Top 17 places to visit in Poland near Kielce:

  • Błędów Desert

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    Błędów Desert was created as a result of human activity which lowered the water table to such a degree that the ground could no longer support plant life.
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  • Bobolice Castle

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    The Bobolice Castle is a 14th-century royal castle in the village of Bobolice. It was a part of the defense system of royal strongholds protecting the western border of Poland on the side of Silesia.
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  • Bydlin Castle

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    Bydlin Castle is a fourteenth-century castle ruins, located in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. The fortress was built as part of the Trail of the Eagles' Nests defence system.
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  • Bąkowiec Castle

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    Bąkowiec Castle is a fourteenth-century knight's castle ruins, located in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland.
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  • Chęciny Castle

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    Chęciny Royal Castle was built in the late 13th century in Chęciny, Poland. It fell into ruin in the 18th century and remains in that state to this day.
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  • Inowlódz Royal Castle

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    Inowlodz Castle is a Gothic style royal castle from the 14th century founded by Casimir the Great located in the valley of the Pilica River in the village of Inowlodz, Lodz province.
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  • Jaskinia Raj

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    Paradise Cave (Jaskinia Raj) is a horizontal karstic limestone cave located to the south of Kielce. It is part of the "Red tourist trail Chęciny - Kielce" in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains. Despite its small size it is regarded as one of Poland's most beautiful caves and attracts numerous visitors.
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  • JuraPark Bałtów

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    Jura Park Bałtów is a tourist complex located in the village of Bałtów. The main element of the park is life-size dinosaur reconstructions. The complex also offers Bałtów Animal Park, rafting on the Kamienna river, an amusement park, horseback riding, and other attractions.
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  • Krzyżtopór Castle

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    Krzyżtopór Castle is a big castle that served as a medieval fortress and a palace. It was originally built by a Polish nobleman Krzysztof Ossoliński in 1644 in the village of Ujazd. Currently it is under restoration.
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  • Mirów Castle

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    Mirów Castle is a 14th-century castle, now ruined, located in the Mirów village, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.
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  • Ogrodzieniec Castle

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    Ogrodzieniec Castle - ruins of a castle built in the system of the so-called Eagles' Nests in the 14th-15th centuries. The castle is located on the highest elevation in the Krakow-Czestochowa Jurassic Highlands - Castle Mountain rising to 515.5 meters above sea level.
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  • Ojcowski National Park

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    Ojców National Park is the smallest national park in Poland, but it is the closest to Kraków and has many hiking and cycling pathes. The area is popular for its rock formations, which together with two river valleys form numerous limestone cliffs, canyons, and caves.
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  • Olsztyn Castle

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    Olsztyn Castle – castle ruins located in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, lying on the Trail of the Eagles' Nests – formerly protecting the southern border of the Kingdom of Poland.
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  • Pilcza Castle

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    Pilica Castle is a Neo-Renaissance castle located in Pilica. Encircled by bastion fortifications, the castle is made up of four wings, surrounding an interior courtyard. The castle is surrounded by a 10 ha park with diverse fauna and flora. There is a Classicist well in the park.
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  • Rabsztyn Castle

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    Rabsztyn Castle is a preserved Gothic ruined castle located in the Polish Jura within the Eagles' Nests Trail. Having undergone extensive reconstruction, since May 2015, the castle has been opened to tourists.
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  • Sandomierz

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    Sandomierz is one of the oldest and historically most significant towns in Poland. The most notable landmarks are the Royal Castle, Cathedral Basilica, Jan Długosz House, cathedral bell tower, Collegium Gostomianum, Old Town with the town hall in the middle.
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  • Swietokrzyski National Park

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    Świętokrzyski National Park is famous for its trees, of which 674 are regarded as monuments of nature and as such are under protection. The Świętokrzyskie Mountains are the oldest in Poland. Apart from nature, there are several important architectural relics, most of which of sacral character.
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