The house is situated on the edge of the village, on a gentle slope. Above us is the Kiczerka mountain, 2 hectares of meadow below us and the Ropa river. Behind us is the complicated history of this land and its inhabitants - Lemkos, known as Ruthenians and Poles.
It is an atmospheric old/new house. The Lemko cottage, built many years ago, connects the residential part, the stable and the barn. And all closed in a long barracks house. We bought a ruin, but we saw the efforts of previous generations in it and we respected it. We left everything that could be preserved: every piece of wall, a roof truss, a few old beams. Today, the stone stable is a dining room, the barn is a living room. There are also the most modern elements: rooms with bathrooms, showers, gas in the kitchen, heating. Lots of stone and wood. We have built terraces and built the rural water supply. We now have perfect water from the mountains.
We have 2 triple rooms, one double room and one quadruple room. The latter is large, about 40 sq m. For parents with slightly larger children, we have prepared a two-room set with a shared vestibule. Parents have their own room, children have theirs. Together and apart. All rooms are equipped with bathrooms (shower, rain shower). We focused on the comfort of the beds. They are made to our order, the mattresses are also - rather hard, we tested them ourselves.
Each room has a radio, a TV set (on request, at no extra charge), and a kettle, although guests prefer to come for coffee and tea in the dining room and living room. We serve with pleasure.
We rent rooms, we also rent the entire house without service. Then guests browse in the well-equipped kitchen, cook whatever they want, light a fire in the fireplace, and change vinyls on the record player. And they live...
We prepare the meals ourselves. We serve breakfast in the form of a buffet. You will find cold cuts of my own production, pates that we bake ourselves. Cheeses - excellent - are made by our neighbor. There will always be some paste - hummus, millet with dried tomatoes, Israeli with raisins, etc. Always some salads, always cereal with milk or porridge, always something warm (classic eggs - scrambled eggs with butter or cholesterolic version - bacon, sausages, pancakes, pancakes etc.). Meat eaters will eat, vegetarians will not cry, they will find something for themselves.
If there is such a need - between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. we offer a soup for children. One day broth, the next tomato. These soups are eaten by all the children, so we don't do too much. The point is for them to eat, not to whine.
At 5.00 p.m. we serve a hot dinner. It's one dish, sometimes veg, sometimes meat. We prepare meals according to the needs of our guests. If there are children - they set the tone.
As a rule, we do not make the kitchen available to guests except for heating food for babies.
We always offer breakfast. Dinners from June 15 to September 15 and on long weekends and weekends, winter holidays and when more than four people wish to use our kitchen.
Boredom is a form of brain reset. We are not against it. As part of it, you can sit with a coffee on the terrace in the morning and look at the mountains mindlessly. I do this often. Does not matter. But the Beskid Niski is above all a challenge for active people - a walking and cycling trail runs next to the house. Because hiking is a sign of this place. You can walk along the route of the churches, cemeteries from World War I (there are several hundred of them), and climb Lackowa or Kozie Żebro. Or simply on Rysielec, which was discovered, named and marked by our guests, and also wrote a beautiful legend about Rysielec, which we read to children in the evenings.
You can go to nearby Bardejov in Slovakia (35 minutes by car) and visit the charming old town with a unique basilica.
It is worth dropping by the Zdrojowa Wysowa - with a spa park, swimming pool and waters as healthy as hideous. There is a nice road leading through the forest. On foot - about an hour's walk. By bike 25 minutes. Cross-country skiing - it depends.
Horse attractions are provided by the Hucul horse stud in Regietów (5 km).
In winter, the ski lift in Smerekowiec (4 km), ideal for learning to ski for small children, or the Magura Małastowska lift for the more demanding (18 km).
And when weary guests come back in the afternoon, the attractions are the contents of the drinks cooler, books, music. We buy and read new publications, we often advise and suggest something to read. And if someone fails to read during their stay (now the items are thick), they can take the book home. There is one condition: he should bring her back. Oh, such a cultural loyalty program.
What’s there for children?
First of all, we have patience for children. As an experienced grandmother and an experienced grandfather, we already know that children do not sit politely at the table with their hands folded nicely. And apart from patience, we have boxes of toys, dozens of books, hammocks, and playgrounds with the so-called "Mud kitchen", slide and sandbox, 2 ha of meadows for playing,
a movie bedtime story. And apple pancakes.
And nearby there is a nice swimming pool in Wysowa, friendly Hutsul horses in Regietów, and building stone dams on the Ropa River.
