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Summary of my castle tour through the Lubusz Voivodeship in 2020 and 2021. The completed sections can be found under S 51 01 to S 51 31.

100 castles, manor houses, and fortresses over 1,032 kilometers. That's an average of one every 10 kilometers.

With only 1% gravel and a good 8% cycle paths, this tour

S 1 CASTLES TOUR My castle tour in Lower Silesia last year made me itchy. Most of the castles are located in southern and south-western Poland. I want to tackle that in 2022. With 30 objects, S 1 covers a considerable part of palaces, castles and mansions in the Subcarpathian and Świętokrzyskie Voivodeships

Castle tour through western Lower Silesia. A beautiful, varied tour through the Waldenburg Mountains, parts of the Giant Mountains, the Hirchberg Valley, and along the Bobr River.

Corresponds (slightly smoothed) to my tours in 2017, 2020, and 2025. I included the castles in the Giant Mountains near Karpacz

Summary of my castle tour through the Opole Voivodeship in the summers of 2024 and 2025 (mostly).

It essentially corresponds to the sections S 3 01 to S 3 21 I cycled. From Strzelce Opolski via Opole, Byczyna, Namysłów, Brzeg, Grodków, Niemodlin, Głogówek, and Nysa to Kamieniec Zabrotnicki.

A total of

Summary of my castle tour through the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Part 2. It is, so to speak, the heart of Lower Silesia.

Cities such as Świdnica, Wrocław, Strzegom, Trzebnica, Żmigród, Wołów, Brzeg Dolny, Legnica, Jawor, and Świebodzice are touched upon.

Over the 1,200 kilometers, there are more than

Overview of the sections mostly cycled in 2020 (S 41 01 to S 41 13) CASTLES OF LOWER SILESIA 1.

This is the eastern part of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship between Miedzylesie and Świdnica. A very scenic tour. Partly through the Owl Mountains, the Table Mountains, and the Kłodzko Uplands. All with mostly

At the Agroturystyka in Marianówka, I had the large kitchen to myself. To get to Trzebieszowice, you have to wind your way along small, smooth, beautiful mountain roads. But from Stary Waliszow onward, it was back to ordinary vibrated asphalt. Four beautiful castles and a dilapidated manor house were

My agrotourism farm in Marianówka is already at an altitude of 500 meters. The drive there along a small road offered beautiful views. Unfortunately, Google initially directed me to the wrong location. I finally reached the place as darkness fell. There are no lights on here at night. A glance up at

Right in front of my modest, but not exactly inexpensive accommodation, was a car wash. I tried that evening to get the mud off my bike from the muddy path. Not entirely successful. So I repeated the process in the morning, and this time with success. With a clean bike, I rode up to Otmuchów Castle

In 30°C (86°F) heat, I largely avoided dirt roads and drove almost exclusively on small back roads through beautiful hilly countryside. I visited the Bishop's Castle and Bishop's Court in Nysa, as well as a fort. I visited the castles in Frączków, Goszowice (manor house), and Biechów. I visited a ruined