A Baroque palace in Nieborów with period interiors, the Romantic Arkadia park full of pavilions and artificial ruins, and the folk-flavoured town of Łowicz. A calm day out halfway to Łódź.
Trip plan
Plan for the day
- 08:30 — leave Warsaw on the A2 motorway or take a train to Łowicz.
- 10:00 — arrive in Łowicz, stroll the Old Town and the basilica.
- 11:00 — move on to Nieborów, a short drive from town.
- 11:30 — tour the palace and gardens.
- 13:30 — lunch in Nieborów or back in Łowicz.
- 14:30 — walk around Arkadia park, a few kilometres from the palace.
- 16:30 — coffee and cake, return to Łowicz or the car park.
- 17:00 — head back to Warsaw.
What to see
- Nieborów Palace — a Baroque residence with interiors from several eras and a collection of art.
- Nieborów gardens — a formal French garden and a landscape park around the palace.
- Arkadia — an 18th-century Romantic park with the Temple of Diana, the Gothic House and an aqueduct.
- Łowicz Old Town — colourful houses, a market square and the cathedral basilica.
- Łowicz museum — displays about the region and folk paper cut-outs.
Where to eat
Around Nieborów you will find regional cooking: sauerkraut soup, pierogi, cutlets and home-baked cakes. In Łowicz look for small restaurants around the market square. Try pastries from the local bakeries and confectioners.
Photos: Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0; Jolanta Dyr, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl; Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0; Jacek Bogdan, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl