Tripto Guide
Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
149 places
Goczałkowice-Zdrój
Goczałkowice Reservoir is best understood not as an ordinary recreational lake, but as a large water-supply reservoir with an important wildlife role. It provides water for the Silesian region while also creating habitats for birds. ## Wil…
Serwy
Lake Serwy lies in the Augustów Forest, about 15 kilometres north-east of Augustów. Its broad water surface, wooded shores and depth of up to 42 metres make it suitable for a full day of recreation, kayaking and swimming at designated area…
Wadowice
The Minor Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary stands on Wadowice’s market square, just steps from Karol Wojtyła’s family home. It is not only a stop on a papal trail, but an active church containing very specific places…
Bochnia
St Nicholas Basilica in Bochnia is a Gothic church from the 15th century and the town’s most important sacred monument. It stands on St Kinga Square near the market, in a place closely connected with Bochnia’s mining history. The interior…
Międzybrodzie Bialskie
Lake Międzybrodzkie was created by damming the Soła at Porąbka and lies between the slopes of the Little Beskids. The reservoir combines several types of outing: time by the water, water sports, a look at the dam and a mountain route to Mo…
Augustów
Lake Necko is why Augustów feels like both a town and a resort. The urban shore offers a beach, promenades, rentals and the Radio Three Pier, while the link with the Netta River and Augustów Canal opens a route into a larger network of lak…
Brzeg
St Nicholas Church in Brzeg is one of Silesia’s largest Gothic churches. Built between 1370 and 1417, it carries a complex history of religious change, wartime destruction, neglect and post-war rebuilding. ## What survived The sacristy con…
Szczebrzeszyn
Szczebrzeszyn Landscape Park covers a large part of Western Roztocze in Poland’s Lublin Voivodeship. It is known for loess ravines, rolling farmland and river valleys. The park suits visitors who want to combine a quiet walk, nature watchi…
Ojców
Krakowska Gate is one of the most recognisable rock formations in Ojców National Park. Two limestone pillars narrow the Prądnik Valley and create a natural gateway between Ojców and the farther part of the valley. Treat it as a stop on a w…
Klimontów
**St Joseph’s Collegiate Church in Klimontów** is one of Poland’s most original Baroque churches. It was founded by Chancellor Jerzy Ossoliński, and its design is associated with the Italian architect Wawrzyniec Senes. Construction began i…
Kraków
Holy Cross Church stands a few steps from Kraków’s Planty, yet its interior feels removed from the city’s movement. It is a compact Gothic church whose structure and light matter more than monumental size. ## The palm vault The most distin…
Paczków
St John the Evangelist Church is the strongest element of Paczków’s medieval skyline. Built in the 14th century and adapted for defensive purposes in the 16th century, it has an unusual parapet topped with so-called swallow-tail merlons. #…
Kraków
Little Market Square is the quieter neighbour of Kraków’s Main Market, but its history is no less substantial. Hidden behind St Mary’s Church, it served as an auxiliary medieval market whose daily life centred on food, craft and the city’s…
Kamień Pomorski
Kamień Lagoon lies near Kamień Pomorski, in the landscape of the Dziwna waterway and Poland’s western coast. One important correction: an earlier version of this card confused it with a reservoir on the Nysa Szalona. The name and coordinat…
Wałbrzych
Stary Książ is a set of romantic ruins above the Pełcznica gorge, within the Książ Landscape Park near Książ Castle in Wałbrzych. It is a rewarding walk to a less obvious part of the Książ complex. This is an outdoor ruin, not an operating…
Białystok
## Napoleon’s Cottage — a former customs house Napoleon’s Cottage at 62 Jana Pawła II Avenue in Białystok is a small Classicist rotunda with a domed roof and portico. Built in 1838, it served as a customs house at a time when the border be…
Białystok
Blues Alley is a short outdoor trail in central Białystok, running along Legionowa Street near Market Square. Pavement plaques carry the names and nicknames of people important to blues history. Created in 2008, it made Białystok the first…
Rudy
Papal Oaks Alley in Rudy lies in the historic park of the former Cistercian Palace-Monastery Complex on Cysterska Street. This small outdoor stop sits beside the centuries-old Cysters Oak; its trees commemorate popes and Church figures. Th…
gmina Jastarnia
The Alley of Sports Stars in Władysławowo is a seaside promenade by the Cetniewo Olympic Preparation Centre, leading towards the beach. Since 2000, granite slabs have carried bronze stars with the names of athletes, coaches and other figur…
Wiślica
The Walk of Fame in Busko-Zdrój lies in the Spa Park, between the main façade of the Łazienki and the fountain, beside the Marconi sanatorium. Its signature feature is a series of bronze “Suns” cast by sculptor Jacek Kucaba of Tarnów and s…
Międzyzdroje
The Walk of Fame in Międzyzdroje, also known as the Promenade of Stars, is an outdoor gallery of Polish artists’ handprints. It lies in the resort centre, by the seaside promenade and close to a beach entrance. Designed by Prof. Adam Myjak…
Żyrowa
The amphitheatre on St. Anne’s Mountain is a vast stone seating area in a former limestone quarry, next to the Monument to the Deed of the Insurgents. Together they form a distinctive Silesian memorial complex in a protected landscape. ##…
Olkusz
The historic Austeria in Sławków is a wooden inn at Rynek 2 and one of the most valuable examples of old Polish small-town architecture. Its official historical name is “Austeria Miejska w Sławkowie Pierwochą Zwana”. ## History and functio…
Soblówka
## Rycerzowa Mountain Hut Rycerzowa PTTK Mountain Hut stands at 1,120 metres above sea level on Hala Rycerzowa in the Żywiec Beskids. It is a wooden mountain shelter and a hiking destination, not a place you can reach by car. In good visib…