John Paul II Kraków-Balice International Airport 54 min
Church. St. Mary Magdalene (16 min) Memorial and Museum Auschwitz I (29 min) Somber memorial site providing educational exhibits & views of the grim WWII concentration camps. Tyskie Brewing Museum (10 min) Brewery beer museum that outlines the cultural impact of brewing on the local area. Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau (28 min) Former concentration camp with a memorial to those who died, preserved gas chambers & mementoes. Silesian Museum (18 min) Former coal-mining site, now an art & industry museum with underground galleries & a restaurant. Zamek Pszczyński (25 min) Baroque castle, with preserved late 1800s interiors, plus miniatures & armoury exhibits, & concerts. Silesian Insurgents' Monument (21 min) Completed in 1957, this monument is dedicated to the participants of the Silesian Uprisings. Wodny Park Tychy (10 min) Water park Paprocany Lake (13 min) Small sailboats dot this scenic lake with kayak rentals, a sandy beach & path for walking & cycling. Silesia Park (24 min) 620-acre nature park with forest trails, ponds & wildlife, plus a planetarium, zoo & funfair. Legendia (23 min) Family-friendly theme park with rides for younger children, on-site restaurants & a haunted house. Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park (25 min) Outdoor museum of historic agricultural buildings from the region, such as cottages & farmsteads. Memorial and Museum Auschwitz II-Birkenau (33 min) Solemn memorial & museum of Nazi concentration & extermination camp where 1.1 million died. Kosciuszko Park (21 min) Urban park since 1925 with a parachute tower, soldiers' monument & playground with a climbing wall. Silesian Zoological Garden (27 min) Zoo with over 2500 animals divided into wild & domesticated sections as well as replica dinosaurs. |