Things to do in Lesser Poland

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Aleja Gwiazd in Kraków

Aleja Gwiazd in Kraków in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing…

Mountains & peaks

Babia Góra

Babia Góra — its summit Diablak rises to 1,725 m — is the Queen of the Beskids: the highest peak of the Beskid Żywiecki range and of the who…

National parks

Babia Góra National Park

Babia Góra National Park, established in 1954, protects the massif of Babia Góra with Diablak (1,725 m) — the highest peak of the Polish Bes…

Landmarks

Kraków Barbican

Kraków Barbican in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan a…

Churches & monasteries

Basilica of Saint Nicholas in Bochnia

Basilica of Saint Nicholas in Bochnia in Bochnia is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it …

Churches & monasteries

Saint Margaret of Antioch Basilica in Nowy Sącz

Saint Margaret of Antioch Basilica in Nowy Sącz in Nowy Sącz is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape.…

Other

Basilica of Saint Andrew in Olkusz

Basilica of Saint Andrew in Olkusz in Olkusz is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a…

Churches & monasteries

Church of Presentation of Virgin Mary in Wadowice

Church of Presentation of Virgin Mary in Wadowice in Wadowice is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape…

Mountains & peaks

Beskyd

Beskyd is a mountain destination near Zakopane, popular with visitors looking for nature and scenic trails. Routes cross the region’s charac…

Landmarks

Kraków Gate

Kraków Gate in Ojców is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan and co…

Landmarks

Pęksowy Brzyzek Cemetery in Zakopane

Pęksowy Brzyzek Cemetery in Zakopane in Zakopane is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it …

Landmarks

Remuh Cemetery

Remuh Cemetery in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan an…

Museums

Collegium Maius

Collegium Maius in Kraków offers an introduction to the history, culture or heritage of the area. Its displays bring together local objects,…

Lakes

Czarny Staw Gąsienicowy

Czarny Staw Gąsienicowy near Zakopane is a quiet waterside destination valued for its scenery and a break from the city. The shore is good f…

Nature

Dolina Chochołowska

Dolina Chochołowska in Witów is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing pla…

Nature

Dolina Gąsienicowa

Dolina Gąsienicowa in Zakopane is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing p…

Nature

Kościeliska Valley

Kościeliska Valley in Kościelisko is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseein…

Nature

Five Polish Ponds Valley

Five Polish Ponds Valley in Brzegi is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseei…

Nature

Dolina Roztoki

Dolina Roztoki in Brzegi is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan an…

Museums

John Paul II Family Home Museum

The John Paul II Family Home in Wadowice is now a modern biographical museum. The exhibition follows the Wojtyła family apartment, Karol’s c…

Churches & monasteries

St. Michael Archangel's Church in Dębno

St. Michael Archangel's Church in Dębno in Dębno is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it …

Museums

Dworek Jana Matejki w Krzesławicach

Dworek Jana Matejki w Krzesławicach in Kraków offers an introduction to the history, culture or heritage of the area. Its displays bring tog…

Landmarks

Sigismund Bell

Sigismund Bell in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan an…

Amusement parks

Hyperion

Hyperion in Zator is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan and combi…

Mountains & peaks

Giewont

Giewont is the distinctive mountain massif above Zakopane and one of the symbols of the Polish Tatras. The summit attracts visitors with its…

National parks

Gorce National Park

The Gorce are among the quietest of Poland's mountain ranges. Gorce National Park, established in 1981 around the Turbacz massif, protects 7…

Caves

Ciemna Cave

Ciemna Cave in Ojców is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan and co…

Caves

Nietoperzowa Cave

Nietoperzowa Cave in Jerzmanowice is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseein…

Mountains & peaks

Jaworzyna Krynicka

Jaworzyna Krynicka is a mountain destination near Jastrzębik, popular with visitors looking for nature and scenic trails. Routes cross the r…

Lakes

Lake Czorsztyn

Lake Czorsztyn near Czorsztyn is a quiet waterside destination valued for its scenery and a break from the city. The shore is good for walks…

Other

Lake Klimkówka

Lake Klimkówka is a scenic reservoir in the Low Beskids, surrounded by wooded hills and quiet coves. In summer it attracts visitors looking …

Churches & monasteries

Kalwaria Zebrzydowska park

Kalwaria Zebrzydowska park in Bugaj is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightsee…

Churches & monasteries

Ojców Chapel

Ojców Chapel in Ojców is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan and c…

Landmarks

Rzym Inn in Sucha Beskidzka

Rzym Inn in Sucha Beskidzka in Sucha Beskidzka is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in…

Mountains & peaks

Kasprowy Wierch Cableway

Kasprowy Wierch – a Tatra classic that is truly worth visiting Kasprowy Wierch is one of the most recognisable peaks in the Polish Tatras a…

Churches & monasteries

Wawel Cathedral

Wawel Cathedral is Poland's most important church — the place of royal coronations and burials, a witness to entire epochs of history. The p…

Cities & towns

Old Synagogue in Kraków

Old Synagogue in Kraków in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseein…

Technical monuments

Father Bernatek bridge

Father Bernatek bridge in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing…

Churches & monasteries

Camaldolese Hermit Monastery

Camaldolese Hermit Monastery in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sight…

Churches & monasteries

Mogiła Abbey

Mogiła Abbey in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan and …

Churches & monasteries

Szczyrzyc Abbey

Szczyrzyc Abbey in Szczyrzyc is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing pla…

Technical monuments

Kasprowy Wierch Cableway

The cableway from Kuźnice to Kasprowy Wierch is one of the Tatra Mountains’ best-known attractions. In a few minutes the cabins rise above t…

Technical monuments

Bochnia Salt Mine

The Bochnia Salt Mine is the oldest salt mine in Poland and one of the oldest in the world — the deposit was discovered here in 1248, and ex…

Technical monuments

Wieliczka Salt Mine

The Wieliczka Salt Mine is one of the oldest continuously operating enterprises in the world — salt was extracted here without interruption …

Monuments & mounds

Kościuszko Mound

Kościuszko Mound in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan …

Monuments & mounds

Krakus Mound

Krakus Mound — the oldest of Kraków's mounds and the only truly ancient one — rises on Lasota Hill (271 m a.s.l.) in the heart of Podgórze, …

Monuments & mounds

Piłsudski's Mound

Piłsudski's Mound in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan…

Monuments & mounds

Wanda Mound

Wanda Mound in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan and c…

Churches & monasteries

Corpus Christi Basilica

Corpus Christi Basilica in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseein…

Churches & monasteries

St. Mary's Basilica, Kraków

St. Mary's Basilica is Kraków's most recognisable church after Wawel Cathedral: a brick Gothic body with two towers of different heights (th…

Churches & monasteries

Skałka

Skałka in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan and combin…

Churches & monasteries

St. Andrew's Church

St. Andrew's Church in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing pl…

Churches & monasteries

Kościół św. Barbary w Krakowie

Kościół św. Barbary w Krakowie in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sig…

Churches & monasteries

Church of the Holy Cross, Krakow

Church of the Holy Cross, Krakow in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a s…

Churches & monasteries

Saints Peter and Paul Church

Saints Peter and Paul Church in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sight…

Churches & monasteries

St. Adalbert's church

St. Adalbert's church in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing …

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Kościół Narodzenia świętego Jana Chrzciciela

Kościół Narodzenia świętego Jana Chrzciciela in Korzkiew is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Inc…

Mountains & peaks

Koskowa Góra

Koskowa Góra is a mountain destination near Bogdanówka, popular with visitors looking for nature and scenic trails. Routes cross the region’…

Mountains & peaks

Kudlon

Kudlon is a mountain destination near Lubomierz, popular with visitors looking for nature and scenic trails. Routes cross the region’s chara…

Mountains & peaks

Lackowa

Lackowa is a mountain destination near Izby, popular with visitors looking for nature and scenic trails. Routes cross the region’s character…

Nature

Krakow Zoo

Krakow Zoo in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan and co…

Mountains & peaks

Leskowiec

Leskowiec is a mountain destination near Targoszów, popular with visitors looking for nature and scenic trails. Routes cross the region’s ch…

Nature

Maczuga Herkulesa

Maczuga Herkulesa in Sułoszowa is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing p…

Mountains & peaks

Łamana Skała

Łamana Skała is a mountain destination near Rzyki, popular with visitors looking for nature and scenic trails. Routes cross the region’s cha…

Old towns & squares

Little Market Square in Kraków

Little Market Square in Kraków in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sig…

Lakes

Morskie Oko Lake

Morskie Oko is one of the best-known places in the Tatra Mountains. The high mountain lake, the mountain shelter and the walls of the Mięgus…

Landmarks

City walls of Kraków

City walls of Kraków in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing p…

Museums

Museum of Engineering and Technology

Museum of Engineering and Technology in Kraków offers an introduction to the history, culture or heritage of the area. Its displays bring to…

Museums

Muzeum of Jan Kasprowicz in Villa Harenda

Muzeum of Jan Kasprowicz in Villa Harenda in Zakopane offers an introduction to the history, culture or heritage of the area. Its displays b…

Museums

Museum of Kraków

Museum of Kraków in Kraków offers an introduction to the history, culture or heritage of the area. Its displays bring together local objects…

Museums

Irena and Mieczysław Mazaraki Museum

Irena and Mieczysław Mazaraki Museum in Chrzanów offers an introduction to the history, culture or heritage of the area. Its displays bring …

Museums

Carmelite Museum in Czerna

Hidden among wooded hills on the edge of the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland lies Czerna, a Discalced Carmelite monastery founded in 1629 by Agnie…

Mountains & peaks

Nosal

Nosal is a mountain destination near Zakopane, popular with visitors looking for nature and scenic trails. Routes cross the region’s charact…

Cities & towns

Nowa Huta

Nowa Huta is a town built from scratch — Poland’s largest exercise in socialist-realist urban planning and one of the few such vast projects…

Historic sites

Auschwitz I Memorial

Auschwitz I in Oświęcim is the oldest part of the complex in which Nazi Germany murdered more than 1.1 million people — mostly Jews, but als…

Other

Auschwitz II-Birkenau

Auschwitz II-Birkenau in Brzezinka is the largest and most haunting part of the complex of the German Nazi concentration and extermination c…

Other

Ojców National Park

Ojców National Park protects the scenic Prądnik Valley, limestone cliffs, caves and forests just north of Krakow. Trails lead to landmarks s…

Museums

Orava Ethnographic Park Museum in Zubrzyca Górna

Orava Ethnographic Park Museum in Zubrzyca Górna in Zubrzyca Górna offers an introduction to the history, culture or heritage of the area. I…

Mountains & peaks

Orla Perć

Orla Perć is a mountain destination near Zakopane, popular with visitors looking for nature and scenic trails. Routes cross the region’s cha…

Palaces

Krzysztofory Palace

Krzysztofory Palace in Kraków is a historic residence whose architecture and surroundings recall the former owners of the region. Look for t…

Other

Park Miniatur w Inwałdzie

Park Miniatur w Inwałdzie in Inwałd is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightsee…

National parks

Pieniny National Park

Pieniny National Park, established on 1 June 1932, is the oldest national park in Poland. It protects a mere 23.5 km2, but does so spectacul…

Other

Plac Mariacki

Plac Mariacki in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan and…

Landscape parks

Poprad Landscape Park

Poprad Landscape Park in Muszyna is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing…

Mountains & peaks

Radziejowa

Radziejowa is a mountain destination near Roztoka Ryterska, popular with visitors looking for nature and scenic trails. Routes cross the reg…

Landmarks

Lanckorona Castle

Lanckorona Castle in Lanckorona is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing …

Other

Main Market Square, Kraków

The Main Market Square has been the heart of Kraków for over 750 years — a square laid out in 1257 when the city was chartered, measuring ro…

Mountains & peaks

Rysy

Rysy (2,499 m) is the highest point of Poland and the tallest summit reachable by a marked trail on the Polish side of the Tatra Mountains. …

Churches & monasteries

Kalwaria Zebrzydowska park

A Mannerist Calvary complex from the early 17th century — a Bernardine monastery and dozens of chapels scattered across wooded hills, listed…

Churches & monasteries

Sanctuary of Our Lady of Ludźmierz

Sanctuary of Our Lady of Ludźmierz in Ludźmierz is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it i…

Museums

Chabówka railway museum

Chabówka railway museum in Chabówka offers an introduction to the history, culture or heritage of the area. Its displays bring together loca…

Caves

Smocza Jama

Smocza Jama in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan and c…

Monuments & mounds

Wawel Dragon (statue)

Wawel Dragon (statue) in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing …

Other

Smreczyński Staw

Smreczyński Staw in Kościelisko is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing …

Churches & monasteries

Old Synagogue in Kraków

The oldest preserved synagogue in Poland (15th–16th century) — a Gothic-Renaissance house of prayer in Kazimierz, now a branch of the Kraków…

Landmarks

Cloth Hall (Sukiennice)

In the very heart of the Main Market Square stands the Cloth Hall (Sukiennice) — a Renaissance merchants' hall whose trading traditions go b…

Churches & monasteries

Remuh Synagogue

Remuh Synagogue in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan a…

Churches & monasteries

Tempel Synagogue

Tempel Synagogue in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan …

National parks

Tatra National Park

The Tatra National Park covers almost the entire Polish part of the Tatras — the only mountains of Alpine character between the Alps and the…

Landmarks

Juliusz Słowacki Theatre

Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseei…

Mountains & peaks

Trzy Korony

Trzy Korony is a mountain destination near Sromowce Niżne, popular with visitors looking for nature and scenic trails. Routes cross the regi…

Old towns & squares

Grodzka Street

Grodzka Street in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan an…

Landmarks

Wawel Hill, Kraków

Wawel is a limestone hill on the Vistula that for centuries served as the heart of the Polish state: an early medieval stronghold of the Vis…

Landmarks

Museum of Zakopane Style at Villa Koliba

Museum of Zakopane Style at Villa Koliba in Zakopane is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include…

Waterfalls

Wodogrzmoty Mickiewicza

Wodogrzmoty Mickiewicza in Brzegi is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseein…

Other

Lake Zakrzówek

Lake Zakrzówek in Kraków is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan an…

Other

Wawel Royal Castle

The Royal Castle on Wawel Hill was the principal residence of Poland's monarchs and is today one of the country's most important museums. Th…

Castles

Lipowiec Castle

Lipowiec Castle in Babice is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan a…

Castles

Rabsztyn Castle

Rabsztyn Castle in Rabsztyn is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan…

Castles

Tenczyn Castle

Tenczyn Castle in Rudno is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan and…

Castles

Tropsztyn Castle

Tropsztyn Castle in Wytrzyszczka is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing…

Castles

Bydlin Castle

Bydlin Castle in Bydlin is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan and…

Castles

Czchów Castle

Czchów Castle in Czchów is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan and…

Castles

Dębno Castle

Dębno Castle in Dębno is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan and c…

Castles

Dobczyce Castle

Dobczyce Castle in Dobczyce is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan…

Castles

Korzkiew Castle

Korzkiew Castle in Korzkiew is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan…

Castles

Niedzica Castle

Niedzica Castle in Niedzica is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan…

Castles

Nowy Sącz Castle

Nowy Sącz Castle in Nowy Sącz is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing pl…

Castles

Nowy Wiśnicz Castle

Nowy Wiśnicz Castle in Stary Wiśnicz is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightse…

Castles

Ojców Castle

Ojców Castle in Ojców is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan and c…

Mountains & peaks

Sucha Beskidzka Castle

Sucha Beskidzka Castle is a mountain destination near Sucha Beskidzka, popular with visitors looking for nature and scenic trails. Routes cr…

Castles

Żupny Castle

Żupny Castle in Wieliczka is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan a…

Zoos

Krakow Zoo

Kraków’s zoological garden in the Wolski Forest — around 1,400 animals from 300 species across 27 hectares. Spacious enclosures, a predators…