Tripto Guide
Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
86 places
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…
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…
Kraków
Wawel is a limestone hill on the Vistula that for centuries served as the heart of the Polish state: an early medieval stronghold of the Vistulan tribe stood here, kings later resided on the hill, and monarchs were crowned and buried in th…
Augustów
The Augustów Canal is a historic waterway linking the Vistula and Neman basins. It was built between 1824 and 1839 to create an alternative to shipping on the Vistula. Today the canal is 103.4 km long, crosses Poland and Belarus, and its l…
Warszawa
**Sigismund III Vasa Column** on Castle Square is Warsaw’s oldest secular monument and one of its most recognisable symbols. It was erected in 1643–1644 on the initiative of King Władysław IV in memory of his father, Sigismund III Vasa. Th…
Kraków
In the very heart of the Main Market Square stands the Cloth Hall (Sukiennice) — a Renaissance merchants' hall whose trading traditions go back to the Middle Ages. After the great fire of 1555 the building was rebuilt in Renaissance style,…
Warszawa
Stare Powązki is Warsaw’s oldest surviving historic necropolis and one of Poland’s most important cemeteries. Established at the end of the 18th century, it became a pantheon of people connected with culture, science, politics and the city…
gmina Pasłęk
The **Elbląg Canal** is a historic waterway in Warmia and Masuria, linking the area around Lake Jeziorak with the Vistula Lagoon. On the main route, about **84.2 km** long, vessels overcome almost **100 metres** of difference in water leve…
Kraków
Kraków Barbican, also known as the Rondel, is a late-Gothic part of the city’s former fortifications. It stands on Basztowa Street opposite St Florian’s Gate, at the northern edge of the Old Town. The circular brick structure shows how Kra…
Kraków
## Sigismund Bell on Wawel Hill The Sigismund Bell was hung in 1521 in the Sigismund Tower of Wawel Cathedral. It was cast in Kraków the year before and funded by King Sigismund I the Old. Hans Beham, a bell-founder from Nuremberg, gave it…
Warszawa
Next to **Warszawa Centralna station**, on Złota 59, stands a complex beneath a **wave-shaped glass roof** — one of the most recognisable contemporary structures in Warsaw. Złote Tarasy opened on **7 February 2007**, after nearly **4.5 yea…
Warszawa
The University of Warsaw Library Garden is one of Powiśle's most unusual free attractions. Green terraces climb onto the roof of the modern BUW building at 56/66 Dobra Street, while bridges and the viewing terrace look towards the Vistula,…
Kraków
The Juliusz Słowacki Theatre opened on **21 October 1893** as the Municipal Theatre — an eclectic, neo-Baroque 'Kraków opera' designed by Jan Zawiejski and modelled on Viennese theatre buildings. It took barely two years to build, and the…
Łódź
The Jewish Cemetery at 40 Bracka Street in Łódź, known as the New Jewish Cemetery, was established in 1892. It is Poland’s largest Jewish cemetery by area, covering about 42 hectares, with around 160,000 surviving matzevot. It remains acti…
Zakopane
Villa Koliba was the first house ever built in the Zakopane style, designed by Stanisław Witkiewicz and erected between **1892 and 1893**. This is where the history of Polish national style in architecture began. Since **1993** the buildin…
Kraków
Remuh Cemetery, also known as the Remu Cemetery, is a Jewish necropolis at 40 Szeroka Street in Kraków’s Kazimierz district. The first burials date from 1551, while the oldest surviving gravestone dates from 1552. Austrian authorities clos…
Sopot
An amphitheatre in the municipal forest of Sopot, opened in **July 1909**, still one of the largest open-air venues in Europe: **5,047 seated places, or 5,579 including the front sections**. The stage is 19 m deep with an area of 430 m², a…
Ojców
Krakowska Gate is one of the most recognisable rock formations in Ojców National Park. Two limestone pillars narrow the Prądnik Valley and create a natural gateway between Ojców and the farther part of the valley. Treat it as a stop on a w…
Sandomierz
Opatowska Gate is the best-preserved part of Sandomierz's medieval fortifications and the main entrance to the Old Town. The Gothic gateway was built in the 14th century under King Casimir the Great, then raised and topped with a Renaissan…
Zakopane
Pęksowy Brzyzek Cemetery is one of Zakopane’s most important necropolises and the town’s first cemetery. It was established on land donated to the parish by Jan Pęksa, on a high bank above a stream; the local word “brzyzek” refers to this…
Lanckorona
Lanckorona Castle in Lanckorona is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan and combine it with other nearby places. Check current opening hours and access details before…
Bytom
Mater Dolorosa Cemetery in Bytom is a historic necropolis where the city’s story is preserved in its avenues, family chapels and tombstones. The older section, Mater Dolorosa I at 71 Piekarska Street, was established in 1868 and retains it…
Krynki
The Jewish Cemetery in Krynki lies on the town’s north-eastern edge, at Zaułek Zagumienny Street. It is a closed cemetery and an important Jewish heritage site in the Podlaskie region. Its surviving matzevot and historic layout tell the st…
Białystok
## Napoleon’s Cottage — a former customs house Napoleon’s Cottage at 62 Jana Pawła II Avenue in Białystok is a small Classicist rotunda with a domed roof and portico. Built in 1838, it served as a customs house at a time when the border be…