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Magda and Neil’s story about the Silesian Beskids

Magda and Neil’s story about the Silesian Beskids

Magda and Neil's first visit to Istebna was because of an MTB bicycle marathon, in which Neil participated.

He – a native Scot from Edinburgh, she – a girl from a small village in eastern Poland.

His passion for cycling and her love of nature met in a small mountain village at the junction of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. “We began to wonder if it was worth it to slow down and start living more slowly,” Magda says.

They fell in love with the area and became friends with the local highlanders, returning recharged with good energy every time.

It is a five-hour drive from Warsaw, where they still work today, to Istebna, but where higher feelings are involved, distance does not matter.

After a long search, they first found a house for themselves, and then a beautiful old villa with glass verandas, where a guesthouse had already been operating.

“As ‘experienced’ real estate seekers by then, we did not hesitate for a moment,” says Magda. “Our motto (in addition to many others) is: ‘if you are not building or renovating, that means you are dead’” – he adds with a smile. It was under such circumstances that Willa Zwolakówka was established.

"It seems to me that we are fulfilling our role as hosts very well"

It is a great joy to give pleasure to others,” Magda concludes her story about “Zwolakówka”.

The relaxed atmosphere created by our hosts provides an opportunity to find calm and quiet time with a book and to enter into conversation, from which we will learn a lot about the region’s attractions. And there is no shortage of those!

We are seating in a cozy living room on the first floor of the villa.

Creating a pleasant common space for guests to spend time outside their rooms was Magda and Neil’s priority from the beginning. So is providing guests with good, healthy food made from local products.

„Racuchy“

The house is taken care of by our housekeeper Ira – a woman with a heart on her hands and a wonderful culinary talent – and Basia, a specialist in delicious breakfasts,” says Magda. The showpiece pancakes – flour pancakes with apple slices and crepes – have become Zwolakówka’s trademark, which is easiest to see when reading the reviews of the place.

 

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