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Rycerka Górna: Vacation Apartments and Holiday Homes

Accommodation in Rycerka Górna

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Rycerka Górna was founded at the beginning of the 17th century under the name Radeczka; the first documented mention dates from 1628. The early settlement was a Wallachian pastoral settlement based on the clearing of forest. For travelers interested in regional settlement history, this history provides a concrete point of reference.

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You can rent a vacation apartment in Rycerka Górna.

Nature

The settlement and fields of Rycerka Górna occupy the valley of the Rycerski Potok and its tributaries, Radecki and Plaskórówka.

Jaworzyna, Praszywka, Vel’ký Prislop, and Będoszka Wielka are located in the immediate vicinity of Rycerka Górna.

Culture

The Golgota Beskidów Cross is located in the wider regional surroundings of Rycerka Górna.

Below the summit of Wielka Racza, in the Żywiec Beskids, lies the PTTK mountain hut at an altitude of 1236 meters; it opened on December 17, 1934.

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Hiking

Kolonia, a part of Rycerka Górna, was historically a starting point for excursions to Wielka Racza. For travelers interested in such excursions, this historical function provides a concrete local connection.

Region

Rycerka Górna lies in the geographic and ethnographic region of Żywiecczyzna, within the Żywiec Beskids and the Wielka Racza Group, near the Slovak border.

Find more destinations here: Bierna, Soblówka, Korbielow, Zwardoń, Kocierz Moszczanicki, Żabnica, Przyłęków, Kamesznica.

To the overview of the higher-level destination: Żywiec.

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