Mirów Castle Ruins

Bojan Arcon (3 years ago)
the only thing worth about this castle us the fact it has very nice dirth road for walking between it and castle Bobolice. Road is full of roks and nuce viewpoints. Estimated time of walk, around 1-1.5h with children. Castle is under construction and you can not enter it.

Fire is Breathing (4 years ago)
Casthe on the hill. Under restoration. Close to it there is a huge human head shape stone, you can climb on it and have great panorama

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