Things to do in Święta Katarzyna
5 attractions in Święta Katarzyna, including Łysica, Main Świętokrzyski Trail and Viewing Gallery on Święty Krzyż (Łysa Góra).
Map of attractions in Święta Katarzyna
All 5 places on one map: see what is close together and plan your route.
All attractions (5)
Hidden gemMountains & peaks
Łysica
Święta Katarzyna
For decades hikers posed by the cross on Łysica's western summit, convinced they were standing on the highest point of the Holy Cross Mountains (Góry Świętokrzyskie). Measurements in 2018, however, showed that a rocky ridge a few hundred m…
Hiking & tourist trails
Main Świętokrzyski Trail
Święta Katarzyna
The red-marked trail from Gołoszyce to Kuźniaki is the backbone of hiking in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains): it crosses Łysica and Łysa Góra, the boulder fields known as gołoborza, Święty Krzyż and Święta Katarzyna, an…
Free entry
Viewpoints
Viewing Gallery on Święty Krzyż (Łysa Góra)
Święta Katarzyna
The quartzite sandstone blocks below the viewing gallery on Łysa Góra formed more than 500 million years ago and are among the oldest rocks exposed at the surface anywhere in Poland. The platform – officially the "Viewing Gallery on the St…
National parks
Świętokrzyski National Park (Holy Cross Mountains National Park)
Święta Katarzyna
Świętokrzyski National Park (say "shvyen-toh-KSHIH-skee"; often translated as Holy Cross Mountains National Park) protects the highest ridge of Poland's oldest mountain range, near the city of Kielce. Its trademarks are the gołoborza (goh-…
Technical monuments
Industrial Heritage Trail of Świętokrzyskie Province
Święta Katarzyna
Long before industrial Silesia, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth smelted its iron along the rivers of the northern Kielce region. The industrial heritage trail of Świętokrzyskie Province links the remains of this Old Polish Industrial Re…