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Ustroń
Place in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Ustroń

Ustroń is a health resort town in Cieszyn Silesia, southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship.

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It lies on the Silesian Beskids mountain range. The Równica and Czantoria mountains are nearby.

Get in

Getting to Ustroń

Katowice (KTW IATA), Kraków (KRK IATA) and Ostrava (OSR IATA) all have a good range of European flights and are about 90 minutes drive. Regional trains run from Katowice every two hours or so, taking 1 hr 40 min via Tychy, Pszczyna, Zabrzeg and Skoczow. They make four stops in Ustroń, all simple platform halts:

  1. 01
    Ustroń Brzegi
See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Muzeum Stara Zagroda

    Wooden farmstead from 1768 recreating life of that era.

  2. 02
    Kościół św

    The Church of St Clement was built in late baroque style in stages from 1780 to 1840.

  3. 03
    Kościół Jakuba Starszego

    The Lutheran Church of James the Elder is a small neoclassical building completed in 1838.

  4. 04
    Muzeum Ustrońskie

    Jana Jarockiego (Jan Jarocki Museum), Hutnicza 3,.

  5. 05
    Leśny Park Niespodzianek
Do

Things to do

Amphitheatre is the main live performance arena, on Parkowa behind Jan Jarocki Museum. Hiking: There are several trails, some reaching the Czech border. The trail to Wisła along the east riverbank is a good choice when the hills are socked in by cloud. Równica is the 884 m peak just east of town. You can drive to the 750 m mark then the summit is a broad easy trail.

Eat

Where to eat

Town centre places include Red Chili Kebab, Bahus, U Nepalczyka, Tete-a-Tete, Rybka, Oliwka and Karczma Góralska.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.