Tripto Guide
Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
357 places
Szczyrzyc
**Szczyrzyc Cistercian Abbey** lies in a valley among the hills of the Island Beskids and is one of the region’s most important religious monuments. Cistercians have been present here since the Middle Ages, and the monastery remains a livi…
Klimontów
**St Joseph’s Collegiate Church in Klimontów** is one of Poland’s most original Baroque churches. It was founded by Chancellor Jerzy Ossoliński, and its design is associated with the Italian architect Wawrzyniec Senes. Construction began i…
Kruszwica
The Collegiate Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Kruszwica is one of Poland’s best-preserved Romanesque monuments. It stands on the eastern shore of Lake Gopło, where austere stone walls, rounded arches and simple forms contrast with the…
Brzeg
The Church of the Holy Cross in Brzeg is a single-nave Baroque church whose greatest feature is the illusionistic polychrome decoration on its vaults and walls. It stands on Pańska Street, close to the Silesian Piasts’ Castle and the histo…
Kraków
Holy Cross Church stands a few steps from Kraków’s Planty, yet its interior feels removed from the city’s movement. It is a compact Gothic church whose structure and light matter more than monumental size. ## The palm vault The most distin…
Przemyśl
The Church of Saint Mary Magdalene in Przemyśl, also known as the Franciscan Church, is a late-Baroque building with a Rococo interior. It stands on Franciszkańska Street in the historic centre. A visit reveals both its rich decoration and…
Grodków
St Michael the Archangel’s Church in Grodków is one of the town’s most important landmarks and a distinctive part of its skyline. Built from the second half of the 13th century onwards, it combines an early Gothic presbytery with a later b…
Paczków
St John the Evangelist Church is the strongest element of Paczków’s medieval skyline. Built in the 14th century and adapted for defensive purposes in the 16th century, it has an unusual parapet topped with so-called swallow-tail merlons. #…
Białystok
This Roman Catholic church in Białystok is a two-level church at 5 Archbishop Romuald Jałbrzykowski Street, in the Wysoki Stoczek district. It stands out for its references to Vilnius Baroque and its memorial purpose. ## History and archit…
Prudnik
The Sanctuary of Saint Joseph in Prudnik-Las is a Franciscan monastery and church in the woods south of Prudnik. The site combines devotion to Saint Joseph, Franciscan history and the memory of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński’s internment. A vis…
Różanystok
The Shrine of Our Lady of Różanystok, Help of Christians, is located in the Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Różanystok, near Dąbrowa Białostocka. It is a pilgrimage destination cared for by the Salesians. ## Hist…
Ojców
The **Chapel “On the Water” in Ojców** is a wooden church dedicated to St Joseph the Worker, standing above the Prądnik River in the heart of Ojców National Park. Its position over the riverbed makes it a recognisable sight in the Prądnik…
Racibórz
**The Castle Chapel of St Thomas Becket in Racibórz** is the most valuable surviving part of the former Piast Castle and one of Upper Silesia’s key Gothic monuments. It was built at the end of the **13th century** in the castle at 2 Zamkow…
Wasilków
Święta Woda Sanctuary in Wasilków is an active Marian shrine and parish set among the forests and meadows of Podlasie. The site includes a church, a grotto with a spring, outdoor Stations of the Cross and the Hill of Crosses, a distinctive…
Poznań
Katedralna Lock, also known as Dom Schleuse, is a historic part of the 19th-century Poznań Fortress on the Cybina River. The building stands beside Cathedral Island, and a glass footbridge connects it with the Porta Posnania heritage centr…
Kołobrzeg
## Co-Cathedral Basilica in Kołobrzeg The Co-Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption at 5 Mariacka Street is a Gothic hall church in the heart of Kołobrzeg’s old town. Its present form was built in stages: the hall in 1300–1321 and the chance…
Włodowice
## Basilica of St Peter and Paul in Zawiercie The Minor Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul at 4 Sienkiewicza Street is one of Zawiercie’s best-known landmarks. This red-brick Polish Gothic Revival church was built in 1896–1903 to a design b…
Przeworsk
## Basilica of the Annunciation in Leżajsk The Basilica of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Leżajsk is the heart of the Bernardine monastery complex and one of the major Marian shrines in Podkarpackie. The present church was…
Kraków
## What to see The John Paul II Centre “Do not be afraid!” at Białe Morza is an important pilgrimage site and example of modern sacred architecture. The sanctuary contains relics of Saint John Paul II, chapels, mosaics and cloisters. It su…
Bielsk Podlaski
## Why visit The Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God at 6A Jagiellońska Street is one of Bielsk Podlaski’s key historic monuments and the city’s oldest sacred monument. It is known as the Castle Church because of its earl…
Bielsk Podlaski
## A 19th-century Orthodox church The Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Ryboły is a parish Orthodox church in Zabłudów municipality, about 19 km from Bielsk Podlaski and 23 km from Białystok. The present church was built in 1874–1879 t…
Bielsk Podlaski
## A wooden church in the city centre The Church of Saint Michael the Archangel at 36 Mickiewicza Street is one of Bielsk Podlaski’s distinctive historic monuments. The wooden church was built in 1789 as a Uniate church and now belongs to…
Bielsk Podlaski
## A former bell tower, now a chapel Kleszczele preserves a wooden building connected with the former Church of Saint Nicholas. The surviving filial chapel is not the parish’s main church: it is the bell tower that outlasted the old comple…
Smolnik
## A Hutsul-style wooden church The former Greek Catholic Church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Bystre near Czarna is a distinctive wooden monument of the Bieszczady Mountains. It was built in 1901–1902 to a design attributed to Wasyl N…