Sobrance District
Photos: Remetské Hámre (Palickap, CC BY-SA 4.0); Ruská Bystrá (Peter Zelizňák, CC BY 3.0); Wooden Church of St Nicholas, Ruská Bystrá; Pivnica Orechová below Vihorlat: tastings in a deep wine cellar; Lysák
Sobrance District is an administrative unit in Slovakia (Košice Region). On the site here: 7 trails, 1 peak, 1 sight, 1 craft place, 1 mountain hut or shelter, 4 settlements.
Facts: Wikidata, OpenStreetMap.
Towns and villages
Getting there from Ukraine
Border crossings
- Uzhhorod – Vyšné Nemecké — road, 24/7
- Malyi Bereznyi – Ubľa — road, 24/7 For cars and buses; pedestrians not confirmed by the Ukrainian border service, lorries up to 3.5 t.
- Mali Selmentsi – Veľké Slemence (pedestrian) — pedestrian, 09:00–21:00 Kyiv time Pedestrians and cyclists only; inconvenient for the Tatras without onward transport.
- Chop – Čierna nad Tisou (rail) — rail, 24/7
By car
Lviv – Snina ≈241 km, ≈4 h 20 min without queues: H-13 via Sambir and the Uzhok Pass to Velykyi and Malyi Bereznyi → Malyi Bereznyi – Ubľa checkpoint → road 74 to Snina (≈27 km, ≈30 min from the border). From Uzhhorod: via Vyšné Nemecké (I/19 towards Sobrance, then II/566 and road 74) ≈65 km, ≈1 h 15 min; via Malyi Bereznyi – Ubľa ≈80 km, ≈1 h 40 min, but that crossing is usually less busy.
Checked 23.10.2026; border crossing hours and timetables change — check before you travel.
