Tripto Guide
Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
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Rzeczyce
The palace in Pławniowice, between Gliwice and Kędzierzyn-Koźle, is one of the most distinctive buildings of Upper Silesia: a three-winged residence of red brick under a steep graphite roof, decorated with turrets, spires and dormers. It w…
Soblówka
In the Soła valley between Milówka and Ujsoły in the Żywiec Beskids stands a palace that travelled from a minor nobleman's manor to a Habsburg residence and a hospital. The original seat was raised around 1809 by the Siemoński family; Anas…
Chorzów
In the Municipal Park of Siemianowice Śląskie stands a palace whose scale surprises: the main body alone exceeds 23 thousand cubic metres, making it one of the largest palaces in Poland. The residence dates back to the 17th century, when t…
Racibórz
Even as a ruin, the palace in Sławików in the Rudnik commune near Racibórz impresses: it is the largest palace in Racibórz county, with a 62-metre facade of 19 window axes. The exact date of its construction has not been established — scho…
Ryn
The palace in Sorkwity, about 12 kilometres west of Mrągowo, looks like a medieval red-brick castle — although in fact it is a neo-Gothic residence from the mid-19th century. It stands on an isthmus between lakes Gielądzkie and Lampackie,…
Węgrów
The palace in Starawieś, about 9 kilometres north-west of Węgrów, lies within the Nadbużański Landscape Park, by the Liwiec river, which flows wide here. The first residence was probably erected in the late 16th century, and over the follo…
Piekary Śląskie
The park in Świerklaniec, between Tarnowskie Góry and Piekary Śląskie, holds traces of one of the most splendid residences of Upper Silesia. What survives is the Knight's Palace, raised in 1903–1906 to a design by Ernst von Ihne as the gue…
Przeworsk
Above the Mleczka, a tributary of the Wisłok, on a hill in the village of Zarzecze in Przeworsk County stands the classicist Dzieduszycki Palace of **1807–1810**. The residence was raised for **Magdalena Morska née Dzieduszycka**, and the…
Ruda Sułowska
Above the Barycz valley in Żmigród stretch the ruins of the residence of the Hatzfeldts, one of the wealthiest families of Silesia. The complex owes its present shape to the Baroque rebuild of **1706–1708**, carried out by the Wrocław arch…
Pińczów
In Ponidzie, in the village of Chroberz near Pińczów, stands the late-classicist palace of **1859** founded by Margrave **Aleksander Wielopolski**. The residence was designed by **Henryk Marconi** — the same architect to whom Busko-Zdrój o…
Pińczów
At the foot of Castle Hill, north of the Pińczów market square, stands the Baroque-classicist Wielopolski Palace — the core of the castle-and-palace complex on the Nida. It was raised in **1773–1799** for **Franciszek Wielopolski**, the te…
gmina Przygodzice
By the S11 road, a few kilometres east of Jarocin, stands the neo-Baroque palace of **1899**. It was designed by the architect **Ludwik Otte**, born in Gross Lichterfelde near Berlin, and built as a family seat for **Willy Dülong**, then t…
Łomnica
On the Bóbr river, in the Jelenia Góra valley between Jelenia Góra and Janowice Wielkie, stands Wojanów Palace — a residence in the style of romantic neo-Gothic, surrounded by one of the most interesting gardens of the Sudetes. The Wojanów…
Chełmża
On a bluff above the Vistula, barely **5 km** from the centre of Bydgoszcz, spreads the Ostromecko palace complex: the rococo Old Palace and the classicist New Palace, surrounded by an English park with an Italian garden. Andrzej Szwalbe,…
Włodowice
In the centre of Zawiercie, next to the neo-Gothic basilica, stands a small palace built in **1895–1910** for **Stanisław Szymański**, director of the Zawiercie Joint-Stock Company — the works that made the town famous. The design was the…
Gliwice
At 6 Fredry Street, in the Fryderyk Chopin Park in central Gliwice, runs the Municipal Palm House — a glazed botanical garden with over **5,500 plants** and aquariums. The first greenhouses appeared here as early as **1880** as a private o…
Wałbrzych
On the edge of Wałbrzych's Lubiechów district, at 158 Wrocławska Street and barely **1.8 km from Książ Castle**, stands one of the oldest palm houses in Poland. It was built in **1911–1913** on the orders of Henry XV von Pless as the **win…
Kraków
In the crypts of the church of Sts Peter and Paul on Grodzka Street, between the Main Square and Wawel, operates the **National Pantheon** — the resting place of the most eminent creators of Polish art, culture and science, and a continuat…
Wyry
Lake Paprocańskie in the southern part of Tychy is an artificial reservoir of remarkable pedigree: it was created in **1796** for the needs of the **Paprocany ironworks** — it served to cool the furnace casing and to power the blowers and…
Świdnica
Central Park stretches slightly south of the Old Town of Świdnica, within the outline of Śląska, Pionierów, Lipowa streets and Plac Ludowy. After the thorough revitalization carried out in recent years it is the most polished green space o…
Podzamcze
At the foot of the Ogrodzieniec Castle ruins in Podzamcze, in the heart of the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, the Physics Experience Park opened in **2014**. Several dozen devices let you test the laws of physics with your own body — from the…
Chorzów
Górnik Park in Michałkowice, a district on the north-western outskirts of Siemianowice Śląskie, is a former manor park surrounding the residence of the local landowners. The story begins with the Mieroszewski family, who raised the first m…
Sromowce Niżne
Park Górny, officially bearing the name of Adam Count Stadnicki, is the oldest spa park of Szczawnica and the heart of the health resort at the same time. Its arrangement was begun in **1824** by Jan Kutscher, and successive owners of the…
Chrzanów
Park Gródek, officially the Gródek Arboretum, covers **58.54 hectares** of former dolomite excavations, worked from around **1880 until 1990** for the needs of the old Szczakowa Cement Plant. After reclamation the quarry turned into one of…