Things to do in Ojców

Ojców National Park

Ojców

Ojców National Park protects the scenic Prądnik Valley, limestone cliffs, caves and forests just north of Krakow. Trails lead to landmarks such as Hercules’ Club, Pieskowa Skała Castle and the ruins of Ojców Castle. It is an excellent day…

Chapel on the Water in Ojców

Ojców

The **Chapel “On the Water” in Ojców** is a wooden church dedicated to St Joseph the Worker, standing above the Prądnik River in the heart of Ojców National Park. Its position over the riverbed makes it a recognisable sight in the Prądnik…

Sąspowska Valley

Ojców

Free entry

The Sąspowska Valley is a quiet, almost undeveloped branch of the Prądnik Valley in Ojców National Park. The Sąspówka flows through it, the park’s only permanent tributary of the Prądnik, while wooded slopes hide limestone rocks and caves.…

Okopy Hill in Ojców National Park

Ojców

Free entry

Okopy Hill in Ojców National Park rises above the Prądnik Valley near Ciemna Cave. The limestone massif combines geological, natural and historical interest. Its most important historic feature is the surviving fragments of the ramparts of…

Deotyma Needle in Ojców

Ojców

In the Prądnik Valley, between the Maiden Rocks and the Bachelors' Rocks, a slender limestone needle shoots upward. The Deotyma Needle is one of many oddly shaped formations in Ojców National Park, but its silhouette and the story behind i…

Jaskinia Łokietka

Ojców

King Łokietek’s Cave, also known as Grota Łokietka, is the largest known cave in Ojców National Park. It lies about 125 metres above the floor of the Sąspowska Valley, in the slope of Chełmowa Hill. The route runs through 320 metres of pas…

Museum of Ojców National Park

Ojców

At the foot of the castle hill in Ojców, in the historic building of the former **Hotel Pod Łokietkiem**, operates the **Museum of Ojców National Park named after Władysław Szafer** — the educational and museum centre of the smallest natio…

Rock Outcrops in Ojców

Ojców

The Prądnik Valley in the Ojców National Park is the best place to see what Jurassic limestone outcrops really are. The park was established in **1956** as the sixth in Poland and is also the smallest — it covers just **21.46 km²** — with…

Pstrąg Ojcowski Trout Farm in Ojców

Ojców

In the heart of Ojców National Park, in the Prądnik Valley below the well-known Jonaszówka viewpoint, runs Pstrąg Ojcowski — a trout farm and eatery serving fish from its own ponds. It is only a **10-minute** walk from the car park below t…

Hermitage of Blessed Salomea in Grodzisko

Ojców

Above the Prądnik Valley, on the summit of the Długa rock in Grodzisko near Skała, stands the hermitage complex of Blessed Salomea: a Romanesque hermitage from the **13th century**, a Baroque church and prayer huts. The site lies on the ro…

The Spring of Love in Ojców

Ojców

In the Prądnik Valley, just behind the Kraków Gate, a spring flows from the rock. At the bottom of its basin you can spot a small stone heart — hence the name, the Spring of Love. According to local legend, a couple who drink from it toget…