John Paul II Kraków-Balice International Airport 46 min
Silesian Museum (14 min) Former coal-mining site, now an art & industry museum with underground galleries & a restaurant. Silesia Park (20 min) 620-acre nature park with forest trails, ponds & wildlife, plus a planetarium, zoo & funfair. Królewski Zamek Będziński (15 min) Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park (22 min) Outdoor museum of historic agricultural buildings from the region, such as cottages & farmsteads. Cathedral of Christ the King, Katowice (20 min) Built 1927–1955, the country's largest cathedral offers a coal altar honoring miners & guided tours. Kosciuszko Park (20 min) Urban park since 1925 with a parachute tower, soldiers' monument & playground with a climbing wall. Zbiornik Pogoria III (22 min) Silesian Insurgents' Monument (18 min) Completed in 1957, this monument is dedicated to the participants of the Silesian Uprisings. Valley of Three Ponds (17 min) Galeria Szyb Wilson (12 min) Art gallery, mining, art museum, and art Schoen Palace Museum in Sosnowiec (9 min) Palace, museum, and architecture Park Gródek (26 min) Water Park Nemo - Leisure World (15 min) Aquatic center offering seasonal outdoor waterslides, pools, saunas, a salt cave & bowling alley. Silesian Zoological Garden (23 min) Zoo with over 2500 animals divided into wild & domesticated sections as well as replica dinosaurs. Legendia (19 min) Family-friendly theme park with rides for younger children, on-site restaurants & a haunted house. |