John Paul II Kraków-Balice International Airport 45 min
Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park (19 min) Outdoor museum of historic agricultural buildings from the region, such as cottages & farmsteads. Zbiornik Pogoria III (21 min) Kosciuszko Park (20 min) Urban park since 1925 with a parachute tower, soldiers' monument & playground with a climbing wall. Silesian Zoological Garden (21 min) Zoo with over 2500 animals divided into wild & domesticated sections as well as replica dinosaurs. Valley of Three Ponds (16 min) Galeria Szyb Wilson (10 min) Art gallery, mining, art museum, and art Cathedral of Christ the King, Katowice (19 min) Built 1927–1955, the country's largest cathedral offers a coal altar honoring miners & guided tours. Silesian Insurgents' Monument (15 min) Completed in 1957, this monument is dedicated to the participants of the Silesian Uprisings. Królewski Zamek Będziński (19 min) Park Gródek (25 min) Water Park Nemo - Leisure World (18 min) Aquatic center offering seasonal outdoor waterslides, pools, saunas, a salt cave & bowling alley. Tyskie Brewing Museum (21 min) Brewery beer museum that outlines the cultural impact of brewing on the local area. Legendia (17 min) Family-friendly theme park with rides for younger children, on-site restaurants & a haunted house. Silesian Museum (12 min) Former coal-mining site, now an art & industry museum with underground galleries & a restaurant. Silesia Park (17 min) 620-acre nature park with forest trails, ponds & wildlife, plus a planetarium, zoo & funfair. |