Tripto Guide
Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
1746 places
Kraków
Hejnalica, the taller of the two towers of St. Mary’s Basilica, rises more than **80 metres** above the Main Market Square and ranks among the most recognisable symbols of Kraków. It is crowned by a late-Gothic spire with a gilded crown. I…
Grzmiąca
Dzikowiec Wielki, an **836-metre** peak of the Kamienne Mountains near Boguszów-Gorce, now boasts two lookout towers — and both are free of charge. The older, wooden one was erected here in **2014** at the upper station of the cable car. T…
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…
Żubracze
The wooden Szczerbanówka lookout tower was erected in **2017** on the Przysłup pass, at **749 m above sea level**, in the Western Bieszczady Mountains. The structure is only **9 metres** tall, but its three platforms are enough to take in…
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…
Istebna
On the summit of Barania Góra, the second highest peak of the Silesian Beskids (**1,215 m above sea level**), stands a **15-metre** steel observation tower. Built in the 1990s as the first structure of this kind in the whole range, it hold…
Grzmiąca
In **2017** a **16-metre** steel observation tower was erected on the summit of Borowa (**853 m above sea level**), the highest mountain of the Wałbrzych Mountains in the Central Sudetes. The summit is covered with dense forest, so without…
Sromowce Niżne
Koziarz (**943 m above sea level**) lies on the main ridge of the Radziejowa Range in the Sącz Beskids, at the junction with the Gorce. In **2015** an observation tower was built here, opening up views above the tree line of the summit. It…
Ochotnica Górna
Magurki (**1,108 m above sea level**) rise above Ochotnica Górna in the Gorce, on a side ridge branching off from the Gorc range. On the extensive summit clearing, in **2015** and with EU funding, a wooden observation tower was built — one…
Chałupki
In Zabełków, a village in the municipality of Krzyżanowice on the south-western edge of the Silesian Voivodeship, a **27-metre** steel observation tower was erected in **2017**. It rises above the protected area of the Border Meanders of t…
Wałbrzych
On Gedymin Hill, a wooded elevation of **532 m above sea level** also called Park Mountain, a modern observation tower about **30 metres** high was opened on **8 July 2022**. Two terraces, located at **16.43** and **26.85 m**, and a wide w…
Chabówka
The wooden Polczakówka observation tower stands in Rabka-Zdrój on Królewska Góra (**588 m above sea level**), about **3 kilometres** north of the town centre. Its name comes from the ski lift by which it was built. The **2011** structure i…
gmina Żary
On Gołębie Wzgórze, in the middle of the Zielony Las forest in Żary, stands the 19th-century Promnitza tower of stone and brick, also called the red, brick or hunting tower. Its name commemorates the Promnitz family, former lords of Żary,…
Racibórz
On Wiejska Street in Baborów, at an altitude of **249 m above sea level**, a small observation tower of metal and wood has been built. It is **10 metres** tall and has two levels, and its construction became part of the development of the…
Prudnik
Woka Tower on Zamkowy Square is the oldest building in Prudnik and the only surviving remnant of the medieval castle of Wogendrossel, at whose foot the town later grew. Its significance goes far beyond the region: it is the oldest castle t…
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
A few steps from Krupówki street, at Kasprusie 19, stands the wooden Villa "Atma" — the only museum in Poland devoted to Karol Szymanowski. It was here, in the shadow of the Tatra Mountains, that the composer spent the years 1930–1935 and…
Sopot
At the corner of Poniatowskiego street and al. Wojska Polskiego in Sopot stands the Claaszen Villa — a listed residence from the early 20th century that has housed the Museum of Sopot since 2001. Built right by the beach, one of the three…
Czerna
In Nawojowa Góra near Krzeszowice, by national road 79, stands a manor complex known by its old name "Prochownia": a brick manor house, a gardener's cottage, a stable with a carriage house, and a 19th-century landscape park surrounding the…
gmina Żary
In September, Zielona Góra surrenders to grapes: for **9 days** the city hosts Winobranie, the largest wine festival in Poland and the most important cultural event of the region. Bachus, the King of Winobranie, rules the city, while stree…
Kraków
An afternoon trip around the world: it is possible in Kraków, at 39 Tyniecka Street. Villages of the World is a Global Education Park where buildings characteristic of all continents stand around a large-format world map — according to the…
Wisła
The Vistula Cycling Route is a trail laid out along the entire Vistula river, connecting the Beskids with the river mouth in Gdańsk. It already exceeds **1000 kilometres** and is ultimately intended to reach about **1200 km**. It crosses *…
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…
Rzyki
On the southern slope of Smrekowica, at about **700 m above sea level**, the Dusica stream falls over a rocky ledge, forming **the largest waterfall in the Little Beskids**: it is **5 metres** high and **4 metres** wide. The name comes fro…