Jurassic Giewont, Góra Zborów, Twardowski's Gate, Sokole Góry and Olsztyn Castle #4
About the event
Guided hike along the most scenic trails in the northern part of the Kraków‑Częstochowa Upland (Jura).
- 12 kilometres of walking among pine forests and limestone rocks with fanciful shapes
- We will ascend Góra Zborów and Biakło Hill called the Jurassic Giewont
- We will visit the castle in Olsztyn, one of the fortresses on the Eagles' Nests Trail
- We will see Twardowski's Gate – a limestone rock bridge
- After sightseeing, lunch at a regional restaurant with delicious trout from local farms
PROGRAM
05:30 - meeting in Warsaw, stop at Emilii Plater Street 47
07:30 - meeting in Łódź, BP station at Kątna Street 1 and breakfast break
We will begin exploring the Jura with a short walk in Podlesice, where we will climb Góra Zborów (Berkowa Góra, 467 m above sea level) — a rocky hill serving as a viewpoint and one of the major climbing areas in the Jura. We will take a break on Góra Zborów and return to the parking lot.
- Distance: approx. 2.5 km, time: approx. 1.5 hours, elevation gain/loss: +93 m / -90 m
Drive to Ostrężnik, from where we will walk to Twardowski's Gate — a limestone rock bridge. The formation was named by the poet Zygmunt Krasiński.
Drive to the village of Zrębice: we will view the shingle‑roofed Church of St. Giles (1789) and set off on a further walk through the Sokole Góry reserve — a complex of limestone hills covered with beech forest. The highest rise is Puchacz (402 m above sea level). The reserve includes rich karst relief and numerous caves serving as bat refuges.
We will climb Biakło Hill (340 m above sea level) — a rocky ridge shaped like a comb, called Little Giewont or the Jurassic Giewont because of its resemblance to Giewont and the cross on its summit.
In Olsztyn we will visit the ruins of a 14th‑century castle built on a limestone rock with numerous natural caves; in the Middle Ages it was one of the largest Polish fortresses. Surviving elements include parts of the residential walls, towers (a cylindrical one — the stołp and a square one — the Starost's tower), fragments of walls of economic buildings, partially cellars and the foundations of a smithy and traces of bloomery furnaces.
- Distance: approx. 8 km, time: approx. 2.5 hours, elevation gain/loss: +134 m / -157 m
After sightseeing, lunch (extra charge). The Jura's specialty is trout prepared in various ways.
Return: to Łódź approx. 20:00, to Warsaw approx. 21:45.
PRICE:
- 270 zł — from Warsaw
- 240 zł — from Łódź
- 15% discount for children up to 16 years
Price includes:
- coach transport and parking fees
- tour leader service
- guide service and rental of tourist headphones
- accident insurance (NNW, 10,000 zł)
Price does not include:
- entrance fees: Góra Zborów (5 zł), Olsztyn castle (25 zł regular / 16 zł reduced)
- meals during the trip
Offer and registration: Oferta i zapisy
Contact
784 497 999, 882 183 999 (Mon–Fri 9:00–17:00)
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