Day trips from Wrocław

Places outside Wrocław to visit for a day, each with a page of its own on what it is and how to get there.

Day trips from Wrocław

Ślęża A mountain of 718 m that rises by itself out of flat country at Sobótka, southwest of Wrocław, with a church, a tourist house and an observation tower on its summit.
Świdnica A town in Lower Silesia with a wooden Church of Peace on the UNESCO World Heritage List, a Gothic cathedral and a market square, reached from Wrocław Główny by regional train.
Motorisation Museum at Topacz Castle Muzeum Motoryzacji, a museum of cars and motorcycles at Topacz Castle in Ślęza, outside Wrocław.
Książ Castle A castle in Wałbrzych begun by Duke Bolko I in the 13th century, with terraces and wartime tunnels, reached from Wrocław by train to Wałbrzych and a city bus.
Kłodzko A town in Lower Silesia under a fortress that Prussia rebuilt in the 18th century, with kilometres of underground galleries, reached from Wrocław Główny by direct train.
Karpacz and Śnieżka A mountain town below Śnieżka, the highest mountain of the Karkonosze, with a wooden church brought from Norway, reached from Wrocław by train with a change at Jelenia Góra.
Szklarska Poręba A mountain town between the Karkonosze and the Jizera Mountains, with trails to waterfalls and to Szrenica, at the end of the railway from Wrocław through Jelenia Góra.
Trzebnica A town in Lower Silesia with the basilica and tomb of St Hedwig of Silesia in a former Cistercian abbey, reached from Wrocław Główny by regional train in about 45 minutes.
Poznań A city with a Renaissance town hall on its Old Market Square and Poland’s first cathedral on Ostrów Tumski, reached from Wrocław Główny by direct PKP Intercity train.
Ski trips from Wrocław Ski areas on the Polish and Czech side of the Karkonosze reached by train, and coach day trips to the Kłodzko Valley.

Photographs. Ślęża: nucek, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0; Świdnica: Krzysztof Popławski, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0; Topacz: Takasamarasa, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 PL; Książ: Jar.ciurus, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl; Kłodzko: Jacek Halicki, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; Karpacz: Derbeth, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5; Szklarska Poręba: Mietax007, Wikimedia Commons, public domain; Trzebnica: Jar.ciurus, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0; Poznań: A.Savin, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.