TOUR

Suggested by Maciej Róg (contact) places and family members to see and meet in Poland, shown on the map — and — on the list under the map:

• general touristic sights to see,
• specific only for the families: Baryla / Kopec / Wilk.

You can reach each place by fast trains (car needed to reach some family members).

You need at least 7-day or even 12-day visit, including the flights and other transport.

Click / tap to zoom in or check in / out specific places

I. PL

1. WARSZAWA / WARSAW / VARSOVIE
   capital city of Poland
   suggested time:
   at least 2 days
   sights to see:
   ► Royal Castle
   ► Royal Łazienki
   ► Old Town, Sigismund Vasa Volumn, Krakowskie Przedmieście
   ► Warsaw Uprising (1944) museum
   ► POLIN Polish Jews Museum
   ► Copernicus Science Centre
   ► Culture and Science Palace
2. KRAKÓW / CRACOW
   capital city of Jagiellonian kings until Warszawa was built
   suggested time:
   at least 2 days
   sights to see:
   ► Wawel Royal Castle
   ► Old Town, Main Marketplace, Town Hall (Sukiennice), Mariacka Basilica, museum under the Marketplace
   ► Kazimierz (Jewish quarter restaurants)
3. WIELICZKA
   suggested time:
   few hours
   suggested transport:
   best by train (or car) from Kraków
   sights to see:
   ► museum of salt mines
4. OŚWIĘCIM / AUSCHWITZ
   suggested time:
   half of day
   suggested transport:
   best by car or train from Częstochowa or Kraków
   by train (Kraków 60÷90 min.) or car
   sights to see:
   ► Nazi German (Holocaust) camps Museum
5. ZAKOPANE
   suggested time:
   at least half of day
   suggested transport:
   best by car (or train) from Kraków
   sights to see:
   ► cable cars to mountains: Gubałówka + Kasprowy Wierch
   ► Krupówki street
   ► Wielka Krokiew – Ski Jumping Hill
6. DUNAJEC
   suggested time:
   half of day
   suggested transport:
   best by car
   sights to see:
   ► Dunajec River Gorge rafting
   ► Czorsztyn castle
   ► Three Crowns mountain
7. GDAŃSK / DANZIG
   suggested time:
   at least 2 days
   sights to see:
   ►Town Hall, Long Market, Neptune’s Fountain, Mariacka Basilica
   ►Solidarity museum, shipyard of Lech Wałęsa
   ►Baltic see
   ►II world war museum
   ►Oliwa Cathedral
8. WROCŁAW / BRESLAU
   suggested time:
   at least 1 day
   sights to see:
   ► Ostrów Tumski island
   ► Marketplace
   ► Four Denominations District
   ► Wrocław University
   ► Panorama of the Battle of Racławice
   ► The Hydropolis
   ► The Centennial Hall
9. KARPACZ
   suggested time:
   at least half of day
   suggested transport:
   best by car (or train) from Wrocław
   sights to see:
   ► Wang church
   ► Śnieżka high mountain
10. BRZEG
    home of Maciej Róg
    suggested time:
    few hours
    suggested transport:
    best by train (or car) from Wrocław
    sights to see:
    ►castle of Piasts
    ►church of Holy Cross Raising
    ►St. Nicholas’ Church
11. CZESTOCHOWA / JASNA GÓRA
    suggested time:
    at least an hour
    sights to see:
    ► Black Madonna (Our Lady) painting and monastery

II. BARYLA FAM.

1. WIELUŃ
   suggested time:
   few hours
   suggested transport:
   best by car from Brzeg
   sights to see:
   ► cemetery with graves of Stanisław, Jan Kalinowski
   ► Old Town
2. STROJEC
   suggested time:
   at least a day
   suggested transport:
   best by car from Brzeg
   sights to see:
   ► ancestors’ home, today’s parish&cemetery
   ► family members to visit
   • Pychyński
   • Plewa, Bakalarczyk
   • Polak
   ► Szyszków forest (where Ludwika Kalinowska lived)
   ► Wygiełdów (where Wala Pietras lived)
3. PRASZKA
   suggested transport:
   best by car from Brzeg
   sights to see:
   ► ancestors’ parish&cemetery (Ludwika Baryła, Julianna Kowalczyk, Wala Pietras)
   ► museum
   ► family members to visit
   • Nalichowscy
4. BRZEG
   family members to visit:
   • Maciej Róg’s family
5. LIPKI
   family members to visit
   • Hofman
   • Janas
6. OPOLE
   family members to visit:
   • Kalinowski
7. BORKOWICE
   suggested time:
   at least half of day
   suggested transport:
   best by car or bus from Opole
   sights to see:
   open air etnographic museum
8. KŁOBUCK
   family members to visit:
   • Paduch
9. WARSZAWA
   family members to visit:
   • Kalinowscy
   • Pietras

III. Kopec / Wilk Fam.

1. NOWA DĘBA
   suggested time:
   at least a day
   suggested transport:
   best by car (or train) from Kraków / Warszawa (or bus from Rzeszów)
   sights to see:
   ► ancestors’ home, today’s parish&cemetery
   ► family members to visit
   • descendants of Jan Róg, Stefania Wójtowicz, Aniela Radek, Karolina Sadrakuła
2. MAJDAN KRÓLEWSKI
   suggested transport:
   best by car from Nowa Dęba
   sights to see:
   ancestors’ parish&cemetery
3. KOLBUSZOWA
   suggested time:
   at least half of day
   suggested transport:
   best by car from Rzeszów / Nowa Dęba
   sights to see:
   open air etnographic museum
4. HUTA KOMOROWSKA
   suggested transport:
   best by car from Nowa Dęba
   sights to see:
   ► ancestors’ village
   ► family members to visit:
   • Paszkowscy

TRANSPORT:

• airports eg. Warszawa (Chopin) WAW • Kraków KRK • Katowice KTW • Wrocław WRO • Gdańsk GDN
• fast trains

7-day visit eg.

1. Arrival
2. Kraków
3. Kraków [Wieliczka, Zakopane, Dunajec]
4. Family specific sites
5. Warszawa
6. Warszawa
7. Departure

12-day visit eg.

1. Arrival
2. Warszawa
3. Warszawa
4. Family specific sites
5. Family specific sites
6. Wrocław, Karpacz, Brzeg
7. Kraków
8. Wieliczka [→ back to the hotel in Kraków]
9. Zakopane, Dunajec [→ back to the hotel in Kraków]
10. Gdańsk
11. Gdańsk
12. Departure