Tripto Guide
Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
1746 places
Urszulin
Polesie National Park is the quietest corner of the Lublin region — a land of lakes, peat bogs and marshes on the Łęczna-Włodawa Plain, known as „little Polesie”. The park was established in 1990 on just under 98 km², and since 2012 it has…
Ochotnica Górna
Gorce National Park protects 7,030 hectares of mountain landscape in the Western Beskids. Established in 1981 around the Turbacz massif, it is shaped by continuous forests, open shepherd clearings and ridges with views towards the Tatras,…
Karpacz
**Karkonosze National Park** protects the highest parts of the Giant Mountains on the Polish side of the border, including Śnieżka, glacial cirques, peat bogs and the subalpine zone. The park was established in **1959** and, together with…
Poznań
**Poznań Cathedral** on Cathedral Island is Poland’s oldest cathedral and a place connected with the beginnings of the Polish state. The first Polish bishopric was established here in 968, and the island became a centre of power for the ea…
Kraków
In the very heart of the Main Market Square stands the Cloth Hall (Sukiennice) — a Renaissance merchants' hall whose trading traditions go back to the Middle Ages. After the great fire of 1555 the building was rebuilt in Renaissance style,…
Wigry
Wigry National Park, established in 1989 in the southern Suwałki region, is one of Poland's larger national parks — it covers some 151 km2 of lakeland, forests and peat bogs spread around Lake Wigry. The lake itself, reaching 73 m in depth…
gmina Dobiegniew
Drawa National Park lies in north-western Poland, in the heart of the Drawa Forest. It protects the valleys of the Drawa and Płociczna, lakes, peatlands, meadows and natural woodland. Choose it for quiet lowland nature, a longer walk or a…
Krempna
Magura National Park, operating since 1995 in the Low Beskids (Beskid Niski), is one of the largest mountain parks in Poland — 194 km2 of gentle, forested ridges in the upper Wisłoka basin, divided between Podkarpacie (almost 90 percent of…
Białystok
The Branicki Palace in Białystok — the "Versailles of Podlasie" — is the best-preserved magnate residence of the Saxon era and one of the finest Baroque achievements in this part of Europe. Its origins go back to the 16th century, but its…
Sromowce Niżne
Pieniny National Park, established on 1 June 1932, is the oldest national park in Poland. It protects a mere 23.5 km2, but does so spectacularly: the limestone crags of Trzy Korony (982 m), Sokolica with its legendary relict pine clinging…
Będzin
Będzin Castle is one of the oldest strongholds of Lesser Poland — the story of fortifications on Castle Hill goes back to a 9th-century Vistulan gord. The stone keep, a round tower 10.7 metres in diameter, was raised in the second half of…
Warszawa
Stare Powązki is Warsaw’s oldest surviving historic necropolis and one of Poland’s most important cemeteries. Established at the end of the 18th century, it became a pantheon of people connected with culture, science, politics and the city…
Zagnańsk
## Zagnańsk’s natural landmark Bartek Oak grows in Bartków near Zagnańsk, beside regional road 750 a few kilometres north of Kielce. This pedunculate oak is one of Poland’s best-known nature monuments. It is about 30 m tall, has a trunk ci…
Świeradów-Zdrój
The Mieczysław Orłowicz Main Sudeten Trail is a long-distance hiking route marked in red, running from Świeradów-Zdrój to Prudnik. It is approximately 430–440 km long, depending on the measurement used, and links the main ranges of the Sud…
gmina Pasłęk
The **Elbląg Canal** is a historic waterway in Warmia and Masuria, linking the area around Lake Jeziorak with the Vistula Lagoon. On the main route, about **84.2 km** long, vessels overcome almost **100 metres** of difference in water leve…
Kraków
**Krakus Mound** in Kraków’s Podgórze district is the city’s oldest and one of its most mysterious mounds. It stands on Lasota Hill, is about 16 metres high and, according to legend, marks the grave of Prince Krak, the city’s founder. Its…
gmina Słońsk
Where the **Warta flows into the Oder**, the park spreads across **8,074 hectares** of meadows and marshes — one of Poland's most important bird sanctuaries. The Ujście Warty National Park was established on **1 July 2001** by merging the…
gmina Stronie Śląskie
**1,425 m above sea level** — Králický Sněžník, the highest peak of the Śnieżnik Massif and of the whole Eastern Sudetes, sits squarely on the Polish–Czech border. Since **26 September 2022** a new steel viewing tower crowns the summit, bu…
Kraków
Kraków Barbican, also known as the Rondel, is a late-Gothic part of the city’s former fortifications. It stands on Basztowa Street opposite St Florian’s Gate, at the northern edge of the Old Town. The circular brick structure shows how Kra…
Tarnowskie Góry
**The Historic Silver Mine in Tarnowskie Góry** opens the underground workings of a former lead, silver and zinc mine. The tourist route descends about 40 metres and is 1,740 metres long. Its signature section is a boat crossing of almost…
Kruszewo
The Narew does not flow here in a single channel: it spreads into dozens of threads winding through the reeds — an anastomosing river, a pattern with no parallel in Europe, which is why it is nicknamed the "Polish Amazon". Narew National P…
Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki
Where the **Vistula meets the Narew and the Wkra**, some **30 km** north-west of Warsaw, lies one of the largest and best-preserved fortresses in Poland. Construction was ordered by **Napoleon himself on 1 December 1806**, and the first de…
Wrocław
**The Archcathedral of St John the Baptist in Wrocław** is one of the key landmarks of Cathedral Island and one of the city’s most distinctive Gothic buildings. The present church was built in the 13th and 14th centuries on the site of ear…
Kraków
**St Andrew’s Church in Kraków** at 56 Grodzka Street is one of Poland’s best-preserved Romanesque buildings. The stone church was founded in the late 11th century as a defensive temple, and its austere exterior contrasts with the richly d…