Krzeszów: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

In the wider regional area of Krzeszów, the Ruina XVII w. is located in Graboszyce; church in the settlement is also situated in the wider regional area of Krzeszów. The Ruina XVII w. is therefore a specific point of interest for travellers interested in historic cultural monuments.

You can rent a holiday apartment in Krzeszów.

Landscape and History

Żurawnica, Gołuszkowa Góra, Żmijowa and Leskowiec are located in the immediate surroundings of Krzeszów.

Kościół is located in the surrounding area of Krzeszów. The Park Miniatur is also situated in the surrounding area. Kościół is therefore a specific point of interest for culturally interested visitors.

Krzeszów lies at an elevation of about 470 metres above sea level on the western slope of Żurawnica, near the boundary between the Beskid Mały and Beskid Średni mountain ranges.

Near Krzeszów, sandstone flysch formations on the upper slope of Żurawnica create varied rock outcrops.

The parish church in Krzeszów was built in 1902 on the site of an earlier wooden church. It contains a cross from 1380, Baroque paintings, procession figures and a bell dating from 1659.

The village also has two chapels with 19th-century figures of the Virgin Mary, as well as a brick chapel with a figure of Christ falling beneath the cross.

Krzeszów has a documented history of settlement, the establishment of a parish and shingle production. The village was also associated with the so-called Wallachian voivodes, the Wajdowie.

Getting Around

A local chapel associated with historic iron mining stands near the summit of Gronik and beside yellow and green tourist trails.

The municipality of Stryszawa, to which Krzeszów belongs, is traversed by a road connection and a railway line linking Żywiec with Sucha Beskidzka.

The municipal area around Krzeszów lies at the meeting point of the Beskid Mały, Beskid Makowski and Beskid Żywiecki mountain ranges and includes marked PTTK hiking trails.

The black trail between Stryszawa and Krzeszów Górny is listed as 3.8 kilometres long. Walking times of approximately 57 minutes in one direction and 1 hour 57 minutes in the other are reported.

More local pages: Juszczyn, Zembrzyce, Sidzina, Zachełmna, Jordanów, Hucisko, Bienkówka, Białka

To the overview of the wider travel destination: Sucha.