Tripto Guide
Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
1746 places
Oświęcim
Auschwitz I in Oświęcim is the oldest part of the complex in which Nazi Germany murdered more than 1.1 million people — mostly Jews, but also Poles, Roma and Soviet prisoners of war. The camp was set up in 1940 in former artillery barracks…
Brzezinka
Auschwitz II-Birkenau in Brzezinka is the largest and most haunting part of the complex of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp, where more than 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, were murdered. Built from October 1941 onward…
Zakopane
Giewont is the distinctive mountain massif above Zakopane and one of the symbols of the Polish Tatras. The summit attracts visitors with its views and legends, but the ascent is not an ordinary walk: the final rocky section requires care,…
Zakopane
Morskie Oko is one of the best-known places in the Tatra Mountains. The high mountain lake, the mountain shelter and the walls of the Mięguszowieckie Peaks create the view that brings many first-time visitors to the national park. Its popu…
Warszawa
Copernicus Science Centre on the Vistula lets you test phenomena instead of viewing them behind glass. Hundreds of interactive exhibits connect science, technology and art. It works well for families, adults and anyone who enjoys learning…
Częstochowa
Jasna Góra in Częstochowa is a shrine, Pauline monastery and historic fortified complex. Its central landmark is the Chapel of the Miraculous Image with the Black Madonna. You can extend the visit with the basilica, museums, treasury, armo…
Gniezno
**Gniezno Cathedral** on Lech Hill is one of the most important sites in Polish history and Christianity. The cathedral has been associated with the cult of St Adalbert for almost a thousand years, and its walls recall the Congress of Gnie…
Wałbrzych
Książ Castle rises above the Pełcznica valley on a rocky promontory. Its interiors, terraces, gardens and nearby underground route form a substantial visit rather than a short photo stop. It is one of the strongest Tripto cards for travell…
Gdańsk
The European Solidarity Centre (ECS) in Gdańsk is a museum and education centre dedicated to Solidarity and change in Central and Eastern Europe. Its permanent exhibition tells the story of the Gdańsk Shipyard, the August 1980 strike and t…
Wrocław
The Racławice Panorama is a monumental painting displayed in a rotunda where the canvas and constructed foreground create the illusion of standing inside a battle. It depicts the Polish victory at Racławice in 1794, while the visit also te…
Świdnica
**The Church of Peace of the Holy Trinity in Świdnica** is Europe’s largest wooden Protestant church and part of the UNESCO entry “Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica”. Built in 1656–1657 after the Thirty Years’ War, it uses a timber f…
Moszna
Moszna Castle is recognised by its towers, turrets and park, which give the residence an almost theatrical character. It is a strong short-trip destination in the Opole region, but plan the visit: the park, chambers and towers are separate…
Poznań
Porta Posnania ICHOT is a heritage interpretation centre rather than a museum with a traditional collection. Its multimedia exhibition explores more than a thousand years of Ostrów Tumski — the island central to Poznań's beginnings and the…
Warszawa
The main campus of the University of Warsaw on Krakowskie Przedmieście is the most beautiful academic enclave in the capital. The university was founded here in 1816 and has remained Poland's largest and best-known institution of higher ed…
Brzegi
Rysy (2,499 m) is the highest point of Poland and the tallest summit reachable by a marked trail on the Polish side of the Tatra Mountains. The massif in fact has three peaks, and its main summit (2,503 m) already lies on the Slovak side o…
Waliszewo
**The Innkeeper of Waliszewo** is a stop on the County of Gniezno Myths and Legends Trail, commemorating the story of the former Red Inn. Before 1840, an inn called Waliszewek is said to have stood at a crossroads near Waliszewo. Today the…
Sławno
**St Rosalia Chapel in Sławno** is a wooden cemetery chapel built on a former cone-shaped earthwork, on the eastern edge of the village in Kiszkowo commune. It was completed in **1785** and is one of the most interesting examples of wooden…
Wieliczka
**The Wieliczka Salt Mine** is one of Poland’s best-known industrial-heritage sites. Salt was extracted here from the 13th century until 1996, while the underground city reaches 327 metres and contains roughly 300 km of galleries. Visitors…
Wrocław
The Centennial Hall (German: Jahrhunderthalle) is a Wrocław icon of modernism and one of the boldest works of 20th-century architecture. Built in 1911–1913 to a design by Max Berg, it stunned its contemporaries with a reinforced concrete d…
Kraków
**Wawel Cathedral**, formally the Royal Cathedral Basilica of Saints Stanislaus and Wenceslaus, is one of Kraków’s most important landmarks and one of the key sites in Polish history. It was the coronation and burial church of Polish ruler…
gmina Kętrzyn
The Wolf's Lair (Wolfsschanze) in the Masurian forests near Gierłoż was one of Adolf Hitler's principal military headquarters — a city of bunkers laid out over more than 250 hectares, with around 200 structures including dozens of reinforc…
Wrocław
The main building of the University of Wrocław, known as the Leopoldina, is one of the most beautiful Baroque academic buildings in Europe. Emperor Leopold I founded the university in 1702 as a Jesuit college, and the grand edifice on the…
Warszawa
The Royal Castle in Warsaw has played every role a residence can play: seat of the Mazovian dukes, main home of Poland's kings from the era of Sigismund III Vasa onward, the place where the Constitution of 3 May 1791 was adopted, and — aft…
Białowieża
Białowieża National Park protects the most valuable part of the Białowieża Forest, one of Europe's last large lowland forests with a natural character. It is Poland's oldest national park: you see dead wood, veteran trees and a forest foll…