Culture
Warsaw Rising Museum
Sixty-three days of the uprising told through sound, image and object.
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Every place we have described in one catalogue — filter by category, region and how much time you have.
20 places · all of Poland, every category
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Culture
Warsaw Rising Museum
Sixty-three days of the uprising told through sound, image and object.
Nature
Raj Cave
The densest dripstone formations in Poland and traces of a Neanderthal camp.
Nature reserve · woj. świętokrzyskie · family-friendly · year-round
Culture
Łańcut Castle
A residence with its original furnishings intact and a coach house holding eighty vehicles.
Monument of History · woj. podkarpackie · family-friendly · year-round
Nature
Tarnica and the Bieszczady National Park
The highest peak of the Bieszczady and mountain meadows unbroken by a single tree.
UNESCO Biosphere Reserve · woj. podkarpackie · demanding hike · seasonal · 1 346 m n.p.m.
Monuments
Bochnia Salt Mine
Poland's oldest working salt mine, with an underground boat crossing and a sleeping chamber.
UNESCO World Heritage List · woj. małopolskie · family-friendly · UNESCO · year-round
Monuments
Toruń Old Town
A Gothic city that survived the war untouched — and the house where Copernicus was born.
UNESCO World Heritage List · woj. kujawsko-pomorskie · family-friendly · UNESCO · year-round
Culture
Centennial Hall in Wrocław
A reinforced-concrete dome from 1913, a breakthrough in architecture and a UNESCO site.
UNESCO World Heritage List · woj. dolnośląskie · UNESCO · wheelchair accessible · year-round
Nature
Śnieżka and the Karkonosze National Park
The highest peak of the Sudetes, crowned by an observatory shaped like three saucers.
UNESCO Biosphere Reserve · woj. dolnośląskie · demanding hike · year-round · 1 603 m n.p.m.
Monuments
Książ Castle
Poland's third-largest castle, with garden terraces and wartime tunnels beneath.
woj. dolnośląskie · family-friendly · year-round
Monuments
Augustów Canal — Paniewo Lock
The canal's only two-chamber lock, still operated by hand as in the nineteenth century.
Monument of History · woj. podlaskie · seasonal
Nature
Białowieża National Park
Europe's last primeval lowland forest — the strict reserve can be entered only with a guide.
UNESCO World Heritage List · woj. podlaskie · UNESCO reserve · year-round
Monuments
Elbląg Canal — Buczyniec Inclined Plane
Ships travel over grass: a nineteenth-century system of inclined planes hauling boats on rails.
Monument of History · woj. warmińsko-mazurskie · family-friendly · seasonal