Things to do in Czerna
4 attractions in Czerna, including Carmelite Monastery and Museum in Czerna, Devil's Bridge in Czerna and Eliaszówka Valley.
Map of attractions in Czerna
All 4 places on one map: see what is close together and plan your route.
All attractions (4)
Museums
Carmelite Monastery and Museum in Czerna
Czerna
Until 1805, ordinary worshippers were not allowed into this monastery: Czerna was a hermitage of the Discalced Carmelites, hidden in the forest and enclosed by a wall more than four kilometres long. Today the complex in the Eliaszówka Vall…
90–180 min
Landmarks
Devil's Bridge in Czerna
Czerna
The Devil's Bridge in Czerna is the ruin of a stone bridge built in the 17th century by the hermits of a Carmelite hermitage over the stream in the Eliaszówka Valley. Resembling a Roman aqueduct, the structure is now a forest-covered ruin…
Free entry
Nature
Eliaszówka Valley
Czerna
Eliaszówka Valley (say el-yah-SHOOF-kah) is a wooded limestone valley between the villages of Czerna and Paczółtowice, about 30 km (19 miles) west of Kraków. It combines nature and history: beech forest, a heart-shaped spring beneath a sma…
Free entry
Churches & monasteries
Discalced Carmelite Monastery in Czerna
Czerna
Above the church portal in Czerna is a Latin inscription praising blessed solitude, and it sums up the place well. For almost two centuries the Discalced Carmelite monastery in the Eliaszówka Valley was a hermitage closed to lay people. To…