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Lower Silesia : a Polish region just waiting to be discovered
Lower Silesia, one of Poland's historical regions, brings its own rewards.
While its largest city and gateway to the region is Wrocław, there is much to see beyond its historical capital.
Lower Silesia offers small historic towns that are rich in character and a string of medieval castles and palaces.
The Sudeten Mountain range, along Poland's border with Czechia, offers stunning and dramatic landscapes and a lure for those who enjoy hiking and biking as are the regions national parks.
An excellent introduction to the Lower Silesian region is to take a day trip from Wrocław to Świdnica and tour its surrounding area.
Doing so allows one to marvel at the Church of Peace here before taking in the monumental Książ Castle.
https://www.poland.travel/en/a-journey-through-polish-provinces-lower-silesia
Look beyond Wrocław's and Lower Silesia beckons
Wrocław, Lower Silesia's historic capital, provides a base for venturing just a little further into this fascinating Polish region.
Lower Silesia, which is also known as Dolnośląskie Province, is making a determined effort to lure those visitors to its historic capital of Wrocław.
And while this city offers a great deal as a short city break destination (see AllWays leading to Wrocław) it is also well worth going just a little further.
That is what Ann and I did, and we were not disappointed.
From Wrocław spent a day touring Lower Silesia itself and also had time for two days in the Upper Silesian capital of Opole.
Limited to the just one in Lower Silesia meant we need to make the most of it.
Which we certainly did.
Świdnica
It saw us visiting Świdnica (pronounced Shveed-NEET-sah) where our guide, the oh-so interesting Iwona Radzi took us up the Town Hall Tower (Wieża Ratuszowa) in the centre of the Market Square.
This offers a panoramic view of the old town below and the surrounding area beyond.
It set the scene for our stroll through the medieval Market Square surrounded by its colourful tenement houses in Gothic, Baroque, and Classicist styles.
We also took in the Gothic St. Stanislaus and St. Wenceslaus Cathedral before moving on to Świdnica's magnificent Church of Peace, the largest wooden Baroque church in the world.
Książ Castle
It was then a short drive to the striking Książ Castle, which was commandeered by the Nazi's during WWII.
It was being earmarked become one of the main headquarters for Adolf Hitler or one of his special residences.
https://www.ksiaz.walbrzych.pl/en and http://www.restauracja-ksiazeca.pl/
Our day trip to Lower Silesia gave us just a glimpse of the what the region has to offer travellers, which is a great deal.
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