Smoleń Castle

Zegarowe Skały Rocks in the Wodąca Valley

Silesian

1.1 km

Above the treetops of the Wodąca Valley rise the white walls of the Zegarowe Skały — one of the most distinctive groups of limestone rocks in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. The rocks lie between Smoleń and Złożeniec in the Pilica commune,…

Wodąca Valley

Silesian

Free entry

1.5 km

The Wodąca Valley lies between Smoleń and Domaniewice, on the border of Lesser Poland and Silesia. It is about 3 km long and is a dry karst valley: no permanent stream flows through it. Limestone outcrops, caves and traces of early settlem…

Pilica Reservoir

Silesian

3.1 km

A few minutes' walk from the market square in Pilica, in the central part of the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, spreads the Pilica reservoir — a small body of water that operates in summer as a swimming area guarded by WOPR lifeguards, and in…

St. Peter’s Hill in Pilica

Silesian

Free entry

3.3 km

St Peter’s Hill in Pilica is known as the cradle of the town. On the hill east of today’s centre, a historic wooden belfry survives from the church of St Peter and Paul. This small, quiet site combines the history of Old Pilica with views…

Market Square in Pilica

Silesian

3.5 km

A square laid out in the **14th century** when the town was chartered, preserving to this day a typical medieval spatial layout — the streets radiate from the corners of the square, and a Gothic parish church stands by one of them. Its chi…

Church of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist in Pilica

Silesian

3.6 km

Above the market square of Pilica rises the church of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist — a temple with royal connections. It was raised thanks to **Jadwiga Melsztyńska**, and after her death the care of the foundation was t…

Pilica Palace

Silesian

3.8 km

The palace in Pilica, also called the castle, is one of the most unusual residences of the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland: a palazzo in fortezza, an Italian villa built into a bastion fortress. The late-Renaissance residence was begun shortly b…

Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Snows in Pilica

Silesian

3.9 km

North of the Pilica market square, in the Biskupice district, stands a monastic complex that has shaped the town's image for over **280 years**. The baroque, single-storey, quadrilateral Franciscan monastery with the church of the Most Hol…

Straszykowe Rocks in Ryczów

Silesian

5.7 km

Near Ryczów, not far from Ogrodzieniec Castle, limestone outcrops known as the Straszykowe Rocks, sometimes called scarecrow rocks, gather on the top of Straszykowa Hill. The hill, reaching almost **500 m above sea level**, is among the hi…