Tripto Guide

Attractions and interesting places in Poland

Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.

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Kayaking the Warta in the Jura
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Kayaking the Warta in the Jura

Częstochowa

The Warta is Poland's third-longest river — **808.2 km** — and its upper course between the limestone outcrops of the Kraków-Częstochowa Jura makes an approachable kayak route. The classic section runs **14 km** from Częstochowa-Mirów to K…

Kayaking the Liswarta River
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Kayaking the Liswarta River

Stara Wieś

The Liswarta is a **93-kilometre** river lying entirely within the Silesian Voivodeship — very shallow, clean and easy, meandering through a narrow valley that in places resembles a ravine. The classic weekend plan covers **33 km** in two…

Kayaking the Krutynia River
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Kayaking the Krutynia River

gmina Mikołajki

The Krutynia is called one of the most beautiful kayaking trails in Europe: about **100 km** of water from Sorkwity to Lake Bełdany, usually paddled in a week. The river itself is **99 km** long and is the largest river flowing into the Gr…

Pontoon Rafting in Bardo
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Pontoon Rafting in Bardo

Kłodzko

A pontoon trip through the Bardo Gorge is one of the easiest forms of rafting in the Sudetes: the route from Ławica to Bardo follows **five meanders of the Nysa Kłodzka** and suits families with children. There is only one portage on the w…

Kayaking in the Barycz Valley
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Kayaking in the Barycz Valley

Ruda Sułowska

The Barycz Valley is flat and its rivers are calm and slow, so kayaking trips here are recommended above all to beginners. The Barycz is among the slowest rivers in Poland: its average gradient is a mere **0.035%**. Besides the Barycz itse…

Sport Dolina in Bytom
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Sport Dolina in Bytom

Radzionków

Sport Dolina (formerly Dolomity Sportowa Dolina) is a year-round ski and snowboard centre built on the site of a former dolomite mine, on the border of Bytom and Tarnowskie Góry. Its address is Blachówka 94 in Sucha Góra, a Bytom district…

Medieval Mining Settlement in Złoty Stok
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Medieval Mining Settlement in Złoty Stok

Złoty Stok

On the edge of Złoty Stok, a few hundred metres from the adits of the local Gold Mine, stands a full-size replica of a medieval mining settlement. The Medieval Mining Settlement, formerly known as the Medieval Park of Technology, recreates…

Wierchomla Ski Resort
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Wierchomla Ski Resort

Jastrzębik

The Wierchomla ski station (officially Wierchomla SKI & SPA Resort) operates in Wierchomla Mała in the Piwniczna-Zdrój municipality, in the Sącz Beskids. Skiers get **four lifts** and runs from easy to intermediate — snowed, groomed and fl…

Stud Farm in Moszna
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Stud Farm in Moszna

Moszna

Beside the historic palace park in Moszna, in the Krapkowice district, a stud farm has been shaping Polish thoroughbred racing for more than seventy years. The Moszna Stud Farm is both a breeding centre and a place where riding lessons, tr…

Princely Stables in Pszczyna
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Princely Stables in Pszczyna

Goczałkowice-Zdrój

A few steps from the Pszczyna castle, on the park side, stands a complex of buildings where the Hochbergs kept their horses and carriages. The Princely Stables on Basztowa Street were built in the second half of the 19th century and count…

Stara Chałupa in Milówka
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Stara Chałupa in Milówka

Koniaków

At 1 Piastowska Street in Milówka, a few hundred metres from the market square, stands the oldest monument in this part of the Żywiec region. Stara Chałupa, as locals have called it for years, has the year **1739** carved inside one of its…

Stare Jatki in Wrocław
Landmarks

Stare Jatki in Wrocław

Wrocław

A few steps from the Wrocław market square, between Odrzańska and Kiełbaśnicza streets, stretches a narrow lane with medieval roots. Today Stare Jatki is a cobbled passage with galleries, cafés and a monument to animals, but for centuries…

Stare Miasto w Lublinie
Old towns & squares

Stare Miasto w Lublinie

Lublin

Średniowieczny układ, ponad 100 zabytków, trapezowy Rynek i dwie historyczne bramy. Lubelskie Stare Miasto najlepiej odkrywać pieszo, uliczka po uliczce.

Stare Wierchy in the Gorce Mountains
Mountains & peaks

Stare Wierchy in the Gorce Mountains

Chabówka

Stare Wierchy is a peak in the Gorce Mountains, **969 m** above sea level, rising from the main ridge that runs west from Turbacz. On the broad Krauska glade, on the edge of an enclave of the Gorce National Park, stands the PTTK mountain h…

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Oxbow Lakes in the Stobrawa Landscape Park

gmina Lubsza

In the bends of the former Odra riverbed in the Opole region stretches a landscape full of water. The Stobrawa Landscape Park, created in **1999**, protects around **300 oxbow lakes** — elongated, sickle-shaped lakes left in old river chan…

The Old Cemetery in Tarnów
Historic sites

The Old Cemetery in Tarnów

Czchów

On Narutowicza Street in Tarnów, on the former Zabłocie suburb, lies a necropolis older than Warsaw's Powązki and Kraków's Rakowice. The Old Cemetery, once called the Zabłocie Cemetery, has operated since about **1787** — its founding foll…

Stary Groń Peak in the Silesian Beskids
Mountains & peaks

Stary Groń Peak in the Silesian Beskids

Brenna

Stary Groń (792 m above sea level) rises above the village of Brenna in the Silesian Beskids and is one of the most easily accessible summits of the range. The green trail from Brenna Leśnica takes about an hour to climb, and the way back…

The Old Church in Zakopane
Churches & monasteries

The Old Church in Zakopane

Zakopane

A few steps from the Krupówki promenade, on Kościeliska street, stands the small wooden church of Our Lady of Częstochowa and St Clement. It is the oldest wooden sacral building in Zakopane, known simply as the old church. The temple was e…

Stary Młyn – Museum of Old Crafts in Żarki
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Stary Młyn – Museum of Old Crafts in Żarki

gmina Niegowa

In a historic electric mill, almost **100 years old**, at 5 Ofiar Katynia Street in Żarki operates the Museum of Old Crafts. The institution was created by the commune of Żarki and officially opened on **2 August 2015**. The name may sugge…

Staw Ajska Pond in Świętochłowice
Lakes

Staw Ajska Pond in Świętochłowice

Bytom

In the north-western part of Świętochłowice, in the Lipinki valley on the border with Bytom, lies Staw Ajska, the largest body of water in this urban dale. The surroundings bear clear marks of an industrial past: red-brown post-mining and…

Staw Amerykan Pond in Złoty Potok
Lakes

Staw Amerykan Pond in Złoty Potok

gmina Niegowa

On Majora Wrzoska street, a few hundred metres from the market square of Złoty Potok in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, spreads Staw Amerykan. In summer the pond turns into a family bathing spot with a promenade, small restaurants with roof…

Staw Gierzyna Ponds near Miasteczko Śląskie
Lakes

Staw Gierzyna Ponds near Miasteczko Śląskie

Tarnowskie Góry

In the forest near Miasteczko Śląskie, about **3 kilometres** from the Nakło-Chechło reservoir, hides Gierzyna. It is in fact several smaller ponds connected by a stream and backwaters, protected as an ecological site. The place remains qu…

Staw Rzęsa Pond in Siemianowice Śląskie
Lakes

Staw Rzęsa Pond in Siemianowice Śląskie

Chorzów

Staw Rzęsa in Siemianowice Śląskie may look unassuming, yet it is the largest pond in the city and one of the most interesting natural sites in Upper Silesia. It spreads in the heart of Bażantarnia, a family recreation zone crossed by walk…

Lakes

Staw Zielony Pond in Klucze

Rabsztyn

At the foot of the northern slope of Rudnica hill, on the edge of the Błędów Desert in Klucze, lie two ponds: Green and Red. Both formed in old excavations left after iron ore mining, flooded with water once the activity ended. Water in th…