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Attractions and interesting places in Poland

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Babina Former Mine Geo-Trail in Łęknica
Technical monuments

Babina Former Mine Geo-Trail in Łęknica

Łęknica

Free entry

The Babina Former Mine Geo-Trail runs through a disused lignite and ceramic-clay mine between Nowe Czaple and Łęknica. It is one of the most distinctive routes in the Muskau Bend Geopark: former workings filled with water, while different…

GEOsfera in Jaworzno
Other

GEOsfera in Jaworzno

Chrzanów

Free entry

GEOsfera is the Ecological and Geological Education Centre in Jaworzno, arranged in the disused Sadowa Góra quarry. It combines an educational park, sensory garden and recreation area. The former quarry walls expose Triassic rocks more tha…

Tatar Boulder in Malawicze Górne
Monuments & mounds

Tatar Boulder in Malawicze Górne

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…

Dwarf Boulders in Gorzeszów
Nature

Dwarf Boulders in Gorzeszów

Krzeszów

Free entry

The Głazy Krasnoludków Nature Reserve, also called the Gorzeszów Rocks, lies about 2 km south-west of Gorzeszów in Kamienna Góra municipality. It protects unusual sandstone weathering forms: a chain of rocks about 1,200 metres long hidden…

Eros Bendato Head on the Main Square in Kraków
Monuments & mounds

Eros Bendato Head on the Main Square in Kraków

Kraków

Free entry

On Kraków’s Main Square, at the junction of St Anne and Wiślna streets, lies a monumental bronze head with empty eye sockets and leather straps. This is **Eros Bendato** by Igor Mitoraj, a sculpture that has become one of the most recognis…

Main Beskid Trail
Mountains & peaks

Main Beskid Trail

Brenna

The Kazimierz Sosnowski Main Beskid Trail is the longest marked mountain trail in Poland. Red trail markers lead from Ustroń in the Silesian Beskids to Wołosate in the Bieszczady; according to the PTT badge regulations, the route is about…

Main Holy Cross Mountains Trail
Mountains & peaks

Main Holy Cross Mountains Trail

Święta Katarzyna

Free entry

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…

Jasna Góra Golgotha
Churches & monasteries

Jasna Góra Golgotha

Częstochowa

Free entry

Jasna Góra’s Golgotha is a cycle of **18 paintings** by Jerzy Duda-Gracz forming a contemporary Stations of the Cross at the Jasna Góra monastery in Częstochowa. The paintings are displayed on the upper level of the entrance section of the…

Golgotha in Licheń
Churches & monasteries

Golgotha in Licheń

Strzelno

Free entry

Golgotha in Licheń Stary is a stone-and-concrete structure beside the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Licheń. It is about **25 m high** and takes the form of a winding path through a maze of passages, grottos, chapels, figures and reliefs. A cros…

Chełm Mountain in Myślenice
Mountains & peaks

Chełm Mountain in Myślenice

Dobczyce

Chełm Mountain above Myślenice is a popular destination for a short trip from Kraków and a base for active recreation. You can walk to the summit or take the chairlift from Zarabie. At the top, a 15-metre viewing tower offers views, in goo…

Dorota Hill in Będzin
Monuments & mounds

Dorota Hill in Będzin

Będzin

Free entry

St Dorothy’s Hill, popularly known as Dorotka, rises in Będzin’s Grodziec district. The hill is **382 m above sea level** and makes a good short walk away from city traffic. A historic church of St Dorothy, built in 1635, stands at the top…

Gosań Hill near Międzyzdroje
Mountains & peaks

Gosań Hill near Międzyzdroje

gmina Międzyzdroje

Gosań Hill in Wolin National Park is the highest point on the Polish coast, rising to **93 m above sea level** about 4 km east of Międzyzdroje. A viewpoint on the cliff top looks out over the Baltic Sea and the coastal landscape of Wolin I…

Gradowa Hill in Gdańsk
Fortifications

Gradowa Hill in Gdańsk

Gdańsk

Gradowa Hill is a small elevation in central Gdańsk, just behind the main railway station. It rises to about **46 m above sea level** and combines three roles: a viewpoint, a former fortification area and the home of the **Hevelianum** sci…

Grojec Hill in Psary
Nature

Grojec Hill in Psary

Tarnowskie Góry

Free entry

Grojec Hill near Psary, in the Woźniki municipality, rises to **365 m above sea level** as the summit of a limestone hill set in the agricultural landscape of northern Silesia. Its slopes contain the Góra Grojec nature reserve, established…

Viewpoints

Leman Hill and its Viewing Tower in Piaszno

Bytów

Free entry

Leman Hill in Piaszno, Kashubia, is a small elevation reaching **220 m above sea level**, south of Bytów. A wooden viewing tower over 20 m high stands at the summit, while a reconstruction of a Gothic settlement and stone circles are nearb…

Libek Hill in Jastarnia
Coast

Libek Hill in Jastarnia

gmina Jastarnia

Free entry

Libek Hill, also called Lubek, is the highest dune on the Hel Spit. It is about **12.5 m above sea level** and lies between Jastarnia and Kuźnica, in one of the most interesting natural sections of the Hel Peninsula. From the top, you can…

Miedzianka Hill
Mountains & peaks

Miedzianka Hill

Chęciny

Free entry

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…

Okopy Hill in Ojców National Park
National parks

Okopy Hill in Ojców National Park

Ojców

Free entry

Okopy Hill in Ojców National Park rises above the Prądnik Valley near Ciemna Cave. The limestone massif combines geological, natural and historical interest. Its most important historic feature is the surviving fragments of the ramparts of…

Parkowa Hill in Krynica-Zdrój and its Funicular
Viewpoints

Parkowa Hill in Krynica-Zdrój and its Funicular

Jastrzębik

Parkowa Hill in Krynica-Zdrój rises directly above the spa promenade. The summit is about **741–742 m above sea level**, and the first funicular railway in Poland, opened in 1937, runs to the top. Its route is 642 m long and retains its pr…

St. Peter’s Hill in Pilica
Historic sites

St. Peter’s Hill in Pilica

gmina Pilica

Free entry

St Peter’s Hill in Pilica is known as the cradle of the town. On the hill east of today’s centre, a historic wooden belfry survives from the church of St Peter and Paul. This small, quiet site combines the history of Old Pilica with views…

Castle Hill in Cieszyn
Castles

Castle Hill in Cieszyn

Cieszyn

Castle Hill in Cieszyn is the historic heart of the town, rising above the Olza River by the Polish-Czech border. The former stronghold preserves the Romanesque Rotunda of St Nicholas and St Wenceslaus, the Gothic Piast Tower and a park wi…

Castle Hill in Drohiczyn
Castles

Castle Hill in Drohiczyn

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…

Żar Mountain in the Little Beskids
Silesian

Żar Mountain in the Little Beskids

Międzybrodzie Bialskie

Żar Mountain in the Little Beskids rises to 761 metres above Międzybrodzie Żywieckie. Its crest holds the upper reservoir of the Porąbka-Żar pumped-storage plant, with views towards Lake Międzybrodzkie, Lake Żywieckie and the Beskids. A fu…

Upper Silesian Narrow-Gauge Railways
Technical monuments

Upper Silesian Narrow-Gauge Railways

Bytom

The Upper Silesian Narrow-Gauge Railways run on a historic 785 mm track between Bytom, Tarnowskie Góry and Miasteczko Śląskie. The network began in the mid-19th century as industrial transport. Today, a heritage-train ride combines railway…