Prudnik - PKS - Buses and Buses - Transportation - Attractions and Monuments

Prudnik is a town of about 21,000 people in Opolskie province located on the Prudnik and Zloty Potok rivers just near the Czech border. It will delight you with its beautiful 19th-century architecture and numerous remnants of its long history.

Prudnik - how to get there

Prudnik is crossed by two national roads leading from the Polish-Czech border to Nysa and to Pyskowice. The town has a railway station and a bus station with frequent buses.

Prudnik - attractions not to be missed

What does Prudnik offer to tourists - monuments first, because the medieval layout of the city and ancient architecture are very well preserved there. Secondly, you can find there a unique atmosphere, which only small and quiet border towns can boast.

The Castle Tower known as the Wok Tower

This is a remnant of a medieval brick castle that once existed in the town, probably from the first half of the 13th century. The castle was built by a Bohemian magnate, Marshal of the Kingdom of Bohemia, Vok of Rožemberk.

This oldest monument in the city, which is also the oldest castle tower in Upper Silesia, is open to tourists. It is 41 meters high, at the top offering visitors beautiful views not only of the city, but also of the nearby Opawskie Mountains. It's an ideal place to start a tour of Prudnik.

Prudnik Market Square

The town suffered little damage during World War II and still retains its medieval urban layout. Prudnik's market square is rectangular in shape and is surrounded by 18th- and 19th-century townhouses. In the central part of the market is the town hall with a tall tower. There is also a Marian column made to commemorate the victims of the plague of 1625, a statue of St. John Nepomucen and a fountain.

Lower Gate Tower

This 15th-century tower is a remnant of the medieval city walls, which, in order to develop the city spatially and economically, were demolished in 1868. There used to be two city gates leading to Prudnik - the upper one, called Nyska, and just the lower one, which has been preserved to this day, beautifully renovated and surrounded by colorful townhouses.

The well of love

There is an interesting legend connected with this historic well from the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries, about Wawrzek and Wiewióra, who fell in love with each other and, unable to be together, decided as a symbol of their love to dig a well near the Lower Gate, which at first seemed senseless and practically impossible to do to outsiders. However, when they succeeded in doing so, the well served the local residents for the next several centuries while reminding them of the great power of love.

Villa Hermann Fränkel

This 1883 building once belonged to the Jewish industrialist Hermann Fränkel, son of the owner of Prudnik's largest textile mills. It is now owned by the city and serves as the headquarters of the Prudnik Cultural Center. It is one of the most beautiful and worth seeing buildings in Prudnik - it can impress from the outside, but its interiors are also artfully designed and finished.

Viewing tower on Goat Mountain

The tower is located on a little over 300-meter-high hill, also known as the Monastery Hill, about 3 kilometers from the center of Prudnik. It is open to the public all year round, offering views of Prudnik and the Opawskie Mountains from its terrace.

Prudnik - restaurants and cafes worth visiting

Prudnik, due to the fact that it is quite a small town, can boast only a few worthwhile dining establishments.

Restaurant "Bueno" is a place where you can eat dishes of modern European cuisine, drink wine or aromatic coffee. For fans of kebab, Prudnik may turn out to be an ideal place to try the flagship products of Turkish cuisine - there are as many as several kebabs in the city, but only "Sultan Gastro Kabab" deserves to be recommended. For something sweet, on the other hand, it is best to go to the "Hot'n'Cold" cafe located in the very center of Prudnik's market square.