Discover Michałowice
Accommodation in Michałowice
A manor house and park complex, a church with a history, and cycling routes through the countryside give Michałowice a varied character. If you’d like to combine culture and cycling, you’ll find plenty of ideas for your days away: from the manor house on Dąbrowskich Street to routes that follow the Dłubnia and continue through meadows or over a hill.
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Manor house, park and local history
The manor house and park complex in Michałowice consists of a manor house, a stable, a park and a ruined granary. The village is also home to the Dąbrowski Palace, built to a design by Teodor Talowski. The Neo-Romantic park was created at the same time, based on an older garden. These details offer architecture enthusiasts different ways to explore the village’s history: the palace’s design, the creation of the park and the various buildings in the manor complex.
An annual event takes place on 6 August. To commemorate the visit of the First Cadre Company to the manor house in Michałowice, a march is held on this day. It is followed by a gathering and refreshments in the manor gardens. If you’re interested in local remembrance culture, this date is a special point of reference when planning your trip.
The parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland, is also part of the village’s history. It was built in 1963 and consecrated by Bishop Karol Wojtyła in September of the same year. If you’re interested in churches and their history, you can explore this aspect alongside the manor house complex.
Kino Za Rogiem Michałowice offers film screenings by arrangement for organised groups, schools, kindergartens and institutions. The service is intended for groups wishing to request a screening specifically for them.
Cycling routes with different characteristics
The green-marked Widokowy cycling route is 24.2 km long, 13.2 km of which run through the municipality of Michałowice. The route goes along Podedworze Street to Michałowice and past the manor house and park complex on Dąbrowskich Street. After the manor house, it follows Nad Dłubnią Street, crosses the Dłubnia over a bridge and then continues through meadows. The route’s length, the section within the municipality and its course give you concrete guidance if you’re planning to include a bike ride in your stay.
The Dłubnia Valley cycling route follows a different described course: after the manor house, it goes along Nad Dłubnią Street and then climbs Koźlica Street to the 279-metre-high Koźlica hill. From there, it descends to Masłomiąca. If you’re choosing between the cycling routes, you can compare the Widokowy route, which crosses a bridge and passes through meadows, with the details of the climb and Koźlica hill.
Dłubnia Valley and landscape park
Founded in 1981, the Dłubnia Landscape Park lies around the Dłubnia. Within the municipality, it encompasses the Dłubnia Valley and the adjoining upland, stretching from the river’s sources near Trzyciąż to Raciborowice. The landscape includes chalk and limestone rocks, as well as springs fed by fissure and karst water. Historic churches, manor houses and manor house parks can also be visited within the park. Nature and cultural heritage thus offer different interests to consider when planning excursions.
When choosing a holiday apartment or holiday home, it may therefore help to decide first what you’d like to focus on during your stay: would you mainly like to discover the history and manor house and park complex in Michałowice, or are you planning bike rides and explorations in the landscape park?
More local guides: Trojanowice, Modlnica, Balice, Rybna, Zielonki, Wielka Wieś, Bolechowice and Przybysławice.
See the main travel overview: Kraków.
