Top Things to do in Iwonicz Zdroj
- 1. Spa resort in Iwonicz-Zdroj
- 2. Spa resort in Rymanow-Zdroj
- 3. Museum of Petroleum Industries
- 4. St Michael Archangel's Sanctuary
- 5. Hermitage of St. John of Dukla
- 6. Slate Menilite Wall
- 7. Glass Heritage Center
- 8. The Wooden Gothic Church of Virgin Mary
- 9. Pijalnia Wod Mineralnych
- 10. Glassworks Artistic "Sabina"
The 10 Best Things to Do in Iwonicz Zdroj, Poland
Discover the best top things to do in Iwonicz Zdroj, Poland including Spa resort in Iwonicz-Zdroj, Spa resort in Rymanow-Zdroj, Museum of Petroleum Industries, St Michael Archangel's Sanctuary, Hermitage of St. John of Dukla, Slate Menilite Wall, Glass Heritage Center, The Wooden Gothic Church of Virgin Mary, Pijalnia Wod Mineralnych, Glassworks Artistic "Sabina".
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1. Spa resort in Iwonicz-Zdroj
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 5 reviews
Reviewed By endrju_74 - Ipswich, United Kingdom
South end of long town of Iwonicz-Zdrój is taken by the spa resort. There's 5 major and many smaller mineral Springs in this part of the valley. They all been used to improve visitors health since 15th century, while organised spa industry started here by the end of 16th century. Today there's many spa buildings (mainly serving as a spa hospitals, but there're also buildings such as mineral waters pump room) surrounding a small square with Fountains. What is quite unusual for this spa town is lack of organised park, instead of that visitors can enjoy many walking trails in surrounding thick Forests. Accessible by many bus lines, mainly from Krosno town, with major bus stop just on the outskirts of spa district.
2. Spa resort in Rymanow-Zdroj
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 10 reviews
Reviewed By endrju_74 - Ipswich, United Kingdom
Half way through the Tabor river valley there's a spa resort of Rymanów-Zdrój (not to be confused with the village of Rymanów few kilometers north). Quite small but charming, with recently renewed spa park. In existance only since the end of 19th century (neighbouring spa town of Iwonicz since 15th century...). Most spa hospitals in close proximity from the mentioned park. There's also a bus stop there, with buses going mainly to Krosno town, with small number of long distance services.
3. Museum of Petroleum Industries
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 29 reviews
Reviewed By Krzysztof F - Krakow, Poland
The history of Polish Oil Industry is well presented at Bóbrka Open Air Petroleum Industry Museum of the name of Ignacy Lukasiewicz. The Museum is located at the place of the former oilfield "Bóbrka" established by three owners; Sir Ignacy Lukasiewicz, Sir Tytus Trzecieski, Sir Karol Kolbasse-Zrencki in 1854. The oilfield "Bóbrka" is alive up till now.
Among the most valuable, and the most interesting exhibits of the Museum of Petroleum Industry are the still-operational oil wells dating from the 1860’s, that is from Łukasiewicz’s lifetime. The wells, affectionately named “Franek” and “Janina” (Frank and Jenny), exemplify an obsolete extraction technique: they were first dug by hand, with the use of spades, picks and poles, and then deepened by drilling with a hand-operated drill. Still you can recover a bucket of crude oil with bubbling gas drops like in champagne.
Crude oil extracted from the “Franek” well is used by the museum for conservation purposes, whereas the “Janina” well is still exploited on an industrial scale.
Ignacy Łukasiewicz was a Pole of Armenian origin, and a Polish patriot. He invented the kerosene lamp, the sheet-metal frame of which was devised for him by a Lvov blacksmith Adam Bratkowski. Lukasiewicz’s newly-constructed lamp was used for the first time on the memorable date of 31st July 1853, during a night-time emergency surgery at the Lyczaków general hospital in Lvov. A few months earlier, while working in a Lvov pharmacy, Ignacy Łukasiewicz and Jan Zeh experimented with crude oil.
They discover the processes of refining crude oil and, aware that crude oil had long been used as a lubricant and liniment for cattle, its use for medicinal purposes.
During research, they applied the method of fractional distillation and obtained kerosene (Naphtha). In 1854 Łukasiewicz moved to Gorlice, where again he was employed in a pharmacy. In the same year, the corner of węgierska and Kościuszki streets in Gorlice was lit with the first-ever kerosene streetlamp. The Trzecieski-Lukasiewicz Petroleum Company was founded, with the result that the world’s first oil-mine was established in Bóbrka. In 1857, in Klęczany near Nowy Sącz, Łukasiewicz established the first petroleum refinery, producing kerosene, (naphtha), lubricants and asphalt. Until his death in 1882, he was continuously involved in the development of Polish Petroleum Industry, as well as in the liberation movement and social initiatives.
4. St Michael Archangel's Sanctuary
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2 reviews
Reviewed By Jadwiga M
Sanktuarium św. Michała Archanioła w Miejscu Piastowym to przepiękne, położone na niewielkim wzgórzu miejsce. ,, Któż jak Bóg" - myśl przewodnia, która towarzyszyła księdzu Markiewiczowi, jest, moim zdaniem - bardzo pięknie wyeksponowana w świątyni. Ogromne wrażenie wywarł na mnie sarkofag z doczesnymi szczątkami ks. Bronisława Markiewicza, założyciela Zgromadzenia Michalitów. Na terenie Sanktuarium znajduje się księgarnia. To w niej udało mi się kupić pewna niezbędna książkę, której nigdzie indziej nie mogłam zdobyć.
5. Hermitage of St. John of Dukla
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 4 reviews
Reviewed By endrju_74 - Ipswich, United Kingdom
Hidden in the Forests south-west from Dukla, on the slopes of Zaśpit hill. Accessible by very narrow tarmac road with small carpark just below the hermitage, at the forest edge - from there its about 300 meters walk. Alleged place where St John of Dukla had his hermitage in mid 15th century, but current buildings hasn't been built till second half of the 18th century. And it was all organised by Maria Amalia Mniszchowa, when she had a dream, with St John of Dukla appearing in that dream, telling her to build this little sanctuary in place of his hermitage... The hermitage consists of large stone chapel which stands above grotto with a source of a little creek. There's also a wooden building, which is apparently a Pilgrims House. Main Carpathian long distance path (marked with red) passes alongside the hermitage. There's another site dedicated to St John of Dukla, called here on TripAdvisor as "Creek of St. John of Dukla" (in Kombornia, north form Dukla town), and it seems to be confused by reviewers with this hermitage.
6. Slate Menilite Wall
Overall Ratings
5 based on 5 reviews
Reviewed By Gawus - Krakow
Piękna, poteżna ściana. Robi niesamowite wrażenie gdy stoimy na brzegu Wisłoka.. Zarówno w lecie jak i w zimie super miejsce na spędzenie popołudnia lub przedpołudnia. W lecie - bo woda czysta i rzeka fajna. W zimie, zwłaszcza gdy jest mróz, spadająca z góry woda zamarza tworząc przepiękne lodospady. Warto też przespacerować się wzdłuż rzeki i podziwiać, podziwiać, podziwiać... Obecnie już nietrudno trafić, choć brak oznakowania. Na poboczu drogi, po lewej stronie, tuż po wjechaniu do miejscowości Rudawka Rymanowska zawsze zaparkowane są auta tuż przed końcem dużego pola/łąki. Zaraz przed urwiskiem. Stoją tam drewniane reklamy wyciągu narciarskiego i restauracji w Puławach (też warto zajrzeć) Niestety trochę trudno trafić, gdyż przy drodze brak oznakowania. Widoki i wrażenia niepowtarzalne.
7. Glass Heritage Center
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 49 reviews
Reviewed By Paul B
Well worth travelling from anywhere to visit this wonderful glass centre situated in the beautiful main square of Krosno. With collections of glass, Exhibitions,workshops and practicing glass artists, shop and cafe there is enough to keep you occupied for as long as you like.
8. The Wooden Gothic Church of Virgin Mary
Overall Ratings
5 based on 14 reviews
Reviewed By TomekTolo - Krakow, Poland
If you would have to choose that one unique thing of Poland it might well be the wooden architecture of the country. Haczów church is the oldest, largest and best preserved wooden gothic church in Europe. Hard to believe it survived almost unchanged for over 600 years and the logs that build it are made of wood some 800 years old today. What more to add? Well deserved UNESCO title along with some 15 other wooden churches and orthodox tserkvas in Poland and Ukraine.
9. Pijalnia Wod Mineralnych
Overall Ratings
4 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By Surykatka - Sosnowiec, Poland
Ładnie położona, ładny wystrój, wcześniej można zrobić zakupy w podcieniach. Niestety w porównaniu z Rymanowem wypada słabo-długa przerwa, wszystko każdorazowo płatne. Pijalnia ma swój klimat, jak to w uzdrowisku, jednak nie widać takiej dbałości o kuracjusza jak we wspomnianym już cudownym Rymanowie-Zdroju.
10. Glassworks Artistic "Sabina"
Overall Ratings
4 based on 2 reviews
Reviewed By AgnieszkaAWZ - Warsaw, Poland
Ta niewielka huta ma do zaoferowania ogromny wybór szklanych dzieł. Można je oglądać i kupować, można też podziwiać i zazdrościć talentu i pomysłów.
O 10.30 prowadzony jest pokaz dla zorganizowanych grup, niemniej będąc w innych godzinach też można podejrzeć pracę hutników (oczywiście w czasie ich pracy). Jesteśmy pełni podziwu dla ich pracy..
Polecam bardzo, bo to jedna z niewielu atrakcji Rymanowa:)
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