Pro

41 chapels and churches at one place, pilgrimes, monks
Con

Can be extremely crowded during religious holidays.
In a nutshell

Interesting.......
matcrazy1 Says: The monastery was renovated recently. The cloisters are covered by red roof tiles and look very nice now. They surround courtyard on its three sides.The Our Lady of the Angels' Basilica wall forms the fourth side of the courtyard.
Jadlodajnia: Exclusively in summer
matcrazy1 Says: "Jadlodajnia" in Polish language means canteen. There are many seats in the open air under the roof and few seats inside the building. They offer simple food at a lower than usual price for numerous pilgrimes in summer season (June - September).There is a restaurant (7.00 am...
matcrazy1 Says: Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is a saint place for many pilgrimes. They used to pray a lot in peace and quiet. Do not disturb them - it's socially unacceptable to talk inside churches and chapels of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska. Keep silence there.
matcrazy1 Says: There are no (OK, almost no) direction signs or information tables in English. Everything is exclusively in Polish language, hehe, add some inscriptions in Latin. Look at my picture: "KAPLICA" means chapel, "MB Bolesnej" means Our Lady of Sorrows. Hmm... better buy a...
matcrazy1 Says: At the front the Paradise Square in front of facade of the basilica is closed with an iron balustrade. There are ten stone posts, which support stone figures of saints created by Tomasz Galuszczynski in 1823 there.This one on my picture had a hat. We were joking with Kathy...
matcrazy1 Says: It's always a great pleasure to receive a postcard from far, mysterious place. You can buy postcards in Kiosk z dewocjonaliami opened daily: 7.00 am - 12.15 pm and 1.15 pm - 5.00 pm. Then look for a red post-box as on my picture to send them.
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There is a stone portal closed with columns which leads to the Basilica. This door was closed when we visited the basilica - the side entrance to the basilica...
Q: My fiance and I are thinking of getting married in this area...I am polish and he is English. Could anybody help with suggestions...

A: As you are Polish there are probably loads of webpages about accommodation in this area. The monastery has got a hotel, at least something called 'Dom pielgrzyma'.
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Welcome to Kalwaria Zebrzydowska

We came to this place of pilgrimage on the daytrip that took sightseeing outside Krakow during Euromeet 2010. Unfortunately, we didn't have so much time here because one could easily spend half a day...
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Kalwaria Zebrzdowska owes its existence to Krakow Mikolaj in the year 1600 he commisioned on the mountain of Zarek the building of this fabulous church. This church was modeled after the church of......
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