Alumnat in Tykocin, in the Podlasie region of Poland, offers a conference and banquet hall for up to 100 people, a hunting lodge with a hall for 50, a restaurant and 12 guest rooms. It suits small trainings, conferences and group dinners in a restored 17th-century building on the bank of the Narew river, 27 km from Białystok.
Seminars and company events
The official site presents the building for business stays and for small trainings and conferences. The conference and banquet hall holds up to 100 people, and the hunting lodge adds a hall for 50, which gives a second room for breakout sessions, a dinner or a reception. The pages read give no room names, floor areas or technical equipment, so an organizer should ask the team what is available for presentations before booking.
Rooms and capacities
Two event spaces are listed. The conference and banquet hall takes up to 100 people. The hunting lodge, called domek myśliwski, has a hall for up to 50. In summer, a garden on the bank of the Narew river is available next to the restaurant.
Accommodation
The building has 12 rooms for 1, 2, 3 and 4 guests, and an apartment called the Bishop's Apartment. Wi-Fi and parking are free. This makes it possible to house a small training group on site, which the hotel presents as a business stay as well as a leisure one.
Catering
The restaurant serves cuisine of the Kresy, the eastern borderlands, and the chef writes the menu around the four seasons, using fresh regional products. The site presents the cuisine as faithful to the culinary tradition of the area, which sits on the historic border on the Narew between the Crown and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
History and setting
The building goes back to the starost of Tykocin, Krzysztof Wiesiołowski, who founded it between 1633 and 1654 as a one-story building around an inner courtyard. It was a home for war veterans, meant for noble Catholic invalids wounded in battle or worn by age. After restoration under heritage supervision, the owners state that it is the only such building in Poland. It was also a film set for the movies U Pana Boga w ogródku and U Pana Boga za miedzą by Jacek Bromski.
Tykocin is a historic town with about 100 listed monuments and the oldest urban complex of historic Podlasie, with the layout of a Jewish town preserved. It lies directly on the Narew, on the edge of the Narew and Biebrza national parks and the Knyszyn Forest.
Getting there
The address is ul. Poświętna 1, 16-080 Tykocin. The town is 27 km from Białystok, close to the S8 road between Warsaw and Białystok. Reservations: rezerwacja@alumnat.eu or +48 600 941 351.
