Tripto Guide
Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
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Chęciny
Ciuchcia Ponidzie, officially the Świętokrzyska Narrow-Gauge Railway “Ciuchcia Express Ponidzie”, is a tourist ride on a historic railway through the landscapes of the Ponidzie region. ## Railway history The line dates back to 1915, when t…
Wiślica
The Jewish cemetery on Widuchowska Street in Busko-Zdrój is a memorial to the town’s Jewish community and to victims of the German occupation. The necropolis was probably established in the 1880s and enlarged to about two hectares in 1928.…
Chęciny
By the main road from Kielce to Kraków, in Mnichów near Jędrzejów, stands the wooden church of St. Stephen — one of the few **Rococo wooden temples** in Poland. It was built in the **18th century**, probably in **1754–1770**, of larch on a…
Sandomierz
## Essential information The manor-and-park complex in Skotniki Sandomierskie is a valuable example of a Polish defensive alkierz-style manor. It stands in Samborzec municipality, about 10 km south-west of Sandomierz and 5 km from Koprzywn…
Sandomierz
The Baroque Cathedral Bell Tower in Sandomierz stands beside the basilica on Cathedral Hill, close to the old town and the Vistula. Built of stone in **1737–1743**, it is one of the distinctive features of Sandomierz’s skyline. It is a sma…
Wiślica
The Bell Tower in Wiślica belongs to the historic complex beside the Basilica of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It was founded by Jan Długosz and built around **1460–1470**. The four-storey structure has stone lower sections and bri…
Szydłów
The European Fairy Tale Centre named after Koziołek Matołek in Pacanów is a family cultural centre that turns Kornel Makuszyński’s literary character into an interactive story. A visit combines the multimedia “Fairy Tale World” with play,…
Święta Katarzyna
The Edmund Massalski Main Holy Cross Mountains Trail is the longest hiking trail in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains. Red markers lead for approximately **105 km** from Gołoszyce to Kuźniaki, crossing the Jeleniowskie and Łysogóry ranges and t…
Chęciny
Miedzianka Mountain in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains is a rocky limestone summit of about **354 m above sea level** in the Chęciny municipality. The massif is protected as a nature reserve and is known for rock outcrops, karst features and…
Sandomierz
The Pepper Mountains, also called Pieprzówki, lie about 2.5 km from Sandomierz Old Town on the edge of the Vistula valley. Dark Cambrian clay shales around 500 million years old form a steep slope with rocky outcrops. This nature reserve i…
Wiślica
Wiślica Hillfort, also called the Hillfort in the Meadows, is an archaeological site about 400 metres south-east of Wiślica town centre. It stands among meadows near an old channel of the Nida River. The earthworks and slopes outline a for…
Zagnańsk
The Grotto of St Rosalia lies on the summit of Perzowa Hill (395 m above sea level) at Hucisko, within the Perzowa Góra nature reserve. It is a rock niche among red Triassic sandstones, with a small chapel dedicated to St Rosalia, patron o…
Opatów
JuraPark Bałtów is an amusement park in the village of Bałtów in the Holy Cross Voivodeship, on the Kamienna river. Its main attraction is a walking trail with dinosaur replicas at close to life scale, complemented by models of mammals and…
Sandomierz
The surroundings of the **Market Square in Sandomierz** form one of the most completely preserved ensembles of medieval burgher architecture in Poland: the townhouses erected here **from the 15th century** have cellars forming a system of…
Wiślica
**St Anne’s Spa Chapel in Busko-Zdrój** stands in the eastern part of the Spa Park, surrounded by gardens and resort buildings. This small neo-Gothic church is one of Busko’s most recognisable historic landmarks and fits naturally into a w…
Święta Katarzyna
**Święty Krzyż Monastery** stands on Łysa Góra, at 595 m above sea level, in the heart of Świętokrzyski National Park. The former Benedictine abbey is now home to the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate and the Sanctuary of the Relics of…
Chęciny
**The Cistercian Abbey in Jędrzejów** is one of Poland’s oldest Cistercian monasteries and the country’s oldest continuously active abbey of the order. Its foundation dates to 1140, when Janik of the Gryfit family and his brother Klemens b…
Baranów Sandomierski
**Koprzywnica Cistercian Abbey** is one of the most valuable religious monuments near Sandomierz. The abbey was founded in 1185, when monks from Morimond in France were brought here. The Romanesque Basilica of St Florian preserves stone wa…
Wiślica
**The Collegiate Church in Wiślica**, the Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is one of the most important medieval monuments in the region of Lesser Poland. King Casimir the Great founded the Gothic two-nave church in 135…
Szydłów
**The Church and Hospital of the Holy Spirit in Szydłów** are the ruins of a complex by the former Opatowskie Suburb, outside the medieval town walls. The remains of the church and shelter recall that Szydłów was not only a royal defensive…
Wiślica
**The Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Busko-Zdrój** is the town’s oldest church and part of the former Norbertine complex. It stands at 8 Bohaterów Warszawy Street, between the market square and the spa pa…
Klimontów
**The Rectoral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Hyacinth in Klimontów** is one of the most valuable Late-Renaissance monuments in the Świętokrzyskie region. The former Dominican church and monastery were founded by Jan Zbigniew Oss…
Pińczów
**The Church of St John the Apostle and Evangelist in Pińczów** is a former Pauline church where a Late Gothic structure meets Mannerist forms and Baroque furnishings. It stands on Freedom Square beside the former Pauline monastery and the…
Wiślica
## Key information The Church of St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr in Świniary, in the Solec-Zdrój commune, is a wooden monument in the Ponidzie region. Built in 1716, it was funded by Michał Zieliński, dean of Liw. It is an oriented, singl…