Places in the Barycz Valley
Where to stay, what to eat and what to see — accommodation, restaurants, nature reserves and heritage sites in one place.
Places to stay
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Cottages
Camping „Za Zakrętem”
A small cyclist-oriented campsite on EuroVelo 9: tents from 40 zł per person, caravans, bike rental and repairs.
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Farm stay
Gospodarstwo Agroturystyczne Głowaczówka
Farm stay in the 'Lower Silesian Stork Village': 5 en-suite rooms from 80 zł per person, an inn serving carp and kayak rental.
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Hotel
Hostel Stanica Rowerowa
A cyclists' hostel in Żmigród's palace park: 52 beds, en-suite rooms, bike storage, from 150 zł per night.
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Hotel
Hotel Naturum
An intimate 3-star hotel in the heart of the Milicz Ponds reserve: 24 rooms, sauna, breakfasts with local specialities.
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Hotel
Pensjonat Hubertówka
7 air-conditioned rooms and an apartment above the Hubertówka restaurant; breakfast made from own and local produce included.
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Hotel
Pensjonat W Starym Młynie
A stylish guesthouse at a historic mill: 8 rooms and a suite with alder-wood furniture, air conditioning and an on-site restaurant.
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Cottages
Ptasia Osada
Year-round cottages and loft flats with fireplaces on the edge of the Milicz Ponds reserve, with a restaurant and e-bikes.
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Cottages
Sosenka – domki i pole namiotowe
Year-round wooden cottages with private pools and a campsite from 40 zł per person, with kayak and bike rental.
Food & drink
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Café
Familijna — Piekarnia i Kawiarnia, ul. 1 Maja
Bakery, patisserie and café – coffee, breakfasts, burgers, ice-cream desserts
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Café
Familijna — Piekarnia i Kawiarnia, ul. Korfantego
Bakery, patisserie and café – coffee, breakfasts, burgers, ice-cream desserts
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Regional cuisine
Gospoda 8 Ryb
Milicz carp, sturgeon, catfish and grass carp straight from the Milicz Ponds, served on terraces over two ponds.
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Regional cuisine
Hubertówka
Hunting and fish cuisine since 1982: game from the Milicz forests, Milicz carp and a local 'Hubertówka' beer.
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Regional cuisine
Karczma Rybna „Ruda Żmigrodzka”
The Raftowicz family's weekend fish inn by the ponds: Milicz carp from their own farm, smoked carp and carp pierogi.
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Café
Kawiarnia Stara Bombkarnia + Fish Truck (KOM)
A café in a former bauble factory on the cycle path: Milicz Toast with smoked-carp spread and a seasonal Fish Truck.
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Regional cuisine
Nasza Karczma
Home-style and regional cooking – pierogi, fried fish, daily lunch special
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Regional cuisine
Restauracja Między Parkami
A restaurant in central Milicz serving fish (Milicz carp, pike-perch, perch), with rooms and kayak rental on the Barycz.
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Bistro
Smażalnia ryb i łowisko „U Bartka”
Year-round fish fry by a pond: fresh Barycz Valley fish, garlic catfish (Carp Master 2014), fish soup and a fishery.
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Regional cuisine
W Starym Młynie
A restaurant in an 1890 steam mill: Milicz carp in many ways, cream of carp soup and Viennese apple pie.
Nature
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NatureAudio
Dike between Słoneczny Górny and Wilczy Mały ponds (Stawno)
A dike in the heart of the Stawno complex with birdwatching spots – greylag geese, bitterns, harriers, cormorants, and in autumn geese and white-tailed eagles.
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NatureAudio
Milicz Ponds Nature Reserve (Stawy Milickie)
One of the largest bird reserves in Europe.
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Nature
Postolin Park-Arboretum and Wzgórze Joanny Reserve
Count von Salisch's tree park with exotic species and manor ruins, next to a beech-forest reserve with the Odyniec tower.
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Nature
Radziądz Ponds
Extensive ponds with an observation point.
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NatureAudio
Ruda Sułowska Viewing Tower
Panoramic pond views and birdwatching.
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NatureAudio
Tower of the Birds of the Sky and Grabownica Pond
A 13-metre observation tower over the largest pond of the Stawno complex – greylag geese, great egrets, cranes and white-tailed eagles.
Heritage
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Heritage site
“Bronisław” Windmill and Miller's Cottage, Duchowo
A wooden post mill with four sails and a half-timbered Miller's Cottage housing a small village museum, just outside Milicz.
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Heritage siteAudio
Christmas Bauble Museum, Milicz
About 6,000 hand-decorated baubles from Milicz's former Christmas-ornament factory, shown in the KOM cultural centre.
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Heritage siteAudio
Church of St Charles Borromeo, Radziądz
A late-Baroque gem of 1727–1735 with an oval interior, founded by the Hatzfeldt family, on the Żmigród–Milicz road.
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Heritage siteAudio
Church of St Michael the Archangel, Milicz
A Neoclassical parish church built in 1817–1821, with a Palladio-inspired façade, on ul. Kościelna in Milicz.
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Heritage siteAudio
Church of the Assumption, Cieszków
“The pearl of Silesian late Baroque” – a former manor church completed around 1753, founded by Princess Katarzyna Sapieha.
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Heritage siteAudio
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Wierzchowice
A half-timbered church from 1769–1773, once Lutheran, with a richly decorated Rococo interior and a Baroque tower.
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Heritage site
Former Border at Przywsie (1920–1939)
Traces of the 1920–1939 Polish-German border: barrier abutments, a former border post and stone boundary markers.
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Heritage site
Former Narrow-Gauge Train Display, Milicz Wąsk.
A historic narrow-gauge train on the former Milicz Wąsk. station (1894–1991), next to a cycle path along the old railway embankment.
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Heritage site
Half-Timbered Churches of Sułów
Two 18th-century half-timbered churches: Sts Peter and Paul (1731–1734) and the octagonal Our Lady of Częstochowa (1765–1767).
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Heritage siteAudio
Hatzfeldt Castle and Palace Ruins in Żmigród
A tower from 1560 and the ruined palace where, in 1813, the plan to defeat Napoleon was drawn up.
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Heritage site
Holy Trinity Church, Żmigród
A brick basilica from around 1600 with a Renaissance Schaffgotsch portal, a Baroque interior and a Neo-Gothic chancel.
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Heritage siteAudio
Krośnice Narrow-Gauge Railway
A park narrow-gauge railway in Krośnice: almost 3 km of track, 5 stops and a vintage Px48 steam locomotive from 1955.
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Heritage site
Krośnice Palace
The former residence of the von der Recke von Volmerstein family, remodelled in 1927–1929, now the Krośnice municipal office.
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Heritage site
Maltzan Family Grave and Black Gate, Milicz Palace Park
Hidden corners of the Milicz palace park: the grave of Count Andreas von Maltzan and his wife, and the bog-iron Black Gate.
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Heritage siteAudio
Maltzan Palace in Milicz
A neoclassical palace set in a landscape park.
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Heritage siteAudio
Manor Gate in Milicz
A neoclassical arch inscribed “Semper bonis patet”, commemorating Tsar Alexander I's visit in 1813.
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Heritage siteAudio
Milicz Castle Ruins
The brick ruins of a medieval castle in the palace park – a stronghold stood here as early as 1136.
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Heritage siteAudio
Milicz Market Square
The heart of the town on the Barycz – the starting point for a walk around Milicz and a story of the town, its ponds and its nature.
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Heritage siteAudio
Museum of Fishing Traditions of the Milicz Ponds
A free museum of pond fishing at CET Naturum: 106 historic fishing tools and the story of the Stawy Milickie fish farm.
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Heritage siteAudio
St Andrew Bobola Church (Church of Grace)
A half-timbered Church of Grace from 1714 – one of six in Silesia, with three tiers of wooden galleries.
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Heritage siteAudio
Sułów Watermill
A former watermill on the Młynówka Sułowska millrace – by the bridge where many Barycz kayak trips end.
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Heritage siteAudio
Wooden Church of St Matthias, Trzebicko
A shingle-roofed wooden church from 1672 surrounded by covered arcades – one of the finest timber churches in Lower Silesia.
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