Czocha Castle — Attraction in gmina Leśna

We paid full retail, as we were “bike ins” as we rode a tandem to the castle without reservations and my review will reflect this. At a cheaper rate, I would have given 4 stars. My daughter knows of the castle because of its association with the Harry Potter Cos-Playing events held at the pile and I couldn’t say no to her request after she bravely rode the tandem up a large hill to get to the place. Honestly, my room was not worth the money. We paid 150 PLN less for the best hotel in Bolesławiec the next day.|The cast iron door handle to our room nearly snapped off when I turned it. I noticed that many people mentioned „themed” rooms. I guess my room’s theme was “Welcome to the People’s Republic” as the furniture was “early Gierek” from the 80’s with three single beds stuffed in an L-Shaped room. The bathroom was poorly remodeled, the recently laid floor tile was already cracked. Plenty of hot water, unlike some other reviewers’ cold experience. We had a post stamp size window that you nearly had to stand on the bed to enjoy the great view. TV had one channel working, not a problem since the internet was surprising good. |Maybe we had the last of the available rooms and should consider ourselves lucky. We were on the third floor, maybe the first and second are a bit better. Be sure to ask about the room quality when you make a reservation. |Staff were courteous but didn’t volunteer any advice on how to enjoy the castle and the secret passages.|Dinner was a mixed affair. My daughter’s pierogi were fine, but my duck breast came in 8 different pieces, like I was eating multiple duckling breasts or the foul fowl flew over Chernobyl. Speaking of food fusion, Instead of apple sauce, they used chunky apple pie filling, including a surplus of gritty ground cloves. The excellent local beer washed down most of my disappointments. Breakfast was included and was typical, not bad, not noteworthy.|If you get a remodeled room, it may be worth the premium. Otherwise book a cheaper place and visit the castle on its own, it really is...

I visited only the castle. I didn't slept in the hotel. MY REVIEW IS ONLY FOR THE CASTLE! If you are planning to visit the Castle on a weekend - DON'T. It is too crowded. Do this on a week day first or second tour preferably. Tour is only in Polish and they do not have audioguide. You can't buy tickets in advance, because they do not have way to pay with PayPal or Card. The castle itself is amazing, and I am sure the guides tell very interesting story. But unfortunately I got about 15% of it. The most anoyng thing was that, at first I saw about 20 people in our group, and tjought "well isn't this nice" and while being in the first hall, another group joned us. It seemed to me they they came with a bus and ruined the whole experience for me. Our group became like 50-60 idio... khm... persons. The HALLS were crouded and I could barely see or hera what the tourguide was pointing or saing. I could see the annoyment in the poor lady's eyes for having to handle such a large group. A group full of nasty, stinky obnoxious people. It took forever to go from one to other room, an I think this prolongued our tour with, at least, half an hour. The next group was constant on our tale and that was very frustrating. Such an unpleasant experiense I had had only in Wieliczka salt mine. I will have to come one more time, hopefuly on a week...

Amazing castle to visit, rich with history. There are tours you can take that tell you about the castle in Polish, but english pamphlets are available. There are over 40 secret passages and hidden rooms recorded on old writings of castle, but so far they only found 14. This castle is 100% worth visiting, and is absolutly beautiful inside. It is also a hotel but we did not stay there, instead we went to a very nearby camping area called Czocha Camping, they have hotel rooms available and very very nice log cabins. In castle Czocha there is an option to sleep for 1 night in the historical kings double bed for 1,000 zł a night if i remember.. 1,000 zł is about $500 canadian. There are cheaper hotel options there. The simple tour is amazing, and you can go to the top of the tower. Very satisfying, I spent hours there but I did not have time to explore the lower gardens. If you are spending time in the camping area and you have a car the location is near the czech republic border, and you can visit the Czech rebublic towns and castles as well. There are also other castles depending on how far you want...