Tripto Guide
Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
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Zamarski
Tucked among trees on the road from Jastrzębie-Zdrój to Cieszyn, the castle in Kończyce Małe is sometimes called the Wawel of Cieszyn Silesia — a name it owes to its representative arcaded courtyard, found in no other seat of the Cieszyn n…
Moszna
The late-Renaissance castle in Korfantów, formerly Friedland, stands on a low hill on the north-western edge of the town. Three wings arranged in a horseshoe enclose a quadrangular courtyard open to the west, while on the east the whole co…
Ruda Sułowska
The castle in Koźmin Wielkopolski, a small town on the Orla river in the Krotoszyn area, is a knightly stronghold from the second half of the 14th century, rebuilt many times and today housing a school and a museum. The masonry structure o…
Żyrowa
At the mouth of the Osobłoga river, where it joins the Oder, and behind a high stone wall stands Krapkowice Castle — a powerful residence laid out on a quadrilateral plan, with the only entrance to the courtyard through a tunnel-like gate…
Toszek
Lubliniec Castle stands almost in the very centre of town, and although its present form is the result of modern renovation, its history goes back to the end of the 13th century, when a stronghold of the Dukes of Opole stood here. Today it…
Czchów
Above a bend of the Dunajec, south of Tarnów near Zakliczyn, rise the ruins of Melsztyn Castle, the former seat of the powerful Melsztyński family of the Leliwa coat of arms. After more than 250 years in ruins, the reconstructed Gothic tow…
Ruda Sułowska
By the Barycz river, in the park of Milicz next to the Maltzan palace, stand the ruins of a castle whose history goes back to the 12th century. The walls are not open to visitors, but the spot is worth a stop — a witness of medieval diplom…
Wieliczka
In the centre of Niepołomice, less than 25 km from Kraków, stands the Gothic-Renaissance royal castle to which the town owes its nickname of the second Wawel. Built by Casimir the Great, it served the kings above all as a base for hunting…
Olsztynek
Above the town of Olsztynek stands a 14th-century Teutonic castle, erected in **1350–1366** on the orders of the Ostróda komtur Gunther von Hohenstein. The stronghold survived wars and fires in fairly good shape and today — unusually — hou…
Tum
The late-Gothic Oporów castle rises on an island surrounded by a moat, fed by a branch of the Słudwia near Kutno. The 15th-century stronghold has preserved its Gothic body almost unchanged and today houses a museum full of noble memorabili…
Chęciny
From the fields of Podzamcze Piekoszowskie rises a quadrangle with four hexagonal bastions — the former residence of the Tarło family, built in **1649–1655** on the model of the palace of the Kraków bishops in Kielce. The ruin still impres…
Radom
In the Kazimierzowski district, right next to the Gothic St John's church, stands Radom's oldest secular monument — the royal castle raised in the **14th century** by Casimir the Great together with the town walls of New Radom. Little reca…
Moszna
Among the old trees of an English landscape park in Rogów Opolski stands a Renaissance and Classicist castle from the **16th century**, its courtyard closed on two sides by arcaded cloisters. The residence belongs to the Public Provincial…
Olkusz
On a low hill in Sławków, in the Zagłębie Dąbrowskie region, lie the ruins of the castle of the Kraków bishops — one of the oldest brick defensive castles in southern Poland. The **13th-century** stronghold was forgotten for centuries, and…
Szydłów
On the old road from Kraków to Sandomierz, in the Ponidzie region, stands a royal castle built around **1350** by Casimir the Great. The ruler took a liking to Stopnica: he granted the town a royal charter, surrounded it with defensive wal…
Nidzica
By Lake Domowe Duże in Szczytno survive the ruins of a Teutonic castle whose history goes back to the **13th century**. Next to them rises a monumental town hall of 1936–1937 modelled on medieval fortresses, so the town centre still looks…
Szydłów
The royal castle of Szydłów sits on a slope above the Ciekąca stream valley, woven into the town's medieval walls. Both chroniclers Jan of Czarnków and Jan Długosz credit its construction to Casimir the Great, and together with the town fo…
Iława
Above Lake Szymbarskie, some 10 km north of Iława, rises one of the largest castle ruins in northern Poland: the Gothic castle of the Pomesanian chapter, covering **75 × 92 m** and once ringed by a moat with a drawbridge. Construction bega…
Krzyżanowice
In the northern part of Tworków, among the trees of the former park, rises the tower of the palace — today an extensive ruin topped by a viewing terrace. The first castle was probably raised here in the **14th century**, and the shape visi…
Tykocin
On the right bank of the Narew, amid the former marshes, the rebuilt castle brings back a fortress that once housed the most important arsenal of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The story begins in **1433**, when Jan Gasztołd received…
Stara Wieś
Of the Kazimierz-era castle in Wieluń only Gothic cellars survive, but their story reaches back to the times when the town was the capital of the Wieluń Land. Chronicler Jan of Czarnków credits the building of the brick stronghold to Casim…
Istebna
In the Wisła Czarne district, by Lake Czerniańskie, stands a castle built in **1929–1931** to a design by Adolf Szyszko-Bohusz — a gift from the people of Silesia to President Ignacy Mościcki, handed over in **1931** together with honorary…
gmina Żary
A few steps from the Żary market square stands the oldest witness to the town's past: the castle and palace complex with the Gothic tower that greets everyone entering the centre. The first knightly seat was raised here in the **13th centu…
Karpacz
The dam on the Łomnica River in Karpacz was built not for its views but to protect the town from a powerful mountain river. In its upper reaches, the Łomnica has a very steep gradient, and after the catastrophic flood of 1897 a broad progr…