St John of Kęty Chapel in Kęty

Japanese Garden in Pisarzowice

Silesian

5.4 km

On the edge of Pisarzowice, a village between Kęty and Bielsko-Biała, runs a Japanese garden established in the early 21st century alongside Antoni Pudełko's plant nursery — after the owners' journey to Japan. Admission is **free**, a rare…

Kozy Quarry

Silesian

7.3 km

Today the flooded workings and their surroundings are used for walking and cycling, subject to nature-protection rules. ## A ropeway and 200 tonnes of aggregate In the interwar period almost **200 tonnes of aggregate** were produced here,…

Chrobacza Łąka

Silesian

8.0 km

Hrobacza Łąka (828 m above sea level) is a scenic summit in the Little Beskids, in the Magurka Wilkowicka range. The meadow has a distinctive millennium cross, a viewpoint and a private mountain hut. In clear weather you can see Lake Międz…

Wooden Church in Stara Wieś

Silesian

Free entry

8.2 km

## Key information The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Stara Wieś, near Wilamowice, is one of the most valuable historic wooden churches in this part of the Beskids. The present church was built in 1522; dendrochronological r…

Church of St. Matthias in Andrychów

Lesser Poland

9.4 km

By the market square of Andrychów stands the Church of St. Matthias the Apostle — the oldest church in town and a trace of its medieval beginnings. The parish was erected in **1325**, and 14th-century documents mention the settlement under…

Kiczera in the Little Beskids

Silesian

11 km

**Kiczera in the Little Beskids** is an 831 m summit near Mount Żar and the Wielka Puszcza valley. It offers views of the Little, Silesian and Żywiec Beskids and, in clear weather, the Gorce and Tatra ranges. It is a quieter alternative to…

Luge Track on Góra Żar

Silesian

11 km

The year-round luge track on the northern slope of Góra Żar (**761 m above sea level**) ranks among the most spectacular rides in the Little Beskids. The route consists of a dozen or so profiled ramps and bends at fairly sharp angles, and…

Reservoir of the Porąbka-Żar Power Plant on Góra Żar

Silesian

11 km

The highest point of Góra Żar in the Little Beskids looks as if someone had scraped off its summit and replaced it with a sheet of water — and that is exactly how this mountain was made. On the top, at about **750 m above sea level**, lies…

Żar Mountain in the Little Beskids

Silesian

11 km

Żar Mountain in the Little Beskids rises to 761 metres above Międzybrodzie Żywieckie. Its crest holds the upper reservoir of the Porąbka-Żar pumped-storage plant, with views towards Lake Międzybrodzkie, Lake Żywieckie and the Beskids. A fu…