It's nice to see the forest from the living room with a tiled stove that fills the cozy interior with warmth and provides relaxation. Make yourself comfortable on the mezzanine with a comfortable bed or in the second bedroom on the ground floor. Lie down on a soft sofa, spread a board game on the terrace table, or place a mat on the boards or grass. Reach for a book from the shelf that I made myself - all to make you feel at home and cozy here. The house, surrounded by a forest on three sides, offers an intimate holiday for couples, friends who want an urban detox, animal lovers, two-wheeler fans and all those who want to immerse themselves in the land of gentleness that is Podlasie. Full of magical villages, houses with colorful and open shutters, close to nature, a bit wild, a bit homely, a bit forgotten. It will be nice to see you here.
I'm waving to you from Ciwoniuk in Podlasie, from the forest that you'll be looking at through the 6.5-meter glass in the living room.
On the ground floor of the house with a modern shape there is: a living room with a tiled stove, a kitchenette, a bedroom with 2 single beds (which can be put together) and a bathroom with a shower. On the open, but secured with a wooden railing, mezzanine, there is a sleeping area with a double bed and a reading corner with an armchair. Hand-made cabinets and shelves, as well as books and other eye-pleasing trinkets are in both bedrooms.
A few numerical facts:
- the area is 51 m², including 35 m² of the ground floor and 16 m² of the mezzanine,
- the terrace is 30 m²,
- the fenced plot is 1,000 meters, is located on the outskirts and is surrounded by forest on three sides.
Nice to See the Forest is a house ideal for four people – two couples, a group of friends or a family with children. Two additional people can sleep on a sofa bed in the living room.
Near the forest, in the land of gentleness, where storks build their nests, bisons live in the forest, in picturesque villages there are wooden Orthodox churches with domes shining in the sun, and houses have colorful shutters, you will find a house intended for intimate relaxation.
Entertainment activities include:
– breakfasts, dinners and board games on the terrace,
– reading books from the bookcase in front of a huge window,
– cozy evenings by the tiled stove,
– lighting bonfires in the evenings and staring at the stars (light pollution in the sky is extremely low here),
– watching for birds.
You can explore the area on foot, by car or by bike (available for rent on the beach, approx. 8 minutes from the house). And closer or further away are:
– Siemianówka Reservoir, the fourth largest artificial water reservoir in Poland – you can go to the beaches: Bondary-Rudnia or Stary Dwór and take advantage of numerous sports attractions (climbing wall, volleyball and basketball courts, tennis courts),
– Białowieża Forest, including: the Bison Demonstration Reserve, the Palace Park with an observation tower and the Kosy Most nature reserve,
– blueberry plantation in the village of Juszkowy Gród (if there are no very nice owners, there is a self-service stall) about 2 km from the house, look for the "Borówkowy Juszkowy" sign by the road, you can look at the horses nearby,
– the village of Narewka, where you can see traditional Podlasie houses, an Orthodox church, an old church and a Jewish cemetery, as well as rent kayaks and go rafting down the picturesque and wild valley of the river of the same name as the village,
– Narew, which you can sail down,
– Dunin Oak, European Tree of the Year 2022 – a 400-year-old natural monument that is a remnant of the Lada Forest – it is worth visiting because there is a risk that it will fall in half,
– Land of Open Shutters, officially covering three towns: Trześcianka, Puchły and Soce, but to admire the decorations of wooden cottages it is also worth visiting: Ciełuszek, Pawłów, Kaniuk, Ryboł, Plosek, because this magical land leading with the traces of traditional Podlasie architecture extends to many tiny villages in Podlasie,
– skit in Odrynki, i.e. an Orthodox hermitage founded by Archimandrite Gabriel in the swamps, among the floodplains of the Narew basin – an 800-meter footbridge leads to it,
– Krynki, the eastern border of the European Union, once a Jewish town full of life – it is worth dropping by for a leisurely tour, a sip of the local water (supposedly healing) and a look at the largest roundabout in Poland and the second in the world (only in Paris it is larger),
– Tykocin on the Narew River with the royal castle,
– Tatar villages: Kruszyniany and Bohoniki (to look at mosques and miziary (cemeteries) and taste traditional dishes – kolduns and pierekaczewnik),
– Knyszyńska Forest to explore on foot, by bike, with poles and running,
– ethnographic museum in Sanniki,
– Zbigniew Falkowski sculpture gallery in Ozierany Małe,
– Supraśl, where you can go to a performance of the Wierszalin theater, visit the monastery, visit the museums: Printing and Papermaking and Icons (located in the Archimandrite Palace from the mid-17th century) and see the Buchholtz Palace (you can visit it during the holidays).
Nearby bicycle routes:
– Podlasie Stork Trail, 412 km long, starting in the center of Białowieża and reaching Stańczyki (marked in red),
– Orthodox Temples Trail, 176 km long (marked in yellow),
– Podlasie Cultural Trail "Tree and Sacrum" covering just over 182 km.