Things to do in Wisła
Wisła is one of the highest-situated towns in Poland and the summer and winter capital of the Silesian Beskids: the presidential château on Zadni Groń, the Beskid Museum and a waterfall right in the centre. It is also a good base for the trails to Barania Góra and Skrzyczne.
Map of attractions in Wisła
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All attractions (22)
Mountains & peaks
Czantoria Wielka (Velká Čantoryje)
Wisła
On the summit of Czantoria Wielka (995 m) you can stand with one foot in Poland and the other in the Czech Republic — and at the same time on Poland's main watershed, which divides the basins of the Vistula and the Oder. It is one of the m…
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Adam Małysz Ski Jump in Wisła-Malinka
Wisła
The first jump on the new hill in Wisła-Malinka was made on 17 September 2008 by Adam Małysz himself — a few metres past the K-point, although it was not officially measured. Less than two weeks later, at the Polish Championships that open…
Hidden gemMountains & peaks
Cieślar, Silesian Beskids
Wisła
Cieślar is the most common surname in Wisła: as early as 1621, just after the village was founded, four Cieślar families lived here. They gave their name to this grassy summit on the Czech border, about 920 m above sea level (sources give…
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Presidential Castle in Wisła
Wisła
In the night before Christmas Eve 1927, the Habsburgs' freshly renovated hunting lodge in Wisła, intended as a residence for the President of Poland, burned down in unexplained circumstances. In its place Adolf Szyszko-Bohusz designed a mo…
Free entry
Hidden gemMountains & peaks
Soszów Wielki, Silesian Beskids
Wisła
Soszów Wielki (885 m, Velký Sošov in Czech) is a border peak in the Stożek–Czantoria ridge where you can stand with one foot in Poland and the other in the Czech Republic. The Main Beskid Trail runs over the summit, and the clearing at the…
Hidden gemMountains & peaks
Czupel (Silesian Beskids)
Wisła
In the Beskids the word "czupel" means a mountain with a distinct, pointed top, although this Czupel above Wisła is broad and massive rather than sharp. It rises to 882 m above sea level and about 400 metres above the valleys of Nowa Osada…
Lakes
Lake Czerniańskie in Wisła
Wisła
In Wisła Czarne the Biała and Czarna Wisełka, the two streams that form the Vistula, meet, and it is right here that an earth dam holds back their waters. Lake Czerniańskie, also called the Czerniański Reservoir, is a mountain drinking-wat…
Mountains & peaks
Malinów
Wisła
Old folk tales say that deep inside this mountain there is a chamber where a rabbit of solid gold sits at a table. Malinów (1,115 m) is a broad, flat summit in the Silesian Beskids, on the boundary between the resort towns of Wisła and Szc…
Nature
Biała Wisełka Valley
Wisła
Around 25 waterfalls and rock steps, the tallest of them 5 metres high – these are the Rodło Cascades, the highest waterfalls in the Silesian Beskids, tucked away in the valley of the Biała Wisełka stream in Wisła Czarne. The stream is one…
180–480 min Free entry
Waterfalls
Kaskady Rodła in Wisła
Wisła
The Rodło Cascades (Kaskady Rodła, roughly "kas-KAH-dee ROD-wah") are a chain of about 25 natural waterfalls and rock steps in the Biała Wisełka valley above the mountain resort of Wisła, in southern Poland's Silesian Beskids. The two bigg…
Free entry
Viewpoints
Krzakoska Rock in Wisła
Wisła
On the slope of Kobyla, a few metres from a hiking trail, the hillside suddenly drops away and a rocky pulpit rises up with jagged, partly overhanging walls. Krzakoska Rock – also known as the Kobyla Rocks – is the best-known climbing crag…
Free entry
Viewpoints
Cieńków Viewpoint and Bench
Wisła
Under a hundred-year-old wild cherry tree on the Cieńków ridge, one simple rule applies: anyone who sincerely embraces and kisses their loved one here will be happy in love. This "magic tree" reached the final of Poland's Tree of the Year…
Free entry
Ski resorts
Stożek Ski Resort in Wisła
Wisła
Stożek in Wisła was where the town's first chairlift opened, in the 2004/2005 season – a two-seater about 800 m long. The resort lies in the Łabajów district, about 5 km south-west of the centre, on the eastern slope of Stożek Wielki (978…
Old towns & squares
Bogumił Hoff Square in Wisła
Wisła
Wisła has no classic medieval market square. Its heart is Bogumił Hoff Square (plac Bogumiła Hoffa), shaped in the 1930s when this Beskid village was turning into a fashionable resort. The square is named after the man who "discovered" Wis…
Free entry
Ski resorts
Soszów Ski Area in Wisła
Wisła
Soszów Ski Area in Wisła (say "SO-shoof" and "VEE-swah") sits in the Jawornik valley on the slopes of Soszów Wielki (886 m / 2,907 ft) in the Silesian Beskids, now branded as Wisła Soszów Ski&Bike Arena. It is one of the most popular ski h…
Mountains & peaks
Stożek Wielki in the Silesian Beskids
Wisła
Seen from the north, Stożek Wielki (978 m) has an almost perfect cone shape, which gave it its name — "stożek" means "cone" in Polish. The Polish-Czech border and the red Main Beskid Trail run over its summit, and just below the top stands…
Other
Beskidy Culture Week
Wisła
Beskidy Culture Week (Tydzień Kultury Beskidzkiej, TKB) is an annual international folklore festival that has turned the Beskidy mountains into one big stage at the turn of July and August since 1964. Ensembles from Poland and around the w…
Viewpoints
Observation Tower on Barania Góra
Wisła
The Barania Góra observation tower ("ba-RAH-nya GOO-ra") is a 15-meter steel lookout on the summit of the second-highest peak in Poland's Silesian Beskids. From its deck, on a clear day, you can see the High Tatras, Babia Góra and ranges i…
Free entry
Silesian
Vistula Cycle Route
Wisła
The Vistula Cycle Route (Wiślana Trasa Rowerowa) is meant to link the Beskid Mountains with the Baltic: it starts at Wisła Uzdrowisko railway station and is ultimately to end on Sobieszewo Island in Gdańsk. The planned length is around 1,2…
Free entry
Waterfalls
Waterfall in Wisła
Wisła
In Wisła Czarne, on the road from the town centre towards Lake Czerniańskie, the Wisełka stream drops in a wide curtain from a stone weir into a concrete basin. The waterfall is about 8 metres high and was built in the 1950s as a piece of…
Amusement parks
Zabytkowy Park Przygód (Mosaic Miniatures Park) in Wisła
Wisła
In Wisła, the town near the source of Poland's longest river, you can walk the river's entire course in a few minutes. Zabytkowy Park Przygód, roughly "Heritage Adventure Park", in Kopczyński Park is a set of 10 miniatures of the best-know…
Castles
Presidential Castle in Wisła
Wisła
The Presidential Castle in Wisła ("VEES-wah") is a modernist mountain residence built in 1929–1931 as a gift from the people of Silesia to Polish President Ignacy Mościcki. Its towers deliberately echo a medieval castle, while the interior…
Free entry