10 places in Poland where you can spend

10 places in Poland where you can spend your holidays

Colourful lakes in Rudy Janowickie • Each one has a different colour: one is green, the other is blue, another one is purple-red, one is even black. They’re colourful because there was a pyrite mine there. With time, the chemical composition of the bottom of the lakes dyed the water filling them, giving it – depending on the concentration and chemical composition – different colours.

Curved forest near Gryfin • In the area of Nowy Czarnów there a few hundreds of the weirdest pines. They’re bent in the same direction and way. It’s not magic, man deformed them, so that they could be used as wood to make barrels and boats.

The Elbląg Channel • The Elbląg Channel is 151 kilometres long, it’s the longest navigable channel in Poland. It’s the only trail in the world, where ships not only travel through water, but also drive in carts on land. It’s said that the building of said channel was more expensive than the construction of the Eiffel Tower.

The Wang Temple in Karpacz • The temple originates from a Norwegian place with the same name. Because it was too small for people of the village, it was sold and brought to Poland in 1842. It’s one of the biggest attractions of Karpacz.

Ojcowski National Park • It’s the smallest national park in Poland. In the area of the park, that is 21, 46 square kilometres, you can find many tourist attractions and monuments. Some of them are: Kazimierzowski Castle, Łokietek’s Cave, The Dark Cave, Jonaszkowa Rock, Deotyma’s Needle, Gate of Cracow or the Chapel on Water. On the premises of the park there’s around 700 caves, where bats live. A Bat is the symbol of the park.

Pieniński National Park • Pieniny are most known for the beautiful mountain countryside, easy to climb mountain peaks (Trzy Korony). Dunajec and its tributaries, mountain streams, torrents and waterfalls. The beautiful Homole Gorge delights with its rich vegetation. Here, there are over 7 thousand species of animals. While staying in Pieniny you can visit the wonderful Niedzica Castle and a spa city, Szczawica.

Słowiński National Park • The park is located by the sea. The biggest attraction of the park are the moving dunes. It’s the biggest are of wandering sands in Europe. Besides sand, you can find many plant and animal species there, such as a moose or rare butterfly species. Visiting the Czołpino Sea Lantern is also worth a try. The symbol of the park is a seagull.

Enerylandia • Energylandia is the biggest theme park in Poland. There are 5 theme zones, around 80 attractions for all ages, carousels and rollercoasters. You can also swim or slide in the Water Park section.

Biebrzański National Park • Biebrzański National Park is made of fields, swamps and backwaters. It’s all nature living its own life. Here is the biggest swamp of median Europe. You can see 20 varieties of orchid, but most importantly, dozens of thousands of bird species. Rafting on the Biebrza river is also one of the attractions. Said rafting can last from a few hours to several days, then you have to sleep on the raft.

Historic Wieliczka Salt Mine • The Wieliczka Salt Mine is a great place for the whole family. It’s like a salt underground city, where you can find a picturesque countryside, statues made of salt, salt lakes, chapels and chambers made by the miners. The route is around 3 kilometres long. For volunteers there’s a possibility to spend a night in the mine, 125 metres under ground.

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