Things to do in Maków Podhalański
Maków Podhalański is a small town in the Skawa valley in the Maków Beskids, known for its white Maków embroidery and the poppy in its coat of arms. On the green market square a bronze embroiderer sits by the Coat-of-Arms Fountain, and a few minutes away, in the Paczosówka villa, the Regional Chamber shows embroidery and mementoes of the town's past. In the centre stands the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Maków, whose venerated painting was crowned in 1979. Trails lead from town up Makowska Góra and on into the Beskids. Maków makes a calm stop on the way to Babia Góra or Sucha Beskidzka.
Map of attractions in Maków Podhalański
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All attractions (4)
Viewpoints
Makowska Góra (Maków Mountain)
Maków Podhalański
Fields and meadows run almost to the summit here, so from the edge of the woods on Makowska Góra you can see Babia Góra, the Little Beskids and the hills rolling towards Kraków all at once. It is a modest hill right above the small town of…
Old towns & squares
Market Square in Maków Podhalański
Maków Podhalański
On the rim of a fountain sits a bronze woman in folk dress, bent over her embroidery, while water spurts from three stone poppy heads behind her. It sums up what Maków Podhalański is known for: white embroidery and the poppy in its coat of…
20–45 min
Churches & monasteries
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Maków in Maków Podhalański
Maków Podhalański
Above Maków Podhalański, a small town on the Skawa river in the Maków Beskids, rises the Church of the Transfiguration – the shrine of Our Lady of Maków, venerated as Guardian and Queen of Families. The main altar holds a 16th-century pain…
Museums
Paczosówka Villa in Maków Podhalański
Maków Podhalański
A single-storey villa with pale rusticated corners, a row of round-arched windows and a porch at the entrance looks more like an estate manager's house than a museum. Yet this is where Maków Podhalański keeps its memory, at 24 ul. 3 Maja:…
30–60 min