Ojcow National Park area covers 11 km of the Pradnik Valley and 4 km of the Saspowka Valley, with Steep Jura limestone cliffs, and it extends from Pieskowa Skala in the north to Pradnik Korzkiewski in the south. Southern tip of the Park is situated only 19 km from Krakow.

This small town lies only 33 km from Krakow. It is known for its Calvary on the hill slope which is the imitation of the original one in Jerusalem. It is the oldest calvary in Poland and also the most unusual one. It was commissioned and planed in 1600 by Mikolaj Zebrzydowski, the ruler of Krakow and an ardent Catholic. It was built in 1605 – 1632 as a complex which consists of 42 chapels and small churches in the Dutch Renaissance or Baroque style located around the Baroque Church of Our Lady of Angels.

The small city of Wadowice lies 50 km from Krakow and is well known in Poland, mainly because of one thing. It was here where Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) was born on 18^th May 1920.

First written record of Wadowice dates from 1325. At that time the town belonged to Silesian dukes.

Tyniec lies only 12 km from the centre of Krakow. This monastery village is famous for picturesque Benedictine Abbey which is located on the steep limestone of Vistula escarpment. The Abbey was probably founded around 1044 by King Kazimierz I the Restorer on the site of a prehistoric fortress.

Wieliczka Salt Mines are the oldest mines in the world still open. Salt was obtained from the local springs as early as 3000 BC. Magnum Sal (Great Salt) is mentioned in documents from the 11^th century. The oldest shaft (Goryszowski) dates from 1280. In 1290 Wieliczka was given town status.