6 Sights in Sromowce Niżne, Poland (with Map and Images)

The Szopczański Gorge is a gorge in southern Polish, located in the Central Pieniny Mountains in the village of Sromowce Niżne in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Nowy Targ County, in the Czorsztyn commune.

Wikipedia: Wąwóz Szopczański (PL)

Facimiech – a group of rock walls in the Łysina massif in the Pieniny Proper. It is a wild rock cliff in the upper part of the south-western slope of Łysina falling directly into the Dunajec River. Together with Łysina and Klejowa Góra, it forms the Łysiny group. It descends to the Dunajec River with very steep and almost bare walls with a total height of about 330 m. They are made of erosion-resistant limestone rocks. The Dunajec River cutting into them creates the Pieniny Gorge here. Facimiech together with the top of Klejowa Góra form a protruding promontory, which the Dunajec flows around on three sides, creating several gorges. The walls of Facimiech are one of the main scenic attractions during rafting. The raftsmen on the walls of Facimiech show tourists the outline of the silhouette of an eagle and a nun. There are legends associated with them. At the foot of Facimiech there is Ostra Skała and Grabczyy.

Wikipedia: Facimiech (skały) (PL)

Nowa Góra – the second highest peak of the Pieniny Proper and the highest peak of the Pieniny Czorsztynskie. It is an outstanding peak with a characteristic shape of a sharp cone, clearly distinguishing itself from other peaks of the Pieniny Mountains. It is located in the main ridge of the Czorsztyn Pieniny, between Czoł and Kirowa Skałka. On Nowa Góra, this ridge bends, clearly convex to the south. The base of the peak is located at an altitude of about 730 m above sea level. The mountain is built of hard hornwort limestones belonging to the Pieniny series. From the west, its slopes fall to the deep valley of the Czarny stream, from the east to the Za Kocioł gorge.

Wikipedia: Nowa Góra (Pieniny) (PL)

Malowa Góra - a massif in the right Pieniny, in their part called the Czorsztyn Pieniny. It is located in a back departing from the jumper located east of the three mounds to the south, through the circus rock, from which it is separated by the Podosice Pass. He is forestry, but has numerous rock exposures. Its top -up parties consist of limestone of the Pieniny series. It has an elongated ridge, in which, in addition to the main vertex, the second west with a height of about 795 m high. The eastern slopes of the Macenowa mountain fall to the Macer Gorge, the southern to Dunajec. There is an outstanding rock called the White Rock, which was created as a result of the washing of the Dunajec waters. From this rock there is clearly visible from the road to Sromowiec Niżne Liab Red Rocks. Their color comes from colorful margs with the addition of sandstones. On the southern slopes of Malowa Mountain, well -preserved fragments of the natural spruce forest and pine specimens about 130 years old. Siedlisko rare birds, including Pustules, Puchacz, Nagórnik. The waters from the eastern slopes of Malowa Mountain flow to the Malowy Potok and its tributary - Kiry Potok, from the western slopes to the terrible stream.

Wikipedia: Macelowa Góra (PL)

Cyrlowa Skałka, Cyrlowa Skała, Cyrhlowa Skała – a rocky peak in the Pieniny Czorsztyn Mountains between the Trzy Kopce Pass and Macelowa Góra, with which it is adjacent to the north and from which it is separated by a deep pass with the Podosice clearing. The eastern slopes of the hill descend towards the valley of Kirowy Potok, and the western slopes towards the valley of the Terrible Stream. Cyrla is covered with forest, but has a rocky peak. It is located in the Pieniny National Park and there is no tourist trail leading through it. It is clearly visible from the road from Krośnica – Sromowce Wyżne. On the south side, it has steep, rocky walls visible above the forest. From this road, the Gumionek rock located on the northern side of Cyrlowa Skałka is also visible.

Wikipedia: Cyrlowa Skałka (PL)

Klejowa Góra – an outstanding, mountainous peninsula in the Three Crowns Massif in the Pieniny Proper. Together with Łysina, it forms the so-called Łysina group, which is flowed on three sides by the Dunajec River, forming the largest of its gorges here, called the Dunajec Gorges. Klejowa Góra protrudes in the southern direction from Facimiech. It is covered with forest, but in the past there were clearings on it, which have been overgrown with forest since the creation of the Pieniny National Park and the cessation of mowing them. Only along the bank of the Dunajec River there are remains of the Rówienka clearing, where there used to be a lonely farm. Below it, there was a Zimna clearing, which was mowed, and the hay was transported to the other side of the Dunajec to Sromowce Niżne only in winter by sleigh on ice. On the northern tip of Klejowa Góra, there is an overgrowing Facimiech clearing, from which this impressive-looking peak was named – a rock cliff undercut by the waters of the Dunajec River.

Wikipedia: Klejowa Góra (PL)