For health and beauty МАŁOPOLSKA 14 UNESCO World Heritage List sites 255 attractions on the Wooden Architecture Route Wadowice – town of birth of Pope John Paul II Salt mines in Wieliczka and Bochnia 9 spa resorts 6 national parks 6 geothermal pools Rafting down the Dunajec gorge 2600 km of bicycle trails 3360 km of mountain trails 65 ski stations www.visitmalopolska.pl fb.com/lubiemalopolske The project has been funded by Małopolska Region Rejkiawik IS FIN Helsinki N Oslo S Sztokholm Tallin EST RUS MAŁOPOLSKA Ryga LV Capital of the region: Kraków Dublin DK Major cities: Tarnów, Nowy Sącz, OświęcimIRL Kopenhaga LT 2 Wilno Surface area: 15,190 km (about 5% of the surface GB RUS Mińsk MAŁOPOLSKA area of Poland) NL Londyn BY For health and beauty Population: 3.4 mil. (about 8% of the population of Amsterdam Poland) Berlin Bruksela Warszawa Landscape: D PL the tallest peak – Rysy: 2499 m asl B Kijów L Praga KRAKÓW mountains – Tatras, Beskids, Pieniny, Gorce Paryż Luksemburg UA foothills – Carpathian Foothills CZ uplands – Kraków-Częstochowa Upland SK Bratysława lowlands – Vistula valley F FL Wiedeń Berno MD Vaduz Budapeszt main rivers – Vistula, Dunajec, Poprad, Raba, CH A H Kiszyniów Skawa, Biała Lublana SLO water reservoirs – Czorsztyński, Rożnowski, RO Zagrzeb Czchowski, Dobczycki, Klimkówka San Bukareszt Marino HR the highest located, cleanest lakes – Morskie AND Monako BIH Belgrad P E MC RSM Oko, Czarny Staw, the lakes of the Valley of Five Andora Sarajewo SRB Lizbona Madryt I Polish Lakes MNE Sofia Priština BG the largest and deepest cave – Wielka Śnieżna Rzym Podgorica RKS Skopje atural mineral water springs spurt from the V Cave: over 22 km of corridors, 824 m deep Tirana MK heart of the Carpathian Mountains. They AL have been circulating for thousands of years and rinsing the most precious minerals off GR More information on: TR Nthe mountains. In this way they acquired benign pro- www.visitmalopolska.pl perties, which help the treatment of various ailments www.muzea.malopolska.pl Ateny and conditions, as well as improve the general well- -being and vitality of the organism. The springs are M Małopolska’s great natural resource. Thanks to them, Publisher numerous health resorts sprang up in the valleys of Department of Tourism, Sport and Promotion the Carpathian Mountains. They include the famous at The Office of the Marshal of the Małopolska Province Krynica-Zdrój, called the pearl of Polish health resorts, Regional Tourism Information System Team as well as Szczawnica and Rabka-Zdrój. There are also ul. Basztowa 22, 31-156 Kraków many smaller health resorts, such as Piwniczna-Zdrój [email protected], www.visitmalopolska.pl Publishing concept: Anna Niedźwieńska, project management MSIT and Wysowa-Zdrój. Additionally, Małopolska boasts Project coordination: Katarzyna Thor Poland’s only health resort situated within the urban area: Kraków-Swoszowice. Third revised edition, 2017 In all health resorts in Małopolska, not only the water Małopolska Organizacja Turystyczna has therapeutic properties – the microclimate is of equal Rynek Kleparski 4/13, 31-150 Kraków significance. In order to make your stay pleasurable and [email protected], www.mot.krakow.pl ensure the effectiveness of the therapy, a variety of me- Project coordination: Agnieszka Bratek dicinal treatments is used; based not only on mineral waters, but also on peloid, i.e. therapeutic mud. In Ma- Text łopolska you will also find underground spas in salt mi- Krzysztof Bzowski Krynica-Zdrój, UMWM photo archive nes in Wieliczka and Bochnia. Publishing of revision: Virtual 3D Each health resort offers therapeutic stays to tourists: in traditional sanatoria or in modern spa and wellne- Publishing ss centres. Amistad Sp. z o.o. – Program It is also worth visiting the surroundings of the heal- ul. Stolarska 13/7, 31-043 Kraków th resorts: you can follow the route of Lemko Ortho- tel./faks: + 48 12 4229922 dox churches or go for the active option and relax by [email protected], www.polskaturystyczna.pl hiking or cycling on the mountain trails. Production management: Agnieszka Błaszczak, Małgorzata Czopik In winter, the health resorts in Małopolska invite Editor: Aurelia Hołubowska tourists to take advantage of their winter sports of- Proofreading: Agnieszka Szmuc fer in modern ski stations. Cover design, graphic design: PART SA Maps: Wydawnictwo Kartograficzne Daunpol sp. z o.o. Typesetting, preparation for print: Michał Tincel Translation and proofreading: EuroInterpret Dominik Moser Kraków 2017, ISBN 978-83-65249-80-7 The authors and publishers have made every effort to ensure the text is accurate, however, they cannot be responsible for any changes that took place after the materials have been prepared for publishing. Last revision: 28 February 2017. Krynica-Zdrój, photo by K. Syga The statue of Jan Kiepura, photo by K. Bańkowski Krynica-Zdrój Krynica-Zdrój, called the pearl of Polish health resorts, hides promenade and Teatr Modrzewiowy (Modrzewiowy Thea- Mineral waters the entrance to this modern facility spurts Zdrój Główny (Main among the mountainous valleys of Beskid Sądecki. Stylish tre). Soon the town became one of the most fashionable Spring), the symbol of the Krynica health resort. Apart from guesthouses, quiet green areas and a promenade in front health resorts. The cream of the society and many artists “Jan” kidney stones, atherosclerosis, diabetes this one, in Krynica you can drink water from the “Jan”, “Zuber”, of Dom Zdrojowy (Spa House) create a unique atmosphere. used to come here “for the waters”. It was frequented by “Józef” urinary tract and kidney diseases “Tadeusz” and “Słotwinka” springs. The latter is also drunk in The patients walk between the pump room and the sana- famous painters: Jan Matejko, Artur Grottger, writers and the Słotwiński Park. The Słotwinka pump room found there nervous and muscular system disor- toria or listen to the spa orchestra, which performs every poets: Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, Henryk Sien kiewicz, dates back to 1863 and is the oldest building in Krynica-Zdrój, ders, stress, allergies, coronary at- day during the summer. They may also attend various im- actors: Ludwik Solski and Helena Modrzejewska, but the “Kryniczanka” originally erected in 1806 by the promenade in the centre of herosclerosis, high blood choleste- portant cultural events the town is known for. person most deeply attached to Krynica was Jan Kiepura, the health resort, where Pijalnia Główna is now located. The rol level a world famous opera singer. He enjoyed resting here, and third pump room is the wooden Jan pavilion from 1923. The gastritis, gastrointestinal ulcers, bile History even built an elegant guesthouse: villa Patria. The Jan Kie- “Mieczysław” “Józef” and “Jan” springs are available here. Mineral waters in Krynica have been known since the pura European Festival is the most important cultural duct infections th 17 century. A “Small House”, built in 1794, marked the be- event in Krynica, attracting famous singers from the en- gastrointestinal infections, neuroses Cultural offer ginnings of the health resort and 10 years later became tire world. Some of the festival performances take place “Słotwinka” and other diseases arising from mag- Your stay in Krynica does not have to be limited to ther- the first bathing centre. In 1807 Krynica was officially rec- in the open air, on the promenade, which alludes to the nesium deficiency apies, as the tourist attractions, both in the health resort ognised as a health resort. habits of Kiepura, who used to perform spontaneously in and in its surroundings, are in abundance. A walk along diseases of the hematopoietic The town was merely a small Lemko village until 1856, various public places. “Tadeusz” the main town promenade is an opportunity to admire the system, enteritis when Józef Dietl popularised the qualities of the miner- historic spa buildings. The renovated Stary Dom Zdrojowy al waters spurting from deep within the ground. Dietl, Mineral waters improving the function of digestive (Old Spa House) in the Renaissance style from 1889, Stare a professor of the Jagiellonian University and a distin- Krynica mineral waters come from 23 springs and the most “Zdrój Główny” glands and the autonomous nervous Łazienki Mineralne (Old Mineral Baths) from the 1860s, as guished president of Kraków, is called the father of Polish popular is “Kryniczanka”. The local mineral waters include the system, allergy shots well as Łazienki Borowinowe (Mud Baths) from 1881 are balneology. Thanks to him, numerous spa facilities came highly carbonated alkaline waters and calcium ferruginous wonderfully displayed. In front of Dom Zdrojowy you will “Zuber I, II, III ulcers, high sugar and cholesterol to being, such as Stare Łazienki (Old Baths), Dom Zdro- waters. Most springs in Krynica are available in public pump find the pavilion of Pijalnia Główna (the Main Pump Room) and IV” blood levels jowy (Spa House), Pijalnia Główna (Main Pump Room), the rooms, especially in Pijalnia Główna (Main Pump Room). By from the 1870s. Next to it, you can see a bandstand from 2 3 Romanówka villa – the Nikifor museum, photo by K. Bańkowski A gondola to Jaworzyna Krynicka, photo by K. Bańkowski Wooden chapel in Mochnaczka Niżna, UMWM photo archive the pre-war period with a commemorative plaque devoted Biała Róża, Biały Orzeł, Węgierska Korona and finally Ro- There are many sport facilities in the town (including mountainous valleys of Beskid Sądecki and the Low Beskids to Jan Kiepura, Nowy Dom