John Paul II Kraków-Balice International Airport 51 min
Silesian Museum (11 min) Former coal-mining site, now an art & industry museum with underground galleries & a restaurant. Planetarium Śląskie (16 min) A planetarium within a 75-foot dome with astronomy exhibits & an observatory founded in 1955. Sztolnia Królowa Luiza (18 min) Mining and museum Katowice market square (6 min) Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park (13 min) Outdoor museum of historic agricultural buildings from the region, such as cottages & farmsteads. Królewski Zamek Będziński (15 min) Silesia Park (11 min) 620-acre nature park with forest trails, ponds & wildlife, plus a planetarium, zoo & funfair. Valley of Three Ponds (8 min) Silesian Zoological Garden (14 min) Zoo with over 2500 animals divided into wild & domesticated sections as well as replica dinosaurs. Legendia (10 min) Family-friendly theme park with rides for younger children, on-site restaurants & a haunted house. Galeria Szyb Wilson (9 min) Art gallery, mining, art museum, and art Silesian Insurgents' Monument (13 min) Completed in 1957, this monument is dedicated to the participants of the Silesian Uprisings. Cathedral of Christ the King, Katowice (16 min) Built 1927–1955, the country's largest cathedral offers a coal altar honoring miners & guided tours. Guido Mine and Coal Mining Museum (19 min) Tours with ex-miners of 19th-century coal mine tunnels, plus museum & subterranean concert chambers. Kosciuszko Park (11 min) Urban park since 1925 with a parachute tower, soldiers' monument & playground with a climbing wall. |