What to do alone in Radziechowy? Walk around a Gothic church with bats, St Anne's chapel under Kopa hill and the shrine on Foksowa Kępa.
The village lies in Żywiec County, in the Żywiec Basin, and the four places are small religious buildings.
Which places in Radziechowy suit a quiet visit?
St Martin's Church is a Gothic church from the turn of the fifteenth century; in its attic lives a colony of lesser horseshoe bats that falls under Natura 2000 protection. St Anne's Chapel from the early twentieth century stands by a spring at the foot of Kopa Radziechowska, with a view over the Żywiec Basin; locals call it "U Dziadka".
The Shrine on Foksowa Kępa of 1868, also called "Na Horolnej", stands on a hillock beside the road from Żywiec to Zwardoń and is linked to a tale about highlanders fighting the Swedes. The Church of Our Lady of Częstochowa in Przybędza, part of Radziechowy, was built in the early 1980s; it has had its own parish since 2013.
Frequently asked questions
Who lives in the attic of St Martin's Church?
Lesser horseshoe bats, a colony protected under Natura 2000.
Where is St Anne's Chapel?
At the foot of Kopa Radziechowska, beside the road to Twardorzeczka. More ideas for a solo outing sit in the Solo section; the village has a page of its own: Radziechowy.