Apartments in Szklarska Poręba is an excellent base for exploring the area. When in this part of Poland, it is worth visiting Kowary, which is about 40 minutes away. There is a Park of miniature monuments of Lower Silesia. You can see palaces, churches, old towns and other objects reproduced on a scale of 1:25. The price of the ticket includes a tour around the park with animators who present a short history of the visited objects in an accessible way, including interesting facts and legends related to them. The ticket to the Park is for an entire day, so you can spend a nice whole day there. The price of the ticket includes photography and filming.
Families with small children can leave their children in a special playroom in the summer, which has bouncy castles, palaces, water bikes and slides. When going for the whole day, it is worth taking a prepared apartment in Szklarska Poręba meal, both for yourself and for your children. There is a small bistro in the Park, where you can buy sandwiches, hot dogs or hamburgers, but they will probably not replace a healthy meal prepared by yourself. At the end of the tour, you can visit a café, where desserts, cakes and hot chocolate are served. From the apartment in Szklarska Poręba, at a similar distance to Kowary, there is another attraction of the Lower Silesia region worth seeing. It is the medieval Czocha Castle in the town of Sucha in the Leśna commune.
It is worth visiting it with a guide, because it holds many secrets. The castle has been called the Polish Hogowarts. During the tour, we will learn the history of the place and see mysterious chambers up close, shrouded in various legends. For adults and older youth, the torture chamber may be an interesting attraction in Czocha Castle. Creative workshops, knight tournaments and shows are organized for younger children. Czocha Castle is undoubtedly an interesting place on the tourist map of Poland. Legends of hidden treasures attract tens of thousands of tourists yearning for excitement every year. Wooden chandeliers hanging in the castle are deceptively similar to bronze castings.
One of the legends told by the guides says that the chandeliers were not taken away because no ladder long enough to dismantle them was found in the entire castle. Under the castle there is a labyrinth of corridors with a total area of about 3,700 square meters. We learn about their existence from documents and witnesses' stories, because they were most likely cut off from the castle during the Polish People's Republic. The guides tell about an underground chamber with a glass floor, to which fish swam. Spending the night in apartments in Szklarskie Poręba You can spend several weeks in comfortable conditions. During this time, it is worth visiting the area, which is undoubtedly delightful.
