Tripto Guide
Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
84 places
Bohoniki
In Podlachia, some 3 km from Bohoniki, stands a glacial erratic commemorating the Tatar family of Mucha — the last trace of the Tatars who lived in the village of Malawicze Górne. The boulder was placed there in **2006** by Arsłan Mucha, a…
Drohiczyn
Castle Hill in Drohiczyn is a wooded rise above the Bug River and a good viewpoint for seeing its distinctive bends. It stands close to the town centre, so the short climb fits easily into a walk among Drohiczyn’s historic buildings. The h…
Siemiatycze
Holy Mount Grabarka, known as the Mount of Crosses, is Poland’s most important Orthodox sanctuary. It lies about 12 km east of Siemiatycze among the forests of Podlasie. Thousands of votive crosses brought by pilgrims cover the slopes. Thi…
Białystok
**The Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Białystok**, often called the Red Cathedral, is the principal church of the city and the Archdiocese of Białystok. The complex on Kościelna Street consists of two…
Tykocin
**St Michael the Archangel Cathedral in Łomża** is a late-Gothic church and a shrine of Our Lady of Beautiful Love. It stands on a hill above the Narew valley, near the site of the former castle, and is one of the city’s most important lan…
Tykocin
**Kiermusy** is a small settlement on the Narew, about 3 km from Tykocin and 30 km from Białystok. It is home to a stylised timber-and-stone complex with the Amber Castle, Dworek nad Łąkami, manor quarters and the Rzym Inn. It suits visito…
Kruszewo
**The Waniewo–Śliwno Footbridge** is a wooden nature trail through the marshy Narew valley in Narew National Park. The route is about 1.2 km long and connects the areas around Waniewo and Śliwno, crossing wetlands, reedbeds and river chann…
Krynki
**St Anne’s Church in Krynki** is a Neo-Gothic church built in 1907–1912 to a design by Stefan Szyller. It replaced an older wooden church, and part of the Baroque furnishings from that earlier building survives inside. ## Parish history a…
Białystok
By the national road 19, on the Białystok–Bielsk Podlaski route, stands the **church of Saints Peter and Paul** — a temple built over **three and a half decades**, from **1805 to 1840**, with funds from Countess Demblińska. The parish begi…
Tykocin
The late-Baroque **Holy Trinity church** closes the eastern side of Tykocin's market square, forming the town's most recognisable silhouette on the Narew river. The temple, founded by Hetman **Jan Klemens Branicki**, was built from **1742*…
Drohiczyn
In Drohiczyn, the former capital of Podlachia, just by the market square stands the Baroque church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary — a former Franciscan temple with a turbulent history, flanked by the old monastery of **1737–1…
Bielsk Podlaski
In the Podlasie region, in the Narew valley south of Białystok, three villages — **Trześcianka, Soce and Puchły** — form the **Land of Open Shutters**: a cultural trail of timber architecture decorated with white and coloured shutters, woo…
Tykocin
At the corner of Farna and Dworna streets, right by the market square in Łomża, sits a woman in a huge hat — **Hanka Bielicka**, an actress who, though born far from these parts, spent her childhood and youth in Łomża. ## A Łomża woman by…
Kruszyniany
On the edge of Kruszyniany, above the valley of the Nietupa river, behind a stone wall stretches the mizar – a Muslim cemetery founded by the Tatar community in the **second half of the 17th century**. It is one of the oldest traces of Tat…
Supraśl
On the grounds of the five-hundred-year-old monastery in Supraśl, in the former **Palace of the Archimandrite**, operates the Museum of Icons — a branch of the Podlaskie Museum in Białystok with one of the largest icon collections in Polan…
Hajnówka
At **1 Lipowa Street** in Hajnówka, a town at the gate of the Białowieża Forest, operates the private Museum of Blacksmithing and Locksmithing run by **Stanisław Mierzwiński** — as the locals say, the last of the Hajnówka blacksmith family…
Tykocin
On the Narew river, on the edge of the **Łomża Landscape Park of the Narew Valley**, in the former **Lutosławski manor**, operates the **Nature Museum in Drozdowo** — an institution combining the nature of north-eastern Poland with memorab…
Drohiczyn
The Museum of Agriculture named after Fr Krzysztof Kluk in Ciechanowiec is one of only two agricultural museums in Poland — the other one operates in Szreniawa near Poznań. Several dozen permanent exhibitions present about **30,000 exhibit…
Białowieża
At the heart of Białowieża National Park lies the Strictly Protected Area: more than **6,000 hectares** of forest excluded from any forestry management for nearly a century. It preserves the best-surviving part of the Białowieża Primeval F…
Białystok
Opera i Filharmonia Podlaska — the Stanisław Moniuszko European Art Centre — is the largest artistic institution in north-eastern Poland. Its building opened on **28 September 2012** in Białystok's Central Park (Odeska 1), woven into the g…
Hajnówka
Hajnówka, a county town at the gates of the Białowieża Forest, has its own guide to the architecture of Podlasie. On Bielska Street operates the Miniature Park of Podlasie Monuments, where wooden Orthodox churches, Catholic churches, mosqu…
Białowieża
At the end of the 19th century, a park in the English style was laid out around the hunting residence of the Russian tsars in Białowieża. Today the Palace Park is a designated enclave of the Białowieża National Park and a natural introduct…
Hajnówka
The Hajnówka Water Park, opened in 2009 at 3 Maja Street, is the most modern water sports and recreation facility in the Podlasie region. Hajnówka, called the gateway to the Białowieża Forest, lies on the route taken by most trips to Biało…
Białystok
Białystok is sometimes called the green city — it has **eight municipal parks**, three of which define the identity of the centre. The oldest and best known is the Branicki Garden by the Baroque residence of the Branicki family, called the…