Tripto Guide
Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
149 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Warszawa
St John’s Archcathedral Basilica at 8 Świętojańska Street is one of Warsaw’s most important churches. Its history reaches back to the Middle Ages; after the destruction of the Warsaw Uprising it was rebuilt in a historicising Mazovian Goth…
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…
Kraków
Nowa Huta is a town built from scratch — Poland’s largest exercise in socialist-realist urban planning and one of the few such vast projects in Europe. Construction began in 1949 for the workers of a new metallurgical combine; the Lenin St…
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…
Świeradów-Zdrój
The Mieczysław Orłowicz Main Sudeten Trail is a long-distance hiking route marked in red, running from Świeradów-Zdrój to Prudnik. It is approximately 430–440 km long, depending on the measurement used, and links the main ranges of the Sud…
Łódź
The Archcathedral Basilica of St. Stanislaus Kostka at 265 Piotrkowska Street is one of Łódź’s most important Neo-Gothic churches. Built from pale, unplastered brick, it remains a distinctive part of the city skyline. Inside, brick vaults,…
Lublin
Lublin Archcathedral, dedicated to St John the Baptist and St John the Evangelist, is a former Jesuit church and one of the city’s most important sacred monuments. It was built in 1586–1604 to a design by Jan Maria Bernardoni, partly inspi…
Białystok
The Cathedral of St Nicholas the Wonderworker on Lipowa Street is Białystok’s main Orthodox church and one of the defining landmarks of the city centre. The present masonry building was erected in 1843–1846 in the late Byzantine style. ##…
gmina Ełk
Lake Selmęt Wielki lies a few kilometres from Ełk and is one of the largest lakes of the Ełk Lakeland. It is not a single fenced attraction, but a broad body of water whose character depends on the shore, weather and activity you choose. #…
Łódź
Łódź’s Walk of Fame, formally the Avenue of Stars of Łódź’s Road of Fame, is an open-air gallery of Polish cinema set into Piotrkowska Street. Its bronze stars honour film actors, directors, cinematographers and composers. The first star,…
Ścibórz
Otmuchów Lake is an artificial reservoir on the Nysa Kłodzka, between Otmuchów and Paczków. It combines flood storage, energy production, fishing and recreation, while its broad water surface and open shores create a distinctive landscape…
Legnica
**The Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Legnica** is one of the most important historic buildings in the city centre. Its history reaches back to the early 13th century, while the present structure combines medieval origins with a Neo-…
Prudnik
Biskupia Kopa (890 m) is the highest peak in the Opawskie Mountains and one of the best viewpoints in the Opole region. It lies on the Polish–Czech border among the forests of the Opawskie Mountains Landscape Park. The hike is free, but th…
Olsztyn
**The Co-cathedral Basilica of St James the Apostle in Olsztyn** is the city’s oldest surviving sacred monument and one of the symbols of its Old Town. The red-brick, three-aisled church was built around the turn of the 14th and 15th centu…
Łęknica
The Muskau Bend Geopark is a German-Polish geological area on both sides of the Lusatian Neisse. Its centrepiece is a push moraine formed by the ice sheet around 340,000 years ago. Folded ground, former mines and post-mining lakes create a…