John Paul II Kraków-Balice International Airport 52 min
Silesia Park (13 min) 620-acre nature park with forest trails, ponds & wildlife, plus a planetarium, zoo & funfair. Planetarium Śląskie (18 min) A planetarium within a 75-foot dome with astronomy exhibits & an observatory founded in 1955. Cathedral of Christ the King, Katowice (14 min) Built 1927–1955, the country's largest cathedral offers a coal altar honoring miners & guided tours. Galeria Szyb Wilson (8 min) Art gallery, mining, art museum, and art Legendia (12 min) Family-friendly theme park with rides for younger children, on-site restaurants & a haunted house. Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park (14 min) Outdoor museum of historic agricultural buildings from the region, such as cottages & farmsteads. Zbiornik Pogoria III (21 min) Valley of Three Ponds (11 min) Królewski Zamek Będziński (10 min) Silesian Insurgents' Monument (11 min) Completed in 1957, this monument is dedicated to the participants of the Silesian Uprisings. Water Park Nemo - Leisure World (14 min) Aquatic center offering seasonal outdoor waterslides, pools, saunas, a salt cave & bowling alley. Silesian Zoological Garden (16 min) Zoo with over 2500 animals divided into wild & domesticated sections as well as replica dinosaurs. Kosciuszko Park (14 min) Urban park since 1925 with a parachute tower, soldiers' monument & playground with a climbing wall. Park Gródek (33 min) Silesian Museum (7 min) Former coal-mining site, now an art & industry museum with underground galleries & a restaurant. |