Tripto Guide
Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
1746 places
Wyry
The Twinpigs American Amusement Park in Żory transports visitors into the world of the 19th-century Wild West, Mexico and Las Vegas. The park has been operating since **2012**, and after its expansion in **2020** it offers plenty of attrac…
Wisła
The Beskidy Culture Week is one of the largest folklore festivals in Poland, held since **1964** at the turn of July and August. For around **10 days**, stages in Wisła, Żywiec, Szczyrk, Istebna or Maków Podhalański fill with the music, da…
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…
Gdańsk
Long Lane (Ulica Długa) and Long Market (Długi Targ) form the Royal Route — the representational axis of the Main Town in Gdańsk, walked by Polish kings since **1457**. The promenade runs from the Golden Gate to the Green Gate by the Motła…
Kraków
The UNESCO World Heritage List includes over a thousand sites from around the world, **18** of which are in Poland — 16 cultural monuments and 2 natural areas. In addition, there are 2 UNESCO Global Geoparks: the Muskau Arch and Świętokrzy…
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…
Katowice
Uroczysko Buczyna on the south-western edge of Chorzów is a forest of over **65 ha**, designated a nature-landscape complex in **December 2001**. It is a fragment of the protective forest belt of the Upper Silesian Industrial Region which,…
Wałbrzych
The spa of Szczawno-Zdrój flourished in the **19th century** thanks to the healing properties of its waters and the favourable microclimate of the Szczawnik stream valley at the foot of Chełmiec (**850 m above sea level**) in the Central S…
gmina Stronie Śląskie
The Łaskawy Kamień lime kiln in Stara Morawa is a historic lime kiln with a hexagonal base, equipped with a permanent firing system — innovative for its era and considered a milestone of industrialisation. The crumbling structure was found…
Inwałd
The Fortress in Inwałd is a theme park opened in **2012** next to the Park of Miniatures "Świat Marzeń", together forming the Inwałd Park complex. A replica of a medieval stronghold was built in the village of Inwałd, in the Andrychów muni…
Kraków
Wawel Lost is a permanent exhibition and an archaeological-architectural reserve housed in a former German building from the 1940s, erected on the site of the old royal kitchens. Visitors walk among the exposed foundations of the oldest st…
Kościelisko
A rocky ravine branching off the Kościeliska Valley near Polana Pisana, cut deep into the slopes of Ciemniak and Upłaziańska Kopa. The Kraków Gorge is considered the finest rocky gorge of the Polish Western Tatras and was already being vis…
Jawor
A wooded ravine carved by the Jawornik stream and the basalt Organs of Rataj hill — two chapters of one volcanic story in the Land of Extinct Volcanoes. The area belongs to the Chełmy Landscape Park and lies near Myślibórz, a few kilometre…
gmina Niegowa
A living museum of the Middle Ages in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, run by a couple of history enthusiasts — Justyna and Janusz Nowak. The house rule is simple: everything can be touched. Visitors put on an armour and a dress sewn by the…
Srebrna Góra
The two brick viaducts above the slopes of Srebrna Góra are the best-known keepsake of the Sowie Mountains Railway — a **62 km** line running from Dzierżoniów through Pieszyce, Bielawa, Srebrna Góra, Wolibórz and Słupiec to Ścinawka Średni…
Tarnowskie Góry
On an island in the middle of the Zielona Reservoir in Kalety stands a wooden windmill — a former mill, today one of the most recognisable structures of the Tarnowskie Góry area. Water on all sides and trees around the building make it loo…
Stara Wieś
In Ożarów near Wieluń, precisely in Kocilew, stands a wooden post mill. The present building was erected by the Kowalski family in **1914**, on the site of an older 19th-century mill. The sails sweep a circle about **17 metres** in diamete…
Soblówka
Wielka Racza (**1,236 m**) is the highest peak of the Wielka Racza group in the Żywiec-Kysuce Beskids, on the main ridge that here forms the Polish-Slovak border and the Main European Watershed. The summit is completely forested, but the t…
Prudnik
Prudnik, founded under Magdeburg law in **1279**, is one of the oldest towns of Upper Silesia. As early as the **14th century** it was surrounded by defensive walls with two gates: the Upper Gate, known as the Nysa Gate, and the Lower Gate…
Prudnik
Głuchołazy owe their fortifications to Wrocław bishop Przecław of Pogorzela, who around **1350** had the town surrounded by walls **5 metres** high and **2 metres** thick. Of the defensive structures it is chiefly the Upper Gate Tower that…
Giżycko
The brick tower at 37 Warszawska Street is the **tallest structure in Giżycko** and one of the more interesting examples of repurposed historic infrastructure in Masuria. Built in **1900** in the Neo-Gothic style, it supplied the town with…
gmina Dubeninki
The brick tower on Paderewskiego Street is one of the highest points of Gołdap. Built in **1905** by the Gdańsk company A. W. Müller, on a circular plan of ceramic brick, it rises **46.5 metres**. Inside worked a tank holding **250 cubic m…
Częstochowa
The tower over one hundred metres tall is the most recognisable element of the monastery on Jasna Góra and one of the trademarks of Częstochowa. The white structure can be seen from afar, also by pilgrims heading for the sanctuary that the…
Iława
The lookout tower on Kurza Góra in Kurzętnik, opened to visitors in **spring 2022**, combines a viewing point with a forest walk. The wooden structure is about **35 metres** tall, and a nearly **two-kilometre walkway** made of acacia wood…