Route of Vlachs culture

The project’s concept was aimed at “increasing the use of Polish-Slovak borderland’s potential through the Wallachian cultural heritage”. This objective was achieved thanks to marking the cultural tourism route presenting – in balance with natural values – the cultural heritage of the Wallachian settlers who were among the “founding fathers of Europe”, the depositaries and emissaries of the mountain culture which allowed them to manage the Carpathian Mountains region since the Middle Ages. Together with the route-marking activities, actions under the Carpathian University project were carried out. The activities were supplemented by meetings on the Wallachian route – educational/promotional events increasing the level of use of local heritage. The mission of the concept was the sublimation of Carpathian tourism, building and promoting sustainable tourism based on humanitarian and environmentally friendly patterns, which was a tool for the active protection of natural and cultural resources of the Carpathian Mountains, not their absolute exploitation. At the same time, it led to enriching and diversifying tourist services in the municipalities located in the Carpathian Mountains based on own, often underused human and landscape resources.