8 Kolobrzeska, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Hel Spit is a magnet for tourists from all over Poland who crave for sun and sandy beaches. Most of seaside lovers know tourist towns in Hel Peninsula such as Hel, Jurata, Jastarnia, Kuźnica, Chałupy and Władysławowo. Still, not many people know that Hel offers much more than just beaches. Discover interesting places that attract children and have 1 day fun with ITS Poland.
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Lunch on request
April-September
2 towns
10-50
Moderate
Up to 30 days*
Pick up from your hotel in Tri-City (Gdańsk, Sopot, Gdynia) by our tour guide and coach. Transfer to Ocean Park in Władysławowo. Sightseeing. Short walk in Władysławowo town's centre and harbour. Viking's ship cruise in Władysławowo. Next transfer to Hel Seal Centre. Watching seals and small centre exhibition. Lunch break. Transfer to Costal Defence Museum and Railway Museum, sightseeing with a guide and narrow gauge train ride. Finally, a visit in Hel lighthouse and admiring Hel Split panorama. Return to your hotel.
Władysławowo is a town which has access both to open Baltic Sea and Puck Bay. It is situated only 66 km from Gdańsk (about 1 h 15 min drive) and 39 km from Gdynia (about 45 min drive). A great attraction of Władysławowo is a sea harbor with a breakwater which also performs a tourist pier functions. The biggest attractions for families is Ocean Park with plastic models of sea mammals in 1:1 scale, a butterfly and insects museum and an amusement park. Moreover, a cruise in one of the ships mooring in the harbor is a de...
Oceanpark in Władysławowo is situated at 13 Żwirowa and has about 12 hectares. Oceanpark gives us an opportunity to have a stroll at an ocean floor and admiring sea animals in a huge sizes (eg. 35 meter whale) but of course on a dry land. Right now tourists can admire about 50 animal models but the park is developed constantly. We can admire among many others: whales, killer whales, tortoises, walruses, fish from all climate zones starting from Antarctica to Tropics. Apart from the models and their descriptions there...
Seal Sanctuary in Hel (Polish: Fokarium w Helu) is definitely a tourist attraction, however it is not its sole purpose. It is not typically commercial enterprise (neither zoo nor circus with some trained animals). It belongs to Oceanography Institute of Gdańsk University and its main goal is to protect the Baltic seals and to promote the knowledge about them and environment protection. The centre accepts ill and wounded animals, heals them and breeds them and then gives them freedom. All the tourists who visit this p...
Hel town is a magnet for tourists thanks to white, sandy beaches not only in Gdańsk Bay but also from the open sea side. It is a tourist resort, one of the most well known Polish bathing sites but also a fishing centre, navy garrison, yacht marina and passenger harbour. The most popular sites among tourists include: the harbour, lighthouse, sea fishery museum, coast defence museum, sea weaponry open museum and children’s favourite seal centre. The town itself is quite picturesque with old 18th and 19th century fisher...
The Museum of Coastal Defence in Hel (Polish: Muzeum Obrony Wybrzeża) was established by the "Friends of Hel" society in buildings formerly occupied by the German "Schleswig-Holstein" 406 mm battery: the B2 gun emplacement and the range-finder tower. The Museum was opened to visitors on 1st May 2006. It is part of the Hel Museum Complex, which also includes the Hel Museum, the Museum of Hel Railways and the Laskowski battery stand on the Hel Peninsula. The main exhibition facility of the museum is the B-2 "Bruno" fir...
The Hel Railway Museum (Polish: Muzeum Kolei Helskich na Helu) is a new museum opened in 2013. It is a branch of the Hel Museum Complex, subordinate to the Museum of Coastal Defence. The museum is located in one of the two ammunition chambers that once belonged to the German 406 mm battery complex "Schleswig Holstein". The museum has exhibitions commemorating the history and development of Hel railways, including the broad-gauge line built during 9 months in 1921, as well as the extensive network of narrow-gauge mili...
The Lighthouse in Hel (Polish: Latarnia Morska Hel) is an octagonal tower made of red-brown faced brick, tapering upwards, ending with a gallery under a conical roof, on which one of the Hel radio antennas is located. The lighthouse is 41.5 m high, and its light (and observation deck) located at a height of 39 m can be seen even from a distance of 18 NM (approx. 36 km). The light source is a 1000 W bulb, which in the event of burnout automatically turns by 45 degrees, and in its place a spare bulb is placed. In the y...
Tour guide and driver
Ocean Park Władysławowo, viking boat cruise, Hel Seal Centre, Costal Defence Museum, Railway Museum, narrow gauge train ride, Hel Lighthouse
Coach, boat, narrow gauge train
Your hotel in Tri-City (Gdańsk, Sopot, Gdynia) and other costal towns on request
Your hotel in Tri-City (Gdańsk, Sopot, Gdynia) and other costal towns on request
English, German, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, French and others on request
Round tour
It is a small museum, you should count 30-45 min for that.
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