Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
Thermal baths & water parks
Zakopane
Termy Zakopiańskie (roughly "TER-mi zah-ko-PYAN-skyeh"), formerly known as Aqua Park Zakopane, is the thermal water park inside Zakopane itself, Poland's best-known mountain resort. It sits on Jagiellońska Street at the foot of Antałówka h…
Museums
Kraków
A few metres below the Arcaded Courtyard lies one of the oldest stone buildings in Poland: a pre-Romanesque rotunda shaped like a four-leaf clover, dated by radiocarbon testing to around 970. Lost Wawel is an archaeological and architectur…
Landmarks
Kraków
The Town Hall Tower in Kraków (Polish: Wieża Ratuszowa, "VYEH-zhah rah-too-SHOH-vah") is the Gothic tower rising from the Main Market Square – the only part of the medieval town hall that survived its demolition in the 19th century. About…
Landmarks
Szczawnica
The Nad Zdrojami Villa, also known as the House over the Springs, stands on the eastern side of Dietl Square in the heart of spa-town Szczawnica. Since the 19th century, spa guests have been served the local carbonated waters here, right a…
Museums
Zakopane
Karol Szymanowski called it his "beloved highlander's cottage". The composer lived in the wooden Villa Atma on Kasprusie Street, a few minutes' walk from Krupówki, from 1930 to 1935, and finished his ballet Harnasie here. Today it houses t…
Museums
Maków Podhalański
A single-storey villa with pale rusticated corners, a row of round-arched windows and a porch at the entrance looks more like an estate manager's house than a museum. Yet this is where Maków Podhalański keeps its memory, at 24 ul. 3 Maja:…
Castles
Niepołomice
The Royal Castle in Niepołomice (pronounced roughly "nyeh-po-woh-MEE-tseh") is a Gothic-and-Renaissance royal residence on the edge of the Niepołomice Forest, about 25 km (15 miles) east of Kraków. Thanks to its arcaded courtyard it is oft…
Castles
Oświęcim
Oświęcim Castle (osh-VYEN-cheem) stands on a hill above the Soła River in southern Poland. Its Gothic defensive tower dates from the 13th century, and the castle, once the seat of the Dukes of Oświęcim, now houses the Castle Museum. The ex…