Tripto Guide
Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
111 placesZakopane
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…
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…
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…
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…
Kraków
**St Mary’s Basilica in Kraków** stands beside the Main Market Square and is one of the city’s most recognisable symbols. The Gothic church is known for Veit Stoss’s altarpiece, the hourly hejnał trumpet call and its rich furnishings. It r…
Bochnia
**The Bochnia Salt Mine** is Poland’s oldest salt mine, operating since the deposit was discovered in 1248. Its underground route leads through chambers and workings that preserve traces of centuries of mining. Signature elements include a…
gmina Węgorzewo
Mamry is one of the most distinctive bodies of water in northern Masuria: a broad system of connected lakes, bays, peninsulas and islands. It suits visitors who want to sail, kayak or simply experience the Great Masurian Lakes from the sho…
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…
Kraków
The Royal Castle on Wawel Hill was the principal residence of Poland's monarchs and is today one of the country's most important museums. The stronghold's origins go back to the 11th century, and its Renaissance shape with the arcaded cour…
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…
gmina Gryfino
Just outside Gryfino, near the Dolna Odra power plant, grows Pomerania's strangest grove: dozens of pines whose trunks, barely a dozen or so centimetres above the ground, bend at almost a right angle before climbing straight towards the sk…
Gdańsk
**St Mary’s Basilica in Gdańsk** is one of the world’s largest brick churches and one of the key monuments of the Main Town. Built in stages between 1346 and 1502, it contains a vast, austere interior with works from the Gothic, Renaissanc…