Tripto Guide
Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
1746 places
Legnica
Built at the end of the 12th century by Boleslaw I the Tall, this castle was — together with the stronghold in Wlen — **the first brick-and-stone castle on Polish soil**. The former principal residence of the Silesian dukes survived the Mo…
Prudnik
Biskupia Kopa (890 m) is the highest peak in the Opawskie Mountains and one of the best viewpoints in the Opole region. It lies on the Polish–Czech border among the forests of the Opawskie Mountains Landscape Park. The hike is free, but th…
Białystok
The Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit in Białystok’s Wysoki Stoczek district is one of the two largest Orthodox churches in Poland. Its monumental two-level form stands out with five domes and a bright concrete-and-brick exterior. This is…
Czorsztyn
A man-made reservoir of roughly **10.5 square kilometres**, dammed on the Dunajec between the Pieniny and Gorce mountains, combines power generation, flood control and tourism — with views few natural lakes can match: the castles of Niedzi…
Katowice
**The Archcathedral of Christ the King in Katowice** is a monumental church in the southern part of the city centre and one of Katowice’s most distinctive buildings. It was designed as a cathedral in the 20th century, and its classicising…
Olsztyn
**The Co-cathedral Basilica of St James the Apostle in Olsztyn** is the city’s oldest surviving sacred monument and one of the symbols of its Old Town. The red-brick, three-aisled church was built around the turn of the 14th and 15th centu…
Wąchock
**Wąchock Cistercian Abbey** is one of Poland’s finest examples of Romanesque architecture. It was founded in 1179 by Gedeon, Bishop of Kraków, and monks arrived from Morimond. Bands of differently coloured sandstone, the austere church an…
Kraków
**St Barbara’s Church in Kraków** stands beside St Mary’s Square, directly behind St Mary’s Basilica. Often called St Mary’s younger sister, this Gothic church began as a cemetery chapel and now combines a medieval structure with a rich Ba…
Smołdzino
The Czołpino lighthouse stands on the edge of the shifting dunes of Słowiński National Park, surrounded by coastal forest and far from the bustle of the resorts. The tower was completed in January **1875**, and from its gallery you can see…
Chorzów
Legendia is the oldest amusement park in Poland — it opened in **1959** as Śląskie Wesołe Miasteczko in Silesian Park in Chorzów. Since the **2017** season it has run under its current name after an extensive overhaul. Around **26 hectares…
Sopot
At **511 metres**, this is the longest wooden pier in Europe — but its story began in **1827** with a jetty measuring just **31.5 metres**, built by Dr Jerzy Haffner. Today it is the emblem of Sopot, with a bow-shaped head, a restaurant at…
Kraków
The Museum of Kraków is not one building but **17 branches** scattered across the city — from the Barbican and Town Hall Tower to Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory. The institution has existed since **31 May 1899**, which makes it one of th…
Legnica
**The neo-Renaissance seat of Legnica's city authorities, built in 1902–1905 to a design by building councillor Paul Öhlmann. The L-shaped building has five storeys, richly decorated gables and sculptures telling the story of the town.** #…
Kamieniec Ząbkowicki
A monumental neo-Gothic residence above the Nysa Kłodzka river, built over more than 30 years at the initiative of the Dutch princess Marianne of Orange. The design came from Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Prussia's leading architect, and in 202…
Sokołda
Puszcza Knyszyńska stretches north of Białystok, right beyond the city limits — and although it sits next to a conurbation, 78 percent of its area is still forest. The Knyszyn Forest Landscape Park, named after Prof. Witold Sławiński, was…
Jałówka
**The second-largest forest complex of the Podlaskie Lowland after the Białowieża Forest: around 1,050 sq km of woods on terminal moraine north of Białystok, cut through by the Supraśl river. Bison have lived here since 1974, and researche…
Katowice
The Market Square is the historic heart of Katowice and the point where the city's most important streets converge: Warszawska, 3 Maja, Aleja Wojciecha Korfantego and św. Jana among them. For decades the vast square served cars first and f…
Legnica
**A Baroque building on Legnica's market square, raised in 1737–1741, which served as the seat of the town council for over 160 years and has been tied to the theatre since 1928. Today the administration of the Helena Modrzejewska Theatre…
Brzegi
Just before the Roztoka stream, flowing down from the Five Polish Lakes, joins the Białka, it plunges in a series of waterfalls 3 to 10 metres high. **Wodogrzmoty Mickiewicza are the largest waterfalls in the Polish Tatras** — the three ma…
Jawor
The Piast castle in Jawor, built in the 13th century by **Bolko I the Strict**, was the seat of the Duchy of Jawor — and its most recent chapter unfolded as a prison, which operated here until **1956**. Survivors within the walls include t…
Kwidzyn
**The Gothic castle of the Pomesanian chapter, built in the 14th century and linked to the cathedral by a cloister walk, is crowned by the city's symbol — the largest gdanisko (latrine tower) in Europe. Since 2018 the castle-and-cathedral…
Lidzbark Warmiński
**One of Poland's most precious and best-preserved Gothic defensive residences and the main seat of the Warmian bishops until 1795. Built between 1350 and 1401 at the confluence of the Łyna and Symsarna rivers, it has been a Historic Monum…
Olsztyn
A white limestone crag crowned by a round tower and the square Staroscanska Tower forms one of the most recognizable silhouettes of the Trail of the Eagles' Nests. The ruins of Olsztyn Castle rise above a village near Czestochowa, and a vi…
Żywiec
The three-storey palace at Zamkowa 2 is the oldest building in Żywiec. Its story reaches back to a 15th-century stronghold, and over the centuries it grew from a Gothic fortified tower through a Renaissance courtyard to an eclectic remodel…