Discover Stare Czaple

Stare Czaple offers practical points of interest for a holiday combining outdoor activities and local history: a 12.4-kilometre cycling route passes through the village, as do hiking trails, and Lake Buk has both a tree-lined shore and surviving sections of the former oval village layout. There is also a Bronze Age barrow cemetery. If you are looking for a holiday apartment in Stare Czaple, you can consider whether cycling, hiking or the village’s historic layout is especially important to your trip.

Cycling route through the Kashubian Landscape Park

The Bronica Dolna–Haska–Czapielski Młyn–Stare Czaple–Gołubie cycling route is 12.4 km long and passes through Stare Czaple. It lies entirely within the Kashubian Landscape Park. The named stops provide a clear point of reference: Stare Czaple comes between Czapielski Młyn and Gołubie on the route. This makes it possible to consider the village as part of a specific cycling route, rather than simply as a place name at the end of a journey. For holiday days when you want to focus on a clearly designated cycling route, this is a useful consideration when choosing where to stay.

Hiking trails with different points of reference

There is more than one named connection for hiking, too. From Lake Zamkowisko to Gołubie, the cycling route follows the same track as a marked hiking trail. This shared track applies to the section mentioned; it does not necessarily describe the entire cycling route. In addition, the Kashubian Trail passes through Stare Czaple on the Krzeszna–Gołubie section. In the wider region, this hiking trail is 133 km long following a change to its route. The two trail descriptions therefore differ in their routes and points of reference: one concerns a marked hiking trail on the same track as part of the cycling route, while the other concerns the section of the Kashubian Trail that passes through Stare Czaple. If you enjoy exploring on foot, you can take both of these trail connections into account when choosing where to stay.

Lake Buk and the preserved village layout

Lake Buk is also part of the distinctive character of Stare Czaple. Its shore by Stare Czaple is lined with trees. In addition, part of the former oval village layout on Lake Buk has been preserved. The landscape qualities and spatial structure of Stare Czaple and its immediate surroundings have been preserved and remain discernible. This offers a different perspective for planning your trip than the routes: as well as considering whether you would rather cycle or hike, you can also think about whether you are interested in the village’s layout and its relationship with the surrounding landscape.

Archaeological and historical traces

Among the archaeological sites in the Kashubian Landscape Park is a Bronze Age barrow cemetery in Stare Czaple. The Stare Czaple barrow is also listed in the register of monuments and heritage lists. This gives the village’s history a clearly identified archaeological connection. Another historical trace is a brick wayside shrine from the early 20th century, which has been preserved in Stare Czaple. The two examples represent distinctly different periods: the barrow cemetery dates back to the Bronze Age, while the shrine dates from the early 20th century. If you would like to explore historical topics alongside outdoor activities during your stay, these features offer a specific reason to learn about the village’s history.

If you would like to include local history in your trip, this interest may influence your choice of a holiday apartment in Stare Czaple.

More pages about local places

Dzierzazno, Tokary, Wyczechowo, Sianowska Huta, Sulmin, Wiezyca, Chmielno, Kamienicki Mlyn

For the wider travel overview: Karthaus.