John Paul II Kraków-Balice International Airport 51 min
Silesian Zoological Garden (17 min)
Zoo with over 2500 animals divided into wild & domesticated sections as well as replica dinosaurs. Silesian Museum (12 min)
Former coal-mining site, now an art & industry museum with underground galleries & a restaurant. Palmenhaus (16 min)
Flora & fauna displays in 19th-century botanical gardens & tropical palm house, plus art exhibits. Cathedral of Christ the King, Katowice (10 min)
Built 1927–1955, the country's largest cathedral offers a coal altar honoring miners & guided tours. Guido Mine and Coal Mining Museum (12 min)
Tours with ex-miners of 19th-century coal mine tunnels, plus museum & subterranean concert chambers. Silesia Park (13 min)
620-acre nature park with forest trails, ponds & wildlife, plus a planetarium, zoo & funfair. Aquadrom (10 min)
Indoor leisure pool complex with flumes & slides, an area for sports training & separate saunarium. Legendia (12 min)
Family-friendly theme park with rides for younger children, on-site restaurants & a haunted house. Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park (13 min)
Outdoor museum of historic agricultural buildings from the region, such as cottages & farmsteads. Historic Silver Mine (30 min)
Historic silver mine with a multimedia museum, guided underground tours & steam engines on display. Tyskie Brewing Museum (25 min)
Brewery beer museum that outlines the cultural impact of brewing on the local area. Silesian Insurgents' Monument (15 min)
Completed in 1957, this monument is dedicated to the participants of the Silesian Uprisings. Sztolnia Królowa Luiza (15 min)
Mining and museum Planetarium Śląskie (18 min)
A planetarium within a 75-foot dome with astronomy exhibits & an observatory founded in 1955. Kosciuszko Park (6 min)
Urban park since 1925 with a parachute tower, soldiers' monument & playground with a climbing wall. | 
