John Paul II Kraków-Balice International Airport 46 min
Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park (15 min) Outdoor museum of historic agricultural buildings from the region, such as cottages & farmsteads. Silesian Museum (7 min) Former coal-mining site, now an art & industry museum with underground galleries & a restaurant. Królewski Zamek Będziński (15 min) Valley of Three Ponds (12 min) Silesian Insurgents' Monument (11 min) Completed in 1957, this monument is dedicated to the participants of the Silesian Uprisings. Legendia (12 min) Family-friendly theme park with rides for younger children, on-site restaurants & a haunted house. Galeria Szyb Wilson (11 min) Art gallery, mining, art museum, and art Planetarium Śląskie (19 min) A planetarium within a 75-foot dome with astronomy exhibits & an observatory founded in 1955. Silesia Park (13 min) 620-acre nature park with forest trails, ponds & wildlife, plus a planetarium, zoo & funfair. Kosciuszko Park (15 min) Urban park since 1925 with a parachute tower, soldiers' monument & playground with a climbing wall. Silesian Zoological Garden (16 min) Zoo with over 2500 animals divided into wild & domesticated sections as well as replica dinosaurs. Park Gródek (30 min) Tyskie Brewing Museum (21 min) Brewery beer museum that outlines the cultural impact of brewing on the local area. Paprocany Lake (26 min) Small sailboats dot this scenic lake with kayak rentals, a sandy beach & path for walking & cycling. Cathedral of Christ the King, Katowice (15 min) Built 1927–1955, the country's largest cathedral offers a coal altar honoring miners & guided tours. |