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The "Jan III Sobieski" Castle-Hotel at Rzucewo II
evaanna Says: After the death of King Jan III Sobieski, Rzucewo changed hands a number of times, belonging over the years to the aristocratic families of the Radziwills, the Przebendowskis and the Keyserlingks. The present castle at Rzucewo was built in the Tudor style in the years 1840 -...
evaanna Says: The pier at Puck must be a favourite place of the local people - one day we could see many of them dressed in their Sunday best parading along it with whole families, probably straight from Sunday mass. It certainly is a great place for watching the yachts and the sailing...
evaanna Says: Slawutowko is a small village not far from Puck that is well worth visiting for just one thing - the Below Palace. Built around 1912 by the Below family, it is now in their hands again and has been turned into a hotel. The place witnessed a great tragedy in 1945: the widow...
The grounds of the Below Palace at Slawutowko
evaanna Says: The Below Palace has now been turned into a hotel with a restaurant and numerous attractions not only for its guests but for anybody who happens to visit the place. It is a must-see for travellers with children or animal lovers, who will be overjoyed to visit their farm with...
The Town Hall and more interesting buildings
evaanna Says: The Town Hall in Puck has been as beautifully restored as the other houses in the market square. Nowadays it still remains the seat of the local authorities. But the market square is not the only place where you can encounter interesting architecture. When we walked from the...
The "Jan III Sobieski" Castle at Rzucewo I
evaanna Says: Not far from Puck we come across a place that is a reminder of the area's glorious past. If we approach Rzucewo from the direction of Oslonino, the road suddenly turns into a beautiful avenue lined with four rows of ancient linden trees planted here at the turn of the...
Museum of the Land of Puck - Muzeum Ziemi Puckiej
evaanna Says: The Museum of the Land of Puck, which has been active since 1973, comprises a number of buildings. On the corner of Walowa and Boguslawa St they have their ethnographic department - a small 18th century hospital with a museum of traditional folk remedies, an old forge and a...
Piasnica - the witness of mass murders
evaanna Says: The forest between the two villages, Piasnica Wielka and Piasnica Mala, both along the road Krokowa - Wejherowo, was witness to Nazi mass murders in the years 1939-1940. Twelve thousand people, mostly representatives of the Kashubian inteligentsia, doctors, teachers, priests...
evaanna Says: Famous as they are, the grottoes at Mechowo have one great drawback - only very agile and preferably rather short adults can squeeze through them. Out of the total of 61 metres of these underground corridors only a small part is accessible to tourists. Children would...
evaanna Says: Mechowo is an ancient village, which in 1300 already belonged to the Cistercian Monastery in Oliwa (now Gdansk - Oliwa). It can boast a charming half-timbered church dating back to 1742 with an interior in the baroque style.
evaanna Says: St Peter and Paul's Church is the eldest building in Puck, dating back to the times of the Pomeranian princes who ruled this land until 1309. This originally one nave church built in the 13th century was later extended by the Teutonic Knights. Inside don't miss the beautiful...
evaanna Says: Puck has a beautifully restored market square - Plac Wolnosci - with some lovely colourful 18th - 19th century houses. I wanted to take photos of them all, some with beautiful pinnacles and wrought iron balconies but the light wasn't right. The little streets leading off the...
Nordowi Mol Restaurant: Kashubian and so yummy!
evaanna Says: This popular restaurant is situated at Celbowo, just before Puck by the road Gdynia - Wladyslawowo. You can see its lovely timber-framed building from the road so it is not hard to find. It serves delicious Kashubian, and not only Kashubian, dishes. The service is excellent,...
Budziszowa Checz or Smazalnia Ryb U Budzisza: Fish straight out of the bay
evaanna Says: Budzisz must be the most popular of Kashubian surnames. We stayed with the Budziszes at Chalupy years ago, some other Budziszes at Kuznica a little later and have heard of many more... So it definitely is a local restaurant specialising in fish dishes, the freshness of which...
evaanna Says: The Golonka is situated on the edge of a wood at Mechowo by the road Mechowo - Puck. Not particularly elegant inside, it still offers wholesome Polish cuisine, with large helpings at very reasonable prices. Children will enjoy watching the fish in the aquarium, adults - the...
Skeptic-jr Says: Tea, coffee, drinks, toasts, stylized inside, poems, even nargile (water pipe), concerts, good music, beautiful furniture, cakes, what else. I can only recommend this cafe. Apple-cake and yerba-mate.
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It is not a castle or even its relics, but an archeological site. Unfortunately the castle was take down in 19th c.
The Puck Castle was built on the verge of 14th-15th century by the Crusaders and quickly becomes one of the centers of their administration. After Poland regained the Gdansk Pomerania in 1454 until 1795 the castle was a residence of the royal administrator for the region. A huge enlargenent in 16th c. made the castle an improtant element of Polish sea-defency policy.
From the 1991 there are archeologistical works there. Till now the academics found between others basements of the first castle building, fragments of the old gate and the oven used in castle's baths.
Written Jul 24, 2004
Marina and school of sailing at Puck
evaanna Says: Situated on the Pucka Bay, Puck is a centre of water sports. Although the bay is notorious for its short and strong waves - we could see a sailing boat rocking when there was hardly any wind - it is popular with sailors and yachtsmen and is often chosen as the venue of...
evaanna Says: At the back of the castle at Rzucewo there are some stables and a paddock. You can learn from the Internet that a new riding centre is just about to open by the hotel. Perhaps it has opened already as we saw a rider on her horse going round and round the paddock already in...
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Favorite thing: There is a tavern by the port in Puck, which was closed when we were there off season, but the pretty sign-board on it immediately caught my eye. I wish we had more of those instead of the horrible billboards everywhere that no one any longer pays any attention to.
Updated Sep 25, 2006
Puck is a town 50 km north of Gdansk, situated on the Bay of Puck. The name is pronounced 'pootzk' and has nothing to do with Shakespeare's mischievous fairy. Archaeological excavations have shown...
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