Gems of Opolskie Region

Itinerary

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  Pick up from your Wrocław hotel/hostel by a coach and our tour guide. Transfer to Museum of Opolskie Village with a short stop at Niemodlin Palace. Sightseeing of the open air museum with a guide. Next, transfer to Moszna Palace sightseeing of the palace and gardens. Possible lunch break. Transfer to St. Anna Mountain. Tour around amphitheatre. Short stop in Opole. Sightseeing of the old town. Return to Wrocław. 

  

  Niemodlin Castle

  Niemodlin Castle is a late renaissance estate about 1-hour drive from Wrocław. Built in the early 14th century the castle was home to the Dukes of Opole. During its time the castle was destroyed on a few occasions. In 1428 by the Hussites, in a fire in 1552 and in 1643 during the Thirty Years’ War. After WWII the castle was owned by the state and was home to different offices, a high school and a military school. The following years saw the building being abandoned and largely neglected. It was then sold to private i...

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  Museum of the Opole Village

  The Museum of the Opole Village (Polish: Muzeum Wsi Opolskiej) was established on November 14, 1961, and it was opened to visitors on September 23, 1970. Its main tasks include, in particular, the collection, conservation, scientific development and access to monuments of the folk culture of Opole Silesia, with particular emphasis on wooden folk architecture. The main part of the exhibition consists of transferred and reconstructed rural architecture objects illustrating the living conditions of the rural populatio...

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  Moszna Palace

  Moszna Palace is located 125 km (1.5 h driving) from Wrocław. Since 1886 the palace was a residence of industrial tycoons, and after the second world war it was a medical centre for neurosis patients. From 2013 it is a hotel-conference center and a museum. The monument is surrounded by 200 hectare park with precious old trees (oaks and lindens which are a few hundred years old) and unique rhododendron clusters. The palace has, which is already legendary, 365 rooms and 99 turrets and towers. The surface area of the pa...

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  St Anna Mountain Amphitheater

  St Anna Mountain Amphitheater (is about 1h drive from Katowice). Currently, it is a memorial place of all those who were killed in action during numerous Silesia uprisings. Still, first of all the place was a limestone quarry so, the rock structure in this area is very intriguing. Then, the place history is rather dark as it is connected with Hitler’s III Reich. The amphitheater was built by Nazi Germans just before the WWII. In the Nazi Germany 20 objects of this type were erected to organize propaganda assemblies. ...

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  Opole

  Opole is a city in the Silesian Lowland, on the Odra River in south-western Poland. Opole is a nice, historic city with a beautiful Old Town, which was located at the beginning of the 13th century by Prince Kazimierz I of the Opole Piast line, known as the Father of Opole. The layout of the Market Square in Opole has not changed since the 13th century. Visitors will see charming, pastel houses and the town hall. There are three most famous churches nearby: the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, the Franciscan Church and th...

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