John Paul II Kraków-Balice International Airport 45 min
Silesian Zoological Garden (26 min)
Zoo with over 2500 animals divided into wild & domesticated sections as well as replica dinosaurs. Legendia (22 min)
Family-friendly theme park with rides for younger children, on-site restaurants & a haunted house. Silesian Museum (17 min)
Former coal-mining site, now an art & industry museum with underground galleries & a restaurant. Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau (26 min)
Former concentration camp with a memorial to those who died, preserved gas chambers & mementoes. Park Gródek (28 min) Cathedral of Christ the King, Katowice (19 min)
Built 1927–1955, the country's largest cathedral offers a coal altar honoring miners & guided tours. Paprocany Lake (17 min)
Small sailboats dot this scenic lake with kayak rentals, a sandy beach & path for walking & cycling. Memorial and Museum Auschwitz I (27 min)
Somber memorial site providing educational exhibits & views of the grim WWII concentration camps. Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park (24 min)
Outdoor museum of historic agricultural buildings from the region, such as cottages & farmsteads. Memorial and Museum Auschwitz II-Birkenau (30 min)
Solemn memorial & museum of Nazi concentration & extermination camp where 1.1 million died. Kosciuszko Park (19 min)
Urban park since 1925 with a parachute tower, soldiers' monument & playground with a climbing wall. Wodny Park Tychy (16 min)
Water park Silesia Park (23 min)
620-acre nature park with forest trails, ponds & wildlife, plus a planetarium, zoo & funfair. Silesian Insurgents' Monument (20 min)
Completed in 1957, this monument is dedicated to the participants of the Silesian Uprisings. Tyskie Brewing Museum (13 min)
Brewery beer museum that outlines the cultural impact of brewing on the local area. | 
