Behind seven meadows, behind seven bushes, an hour's drive from Łódź, three-quarters of an hour from Warsaw, sunken among the grasses, stands a hundred-year-old house with a hundred-year-old working bread oven. Inside, it's not so quiet anymore, magic happens there and you can try a cultural cocktail - there are amazing colors brought from Iran, Balkan decorations, Dutch love for nature, Latvian love for simple cuisine and highlander paintings on glass.
Here bread was baked and shared love, now he shares his love of travel and eats fudge with a heavenly taste of salted caramel. In the garden, a sprawling lime tree seems to say: "Sit under my leaf and it will rest! The sun will not get you here, I promise you", inviting you to an afternoon reading or a nap in the shade.
At home, you can play detective and try to find an icon painted on a board with red wine paints, making its colors appear velvety. You can lie down in the grass, drown in reading or go for a walk. You can also apply the emergency brake and take a break from the daily rush - staring at the clouds helps in this.
All around, silence sowed like poppy seeds, morning dew on the grass that cools my bare feet, and sunsets on the horizon such that hats off. It is worth coming, envelop yourself in the ubiquitous greenery and soak up the local peace.
Built in 1921, the country house has two bedrooms for your use and a living room with a fireplace and a kitchen and dining area. There are two beds in the blue bedroom: one double and one single. The pine bedroom has one double bed and three single beds. In total, up to 8 people can sleep comfortably with us. The house is open all year round, and each season offers us its unique charms. The area around the house is fenced, so your dogs can run freely (as long as they do not bathe in a garden pond).
The real treasure and the heart of the house is the original, perfectly preserved and working bread oven with a hundred-year-old bread shovel. Our house is decorated with souvenirs brought by us from all over the world - the Balkans, the Netherlands, Latvia or Iran, as well as handicrafts of Polish folk artists and more. Here you will find icons, hand-decorated plates and Persian gompoles.
From the porch, where a garden swing invites you to rest, there is a view of greenery and only greenery, and on hot days, the shade is generously provided by: aged chestnut tree and insanely fragrant, spreading linden.
We would like to emphasize that the house is situated among fields where harvesters work during the harvest, and in the summer, various country scents can be heard. Not necessarily enjoyable. During a storm, there may be no electricity, and it takes a long time to restore it at our end of the world - without panic - this is the best time to light candles, make a fireplace, make tea and enjoy the most true holy peace. If the window is pouring over the stairs for a long time, it shows its moods and it can grow - then we place a bowl and pretend that it is quite normal. We have wifi so you can work. But let's be honest - who would want to be here?
Close the front door, because mice have moved into the house more than once and it may happen that during your stay a guest showing off will appear. Willing or not, show him your heart and make him move out. Interesting things happen in the bathroom when we drain the water - the water pressure in the tap drops for a while, but after a while everything returns to normal. We advise you not to give you a few seconds of a cold shower while you are bathing.
Next to the house is our beloved and stone barn, where grilled dishes reign supreme. We treat it as a summer dining room and sit until late at night, eating delicacies.
We give you the entire kitchen at your disposal, so you cook on your own.
At any time, you can call the irreplaceable Mr. Krzyś - from whom you can order country eggs, cold meats, cheese from Wartkowice and delicious salted caramel-flavored fudge from the dairy cooperative in Bidziny (if heaven exists, it tastes exactly like that!). For hot weather, we recommend soda from replaceable siphons produced in nearby Dmosin. The telephone number for Mr. Krzyś is on the information package, which is located in each room next to our telephones and emergency telephones.
In Koluszki there is the Olszyńscy bakery (products based on old recipes from local producers and delicious sourdough bread) and the Czerwony Struny Świat restaurant and pub. You can eat burgers there, some fusion cuisine, salads, and if you're lucky, you'll go to a jazz concert. If you want good coffee, go to the Caffe Café at the Market Square.
In Brzeziny you will find "Zapiekane" - a kitchen after kitchen revolutions and you can eat their fantastic specialty, i.e. white sausage casserole and amazing pastas (note: the place is rather symbolic in size and crowded, it's good to make a reservation!)
You can eat fresh fish at the above-pili Fryszerka, but sometimes you have to wait for it, so don't come at the last minute.
You can, but you don't have to. There are so many festivals around us that there may not be enough time for lazy aging. Because here are happening:
- The Spała Antiques and Folk Handicraft Fair (antique and antiquities, healthy, local food, handicraft) or the Zalewajki Festival in Buczek near Brzeziny (really worth it).
- Love Polish Jazz Festival in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, where you can listen to Michał Urbaniak, Nigel Kennedy or Leszek Żądło.
- Reymont's Day - on the first Saturday of July, the atmosphere of Boryna's wedding returns to Reymontowskie July - crowds of guests arrive from nearby Łódź on a special retro train. There are concerts, dance shows and other attractions in Lipce all day long.
- The traveling festival of the Lodz Philharmonic "Colors of Poland" - every year the philharmonic group goes "into the field", giving concerts in the towns of the Lodz voivodeship, also in our vicinity. It is worth following the program of the current edition.
On hot days, we recommend a trip to the nearby water complex in Lisowice, which is still fragrant with freshness, organized on the Mroga river, where there is a bathing beach, swimming pool, wake park, rope park and restaurant base, and picturesque riverside areas stretch around.
We recommend bicycle trips, because Konik Polny is a good starting point in various directions: to Spała, Tomaszów and the local Blue Springs reserve, and the canenes of the Pilica River, Nagórzyckie Grotto, to Rogów (arboretum, narrow-gauge railway), Lipiec Reymontowskie, the Mroga Valley, the Wzniesienia Landscape Park Lodzkie. The routes are asphalt and not much frequented.
Amateurs of breathtaking vegetation will be delighted by the Arboretum in Rogów, and fans of canoeing trips should definitely try it on the Pilica River - the river is dynamic and it is impossible to get bored there!
Those who dream of lying on their back, on their belly and on their stomach should take a pile of books, magazines, crosswords and board games.
What’s there for children?
Here, the kids bake sausages in the fire, play chased games, practice ball passing, swing on a swing, or sleep in a tent that can be set up in the garden.
Water attractions (and with a vengeance) will be provided by a swimming pool in nearby Lisowice, where the youngest - in addition to swimming pools and a natural bathing beach - will have a wake park, a rope park and the widely praised ... pizza!
Little fans of dinoazur should definitely go to the nearby Kołacinek, where they will spend a few hours at the attractions of the local Dinopark, i.e. the Jurassic-Botanical Park.
Railway fans will enjoy a ride on the narrow-gauge railway Rogów - Rawa - Biała on a route that is over one hundred years old.
Little? Oh, we also have a bison breeding center in Smardzewice, horse studs and a nearby horse trail, and a bit further a picturesque open-air museum in Maurzyce, famous for its blue huts where everyone wants to have a photo.
If any little lady wants to organize a tea in the garden, we have prepared garden chairs with a table and an umbrella (more or less for children up to 4 years old).
In case of bad weather, we have a pretty decent reading collection and a twister game.
For the youngest, we have a fold-out travel cot with an additional comfortable mattress, bedding and a blanket. The bathroom has a potty and a toilet seat.
