The best traffic-free bike rides around gmina Syców

Beautifully renovated in a beautiful setting

Very nice picturesque hilly route and ponds

nice asphalt road with very little car traffic.

Bałczyna (often called Bełczyna) is the highest elevation of the Ostrzeszowskie Hills, rising to 278 m above sea level. It is a popular viewing point, from which, in good weather, you can even see the chimneys of the Bełchatów Power Plant. At the top, there is a monument to soldiers from 1939 and a stone table with the cardinal directions, which makes this place an attractive destination for trips. Over the years, Bełczyna has served as a place for rest, skiing, motocross and paragliding. There are three trails leading to the hill, including the Transwielkopolska Bicycle Route - it is worth having an MTB, because the terrain can be varied.

Catholic Church of St. Jadwiga of Silesia from 1807, a temple built in the classicist style. In 1984, a brick bell tower was built, which in style matches the body of the church. In the interior design of the temple, the main altar with a figure of the patron saint from 1947 and two classicist side altars with paintings: Our Lady of Częstochowa and the Transfiguration of the Lord are worthy of attention. Also worthy of attention are the ceiling plafonds, depicting St. Maximilian, Christ and a symbolic vision of the election of John Paul II to the apostolic see. These plafonds date back to the early eighties of the last century.

Church of St. Nicholas from 1780-81. Built from the foundation of Jan and Elżbieta Siewierski, Józef Wojakowski and Jan Grzymała Wiewiórkowski, by master Jan Kurzawa. Restored in the 1980s. A wooden church, single-nave, log construction. Not oriented. Two chapels on the sides, creating an apparent transept, closed rectangularly with ridges lower than the main nave. Smaller presbytery from the nave, closed on three sides with a side sacristy. Porch on the side of the nave. Low tower of post-and-beam construction, with a porch in the ground floor at the front. Topped with a tented roof with a tin, onion-shaped dome. Double-ridge roof, covered with sheet metal with a turret for a bell tower. Topped with an onion-shaped dome with a lantern. Flat ceiling inside with coffered decoration. Choir supported by two columns with a late Baroque organ prospect from the 2nd half of the 18th century. Main altar (founded by the Szyszkowski family) in the late Renaissance style with the Ostoja coat of arms, made by Jan Sifers in 1646. Rococo side altars from the 2nd half of the 18th century. Baroque pulpit from the mid-17th century. Two folk Baroque crucifixes. Numerous sculptures from the 17th and 18th centuries. Two contemporary paintings by Norbert Skupniewicz. Wooden belfry, not estimated, covered with a metal roof. Rectory from the late 20th century. Church surrounded by old oaks and beeches.

Beautiful view of the area. At the top there is a sundial and a monument dedicated to the victims of September 1939.