Folwark Wąsowo

Folwark Wąsowo is a farm estate at Wąsowo, near Kuślin in Wielkopolska, close to Poznań. The venue is made up of restored historic buildings in quiet countryside, and it offers rooms as well as weddings, so guests can stay where they celebrate.

The estate invites couples to plan their wedding with the team and adapts the farm to each event, so it suits couples who want something more rural than a hotel ballroom. Poznań, the nearest city, is known for its Old Market Square, where two mechanical goats butt heads above the town hall clock at noon, and for Ostrów Tumski, the island with Poland's first cathedral. Ask the team for the drive time from Poznań.

The estate hosts weddings in its restored historic buildings. Stodoła Wąsowo, a fieldstone barn around 150 years old with a stage and tables made from old granary boards, takes the bigger celebrations, with room for up to 250. Smaller weddings can be held year round in the Źrebięciarnia restaurant, where the head chef cooks with produce from the farm's own organic garden, with a mezzanine and a garden for a party outdoors. The Stajnia seats up to 50. Outdoor ceremonies can take place by the garden pond or in the courtyard in front of the barn, with a table set up for the registrar, and the 18th-century Sczaniecki chapel is close by. Ask the team about the music curfew.

Wedding guests can sleep in the farm's historic buildings, including the Kuźnia, an old forge with seven rooms and a fireplace lounge, and the Stajnia, where every room has its own bathroom. Together with the Gorzelnia, the estate sleeps about 93. Ask the team which nearby hotels they suggest for the rest. Poznań-Ławica Airport is 7 km from the city and has flights to London, so guests flying from the UK have a short route in. A day in Poznań, with the Old Market Square, the cathedral and Lake Malta, is an easy addition to the trip. Ask the team about transfers for the group.