Tarnów

By train

Wizardscoat

• From Kraków: trains go each way every hour or so, cost around 20 zł and take two hours.
• From Nowy Sącz: two hours and tickets cost around 10 zł.

By bus

By car

• Medieval urban layout of Old Town with tenement houses and the Main Square with 14th century Gothic/Renaissance City Hall in the middle.

Jakub Hałun

Jakub Hałun

Rafal Klisowski

• Remains of the defensive walls and two fortified towers

• BimahRemains of the old synagogue

• Tarnów Cathedral

  address: plac Katedralny
  From the 14th century.

• Holy Trinity Church

  address: Tuchowska 5
  This late Gothic wooden church dates back to the 16th century. Now it is somehow hidden between railway tracks.
• complex of a

  Bernadine Abbey

• Tarnów Railway stationBuilt in 1906 based on the design of E. Baudisch, the station was the site of Tarnów rail station bomb attack which was carried out by a Polish-German agent on August 28, 1939, just days before the German invasion of Poland.

• Tarnowski Castle ruinsLocated on nearby St. Martin's Hill, the 12th century fortification towered over the city until it fell into utter disrepair and was eventually dismantled and used in the construction of Bernardine church and monastery. Parts of the stonework are said to have been fitted to various buildings surrounding the town square. What remained of the castle was largely covered during construction of a mound which was never completed. Today the ruins are frequented by the residents of Tarnów and surrounding villages, as they provide a picturesque view of the city.

• World War I cemeteriesThe Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive cost 300,000 men their lives. Many of them have never been identified and today they rest in war cemeteries, often marked with commemorative statues, in towns surrounding Tarnów.

Museums

• Regional Museum in TarnówThree buildings in the city: the Town Hall, the house at Rynek 20-21 and Ethnography Museum at ul. Krakowska 10.

Sightseeing locations

• St. Martin's HillThe location of the Tarnów Castle ruins (see above), provides an excellent view of the old town.

• Town Hall TowerThere are additional artifacts, including local mammoth tusks, on the way to the tower; visitors will also be able to see the fully functional mechanical clockwork of the town hall clock.

• Tower of the Tarnów CathedralNo service is available to the public. However, it has been said that one can talk to the rector about accompanying the janitor to the tower.

• Town Hall, there are many souvenirs, pictures, postcards, and books about Tarnów available at the front desk. One of the noteworthy items is an album containing old photos of Tarnów, it includes rare photos of Gorlice-Tarnów offensive during the First World War, and the aftermath of the Tarnów rail station bomb attack (see above).