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Lower Silesia
Lower Silesia is one of the most beautiful regions of Poland. This fertile land is the warmest region in Poland. In the south it is limited by the picturesque massif of the Sudety with its highest range of Karkonosze and characteristic dominant peak of Śnieżka -1603 m above the sea level. Wonderful mountain nature gives fantastic possibilities of active tourism: hiking, skiing, bike tourism, climbing, and paragliding... [more]
„Castles from Sudetes Mountains – history and legends” in Wrocław
More than 100 graphics from XVIII and XIXth century showing most famous castles of Sudetes Mountains can be seen in the Ethnographic Museum in Wrocław.
Autumn Rally of Motorbikes and Vintage Vehicles
The Museum of Industry and Railways in Jaworzyna Śląska invites all tourists for the Autumn Rally of Motorbikes and Vintage Vehicles which starts on the 26th of September 2009. The event is a part of the 100th anniversary celebration of a locomotive shed. The rally starts at 2.30 p.m.
Enigma discovered in Wroclaw….again
On the 1st of September we celebrate 70th anniversary of the beginning of World War II. The Post and Telecommunication Museum in Wroclaw also wants to celebrate this event so there will be presented two exhibitions – “Press informs….1939 – last days of peace” and “Communications during the war”.
Książ Castle
Wałbrzych, the secon largest town in Lower Silesia, situated in the Central Sudeten, surrounded by the Wałbrzyskie Mountains. It enchants with a picturesque landscape and suprises with the diversity of historical sights, the amount of greenery and the climate of "Forest Town" (German: Waldenburg).
Cieplice ZdrójCieplice Zdrój - 1945 to 1975 a town in the Jelenia Góra province, since 1976 became a district of Jelenia Gora city. The origins and development of one of the oldest Polish spas in Sudety are linked to the beginnings of the therapeutical use of its attractive location at the foot of Karkonosze, the specific, stimulative climate, and especially the unique hot springs.
Kłodzka Stronghold
Undoubtedly, one of the most popular object in Klodzko is a stronghold overlooking the city, being located on the hill named Stronghold Mountain (Forteczna Gora).
In that place, in the X century, there was a fortified town which goal was to guard the trading route from Czech Republic to Silesia. After some time a castle was built and it has been extended through centuries.
At last, in 1743 when Klodzko belonged to Prussia, a building of a modern stronghold begun and today we can admire this building. The building has lasted for a several dozen years and its stronghold values were appreciated by the defenders during the Second Silesian war, when building of the stronghold was still in progress.