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Hidden gemLandscape parks
Stara Wieś
Here the River Warta swings in a great loop through the limestone hills of the Wieluń Upland, and along its banks springs pulse, pushing water out alternately from a rock crevice and from the bed of an oxbow lake. Załęcze Landscape Park, c…
Nature
Stara Wieś
Here some of the water flows out of a rock fissure on the bank, while the rest wells up from the bottom of a pool – an old oxbow of the River Warta. Granatowe Źródła ("Navy Blue Springs"), between Troniny and Stara Wieś, are the only examp…
Museums
Stara Wieś
The Wieluń Land Museum in Wieluń (VYEH-loon) tells the story of the small Polish town that German dive bombers attacked at dawn on September 1, 1939, the first morning of World War II. Housed in a restored 17th-century convent beside the o…
Other
Stara Wieś
Kayaking the Liswarta River (lees-VAR-tah) is one of the most popular paddling trips in Poland's Silesian region. This small, winding river in Kłobuck County, about 30 km northwest of Częstochowa, slips through forest and meadow, and its l…
Hiking & tourist trails
Stara Wieś
The red-marked Wieluń Jura Trail runs from Częstochowa to Wieluń and is usually given as 113 km long (some sources say 112 or 106.5 km). It continues the Eagles' Nests Trail – both start on the Old Market Square in Częstochowa – but has a…