Four-star luxury development in the artists' hidden retreat

It is a haven for writers and painters and was home to a major annual film festival that eventually outgrew the small hamlet's village infrastructure and moved to Toruń this year.

However, the area still has a wealth of visitors, from governmental Ministers to backpacking tourists, and Alliance Holding has decided to capitalize on the trade and is investing in a new luxury hotel with 115 rooms and a conference center in the area. 

The company is no stranger to the industry. It already manages the Falenty Conference Center near Warsaw as well as Airport Hotel Okęcie. The new hotel will be situated on ul. Puławska, on the site of a former fruit and vegetable store.

The plot still has an old granary that will form part of the hotel's elevation. Alliance Holding has just received the construction permit and it hopes to complete the project in autumn next year. The firm has employed a local firm, Przedsiębiorstwo Budowlane Dom Bud from Puławy, to build the complex and Decorum Architekci from Warsaw will design it.

The preparation for the project started two years ago and it has proved an arduous process due to the nature of the historic surroundings.

"We were negotiating with the gmina, the monument restorer and the Kazimierz landscape park. The requirements were challenging due to the special character of this place," says Tomasz Warmus, president of Airport Hotel Okęcie.