Places
Towns and landmarks in the Polish Beskids with verified history, sources, and links to the map and badges.
- Babia Góra (Witches' Mountain)
Municipality: Zawoja
The highest peak of the Beskids, known for its capricious weather and spectacular sunrises.
Nature
- Bartne
Municipality: Sękowa
Sacred sitesHistoric site
- Chyrowa
Municipality: Dukla
Sacred sitesHistoric site
- Cisna
Municipality: Cisna
Seat of Cisna gmina in the Solinka valley, within the Ciśniańsko-Wetliński Landscape Park. The village lies on an old salt route to Slovakia, and the red Main Beskid Trail runs through it.
Nature
- Glinne Pass
Nature
- Hala Krupowa
Mountain hut
- Izby
Municipality: Uście Gorlickie
A village in Uście Gorlickie gmina, close to the Slovak border. The main trail to Lackowa, the highest peak of the Polish part of the Low Beskids (997 m), starts in Izby.
Sacred sitesHistoric site
- Komańcza
Municipality: Komańcza
Sacred sitesHistoric site
- Koniaków
Municipality: Istebna
Koniaków is the highest situated village in the Silesian Beskids, part of the Beskid Tri-village. It is famous for its unique craft – Koniaków lace – and the vast panoramas stretching from the slopes of Ochodzita and Koczy Zamek.
CultureViewpoint
- Koninki
Municipality: Niedźwiedź
A tourist settlement at the foot of Tobołów (957 m), within the village of Poręba Wielka in Niedźwiedź gmina. Blue and green trails lead from here to Turbacz, and a chairlift runs on Tobołów.
NatureSkiingCycling
- Korbielów
Municipality: Jeleśnia
A village in Jeleśnia gmina on the slopes of Pilsko. It began as a Wallachian settlement of the 15th century; the PTTK hostel "Chata Baców" has operated here since 1967, and the Pilsko ski resort was built in the 1980s.
Mountain hutSkiing
- Koszarawa
Municipality: Koszarawa
A village and the seat of Koszarawa gmina in the south of Silesian Voivodeship, in Żywiec County. It lies on the slopes of the Mędralowa Group and of the Jałowiec, Solniska and Laskowski ranges, 11 km from Jeleśnia and 22 km from Sucha Beskidzka.
Sacred sites
- Kroscienko nad Dunajcem
Municipality: Krościenko nad Dunajcem
Seat of the Pieniny National Park, whose head office is at ul. Jagiellońska 107b; the park was established in 1932 as the first in Poland. The village has alkaline-saline mineral waters, among them the springs "Stefan i Michalina" and "Maria".
Other
- Krowiarki Pass
A pass in the Babia Góra range crossed by voivodeship road no. 957. It separates the Babia Góra massif from the Polica range; the boundaries of Zawoja, Zubrzyca Górna and Lipnica Mała meet here.
Nature
- Krynica-Zdrój
Municipality: Krynica-Zdrój
SkiingHistoric site
- Markowe Szczawiny
Mountain hut
- Ostre
Municipality: Lipowa
A village in Lipowa gmina on the western edge of the Żywiec Basin, at the foot of Ostre mountain (932 m) in the Silesian Beskids. A blue trail leads from here to Skrzyczne and a green one via Kościelec to Malinowska Skała.
Sacred sites
- Przybyszów
Municipality: Bukowsko
A village in Bukowsko gmina that no longer exists; after the Second World War its residents were resettled to the Ukrainian SSR. From November 1918 to January 1919 it belonged to the Komańcza Republic.
Other
- Rabka-Zdroj
For kids
- Regietów
Municipality: Uście Gorlickie
Historic siteSacred sites
- Rymanów-Zdrój
Municipality: Rymanów
A spa village in Rymanów gmina; its history began with the discovery of mineral springs on 16 August 1876. Uzdrowisko Rymanów S.A. lists three natural medicinal waters: Tytus, Klaudia and Celestyna. The village has a spa park.
Water
- Rysianka
PeakMountain hut
- Rytro
Municipality: Rytro
Historic site
- Smerek
Municipality: Cisna
The oldest village in the Wetlina valley, founded in the first half of the 16th century, in Cisna gmina. A wooden church of St. Demetrius stood here until the Second World War; in 1946 the population was expelled and the buildings burned.
Other
- Szczyrk
Municipality: Szczyrk
Skiing
- Turbacz
PeakMountain hut
- Ustroń
Municipality: Ustroń
Skiing
- Ustrzyki Górne
Municipality: Lutowiska
Nature
- Węgierska Górka
Municipality: Węgierska Górka
A gmina seat in Żywiec County, in the Soła valley, which separates the Silesian Beskids from the Żywiec Beskids. The first records date from 1477, and it has been the gmina seat since 1973.
Culture
- Wielki Stożek
Municipality: Wisła
A peak in the Stożek and Czantoria range on the Polish-Czech border, within the town of Wisła. The PTTK Stożek hut, opened in 1922, stands just below the summit.
Nature
- Wisła
Municipality: Wisła
Wisła lies in the upper valley of the river in the Silesian Beskids. The village on the Cieszyn ducal estates appears in the urbarium of 1621, remained pastoral until the end of the 19th century and then grew into a summer resort. It received town rights in 1962.
CultureNatureHistoric site
- Wołosate
Municipality: Lutowiska
Nature
- Zawoja
Municipality: Zawoja
Zawoja is the longest village in Poland, at the foot of Babia Góra. It was founded as part of Vlach settlements and functioned as part of Skawica. Today, it is an important tourist center in the Żywiec Beskids.
NatureSkiing
- Żabnica
Municipality: Węgierska Górka
A village of Węgierska Górka gmina in the valley of the Żabniczanka stream, between the Silesian and Żywiec Beskids. The church of Our Lady of Częstochowa, built 1910–1914, rises above it, and trails lead from the village to Hala Boracza and Rysianka.
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