Tripto Guide
Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
344 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Zakopane
The Tatra National Park covers almost the entire Polish part of the Tatras — the only mountains of Alpine character between the Alps and the Caucasus. Though the range occupies just 2% of Poland's area, you will find everything associated…
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…
Zawoja
Babia Góra, specifically Diablak (1,725 m above sea level), is the highest peak of the Żywiec Beskids and the whole Western Beskids. Its open summit offers wide views, but the massif is also known for sudden weather changes, fog and strong…
Czerna
Hidden among wooded hills on the edge of the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland lies Czerna, a Discalced Carmelite monastery founded in 1629 by Agnieszka Firlejowa née Tęczyński, widow of the Kraków voivode. The church went up between 1631 and 1640…
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…
Zawoja
Babia Góra National Park protects the Babia Góra massif and Diablak (1,725 m), the highest peak of the Żywiec Beskids and the entire Western Beskids. The park was established in 1954, and in 1976 the area joined UNESCO’s Man and the Biosph…
Ochotnica Górna
Gorce National Park protects 7,030 hectares of mountain landscape in the Western Beskids. Established in 1981 around the Turbacz massif, it is shaped by continuous forests, open shepherd clearings and ridges with views towards the Tatras,…
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,…
Sromowce Niżne
Pieniny National Park, established on 1 June 1932, is the oldest national park in Poland. It protects a mere 23.5 km2, but does so spectacularly: the limestone crags of Trzy Korony (982 m), Sokolica with its legendary relict pine clinging…
Kraków
**Krakus Mound** in Kraków’s Podgórze district is the city’s oldest and one of its most mysterious mounds. It stands on Lasota Hill, is about 16 metres high and, according to legend, marks the grave of Prince Krak, the city’s founder. Its…
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
**St Andrew’s Church in Kraków** at 56 Grodzka Street is one of Poland’s best-preserved Romanesque buildings. The stone church was founded in the late 11th century as a defensive temple, and its austere exterior contrasts with the richly d…
Zakopane
Orla Perć is the **hardest marked trail in the Polish Tatras** and the longest ridge route of the High Tatras — it runs from Zawrat to Krzyżne, mostly along Świnica's eastern ridge, crossing several summits above 2,000 m. Chains, clamps an…
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…