It is a half-hour drive from Zielona Góra. The road runs through fields woven with sunflowers, and when it gets narrower, there is a good chance to meet Mrs. Jadzia with cows and sheep. Wave her and keep going - you're almost there. Just after the bend, slow down, drive through the gate and look for the lump of the Palace hiding behind the trees. In the past, carriages used to drive up to the main door, now you can drive your car and unpack your luggage, because it is worth staying here for a longer time.
In the area of the former Recovered Territories, in a poviat that resembles a chicken leg, in a bend of the Bóbr River and hugging the German border, there is a palace. Not just any, because it remembers the beginning of the 20th century and hides gems from the past, including: decorative ceilings, stained glass windows, fireplaces and decorative stoves. In the palace park you will find over 50 species of trees, a family of swans, beavers and squirrels. The hosts are working diligently to restore the former glory of every corner of the Palace and around it. Therefore, sometimes you will see them with a tape measure, a pencil, a hammer in their hands and a dreamy gaze - then you know that plans and dreams come true. Come and ask about the history of this place and the surrounding area - you will learn more than from history textbooks!
You will sleep in a real palace farm - one with a turret, double windows, paintings on the walls and lots of rooms. You can feel like a princess and a prince here, especially in our comfortable apartment bedrooms. In the feedhouse there are 2 apartments with separate entrances and kitchenettes: Dziupla (for two people) and Zielnik (for six people). In the historic government building adjacent to the Palace, there are: 4-person family suite Łabędz, 3 double rooms (Zając, Bóbr, Sarna) and 2 triple rooms (Lis and Wiewiórka). If you want to take a pooch (or pooch), we invite you to the apartment on the ground floor of the feed house - Dziupla. We can accommodate up to 24 people in total in the pasture and stewardess. All interiors are finished in a cozy, Scandinavian style. We hope you will feel at home here.
In addition to the rooms and the apartment, the steward house has a kitchen, a multi-functional room, which, depending on the arrangement, can be used as a training room, conference room or business meetings.
We also organize occasional events (birthdays, baptisms and anniversaries) - it can accommodate 25 people. In the room there is: a projector and a projection screen, a bar and a goat-type fireplace.
There is a garden around the Palace with old trees, which are a fantastic background for photos, a terrace and most importantly - a family of swans and beavers - we will tell you where to look for them. It may happen that your neighbors' rooster will wake you up, but don't worry about mosquitoes and flies - we have mosquito nets.
We prepare breakfasts for you, which mainly consist of local products. You can choose what you like and complete your meal with coffee and juices. If you want to eat in your pajamas - we will deliver food to your room.
The breakfast eggs come from the forester's lodge near the forest in our village, Mrs. Krystyna (also known as Granny Serkowa) provides cottage cheese and butter of her own production. Mr. Janek - the butcher is our supplier of home-made meats, he specializes in game (e.g. wild boar sausage, venison, ham). We pick fresh herbs for meals and juices in our garden. We bake cakes with seasonal fruit and serve breakfasts for vegans on request - let me know if you can't eat anything.
In the surrounding villages you can buy fresh eggs from happy hens, vegetables and fruit picked in nearby gardens and orchards, and in the nearby fisheries you can buy trout and other fish caught on request. There is a market square in Krosno Odrzańskie, 5 km away from us, where you can find everything to conjure up a good, healthy meal. Here, you can buy a souvenir of your stay in the form of a small jar of honey from the phacelia field, which is located next to the palace next door (when it blooms it looks like a Provencal lavender field).
Every Sunday there is an organic food fair, you will find there a lot of regional products from local suppliers, e.g. homemade jams, vegetable preserves, vegetable pastes, smoked fish, handicrafts, liqueurs, honey or beer from a local brewery and naturally Lubusz wine! The fairs are held in two locations: Folwark Zamkowy Żary and Twój Zielony Targ (Ochla / Zielona Góra).
We are located in the Natura 2000 area, so we are for your brother with nature. Around the farm there is a park with a vast meadow and a nature monument - the 500-year-old Wojciech Oak. The border of the park is a bend of the Bóbr River, and there are forests around (Lubuskie is the most forested voivodeship in Poland). It is important that you take comfortable shoes with you, and if you have, also binoculars, because we will tell you where you can see a white-tailed eagle and running deer. There are also our cats, a family of swans and beavers. For those willing, felinotherapy is possible, because there are 5 friendly cats in the farm "state".
You can spend your time lazily reading books, newspapers or counting the passing clouds or actively organizing bicycle rides and Nordic walking poles. You can also make an excellent base with us and visit something different every day in the area: Gryżyński Landscape Park, Muskau Park / Muskau Park, go on a boat trip on the Oder, go to Frankfurt (Oder) (only one hour by car) or go to one of them from local events. Be sure to visit us in the fall, when the September grape harvest takes place - the largest event in Zielona Góra known throughout the country and abroad, during which the city is ruled by Bacchus for the whole week. In the same month, it is worth participating in the Knights' Tournament for the ring of princess Jadwigia Śląska in Krosno Odrzańskie. In June, Rybobranie takes place in Krosno Odrzańskie (a city festival full of attractions for every age group - games, competitions, games, cooking fish soup, concerts and many more). On the other hand, in spring until late summer, numerous canoeing trips take place, among others, on the Odra, Bóbr and Noteć rivers - beautiful areas and a very interesting way of getting to know the surroundings.
Walking tours that we heartily recommend to you are:
»Krosno Odrzańskie - Osiecznica - Łochowice - Krosno Odrzańskie (18 km),
»Krosno Odrzańskie - Gostchorze - Krosno Odrzańskie (14 km),
»Krosno Odrzańskie - Dąbie - Dychów - Krosno Odrzańskie (35 km),
»Around the breeding ponds Struga - Czetowice - Bielów - Łochowice - Struga,
Bicycle routes:
»Krosno Odrzańskie - Bytnica - Gryżyna - Grabin - Radnica - Krosno Odrzańskie (65 km),
»Krosno Odrzańskie - Bytnica - Pliszka - Trzebiechów - Osiecznica - Krosno Odrzańskie (70 km),
»Krosno Odrzańskie - Łagów - Trzebule - Lubiatów - Kosierz - Tarnawa - Bobrowice - Krosno Odrzańskie (80 km),
»Krosno Odrzańskie - Łochowice - Krosno Odrzańskie,
»Krosno Odrzańskie - Osiecznica - Krosno Odrzańskie.
What’s there for children?
The kids are our very important guests and we want them to bring home only pleasant memories. Therefore, we will reveal a secret, where there is a great chance to see beavers, deer, swans and squirrels running on trees. We know from experience that in beautiful weather, kids disappear for days in the forest, organizing field games. We have a wooden house and gates on site, in case of football training. However, in the Palace there is a playroom with games, puzzles, books, toys, table football and a ping-pong table - we are not afraid of any weather.
We will direct all small enthusiasts of water fun to the nearby Dąbie lake with a beach, playground, bar and the possibility of swimming on pedal boats. Children can also use our bikes - we have a small bicycle for children, a youth option and a bicycle seat for the youngest.