Świętokrzyski National Park
Forested ridge with an abbey on top, in the Holy Cross Mountains of central Poland
The park covers the Łysogory, the highest ridge of the Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) Mountains, the oldest in Poland. Pine and beech forest, with a 12th-century Benedictine abbey on the summit of Łysa Góra, fills most of its area.
Things to do
- On footClimb Łysica, the park's highest peak at 612 m
- On footWalk up Łysa Góra to the Benedictine Holy Cross Abbey
- Try thisLook for the fir wilderness and Polish larch on Chełmowa Góra
- HeritageVisit the museum of metallurgy at Słupia Nowa, where an ancient method of making steel is occasionally demonstrated