest collection of Zdzislaw Beksinski's works.
Other items on display include a collection of sacral art from the Roman Catholic Church and various other contemporary artists' works. Expansion of the castle's southern wing should make room for more collections in the future.
| Name and website | Address | Type |
| www.mbl.sanok.pl | ul. Traugutta 3, 38-500 Sanok | Skansen |
| www.muzeum.sanok.pl | ul. Zamkowa 2, 38-500 Sanok | Museum and Castle |
Places to Eat in Sanok
There are many restaurants covering the usual pizza to those offering local Polish traditional and regional cuisine.
If you see something you like or wish to know more about please contact the place to eat directly as I do not take commission and I take the attitude that their own website will have more up to date details on what they offer than if I were to include it here.
If you wish to advertise your cafe, restaurant or bar on Sanok Travel Guide please advise me.
Places to Eat
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| Name and website | Address | Type |
| Advertise your place to eat here | ul.eatingplace | Eating Place |
Tourist Information in Sanok
David's Travel Guides - This web site will eventually have tourist information on most of the places in Polska. Being a web site you will be able to access the information on most digital platforms, including your laptop, personal computer or a mobile phone.
Tourist organisations are welcome to contact me for details on how to display their information on Sanok Travel Guide.
PTTK - Polish Tourist and Sightseeing Society is a non-profit organisation that you will find in many places in Poland.
It is one of the oldest tourist societies in Europe and was was created by the merger of two societies: Polish Tatry Society (1873) and Polish Country Lovers Society (1906).
Official Tourist Information Centres in Poland are divided into 1*, 2*, 3* and 4* Certified and Non-Certified. All Certified Tourist Centres provide information in one or more foreign languages and have an expanded range of services as compared to the Non-Certified.
Tourist Information
I have been unable to locate a website for this official tourist office but I did visit it when I stayed in Sanok in June 2013. It is well worth a visit if you are in the town and during my stay there was a gentleman who spoke good english and was very helpful.
It is easy to locate on the corner of the market square (Rynek) ul. Rynek 14 - telephone: 13 46 36 060, 13 46 44 533. There is however, an email address: citsanok@um.sanok.pl
| Name and website | Address | Type |
| Advertise your website | ul.website | PTTK |
Transport in Sanok
There is an international airport at Rzeszów called Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport.
Transport
No further information as yet.
| Name | Type | URL |
| e-podroznik.pl | Bus & Train Timetables | www.e-podroznik.pl |
| Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport | Airport | www.rzeszowairport.pl/en |
| POLREGIO S.A. | Railways | polregio.pl/ |
Websites of Sanok
If you have a website that is an official one linked to this town, or you administer a local community or an important trade site please contact me here at Sanok Travel Guide as I may be interested in including it.
Websites
No further information as yet.
| Name and website | Address | Type |
| www.sanok.pl | ul. Rynek 1 - 38 - 500 Sanok | Town web site |
Regional Links
Province
The Podkarpackie Voivodship was created in 1999 and is located in south eastern Poland.
Province
Map of Sanok
Sanok Travel Guide - Podkarpackie - David's Travel Guides
Warszawa
Krakow
Wrocław
