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One of the oldest Polish health resorts specialising for over 200 years in cardiologic and cardiovascular problems. At the end of the 19th c. it was a favourite place of many well-known Polish writers, such as Henryk Sienkiewicz, Bolesław Prus or Stefan Żeromski (the latter two have their museums here). The town is situated on the Nałęczów Plateau, surrounded by forests and greenery, with historic architecture modelled on Alpine resorts and Zakopane-style villas. The heart of Nałęczów is the vast Springs Park with the Classicist Palace of the Małachowski Family and other historic sigh ...

The biggest reservoir in the Lublin region can be found right next to the town, on the Wieprz and Por Rivers. A pier, an open-air swim ming pool, a small marina and a rowing course can be found here. You can also rent some water sports equipment. The open-air swimming pool was named Moczydło, in rememberance of the former reservoirs located in this place, where the farmers soaked linen. The reservoir is also a popular fishing spot that attracts fishermen from all over the region. ...

Geneza interesującej nazwy miejscowości sięga według podań, sprowadzenia na te tereny jeńców krzyżackich, pokonanych w bitwie pod Grunwaldem w 1410 roku. Nie można tej tezy jednoznacznie potwierdzić informacjami zawartymi w źródłach historycznych, lecz trudno jest nie połączyć nomenklatury z osadnictwem naszych zachodnich sąsiadów. Strzelisty, neogotycki kościół pw. św. Ignacego Loyoli jest łatwo widoczny z perspektywy zbliżających się do miejscowości. Wewnątrz zdobi świątynię współgrające z bryłą neogotyckie wyposażenie. Północna część gminy wcho ...

A top tourist destination located by Białe Lake in the Łęczna-Włodawa Lake District with tens of holiday resorts. The 106.4-hectare lake has crystal clear water (up to 33.6 m deep), sandy beaches and lies near vast Sobibór Forests, protected within the Sobibór Landscape Park. ...

A poviat town in the Powiśle Region. The first craftsmanship school on Polish lands was opened here in 1761 by the priest Ignacy Konarski. The town’s showpiece is the Church of Assumption of Our Lady built in the 17th-18th c. featuring Baroque interior décor and polychromes in the altar area. In nearby Niezdów there is a Classicist palace of the Lubomirski Family erected in the years 1785-87. ...

A poviat town in the Lublin Polesie, founded in 1401 as a royal town located on the Jagiellonian trade route connecting Vilnius and Cracow, a venue for many meetings and conventions of Old Polish gentry. The main historic sight is a Neo-Gothic church built in the years 1905-13 with a 16th-century painting of Our Lady called ‘Madonna and Child with the pear’ (representing the Flemish school of painting). Next to the church stands a wooden bell tower built in the 17th c. using the horizontal log technique. ...

A town located on the Giełczew River, 25 kilometers from Lublin. There are many interesting stories connected with the local hill called "Kościelec". Formerly, there was a castle built by the owners of these lands - Orzechowski and Suchodolski families. At the end of the XVI century an Arian church was established, and 200 years later an evangelical church, the permanent ruins of which can be seen till this day. An interesting fact is that in he Holy Trinity Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Lublin, one can still see the historic pulpit and the brick altar in the style of Loui ...

A small village by the Giełczew River, that in the second half of the XVI century belonged to the Sobieski family. A wooden church of The Sacred Heart of Jesus beautifully blends in with the landscape of the river valley. ...

A village upon the Vistula River connected with a legend about the knight Piotrowin and St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr. On a high river escarpment stands St. Stanislaus’ Church, founded in 1440 by the Cracow bishop Zbigniew Oleśnicki, which has remained unchanged in its Gothic style till today. There is also a chapel built next to Piotrowin’s grave from the same period. Another tourist attraction of the village is the local limestone quarry offering a great panoramic view of the Vistula River. ...

Mała miejscowość położona niespełna 10 km od południowej granicy Lublina, skrywa malowniczo położony, zabytkowy budynek. W parku, po prawej stronie (zmierzając w kierunku Strzyżewic) znajduje się dwór rodziny Koźmianów. Tutaj żył i tworzył Kajetan Koźmian – wybitny poeta, krytyk literacki, wyróżniający się przedstawiciel klasycyzmu w literaturze polskiej, działacz polityczny przełomu XVIII i XIX w. Znany jest przede wszystkim z utworów, będących pochwałą prostego, przesyconego pracą życia na wsi oraz liryki wychwalającej osiągnięcia Napoleona. W swojej kari ...