Ojców | ||
Voivodeship | Lesser Poland | |
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Residents | 220 | |
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Ojców is a city in the voivodeship Lesser Poland.
getting there
The place is a few kilometers north of Krakow.
mobility
You can get around the place on foot.
Tourist Attractions
Ojców is on the edge of the Ojców National Park. A Gothic castle ruin can be visited here. The national park established in 1982 includes part of the Krakow-Czestochowa plateau with its limestone cliffs and castle ruins. The area was settled 180,000 years ago.
activities
Hiking, cycling and horse riding are popular.
shop
There are small souvenirs to buy. Otherwise it is better to shop in the surrounding cities. Krakow is well worth a visit for shopping.
kitchen
The local restaurants offer excellent fresh trout from the local mountain river Prądnik.
nightlife
Krakow is well worth a visit here.
accommodation
Small hotels and private pensions.
trips
Pieskowa Skała in the Ojców National Park owns a castle from the 14th century, which was later rebuilt in the Renaissance style. Mainly interior fittings from the 16th to 19th centuries are exhibited there. Nearby rises a famous, 25-meter-high limestone rock, which is called "Hercules Club" because of its shape.
literature
See article too Poland.
Web links
- http://www.ojcow.pl - Ojców official website