John Paul II Kraków-Balice International Airport 1 hr
Silesian Botanical Garden (9 min)
Large public gardens offering various themed events, a playground & indoor/outdoor nature exhibits. Paprocany Lake (22 min)
Small sailboats dot this scenic lake with kayak rentals, a sandy beach & path for walking & cycling. Silesian Zoological Garden (27 min)
Zoo with over 2500 animals divided into wild & domesticated sections as well as replica dinosaurs. Sztolnia Królowa Luiza (23 min)
Mining and museum Wodny Park Tychy (16 min)
Water park Legendia (22 min)
Family-friendly theme park with rides for younger children, on-site restaurants & a haunted house. Cathedral of Christ the King, Katowice (15 min)
Built 1927–1955, the country's largest cathedral offers a coal altar honoring miners & guided tours. Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park (25 min)
Outdoor museum of historic agricultural buildings from the region, such as cottages & farmsteads. Śląski Ogród Botaniczny (10 min) Silesian Museum (21 min)
Former coal-mining site, now an art & industry museum with underground galleries & a restaurant. Guido Mine and Coal Mining Museum (21 min)
Tours with ex-miners of 19th-century coal mine tunnels, plus museum & subterranean concert chambers. Silesia Park (23 min)
620-acre nature park with forest trails, ponds & wildlife, plus a planetarium, zoo & funfair. Kosciuszko Park (14 min)
Urban park since 1925 with a parachute tower, soldiers' monument & playground with a climbing wall. Tyskie Brewing Museum (12 min)
Brewery beer museum that outlines the cultural impact of brewing on the local area. Silesian Insurgents' Monument (23 min)
Completed in 1957, this monument is dedicated to the participants of the Silesian Uprisings. | 
