Tripto Guide
Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
86 places
Częstochowa
On the Warta river, at the northern edge of the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, Mstów reminds visitors that between **1279 and 1870** it held town status. Just south of the centre, on the Ściegna hill (**281 m a.s.l.**), stand the ruins of hist…
gmina Niegowa
In the middle of Żarki, a town in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland with town rights from before **1382**, behind the parish church and the marketplace stands a complex of historic barns. The old townscape was so tight that farmers could not b…
Puławy
Above the Vistula backwater, in the English park surrounding the Czartoryski palace in Puławy, stands a rotunda modelled on the ancient Temple of Vesta in Tivoli near Rome. The Temple of the Sibyl was built between **1798 and 1801** to a d…
Nowy Sącz
In the heart of the former Jewish quarter of Nowy Sącz, not far from the royal castle, stands the brick synagogue known as Grodzka. Built in **1746**, it ranks among the more valuable baroque synagogues in Małopolska and today combines the…
Kraków
A driving trail of about **533 km** links **38 manors and palaces** in **35 towns and villages** of Lesser Poland — from Olkusz in the north to Paszkówka near Wadowice. Its creators want to preserve the memory of a type of residence that o…
Chrzanów
The Renaissance Trail in Lesser Poland is a project of the Kraków-based Willa Decius Association, promoting the heritage of the 16th century — an era when Italian builders permanently entered the region’s landscape. The route covers manors…
Zakopane
A town route past more than **forty monuments** of Zakopane, prepared by the Tatra Museum in **2015**, on the centenary of Stanisław Witkiewicz's death. It presents a national style of architecture developed from around **1890** on the bas…
Częstochowa
Ulica 7 Kamienic is a historic little street in Częstochowa running right next to the Jasna Góra monastery along the Stanisław Staszic Park. Its name comes from the seven townhouses erected at the beginning of the **19th century**, and in…
Krynki
Krynki in the Podlasie region have a layout in their centre that you will not find in any other Polish small town: a roundabout occupying Jagiełło Square, from which **12 streets** radiate. A larger circular junction can only be found in P…
Henryków
The town hall tower in Strzelin is the symbol of the town and a story stretched across centuries. The first town hall probably stood here at the beginning of the **14th century**, on the site of a merchant house. Rebuilt in the Renaissance…
gmina Pasłęk
The 14th-century Market Tower, also known as the Market Gate, is the oldest and most distinctive structure in Elbląg. Once part of the town walls by the Old Market Square, today it combines a viewing terrace with a museum display, and next…
Sromowce Niżne
Villa “Nad Zdrojami”, also called Dom nad Zdrojami, stands by Dietl Square in the spa district of Szczawnica. The wooden building dates from 1863 and was designed as a spa house with a pump room. Today the ground floor serves six types of…
Zakopane
On Antałówka Street in Zakopane stands a villa where the history of one family intertwined with the history of Podhale architecture. Witkiewiczówka is a wooden residence built in **1903-1904** in the Zakopane style — a national style creat…
Gdańsk
The Crane over the Motława is one of Gdańsk’s best-known landmarks. Combining a city gate with a port crane, it recalls the period when the city was an important centre of maritime trade. The present brick-and-timber building houses an exh…