Ochrowa Adit in Złoty Stok

Medieval Mining Settlement in Złoty Stok

Lower Silesian

0.1 km

On the edge of Złoty Stok, a few hundred metres from the adits of the local Gold Mine, stands a full-size replica of a medieval mining settlement. The Medieval Mining Settlement, formerly known as the Medieval Park of Technology, recreates…

Złoty Stok Gold Mine

Lower Silesian

0.4 km

**The Złoty Stok Gold Mine** is an underground visitor route in Lower Silesia, running through historic workings connected with gold mining. Highlights include the Gertruda Adit, the Black Adit, an underground waterfall and an orange minin…

Former Cistercian Abbey in Kamieniec Ząbkowicki

Lower Silesian

8.5 km

**The former Cistercian abbey in Kamieniec Ząbkowicki** stands on a hill above the Nysa Kłodzka, beside the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The monastery’s origins reach back to the 13th century, and its history is tie…

Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Kamieniec Ząbkowicki

Lower Silesian

8.5 km

In Kamieniec Ząbkowicki towers the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary — a Gothic, three-aisle hall church built by the Cistercians for over a hundred years, from **1247 to 1350**. It is a powerful cruciform building, today part of…

Kamieniec Ząbkowicki Palace

Lower Silesian

8.6 km

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…

Kłodzka Góra (757 m)

Lower Silesian

8.9 km

**Kłodzka Góra (757 m)** is a popular hiking destination in the Bardzkie Mountains, although neighbouring Szeroka Góra is slightly higher. A 34.5-metre steel lookout tower, built in 2020, stands on the summit. Since the top is surrounded b…

Gasworks Museum in Paczków

Opole

9.3 km

A few steps from the town walls of Paczków, at **6 Pocztowa Street**, stands the former gasworks — the only site in Poland where the **installations for producing town gas have survived complete**. Today it is the Gasworks Museum, whose co…

St John the Evangelist Church in Paczków

Opole

30–60 min · Free entry

9.4 km

St John the Evangelist Church is the strongest element of Paczków’s medieval skyline. Built in the 14th century and adapted for defensive purposes in the 16th century, it has an unusual parapet topped with so-called swallow-tail merlons. #…

Defensive Walls in Paczków

Opole

9.5 km

Paczków in Opole Silesia is called the **Polish Carcassonne** — and for good reason. Stone walls from the 14th century encircle the town in a regular oval **1,200 metres** long, rising in places to **7 metres**, and of the original **24 ba…