The tourist attractions of this region are:
• Sucha Beskidzka – picturesque place placed in the mountains famous for wooden inn “Rzym”(“Rome”). Supposedly dated on the XVIII century, runs up to present times. (www.sucha-beskidzka.pl , www.orawa.eu )
• Wadowice – Pope John Paul II’s birth town, with beautiful market, church and museum placed in Pope’s family home. (www.it.wadowice.pl)
• Oswiecim – know throughout the world city-museum. It is famous for built during WWII “Auschwitz-Birkenau” Nazi concentration camps. (www.auschwitz.org.pl)
* The EnergyLandia Park - is located in a beautiful, picturesque area, in the town of Zator on the border of two largest agglomerations of the South: Silesia and Lesser Poland, less than a half hour drive from Katowice or Kraków (www.energylandia.pl/ )
• Cracow – the historical capital of Poland with history reaching a thousand years back. Its Main Market Square is probably the biggest medieval market in the world. (www.krakow.pl)
• Wieliczka, 13 km east from Cracow, the ancient salt mine added to UNESCO’s prestigious list of World Heritage Sites. The famous in the world tourist route runs from 64 to 135 meters deep on three levels and leads through underground chapels and caves full of salt sculptures and chandeliers. (www.kopalnia-wieliczka.pl)
• Zakopane district is considered the most attractive tourist region in Poland. The Tatras, the hills of Podhale as well as the town itself are ideal places for walks or longer or shorter hikes. A walk around the town can be combined with visiting its monuments and other interesting places.Winter capital of Poland situated at the foot of the Tatra, the highest mountain range in Poland. The center of the city is at an altitude of 832 m. Excellent staging area for trekking in the mountains. (www.promocja.zakopane.pl , www.pieninypn.pl)
- The trail of wooden architecture. We recomend you a very interesting trail consisting of 250 old wooden buildings and other objects like catholic and orthodox churches, bell towers, manor houses and heritage parks. That objects are on UNESCO list. The most interesting of them are wooden churches in : Dębno Podhalańskie, Binarowa, Lipnica Murowana and Sękowa. (www.drewniana.malopolska.pl)
History of industry in region Silesia
The Silesian Province is the largest concentration of historic industrial sites in Poland. They constitute the richness of the region. They reflect its specificity and determine cultural identi (www.zabytkitechniki.pl/en )
All of these places (and many not mentioned others) are 1-1,5 h drive from our cottage.