Parks and nature

Carpathian beech forest on the dolomite ridge of a hill 438 m high

forest reserve above the Paleśnianka gorge with beech woods and a bat hibernation site

a park in Krowodrza on the site of former mission gardens, with a monument to its patron from 2010

an oxbow lake of the Vistula with water-lilies on the northern edge of the Niepołomice Forest

a reserve on the slopes of Śnieżnica protecting Carpathian beech forest, rock outcrops and rare forest-floor plants

a park with 16th-century roots by the Białoprądnicki Manor House, with limes and the Białucha river

an estate park with a skatepark, a trial park and an open-air stage, laid out in the early 1970s

a reserve in the Niepołomice Forest protecting the royal fern and peat bogs

a reserve of old-growth beech-fir forest from 1906 in the Poprad Landscape Park

a strict reserve of steppe vegetation on the southern slope of the Klonowskie Hills

a forest reserve with xerothermic grassland on a chalk hill near Miechów

a square with a concert gazebo in the Planty, named after Zbigniew Wodecki

a small pond at 1668 m above sea level with the highest-living Alpine newt in Poland

a reserve of Carpathian beech and oak-hornbeam forest on the slopes of Białowodzka Góra above the Dunajec River

the largest reserve in the Niepołomice Forest, with oak-hornbeam and riparian forests and nesting black storks

a spa park from 1824 with a neo-Gothic spa chapel and a bandstand

a landscape reserve with beech forest, rock grasslands and stream cascades

a forest reserve with alder riparian forest, giant horsetail and a stream ravine in the Orlej Forest

a forest reserve in Poprad Landscape Park with remnants of the Carpathian Primeval Forest

a glacial pond at 1120 m above sea level turning into a peat bog with rare plants

ecological site of 60 ha of old beech forest between the Wodna and Siersza estates

a glacial cirque below Rysy with Czarny Staw on its floor and the Czarnostawiańska Siklawa waterfall on its threshold

a mid-19th-century spa park with a pump room, a chapel and 19th-century villas

gorge-like valleys with five nature reserves, caves and rock outcrops near Kraków