Wałbrzych, formerly resort town, Hochberg tycoon family main home and later coal and porcelain industry centre; that after all the end of the 20th century changes, shows new face to all tourists that want to discover this beautiful hilly area. We will sightsee outstanding Hochberg Family Home, later also rebuilt to become Adolf Hitler's headquarters, Wałbrzych town centre, the Porcelain Museum and the Former Coal Mine, modern science and art unit located in the original coal mine. ITS Poland invites you to special one day trip from Wrocław to Wałbrzych town.
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Lunch on request
All year
4 attractions
10-50
Calm
Up to 30 days*
Pick up from your Wrocław hotel/hostel by a coach and our tour guide. Transfer to Książ Castle. Sightseeing of the castle with a guide. Next, stroll in Wałbrzych centre with entrance to Porcelain Museum. Possible lunch break and shopping time. Entrance to the “Former Mine” Science and Art Centre, sightseeing with a guide. Return to Wrocław.
Książ Castle is especially interesting as it joins older history, as the construction started in the 13th century, and more recent history as it was largely changed during WWII. If you enjoy conspiracy theories of the human civilization, there is no other such place like Książ as digressions about Hitler purposes for Książ are numerous. During sightseeing of the castle, you will be able to see lots of alternations introduced by Nazi Germans. Apart from the Castle itself it is worth to stroll in the Książ gardens desi...
Stara Kopalnia (Polish: Stara Kopalnia w Wałbrzychu) is located in the Biały Kamień district, less than 2 km from the Wałbrzych Market Square. The mine complex includes a bathhouse, lamp room, boiler rooms, a mechanical workshop, hoisting machines buildings, headlamps, towers of the "Julia", "Sobótka" and "Dampf" shafts, an observation tower, an underground tunnel for stone haulage, as well as buildings of a mechanical coal processing plant, consisting of from the full technological line: sorting plant, washer and fl...
The Porcelain Museum (Polish: Muzeum Porcelany w Wałbrzychu) was established in 2015 in the Albertich Palace. The museum collections has over 10 thousand exhibits gathered in several sections: History of the City and Region, Ceramics and Art. Visitors can find porcelain produced in the region of Lower Silesia (in Wałbrzych, but not only), and wonderful examples of porcelain products from other countries, such as Germany, the Czech Republic, France, England, the Netherlands, Russia and Austria. Some of the rooms have...
Tour guide, museum guides, driver
Książ Castle, Porcelain Museum, Former Mine Science and Art Centre.
Coach
Your hotel/hostel in Wrocław
Your hotel/hostel in Wrocław
English, German, Norwegian, French, Spanish, Italian and others on request
Round Tour
We take castle tour including the palace's interiors, WWII bunkers and gardens.
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