Chata Knyszewicze

In fragrant bedding, down pillows and duvets, on 100-year-old-looking beds. In a hammock, deckchair or blanket in the tall grass of a flowering Podlasie meadow. The whole house is at your disposal, offering comfortable accommodation all year round. Two rooms can accommodate a maximum of 5 people, although the vacation arrangements may be various. Just the two of them, two plus one, their three, two plus two, and even in a quintet. In one bedroom you will find a double bed, and in the other one single and one double bed. There is a tiled kitchen and a more modern part, samovar tea, kvass. Sacred icons on the walls and lace napkins on the tables. There is a fireplace and a rocking chair, Podlasie hospitality and a friendly host who will be happy to help in any situation. It is like 100 years ago, warm, cozy, with no rush and no marvels of technology. Only a new bathroom with a shower reminds us of the 21st century. The closest neighbors are several dozen meters away from the farm, so there is no crowds. There are fields, forests, grain, and in winter, snow and cross-country skiing. You have an exclusive backyard with an ecological garden, a place for a bonfire and the whole rural atmosphere. So there are wild animals, insects, bats and Podlasie cats walking their own ways. I checked for myself that this place is perfect for families with children (parents in a smaller room, and children in a larger room) or (parents with children in a larger room, and grandparents in a smaller room). This time, leave your pets at home.

Local, nobly prepared and healthy food. Sourdough bread, home-made cottage cheese, milk straight from a hand-milked cow, eggs from happy chickens, vegetables, herbs and even flowers. On site, I will reveal to you my contacts to local producers, restaurants and nearby shops. Our Knyszewice farm has an ecological garden with: Podlasie potatoes - "tuber", carrots, onions, beetroots, cabbage, squash, courgettes, cucumbers and tomatoes. Treat yourself to whatever you want, eat straight from the flower bed or prepare tasty dishes. The nearest shops are in Babiki (4.8 km) or Szudziałowo (7.6 km). When it comes to recommended restaurants, the closest is a 15-minute drive (12 km) in the village of Bohoniki - home-made Tatar food there, or a little further in Kruszyniany, where you can also try Tatar delicacies. Be sure to visit Karczma pod Sokołem in Sokółka and you will not regret it. You can also go to Supraśl (40 minutes away), visit the Orthodox 16th-century monastery with the Icon Museum and taste Podlasie dishes in the family restaurant Jarzębinka in the center of the town. You can buy regional products every morning in Sokółka, 10 km away. There are also bigger stores that have everything and more. At the entrance to the city there is Biedronka (13 km).

Allow yourself to discover a new flavor. The taste of a peaceful, nature-harmonized old village life. There will be time for everything: drawing spring water from a well in the yard, preparing dishes on a live fire, baking delicacies in a ghost house, smoking fingers in a kitchen smokehouse, walking to the market square in a nearby town for organic eggs, cheese, milk and cream. In spring and summer, you can turn into gardeners and take care of the beds - collect vegetables in a basket, dig potatoes and prepare simple dishes that smell like a garden. The brave ones will find a manual scythe and tall grass. After the hard work, it's time to rest on a bench in the shade, close to a hundred-year-old linden tree and enjoy the prepared dishes in the company of crickets and fresh air. Having finished the meal, you should cut it in a hammock under an apple tree, even tastier than lunch, an afternoon nap. In the fall, people go mushroom picking in nearby forests, cook them for food, or dry them and preserve them. Also at this time of the year, the old orchard always generously offers natural sweets. In winter, however, it's time to chop wood and burn in stoves, and after the hardships of the day, settle in a comfortable rocking chair and warm yourself with the warmth of the flames dancing in the fireplace. You can take cross-country skiing and explore the area on skis, you can follow in the footsteps of wild boars. Binoculars recommended! The cottage offers close proximity to the forest, walks on hills, walks in the woods, tracking and "hunting" with the camera lens. And if you are lucky, you can stay in the house and watch freely living forest animals (deer, hares, wild boars) through the windows. In the vicinity of Podlaska Chata you can encounter a wandering herd of bison. It is also a great place for bicycle trips along forest and field paths around Sokólskie Wzgórza, from which you can see the mysterious Belarus. The bikes are there, you don't have to take yours. In the area, cycle paths with vast landscapes meandering on fairytale hills. Within a short car trip, the Tatar villages of Bohoniki and Kruszyniany, Belarusian Grodno on the Nemunas, the multicultural town of Krynki and the beautiful Supraśl with the 16th-century Orthodox monastery, and above all the mighty forests of the Knyszyn Forest. Silence, space and wilderness - that's what people go to Podlasie for! If you want and have time, I will be happy to help you organize a day trip to Grodno. I can also be a personal guide and guardian. I wish my modest, wooden, country cottage to become a refuge for everyone who needs to get away from the rushing world, stop for a while and rest. Dear guests, make yourself at home.