Monastery accomodation

Monastery accomodation - staying overnight at Tyniec Abbey.

Photo courtesy of Magro_kr

Monastery accommodation gives remarkable and peaceful experience.
Tyniec situated on the right bank of the Wisla (Vistula) river,  12-13 km off the city centre of Cracow. Hills, forest and the river makes the views really stunning. Almost 1000 years ago Benedictines arrived here and decided to built a monastery on the rock by the Vistula river.

The monastery forms few courtyards designed ad quadratum. The church was supposed to protect the monastery from the northern wind. The place is surrounded by old trees.
Unfortunately it is not possible to poke in the monastery gardens. They open only once a year, usually beginning of June and only 1 day.
The guest-house is located in the part called 'Opatówka'.

Rooms are clean, tidy and peaceful. This is part of the corridor in 'Opatowka'.

Bathrooms.

Nearby church rings the bell at 5.30 to wake up monks living in separate part of the abbey.

Monastery accommodation - silence, no crowd, amazing view to  Wisła (Vistula) river cutting gently the landscape. Simply different way of spending vacation. 


If you wish to stay there here is contact and booking:
Opactwo Benedyktynów w Tyńcu
ul. Benedyktyńska 37
30-398 Kraków
tel. (+48) (12) 688 5 452
e-mail: tyniec@benedyktyni.pl

Krakow Poland in winter.

Nikiszowiec - Katowice

Fot. Śląski Urząd Marszałkowski

There is such place in South of Poland - Nikiszowiec (Neekeeshowec) - which is unique in entire Europe.

Located in Katowice, biggest city in the heart of Silesia, fully built in bricks -resembles small vilages in south of Europe. Narrow streets look like city in middle ages. It turns 100 years old.

This place is unknown as sightseeing place and if you don't know about its existence, you will not see while coming to Poland.

This is the place where Polish film producers are shooting the movies and painters are painting. :) Movie directors like Kazimierz Kutz or Lech Majewski are the examples.

It was built 1908-24, based on design of Emil and Georg Zillmann. It was a colony for workers of coalmine ''Nickisch''.

Place is today fully functional including church, school, bakery, laundry, restaurant and drugstore - it was designed for 1 000 inhabitants. This place is the example of the most consistent urban design in the region.

This year it turns 100 years old and loud celebrations are planned.

Place is easy to find: by car you need to get to the crossing of highway A-4 with road 86.

More pictures at original article in Gazeta Wyborcza