Wadowice

Wadowice is a pretty small town with a late baroque church. Karol Wojtyła, the later pope John Paul II, was born there in 1920.

It is easily accessible from Kraków and Katowice by car, bus or train.

• Birth House of Karol Wojtyła

  phone: +48 33 823 35 65
  address: Kościelna 7
  Now a museum.

• St. Mary Basilica

  address: plac Jana Pawła II 1
  This is the church where Karol Wojtyła was baptized.

• Municipal Museum

  phone: +48 33 873 81 00
  address: Kościelna 4

Numerous cafes around the market square sell famous papal cake (kremówka).

• Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
• Bielsko-Biała