Tripto Guide
Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
1746 places
Częstochowa
Just northwest of Olsztyn near Częstochowa, in the village of Kusięta between the Zielona Góra reserve and the Towarne Hills, lies **Lake Krasowe** — one of Poland's rarest natural phenomena. The pond formed in a **karst sinkhole**, a coll…
gmina Dobiegniew
Lake Łubówko lies a few kilometres north of Drezdenko in a deep glacial basin. Its turquoise-green water, steep shores and mature forest create one of the most distinctive natural landscapes in the Lubusz region. It is a place for walking…
Poznań
Lake Malta is an artificial reservoir in the Cybina valley and one of Poznań’s best-known recreation areas. Created in 1952 by damming the river, it covers about 64 hectares and has a 2,190-metre regatta course. Sport, walking routes, a na…
gmina Mikołajki
Lake Mikołajskie is one of the key sailing junctions in the Great Masurian Lakes. It covers about 5 km², is 5.8 km long and reaches a maximum depth of 25.9 m. In the north it connects with Lake Tałty, in the southeast with Lake Śniardwy th…
Tarnowskie Góry
The Nakło-Chechło Reservoir, usually called Chechło, is a popular leisure destination in the Świerklaniec municipality near Tarnowskie Góry. It was created on the site of a former sand pit: extraction ended in 1968 and the recreation centr…
Rzeczyce
The Pławniowice Reservoir lies between Pławniowice and Niewiesze in the Rudziniec municipality, near Gliwice and the A4 motorway. This artificial lake occupies a former sand-extraction site and now combines beaches, swimming, sailing, kaya…
Olsztynek
Lake Pluszne, also known as Pluszne Wielkie, lies in the Olsztyn Lake District between Warmia and Masuria, near Olsztynek. The village of Pluski on the eastern shore is the most convenient base for planning time by the water. The large, fo…
Będzin
Pogoria is a group of artificial reservoirs in Dąbrowa Górnicza, created in former sand pits that supplied backfill for coal mines. Pogoria III has the strongest recreational character: its beach, water sports, walking routes and cycling a…
Siewierz
The Przeczycki Reservoir, also known as Przeczyce or the Przeczycko-Siewierski Reservoir, was created in 1963 by damming the Czarna Przemsza. It lies in the Siewierz and Mierzęcice municipalities, near Przeczyce and Sarnów. The reservoir s…
Kartuzy
Lake Przywidzkie Wielkie, also known as Przywidzkie Duże, lies in the Przywidz municipality about 35 km south-west of Gdańsk. Forested hills of the Kashubian Lake District create an intimate landscape, while the village of Przywidz provide…
Wytrzyszczka
Lake Rożnowskie, also known as the Rożnów Reservoir, is a dammed lake on the Dunajec river in Lesser Poland, completed in **1941**. Stretching for over a dozen kilometres through the Rożnów Foothills, it is one of the most popular sailing…
Sławno
The Kraków-Częstochowa Upland is a belt of highland between Kraków and Częstochowa, full of white limestone outcrops, ravines and castle ruins. Its varied relief — small hills following one after another — makes cycling demanding but rewar…
Podzamcze
The Eagle Nests Cycling Trail is a red-marked bike route of **190 km** running through the entire Kraków-Częstochowa Upland — from Częstochowa, in front of the Jasna Góra monastery, all the way to Kraków. ## A route of castle chains The tr…
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…
Ozimek
JuraPark Krasiejów is a palaeontological museum combined with an amusement park, built on an active excavation site in the village of Krasiejów in the municipality of Ozimek, Opole Voivodeship. It is one of the most important palaeontologi…
Podzamcze
Juromania is the Festival of the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, combining history, nature, outdoor activity and local culture. Events take place in many towns and villages, including castles, caves and other attractions of the Upland. The 2026…
gmina Przygodzice
In the Zawodzie district, beside a former arm of the Prosna river, stands the **Kalisz Stronghold of the Piasts** — an archaeological reserve opened in **2007** on the site of an early-medieval fortress whose beginnings reach back to the *…
Krasiczyn
On a hill above the Wiar valley, **24 km southwest of Przemyśl** and a dozen or so kilometres from the Ukrainian border, lies **Kalwaria Pacławska** — a sanctuary sometimes called **the Jasna Góra of the Subcarpathian region**. It is one o…
Piekary Śląskie
On **Cerekwica hill** in Piekary Śląskie, right next to the basilica of the sanctuary of Our Lady of Justice and Social Love, spreads the **Piekary Calvary** — a complex of calvary chapels which is an important place of prayer and pilgrima…
Kraków
At **Mariacki Square 3**, between the Main Market Square and St Mary's Basilica, stands the **Hipolit House** — a burgher townhouse from the **16th century**, rebuilt in the first half of the **17th century** and once owned by the Hipolit…
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…
Tarnowskie Góry
On **Srebrna Góra hill (347 m)**, on the border of Tarnowskie Góry and Bytom, lies **Blachówka** — a former dolomite quarry famous as the **"Silesian canyon"**: red, cracked earth and rock walls form a landscape unlike anything else in the…
Podzamcze
The disused Jurassic limestone quarry at Bzów near Zawiercie has white rock walls, ammonite traces and a location close to Rzędowa Rock and Ogrodzieniec Castle. ## Limestone and ammonite traces The quarry is a remnant of the former Wiek Ce…
Zwierzyniec
In **Babia Dolina** on Słoneczna street in Józefów, in the Central Roztocze, lies the largest and most extensive of the local quarries of **Tertiary sandstones and limestones** — a band of old workings that shaped the character of this sto…