The traditional craft trail

The tourist product “The traditional craft trail” refers to the partly marked hiking trail on the terrain named the same way (for more information see the website: www.tradycyjniepiekne.pl). Driving a car along the trail you visit special places on Śląsk Cieszyński (Cieszyn Silesia) where native artists, creators still make unusual things using traditional techniques. Our tourist product includes two one-day car trips (two variants) the former is a cross-border trip. 

VARIANT I
Programme: 

  • Koniaków: Helena and Mieczysław Kamieniarzs’ exhibition room of sculpture and lacemaking (6); Elżbieta Waszut’s study where she sews and repairs pieces of Silesian highland men’s costumes
  • Istebna: Jan Juroszek’s smithy
  • Košařiska: Lenka Koždoňová’s study where she spins and weaves

VARIANT II
Programme: 

  • Cieszyn: Wiktor Pieczonka’s jeweller workshop (7)
  • Skoczów: Marian Ciupka’s leathercraft workshop
  • Bładnice Dolne: Czesław Kanafka’s workshop where he makes replicas of historic cannons and black powder weapons (8)
  • Górki Małe: Jadwiga and Marian Dudys’ “Bread hut”
  • Wisła: Jarosław Gluza’s sculpture workshop