Tripto Guide
6 places. The best places, landmarks and ideas for exploring the region. Open a place to see all details.

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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…

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The Babina Former Mine Geo-Trail runs through a disused lignite and ceramic-clay mine between Nowe Czaple and Łęknica. It is one of the most distinctive routes in the Muskau Bend Geopark: former workings filled with water, while different…

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**The Colourful Lakes of the Muskau Arch** are best explored as the Former Babina Mine geotrail near Łęknica and Nowe Czaple. These are not natural lakes but water-filled pits left by former brown-coal mining. Their colours range from rust…

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**The Colourful Ponds of Pasieki**, also known as the flooded Bibiela mine, lie in woodland in the municipality of Miasteczko Śląskie. This is a small, quiet attraction for visitors interested in mining heritage and places away from the ma…
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In Buczyny, a small village of the Trzebiel commune on the old salt route between Żary and Łęknica, operates a centre preserving the memory of the Lusatians, a Slavic people inhabiting Upper and Lower Lusatia. The Lusatian Open-Air Museum…

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On the Lusatian Neisse, on the Polish-German border, the New Castle stands in the Muskau Park — the heart of the largest English-style park in this part of Europe and a UNESCO World Heritage site. The castle lies on the German side, in Bad…