Tyniec Abbey

Camaldolese Hermitage at Bielany

Lesser Poland

4.0 km

**The Camaldolese Hermitage at Bielany** stands on a hill in Kraków’s Wolski Forest. Its white walls and church towers form a distinctive view above the Vistula valley, but this is not a museum: monks still live here according to an eremit…

Krakow Zoo

Lesser Poland

5.4 km

Las Wolski covers **419 hectares** in western Krakow, clothing the highest hills of the Sowiniec ridge: Sowiniec (**358 m above sea level**), Pustelnik (352 m) and Srebrna Gora (317 m). In **1917** the area was bought by the City of Krakow…

Kraków Zoo

Lesser Poland

180–300 min

5.5 km

Kraków Zoo is set in Las Wolski, so a visit combines animals with a walk through one of the city’s greenest areas. Around 1,500 animals representing more than 270 species live across 20 hectares, including over 100 threatened species. ## P…

Piłsudski Mound

Lesser Poland

5.6 km

**Piłsudski Mound in Kraków** stands on Sowiniec, in the heart of Wolski Forest. It is about 35 metres high and the largest of Kraków’s mounds. Raised between 1934 and 1937 to commemorate Józef Piłsudski, it contains soil from battlefields…

Church of St. Bartholomew in Morawica

Lesser Poland

7.5 km

In Morawica in the commune of Liszki, in the Kraków Valleys near Kraków, stands the church of St. Bartholomew the Apostle of **1748**, designed by the Italian architect **Francesco Placidi**. This is only the newest layer of a place whose…

Kraków Mounds

Lesser Poland

7.6 km

**Kraków’s mounds** form a distinctive open-air route through the city’s history. Five different sites — Krakus, Wanda, Kościuszko, Piłsudski and John Paul II Mounds — combine legends, historical memory and views over Kraków. ## Five diffe…

Kościuszko Mound

Lesser Poland

7.7 km

**Kościuszko Mound in Kraków** is one of the city’s best-known viewpoints. It was raised between 1820 and 1823 on St Bronisława Hill as a monument to Tadeusz Kościuszko. It rises about 34 metres above the hill, and its earth includes soil…

Radziwiłł Palace in Balice

Lesser Poland

7.7 km

A few minutes from Kraków's airport, on the northern side of the A4 motorway, among the old trees of a historic park stands the grand palace known as the Radziwiłł residence. The site's history reaches back to **1519**, when Seweryn Boner…

Lake Zakrzówek

Lesser Poland

8.1 km

Lake Zakrzówek in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan and combine it with other nearby places. Check current opening hours and access details before visiti…