Nowy Sącz
Nowy Sącz is a city in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of southern Poland.
Nowy Sącz is a city in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of southern Poland. It is the district capital of Nowy Sącz County as a separate administrative unit. With a population of 83,116 as of 2021, it is the largest city in the Beskid Sądecki Region as well as the third most populous city in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
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Worth seeing in and around Nowy Sącz
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Nowy Sącz Castle
The Nowy Sącz Royal Castle is a mediaeval castle in the city of Nowy Sącz in Poland. The partially restored ruins of the castle date back to the 14th century during the reign of Casimir III the Great.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Market Square
- 02Town Hall
From the 19th century.
- 03Royal Castle Ruins
Partially restored ruins of a medieval castle.
- 04Saint Margaret's Basilica
- 05Great Synagogue
This synagogue built in 1746 was once the center of Nowy Sącz's Jewish district.
- 06Nowy Sącz District Museum
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Things to do
A rather popular destination in summer is Lake Rożnów (Jezioro Rożnowskie), located around 15 km north of Nowy Sącz. There are a few famous beaches in Gródek nad Dunajcem.
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Where to eat
Next to a lot of fast food restaurants, Nowy Sącz offers a lot of possibilities in terms of eating local cuisine. One of the more famous restaurants serving local cuisine is Jadłodajnia Pod Wierzbą, ul. Paderewskiego 49, however, there are also several other restaurants serving local cuisine, and many places that serve food not typical to Poland or Central Europe.
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Getting to Nowy Sącz
- Airports
- Kraków John Paul II (KRK), 83 km · Rzeszów-Jasionka (RZE), 109 km · Katowice Wojciech Korfanty (KTW), 149 km
- Balice → Nowy Sącz83 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · zł27–36
- Jasionka → Nowy Sącz275 km · quickest by road, 5h 42m · zł90–120
- Katowice → Nowy Sącz139 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · zł41–55
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