John Paul II Kraków-Balice International Airport 59 min
Królewski Zamek Będziński (22 min) Silesia Park (12 min)
620-acre nature park with forest trails, ponds & wildlife, plus a planetarium, zoo & funfair. Kosciuszko Park (15 min)
Urban park since 1925 with a parachute tower, soldiers' monument & playground with a climbing wall. Cathedral of Christ the King, Katowice (19 min)
Built 1927–1955, the country's largest cathedral offers a coal altar honoring miners & guided tours. Silesian Insurgents' Monument (16 min)
Completed in 1957, this monument is dedicated to the participants of the Silesian Uprisings. Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park (8 min)
Outdoor museum of historic agricultural buildings from the region, such as cottages & farmsteads. Planetarium Śląskie (16 min)
A planetarium within a 75-foot dome with astronomy exhibits & an observatory founded in 1955. Legendia (12 min)
Family-friendly theme park with rides for younger children, on-site restaurants & a haunted house. Historic Silver Mine (25 min)
Historic silver mine with a multimedia museum, guided underground tours & steam engines on display. Silesian Museum (13 min)
Former coal-mining site, now an art & industry museum with underground galleries & a restaurant. Guido Mine and Coal Mining Museum (16 min)
Tours with ex-miners of 19th-century coal mine tunnels, plus museum & subterranean concert chambers. Black Trout Adit (27 min)
Boat tours in a narrow, subterranean tunnel completed in 1834 to drain water in nearby mines. Sztolnia Królowa Luiza (15 min)
Mining and museum Silesian Zoological Garden (17 min)
Zoo with over 2500 animals divided into wild & domesticated sections as well as replica dinosaurs. | 
