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388 places in Poland, sorted into the categories that matter when you are planning: what each place is, when it is worth going, how long to allow and how to reach it.

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Krakow Old Town, Poland

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RegionCentral Europe

CapitalWarsaw

Places written388

Categories covered5 of 5

🧭 Good to know Cost level, local customs and etiquette in Poland - what is polite and what is not →

Plugs and voltage Type C, E · 230 V travel adapter →

CurrencyZloty (PLN)

LanguagesPolish

Driving sideright

Best months J F M A M J J A S O N D

Nature & outdoors (110) Landmarks & history (126) Museums & culture (74) Attractions & fun (41) Food & drink (37)

UNESCO heritage World Heritage Sites and living traditions on the UNESCO lists

UNESCO · World Heritage

Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum

UNESCO · World Heritage

Bialowieza Forest

UNESCO · World Heritage

Bochnia Salt Mine

UNESCO · World Heritage

Centennial Hall, Wroclaw

UNESCO · World Heritage

Kalwaria Zebrzydowska

UNESCO · World Heritage

Krakow Old Town

Krakow Old Town

UNESCO · World Heritage

Krzemionki Flint Mines

UNESCO · World Heritage

Malbork Castle

UNESCO · Intangible heritage

Rudnik Wicker

UNESCO · World Heritage

The Churches of Peace at Jawor and Swidnica

UNESCO · Intangible heritage

The Krakow Nativity Cribs

UNESCO · World Heritage

The Tarnowskie Gory Silver Mine

UNESCO · World Heritage

The Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland

Lesser Poland and Subcarpathia

UNESCO · World Heritage

The Wooden Tserkvas of the Polish Carpathians

Subcarpathia and Lesser Poland

UNESCO · World Heritage

Torun Old Town

Kuyavia-Pomerania

UNESCO · World Heritage

Warsaw Old Town

UNESCO · World Heritage

Wieliczka Salt Mine

UNESCO · World Heritage

Zamosc Old Town

Lublin Province

Nature & outdoors Waterfalls, lakes, canyons, national parks, beaches, caves and the trails that reach them.

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Augustow Forest

Babia Gora

Barania Gora

Bartek Oak

Bear Cave at Kletno

Bialowieza Forest

Biebrza Marshes

Bieszczady Night Sky Park

Bieszczady Poloniny

Bledne Skaly

Bledow Desert

Blue Springs

Bolestraszyce Arboretum

Bory Tucholskie National Park

Pomerania and Kujawy-Pomerania

Bug River Valley

Mazovia and Lublin

Chocholowska Valley

rock formations

Ciezkowice Petrified City

Cisy Staropolskie Reserve

Kujawy-Pomerania

Crooked Forest

Czorsztyn Lake

Dolina Bedkowska

Drawa National Park

West Pomerania and Lubusz

Drawsko Lakeland

Dunajec River Gorge

Emerald Lake Szczecin

Giewont Peak

Gora Zborow Reserve

Gorce National Park

Great Masurian Lakes

Warmia and Masuria

Hala Gasienicowa

Hel Peninsula

Homole Gorge

Izera Dark Sky Park

Janow Forests

Jastrzebia Gora Cliffs

landslide lakes

Jeziorka Duszatynskie

Kadzielnia Reserve

Kamienczyk Waterfall

Kampinos Forest

Kashubian Switzerland

Kazimierz Dolny Loess Gorges

Knyszyn Forest

Kolorowe Jeziorka

Koscieliska Valley

Krutynia River Trail

Lake Hancza

Lake Jeziorak

Lake Luknajno

Lake Nidzkie

Lake Solina

Lake Wigry and Its National Park

Land of Extinct Volcanoes

Las Wolski Forest

Lysa Gora and the Boulder Fields

Magura National Park

Milicz Ponds

Mogielica Peak

Morasko Meteorite Reserve

Morskie Oko Lake

Muskau Bend Geopark

Narew National Park

Ojcow National Park

Orlowo Cliff

Pepper Mountains

Piska Forest

Poleski National Park

Ponidzie Nida Valley

Poprad Landscape Park

rock formations

Przadki Rock Reserve

Puck Bay

Puszcza Niepolomicka

Puszcza Notecka

Queen Jadwiga Gorge

Raj Cave

Rogow Arboretum

Rospuda Valley

Roztocze National Park

Rysy Peak

Sine Wiry Reserve

Sleza Mountain

Slowinski Shifting Dunes

Sniezka and the Karkonosze Ridge

glacial cirques

Sniezne Kotly

mountain massif

Snieznik Massif

Sobieszewo Island

Sokole Gory Reserve

Sokolica Peak

rock formations

Sokoliki Rocks

Suwalki Landscape Park

Szczeliniec Wielki

Szklarka Waterfall

Szumy nad Tanwia

Table Mountains National Park

Tarnobrzeg Lake

Tatra Mountains and Zakopane

Trzy Korony Peak

Turquoise Lake Wapnica

Valley of Five Polish Lakes

Vistula Spit

Pomerania and Warmia-Mazury

Warta Mouth Wetlands

Wielka Sowa

Wielkopolski National Park

Wilczki Waterfall Miedzygorze

Wojslawice Arboretum

Wolin National Park

botanical garden

Wroclaw Botanical Garden

Zakrzowek Lagoon

Zieleniec Peat Bog

Zloty Potok Valley

Zulawy Vistula Delta

Landmarks & history Castles, ruins, old towns, monuments and the places where the history actually happened.

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Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum

Baranow Sandomierski Castle

Bielany Hermitage

Bielsko-Biala Old Town

Bochnia Salt Mine

Bolkow Castle

Branicki Palace

Brzeg Castle

Bydgoszcz Mill Island

Kuyavia-Pomerania

Centennial Hall, Wroclaw

Checiny Castle

Chelmno

Kuyavia-Pomerania

Chojnik Castle

Chrobry Embankment

Cieszyn

Czersk Castle

Czocha Castle

Darlowo Castle

Debno Castle

Frombork Cathedral Hill

Gdansk Old Town

Gniew Castle

Gniezno Cathedral

Golub-Dobrzyn Castle

Kuyavia-Pomerania

Goluchow Castle

Grudziadz Granaries

Kuyavia-Pomerania

Janowiec Castle

Jasna Gora, Czestochowa

Kalisz

Kalwaria Zebrzydowska

Kamien Pomorski Cathedral

modern architecture

Katowice Culture Zone

Kazimierz Dolny

Lublin Province

Klodzko Old Town

Kolobrzeg

Kozlowka Palace

Krakow Old Town

Krakow Old Town

Krakowskie Przedmiescie

Krakus Mound

Krasiczyn Castle

Kruszwica Mouse Tower

Krynica-Zdroj

Krzeszow Abbey

Krzyztopor Castle

Ksiaz Castle

Ksiezy Mlyn

Kudowa-Zdroj Spa Park

Kwidzyn Castle

Lagow

Lanckorona

Lancut Castle

Lichen Basilica

Lidzbark Warminski Castle

Lubiaz Abbey

Lublin Castle and the Holy Trinity Chapel

Lublin Province

Malbork Castle

Mirow and Bobolice

Moszna Castle

Naleczow

Nidzica Castle

Nieborow and Arkadia

Niedzica Castle

Nikiszowiec

Nowy Wisnicz Castle

Nysa

Ogrodzieniec Castle and the Eagles' Nests

Old Orangery, Lazienki

Oliwa Cathedral

Olsztyn Castle Ruins

Opatow

Opole Old Town

Ostrow Tumski, Wroclaw

Paczkow

Palace of Culture and Science

Pelplin Cathedral

Pieskowa Skala Castle

Piotrkowska Street

Plawniowice Palace

Plock Old Town

Poznan Cathedral Island

Poznan Old Market Square

Poznanski Palace

Przemysl Old Town

Pszczyna Castle

Pulawy Czartoryski Park

Pultusk Market Square

Reszel Castle

Rogalin Palace

Rozewie Lighthouse

Ryn Castle

Sandomierz Old Town

Sopot Pier

Srebrna Gora Fortress

St Mary's Church, Gdansk

Stary Sacz

Strzelno Rotunda

Sucha Beskidzka Castle

Sulejow Abbey

Swieta Lipka

Swinoujscie Lighthouse

Szczawnica

modern architecture

Szczecin Philharmonic

Szydlow

Tarnow Old Town

The Churches of Peace at Jawor and Swidnica

The Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland

Lesser Poland and Subcarpathia

The Wooden Tserkvas of the Polish Carpathians

Subcarpathia and Lesser Poland

Torun Old Town

Kuyavia-Pomerania

Trail of the Eagles' Nests

Malopolska and Silesia

Trzesacz Church Ruins

Tum Collegiate Church

Tykocin

Tyniec Abbey

Wachock Abbey

Wambierzyce Basilica

Wang Church

Warsaw Old Town

Wawel Castle

Wieliczka Salt Mine

Wilanow Palace

Wislica

Wroclaw Market Square

Zabkowice Leaning Tower

Zamosc Old Town

Lublin Province

Zwierzyniec

Zywiec Habsburg Castle

Museums & culture Museums, galleries, open-air heritage sites and the collections worth planning a day around.

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Aula Leopoldina

Bialystok Esperanto Heritage

archaeological site

Biskupin

Bobrka Oil Heritage Park

Boleslawiec Pottery

Chapel of Skulls

Chmielno Pottery

Chocholow

Chopin Concerts in Lazienki

Chopin Piano Competition

Ciechanowiec Agriculture Museum

Collegium Maius

Dar Pomorza

Duszniki Paper Mill

Four Denominations District

Gdansk Amber

Gdynia Modernism

Grabarka

Henrykow Abbey

Highlander Folklore Festival

Janow Podlaski Stud

Kashubian Embroidery

Kazimierz Synagogue Route

Koniakow Lace

Krosno Glass Heritage Centre

Kruszyniany Mosque

archaeological site

Krzemionki Flint Mines

Kurpie Folk Region

Lajkonik Parade

Land of Open Shutters

aviation heritage

Leszno Gliding Heritage

Lezajsk Basilica Organ

Lowicz Folk Traditions

Malta Festival

Manggha Centre

Mragowo Country Picnic

New Horizons Festival

Nowa Huta

open-air museum

Olsztynek Open-Air Museum

Open'er Festival

Opera Lesna

Opinogora Museum of Romanticism

open-air museum

Orawa Ethnographic Park

archaeological site

Ostrow Lednicki

POLIN Museum

Polish Vodka

Porta Posnania

Rudnik Wicker

open-air museum

Sadecki Ethnographic Park

Schindler's Factory Museum

open-air museum

Sierpc Village Museum

St Dominic's Fair

Suprasl

Szczebrzeszyn

The Czartoryski Museum, Krakow

The Krakow Nativity Cribs

The Milk Bar

The National Museum in Warsaw

open-air museum

The Sanok Open-Air Museum

The Silesian Museum, Katowice

The Tarnowskie Gory Silver Mine

open-air museum

Tokarnia Skansen

Upper Silesian Wooden Churches

Villa Atma

open-air museum

Wdzydze Open-Air Museum

Wianki

Wloclawek Faience

Wojnowo Old Believers' Convent

Wroclaw Christmas Market

Wroclaw Dwarfs

Zakopane Style Villas

Zalipie, the Painted Village

Zaspa Murals

Zelazowa Wola

Attractions & fun Theme parks, zoos, aquariums, towers and the built attractions families actually queue for.

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wildlife reserve

Bialowieza Bison Reserve

Bieszczady Forest Railway

underground route

Chelm Chalk Tunnels

Chocholowskie Termy

Ciechocinek Graduation Towers

Copernicus Science Centre

Crooked House

EC1 Lodz

Elblag Canal

Energylandia

Gdynia Aquarium

Gizycko

Gora Zar

Gubalowka Funicular

Guido Mine

Jaworzyna Krynicka Gondola

Jurapark Baltow

Kasprowy Wierch Cable Car

botanical garden

Kornik Arboretum

Kowary Miniature Park

botanical garden

Krakow Botanical Garden

Lake Malta

Legendia Silesian Amusement Park

converted factory

Manufaktura

Mikolajki

Muszyna Sensory Gardens

Olivia Star

Oliwa Zoo, Gdansk

botanical garden

Poznan Palm House

underground route

Rzeszow Underground Route

Sky Tower Wroclaw

Suntago Water World

Swieradow Sky Walk

Szymbark

Termy Cieplickie

Vistula Boulevards

Wielka Krokiew

Wilanow Garden of Light

Wolsztyn Steam Depot

Wroclaw Zoo and Afrykarium

Zloty Stok Gold Mine

Food & drink Market halls, food streets and the dishes a country is genuinely known for - areas and traditions, not single venues.

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Andruty Kaliskie

Bigos and Zurek

Bryndza Podhalanska

Cebularz, the Lublin Onion Flatbread

Lublin Province

Chleb Pradnicki

Golabki

Grojec Apples

Hala Koszyki

Hala Mirowska

Kartacze

Kashubian Strawberries

Kielbasa Lisiecka

Kotlet Schabowy

Kremowka of Wadowice

Krupnioki Slaskie

Kwasnica

Lower Vistula Plum Butter

Kuyavia-Pomerania

Nalewka

Obwarzanek Krakowski

Ogorki Kiszone

Oscypek

Paczki and Faworki

Nationwide; strongest in Warsaw and Krakow

Pierogi

Placki Ziemniaczane

Nationwide; the goulash version from Lower Silesia

Polish Mead

Nationwide; strongest in Lublin, Podlasie and Wielkopolska

Pyry z Gzikiem

Sekacz

Sernik

Silesian Dumplings and Beef Roulade

Smoked Fish on the Baltic Coast

Stary Kleparz Market, Krakow

The St Martin's Croissant of Poznan

Wigilia Dishes

Wroclaw Market Hall

Zapiekanka at Plac Nowy

Zielona Gora Wine

Zywiec Brewery Museum

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