Krakow to Czestochowa by Bike: A route through Orlich

Krakow to Ojcowski Park

Krakow is one has one of the most beautiful city centers among Polish cities.

But there are more things to discover if you decide to visit it.

Not far from the city, at around 15km you can have a tour around the Ojcowski National Park

You will need to go a little bit up hills, but the road is in good condition (asphalt or well compacted sand):

In the middle of the park, you will find such view:

This is how it looked on a cloudy early spring day. Imagine how great it can be during summer.

The Bledow Desert

If you continue direction North-West, towards Orlich National Park / Czestochowa, you will find this interesting spot:

A Desert in the midle of Poland? Sounds also interesting to me.

As you can imagine, the Błędów Desert is primarily a result of human impact on the environment rather than natural desertification processes.

Historically, the area was forested, but the trees were cleared during medieval times for mining and metallurgical activities.

Additionally, military activities in the area during the 20th century contributed to the desertification by further disturbing the soil and preventing vegetation from stabilizing the sand.

You can have an idea on how the area was before by cycling around the Błędów Desert surroundings:

At this point of the route, we were already hungry and quite cold.

But you can find such spots in local restaurants with delicious soups to warm up:

In places like this one, you can also have a look to the past:

Orlich

After charging batteries for some time, we continued towards the Eagles’ Nests Landscape Park.

This is how beautiful the path looked like during early spring:

Before arriving to Czestochowa, you will observe that there is an important point to stop by:

It is possible to enter to the Olsztyn Castle for a small fee and have this kind of views: