What is worth seeing in Jelenia Góra?

The top attractions are the Little Deer Trail (29 deer sculptures), the old town with the Town Hall Square, the Cieplice spa with its Spa Park, the ruins of Chojnik Castle above Sobieszów, and the nearby Karkonosze with Mount Śnieżka.

What to see in Jelenia Góra with children?

The Little Deer Trail is the best – collecting the small sculptures works like a treasure hunt. The Spa Park in Cieplice and a walk through the old town also work well. Family-friendly routes are on the routes page.

What attractions are near Jelenia Góra?

Chojnik Castle above Sobieszów, the Cieplice spa, Gerhart Hauptmann's villa in Jagniątków, and the whole Karkonosze range with Mount Śnieżka (1603 m) and the Karkonosze National Park.

What to see in Jelenia Góra

Jelenia Góra lies at the foot of the Karkonosze and combines a historic old town, a spa, castle ruins and the closeness of the highest mountains of the Sudetes. Here are the finest attractions of the city and its surroundings – with the Little Deer Trail as the guiding thread.

The Little Deer Trail

The city's most recognisable attraction is the Little Deer Trail – 29 bronze sculptures of little deer scattered across Jelenia Góra. You explore them like a treasure hunt: looking for the figures, collecting them and learning the trivia. You will find them all on the interactive map, and most conveniently with the free app.

The old town and the Town Hall Square

The heart of the city is the Town Hall Square – a market square with the town hall, ringed by a row of historic townhouses with their characteristic arcades. It is the best place to start a walk around the centre, where most of the little deer also stand.

Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój

Cieplice is a spa district with hot springs among the warmest in Poland. Worth seeing are the Spa Park and the baroque Schaffgotsch Palace. How a duke discovered these springs is told in a separate legend. Above Cieplice also rises Sołtysia Hill with its lookout tower and a Karkonosze panorama.

Chojnik Castle above Sobieszów

Above Sobieszów rises one of the finest ruins in Lower Silesia – Chojnik Castle, on the summit of a wooded mountain (627 m), with a viewpoint and a 150-metre cliff above the Hell Valley. It is here that the famous legend of cruel Kunigunde takes place. See also the 360° panorama and the castle\'s history.

Jagniątków – Gerhart Hauptmann's villa

In Jagniątków, the highest-lying district, stands the villa of the Nobel laureate Gerhart Hauptmann – now a museum. It is a quiet mountain corner at the gateway to the Karkonosze National Park.

The Karkonosze and Mount Śnieżka

Jelenia Góra is the gateway to the Karkonosze (Giant Mountains) – the highest range of the Sudetes, with Mount Śnieżka (1603 m) on the Czech border. Over these mountains the Spirit of the Mountains – Rübezahl has reigned for centuries.

Good to know – free and family-friendly

Walking the Little Deer Trail is free and works wonderfully with children – short stretches, collecting the figures and ice cream in Cieplice. Ready-made route variants are on the routes page, and the whole history of the city in the History section.