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Welcome to Jelenia Góra, a city fabulously located in the center of the mountain valley, in the valleys of the Bóbr and Kamienna rivers. You will be able to admire its panorama from the Glider Mountain, 10 km away from us, and we highly recommend this trip. The city is surrounded from the west by the Jizera Mountains and Foothills, from the north by the Kaczawskie Mountains, from the east by Rudawy Janowickie, and from the south by the Karkonosze Mountains. From here you can go on trails, expeditions and discover the secrets of Lower Silesia.
On the other side of the street there is the "Wzgórze Kościuszki" park. It is a green recreational area with educational paths, places to rest in the shade and a sunny clearing. Most of the park is forest, giving way to alleys and open green areas with lots of trees. Even before the park was established in the 18th century, there was a gallows on the hill. There are still traces of it in the upper part of the park (it was built in the 16th century).
The apartment is located just over a kilometer from the Jelenia Góra market square (the walk will take you no more than fifteen minutes). You can visit all the city's attractions by wandering along the Small or Large City Center Route. These are suggestions for walks that can be extended by visiting the monuments you pass along the way. The Little Route starts on Wzgórze Krzywousty, at the Grzybek observation tower and leads through the city center to the Karkonosze Museum. Its walking time is approximately 60 minutes. The large Jelenia Góra Śródmieście Route is a proposal for a walk around Cieplice, Sobieszów and Jagniątkowo, it starts at the Evangelical Church of the Savior and ends at the Gerhart Hauptmann House Municipal Museum in Jagniątkowo. The hike takes about 3 hours. The last point on the route is a great place to start hiking in the mountains, you can go, for example, to Czarny Kotło Jagniątkowski. The signs marking the routes have QR codes that help you find your way on the virtual map.
It is worth visiting the Art Exhibition Office located in one of the side streets of the market square, and if you are here at that time, you can go to the International Street Theater Festival in July, the Jelenia Góra Antiques and Curiosities Fair in April and the Pestka International Avant-garde Theater Festival taking place in spring.
You can go on slightly further trips:
– to Lake Modre, which was created on the Bóbr River as a dam lake in the Bóbr Valley Landscape Park. Driving from Siedlęcin, you will pass the Bobrowice hydroelectric power plant,
– to Siedlęcin, where the largest and best-preserved medieval residential tower in Poland is located. You can see there the only medieval paintings preserved in the world, depicting the legend of Sir Lancelot of the Lake.
– to the surrounding vineyards, we recommend visiting Jerzmanice, Sokołowiec (Agat vineyard) and Uniejowice (Kindler vineyard),
– to the Lenno Palace to feel like in Tuscany, try a lemon tart and drink coffee. Right next to it is the oldest brick castle in Silesia - Wleń Castle,
– to the iron railway bridge over Lake Pilchowickie – the one that was planned to be blown up in "Mission Impossible 7". The Pilchowice Dam on the Bóbr River is the highest stone and arch dam in Poland, and the second highest (after Solina) in Poland.
Don't forget about the Valley of Palaces and Gardens in the Jelenia Góra Valley, with over 30 architectural structures, such as medieval residential towers, castles, Renaissance manors and baroque palaces.