John Paul II Kraków-Balice International Airport 52 min
Cathedral of Christ the King, Katowice (14 min) Built 1927–1955, the country's largest cathedral offers a coal altar honoring miners & guided tours. Silesian Zoological Garden (16 min) Zoo with over 2500 animals divided into wild & domesticated sections as well as replica dinosaurs. Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park (14 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. Silesia Park (13 min) 620-acre nature park with forest trails, ponds & wildlife, plus a planetarium, zoo & funfair. Silesian Insurgents' Monument (10 min) Completed in 1957, this monument is dedicated to the participants of the Silesian Uprisings. Galeria Szyb Wilson (7 min) Art gallery, mining, art museum, and art Planetarium Śląskie (18 min) A planetarium within a 75-foot dome with astronomy exhibits & an observatory founded in 1955. Park Gródek (33 min) Valley of Three Ponds (11 min) Zbiornik Pogoria III (21 min) Królewski Zamek Będziński (9 min) Kosciuszko Park (14 min) Urban park since 1925 with a parachute tower, soldiers' monument & playground with a climbing wall. Legendia (12 min) Family-friendly theme park with rides for younger children, on-site restaurants & a haunted house. Water Park Nemo - Leisure World (13 min) Aquatic center offering seasonal outdoor waterslides, pools, saunas, a salt cave & bowling alley. |