It’s not an easy task to plan an interesting trip when travelling with children. We hope that the information presented below will help you organise an enjoyable stay in Lublin.
PLACES OF INTEREST:
The Route of Lublin Legends. Many interesting stories are connected with Lublin. If you want to learn where the name of the city came from, what Duke Leszek the Black dreamt about, or when the cockerel from the Trinitarian Tower crows - this route will be to your liking. The legends and the map of the route are in the section Tourist Routes / the Route of Lublin Legends.
The Fortuna Cellar. Located in the historic townhouse of the Lubomelski Family, this unusual museum adopts a modern approach to the presentation of Lublin’s history. In nine out of ten rooms there are multimedia exhibitions, visualizations and showpieces connected with Lublin’s past. The tenth room is unique as its walls are painted with original 16th-century frescoes showing secular topics. A visit to the Fortuna Cellar is a history lesson your child will truly enjoy.
Address:
8 Rynek
20-111 Lublin
tel. + 48 81 444 55 55
e-mail: piwnica@lrot.pl
www.piwnica.lublin.eu
Lublin Underground Route. The route starts in the cellars of the Crown Tribunal and leads through a 300-metre long network of underground tunnels and corridors in the direction of Po Farze Square. Additional tourist attractions include a moving picture showing the fire of Lublin in 1719 and scale models of the city in the old days. The sightseeing tour is available to children over the age of 4.
Address:
1 Rynek
20-112 Lublin
tel. +48 81 534 65 70
e-mail: podziemia@tnn.lublin.pl
www.podziemia.teatrnn.pl
The acoustic vestry in the Cathedral. Lublin Cathedral is a place of many curiosities. One of them is the acoustic vestry with a specially constructed vault that carries sound. If you whisper quietly in one corner of the vestry, you will be heard by a person standing in the opposite corner. Unbelievable? – come and hear it with your own ears!
Address:
10 Królewska Street
20-109 Lublin
tel. +48 81 532 11 96
fax: 81 532 27 80
www.archikatedra.kuria.lublin.pl
The Trinitarian Tower. On the last floor of the 60-metre high tower there is a viewing terrace offering a fabulous panoramic view of Lublin. To get there you must climb 207 steps but it is definitely worth it.
Address:
10 Królewska Street
20-109 Lublin
Tel. +48 81 743 73 92
The Chamber of Printing. Would you like to know how books were printed in the old days? The Chamber of Printing presents the history of Lublin’s printing traditions and features original machines for pressing, type-setting, printing, cutting and bookbinding which were once used in printing houses in Lublin.
Address:
1 Żmigród Street
20-110 Lublin
tel. +48 81 534 52 33
www.izbadrukarstwa.tnn.pl
The Open Air Village Museum in Lublin. A visit to this outdoor museum is like taking a journey back in time. Here you can see beautifully preserved old farmsteads, wooden churches, a windmill and other examples of rural architecture. What’s more, there are live animals at the museum, such as horses, cows, goats and hens, and many events re-enacting old customs and traditions.
Address:
96 Aleja Warszawska
20-824 Lublin
tel. +48 81 533-85-13 or +48 533 31 37
fax: 81 533 30 51
e-mail: skansen@skansen.lublin.pl
www.skansen.lublin.pl
INSTITUTIONS:
H. Ch. Andersen Theatre in Lublin
1 Dominikańska Street
20-111 Lublin
tel. +48 81 532 16 28; +48 609 703 570
fax: 81 534 36 11
e-mail: info@teatrandersena.pl
www.teatrandersena.pl
CHILDREN`S ENTERTAINMENT CENTRES:
Fantasy Park – The Plaza Shopping Centre
13 Lipowa Street
20-024 Lublin
tel. +48 81 534 24 33 ext. 104
www.lublin.fantasypark.pl
RADOŚĆ Children’s Entertainment Centre – The Olimp Shopping Centre
34 Aleja Spółdzielczości Pracy
20-160 Lublin
tel. +48 81 747 51 12
www.radosc.lublin.pl
FIKU-MIKU Playing Room
17 Bursztynowa Street
20-576 Lublin
tel. +48 81 527 20 30
fax +48 81 527 20 70
e-mail: biuro@fiku-miku.com
www.fiku-miku.com
MAGIC PARK Entertainment and Recreation Centre for Children
1 Morwowa Street
20-704 Lublin
tel. +48 81 460 81 15; +48 81 460 81 16
mobile: 695 426 463 or 695 426 423
e-mail: centrum@magicpark.pl
www.magicpark.pl
The playground in the meadow near Lublin Castle
OTHER PLACES:
Sunny Wrotków. It is the best place to spend time by Zemborzycki Lake. It’s packed with such attractions as outdoor swimming pools with a 100 metre long tube water slide, paddling pools, water playgrounds, family slides, and a pirates’ island. There are also many playgrounds for small children, a 200 metre sandy beach with volleyball courts, a rope park and sports equipment rental.
tel. 81 466 51 08
e-mail: bok@mosir-lublin.pl
Rope Park in Lublin – Zemborzycki Lake
tel. +48 602 664 598
www.park-linowy.eu
FIKA Club and Café
31 Kasztelańska Street
20-810 Lublin
tel. +48 791 876 270
www.fika.lublin.pl
USEFUL LINKS:
www.mamawlublinie.pl
www.tudzieci.pl
www.czasdzieci.pl
www.wycieczkazdzieckiem.pl