ROUTE NO. 4b BLUE "Władysław Broniewski Route on the Vistula River"

- Płock PTTK (0.0)

- BOROWICZKI (7.2)

- WYKOWO (14)

- BIAŁOBRZEGI (19.4)

- KĘPA POLSKA (28.5)

- ZAKRZEWO (31.6)

- PODGÓRZE (35.5)

- WYSZOGRÓD (49 km)

 

From Płock we set off along Kościuszki Street, pass the monument of Władysław Broniewski, the Dominican church and the monastery, along Norbertańska Street (Zoological Garden on the right side), two cemeteries. Further Grabówka, Ośnica and Borowiczki. Following the blue route, we pass the summer resort village Wykowo, Budy Borowickie and we reach the village of Białobrzegi, passing an artificial pond at the lowest location referred to as the Białobrzegi Old River Bed. In the eastern part of the village of Białobrzegi we can see nature monuments: the "Chrobry" English oak, with the circumference of 490 cm and height of 35 m. From Białobrzegi, we go towards Miszewo Murowane and we abandon the blue route to see a graveyard of differently shaped tombs /fortified settlement/. We recommend the historical church from the 15th century, which has been rebuilt many times. Inside there is a Gothic cross vault, rococo altars, the entrance to the sacristy is ornamented by a gothic stone portal. From the range of secular historical buildings, we recommend a manor complex from the 1920s, a granary from the 19th century, and the park. Coming back to the blue route, we walk through the Niesłuchów forests for a longer period and then further, to the road Płock - Wyszogród we cross and reach the Mołtawa River. We walk along its bank until Kępa Polska. Here a historical daughter church was built in 1785, in a late-Baroque style with valuable portrait of the Heavenly Mother of Kępa - from the beginning of the 17th century. Next to the church - a wooden chapel and a bell-tower from the 18th century. Behind the church, there is a Vistula River water level measuring point known from radio meassages. When leaving Kępa Polska, we go to the town of Zakrzewo. In Zakrzewo there is a single-aisle wooden church, from the 17th century. Among old paintings - "Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary" painted on a wooden board from 1642, a Baroque epitaph, and a unique coffin portrait, painted on a steel plate from the 17th century. Next to the church there is a cemetery with a grave of scouts (12 -15 years), shot in September 1939. From Zakrzew the route leads us through tree stands and via a dirt road to the village of Podgórze.  There we can see a wooden manor house from the 20th century with a historical park, 8 English oaks, circumference: 340 -590 cm, in the vicinity a walnut tree "Jawor" with the circumference of 392 cm. We are getting closer to the end of our journey on the blue route, we pass the town of Marcjanka, Starzyn and reach Wyszogród. The last section of our walk is along the bank of the Vistula River, from where we can admire the charming islands overgrown with rare flora: hibiscus syriacus, purple sage, a rare flax, different types of grasses - timothy, hairy melic. On the top slope a fortified settlement - early-medieval known as "Castle Mountain".  We reach the town of Wyszogród, where the brought Franciscan monks, with the help of the Duke of Mazovia, erected a monastery and a brick-wooden Gothic church in 1406-1408. Both were burnt in a fire in the 17th century and then rebuilt. The second parish church of the Holy Trinity, erected at the end of the 18th century, with mainly Baroque interior The route ends at the bus stop in Wyszogród.  

 

The route is suitable for tourism cycling.