It was like this: we went to the office. We say Kamionki 77. “Ah! A fly agaric? ”. And it was like that everywhere we looked. It turned out that everyone knows the Toadstool. Moreover, the Fly Agaric has an excellent reputation. Some of them worked and lived there, others torn off their shoes at the local dances. Because in Muchomorek regular parties, weddings and bar evenings were held. Nearby was the sedate Black Knight - a sanatorium for former officers and aristocrats. Serious business. And in the neighborhood we were going to play. It was the 1950s. A small excerpt from the over 100-year history of the Toadstool, which was not always called that way. But it always seemed to be associated with having fun.
You yourselves understand that changing the name was out of the question in this situation.
We have added "Dom Pracy Twórczej", because this is what we do and what we would like to share with you. We are only just growing into the local social fabric, but last year we organized the "Potok" festival here. We're getting started. We will offer you tours and activities. We are open to people and we are happy to share our love for the region. We invite you.
The house is located exactly in the loop of the road running through the middle of the Owl Mountains Landscape Park. It has been like this since the beginning of its existence and we think that the fact that, despite the proximity of the road, was an agritourism farm here for many years, and then a summer camp, says a lot. The road doesn't bother much here. It winds in serpentines, so you can't drive fast. Its advantage is the ability to quickly get to the coolest places in the area.
In front of the house we have a garden with space for lazing around, making a bonfire, children playing (the area is fenced) and dogs. The house has 5 rooms and 1 apartment, as well as a large common space, which is perfect for long autumn and winter evenings. We are prepared for everything: we have a bar, a piano, board games, and audio equipment.
You can get bored here, but you have to try.
!!! We offer meals only for organized groups of at least 8 people!!!
We invite you for delicious vegetarian breakfasts and/or dinners. During special events, we are able to adapt the times and types of meals to the needs of our guests.
We cook vegetarian and vegan, healthily, using local products and our herbs. If necessary, we offer gluten-free, lactose-free, etc. diets. If you are not vegetarian and would like to roast a sausage on a campfire - we have nothing against it. But we haven't eaten meat ourselves for 20 years, so we will cook for you our way, i.e. vegetarian.
Here is an example of a breakfast menu:
vegetable pastes (e.g. humus or eggplant paste), veggie pâté, cottage cheese, cheese plate, regular and plant milk, muesli. There is also something hot every day: oatmeal, scrambled eggs, toast. Something different every day. You can enjoy tea and coffee all day long.
What you won't eat here: artificial additives, sauces with tons of flour. And meat:) if you would add anything else to this list - let us know before your arrival.
Let's start with the fact that we organize interesting things here ourselves. It is not without reason that we called the place the House of Creative Work. In autumn 2021 and 2022, we even organized a local festival ("Potok"), which included sound workshops, shows and theater performances. In July 2022, we hosted theater performances and workshops as part of the Góry Literatury festival. Since 2023, we have been co-organizing the festival Happening. Before or during your stay with us, ask what fun we have planned.
Secondly, we are active and will be happy to tell you where to go, what to see, where to go to get a good sweat. If you feel like it - we will help, advise and get to know you :)
Thirdly, you can really come here without any plan, and you will still have a problem with the choice of entertainment. There are many, all kinds. And as proof, we present to you a list of only the basic options you have here:
- the closest, because at home: infrared sauna, evenings in our living room with a bar, board games, fireplace, i.e. a multitude of options for spending the evenings,
- a little further, because in the garden: micro ponds, a stream, a place for a bonfire and barbecue, a roofed gazebo or for lying on a blanket or hammock belly up,
- a bit further: literally from the garden you enter the trails, more specifically the black and green ones. Black, behind Muchomorek's back, in 45 minutes you will reach Śpiewak, and in 1.5 hours - on Kozie Siodło. You can end the trip there, but it's a pity - only 45 minutes separates you from the highest peak of the Owl Mountains - Wielka Sowa (1015 m above sea level). Highlanders, after a glance at the map, will realize that from here you can go further and make a pleasant loop back to Toadstool.
Or, after leaving Muchomorek, you can go the other way, also along the black trail and take an hour-long walk to Trzy Buki (here more scenic views). From there, you can wave the loop to Zimna Polanka, to the PTTK Zygmuntówka shelter and return to our villa on the green. The whole thing will take you 3 hours. We do not describe the rest of the trails, because the whole of this text would be longer than "Forefathers' Eve" by A. Mickiewicz.
- there is also a bicycle single-track next to the house - fans of two wheels, come with MTB bikes, but also with road bikes - there are plenty of routes here. Also, come with completely ordinary bikes after your uncle, folding bikes, flamingos - we respect all cyclists and everyone will find routes for themselves, seriously.
- and if it's winter, take cross-country skis instead of a bike (or rent them in the area) - after all, we also have cross-country skiing trails right under our noses.
- 5 minutes from the house we have a place to swim - a waterfall where you can immerse yourself like in a tub. PS the waterfall is located on a great walking path (note: a lot of rocks and climbing), good for a short walk or activating young people.
- a stone's throw (really, not that we just say so) from Muchomorek there is a perfect hill for sledding & anything. You can even see it on Google maps.
- ski slopes and schools are a few kilometers away,
- in the summer we recommend the reservoir in Bielawa: clean water, beach, you can do all kinds of water sports, including windsurfing. You will reach the trail in 1.5 hours. By car, the distance is about 15 minutes.
- the second reservoir is Lake Bystrzyckie, right next to the Grodno Castle - so you can do two trips in one.
- we recommend visiting: Walim Adits, Srebrna Góra, the Underground City of Osówka - these are in the immediate vicinity. Ask for more - we'll tell you.
What’s there for children?
We have some good news for the kids, and let us list them now:
- we have ski slopes and schools close by, so you can learn to ski,
- right next to the house there is a hill ideal for sledding,
- parents can take you on a great adventure - boating underground (dear parents: check the Walim Adits) or on a visit to a great fortress hiding secrets (the Srebrna Góra fortress),
- you can look into Princess Margaret's dungeon in Grodno Castle, and then take a bath in the lake,
- when we organize music, handicrafts, travel slideshows - you can take part in them,
- in the summer you can go with your parents to the reservoir in Bielawa and splash in the water.