Trail of the Manors of Lesser Poland

Piłsudski Mound

Lesser Poland

3.8 km

**Piłsudski Mound in Kraków** stands on Sowiniec, in the heart of Wolski Forest. It is about 35 metres high and the largest of Kraków’s mounds. Raised between 1934 and 1937 to commemorate Józef Piłsudski, it contains soil from battlefields…

Kościuszko Mound

Lesser Poland

3.8 km

**Kościuszko Mound in Kraków** is one of the city’s best-known viewpoints. It was raised between 1820 and 1823 on St Bronisława Hill as a monument to Tadeusz Kościuszko. It rises about 34 metres above the hill, and its earth includes soil…

Kraków Mounds

Lesser Poland

3.8 km

**Kraków’s mounds** form a distinctive open-air route through the city’s history. Five different sites — Krakus, Wanda, Kościuszko, Piłsudski and John Paul II Mounds — combine legends, historical memory and views over Kraków. ## Five diffe…

Kraków Zoo

Lesser Poland

180–300 min

4.0 km

Kraków Zoo is set in Las Wolski, so a visit combines animals with a walk through one of the city’s greenest areas. Around 1,500 animals representing more than 270 species live across 20 hectares, including over 100 threatened species. ## P…

Krakow Zoo

Lesser Poland

4.1 km

Las Wolski covers **419 hectares** in western Krakow, clothing the highest hills of the Sowiniec ridge: Sowiniec (**358 m above sea level**), Pustelnik (352 m) and Srebrna Gora (317 m). In **1917** the area was bought by the City of Krakow…

The Manor House in Modlnica

Lesser Poland

4.9 km

## Key information Modlnica Manor is a Baroque-Classical residence built in 1784–1787 and remodelled in the first half of the 19th century. It stands at 62 St Wojciech Street, about 11 km north-west of Kraków. The complex includes the mano…

Villages of the World in Kraków

Lesser Poland

4.9 km

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…

Collegium Maius

Lesser Poland

4.9 km

Collegium Maius at 15 Jagiellońska Street is the oldest surviving building of Jagiellonian University and the home of the UJ Museum. The Gothic complex centres on an arcaded courtyard and preserves the Libraria, professors’ dining room, tr…

Wooden Church in Modlnica

Lesser Poland

Free entry

5.0 km

The Church of St Adalbert and Our Lady of Sorrows in Modlnica is one of the most valuable wooden monuments near Kraków. It stands at 81 Świętego Wojciecha Street, near the road to Olkusz, and belongs to the Wooden Architecture Trail of Mał…