Beautiful Tourist Places to Visit in Zabrze, Poland, Europe

Beautiful Tourist Places to Visit in Zabrze, Poland, Europe

Zabrze is a city in Silesian Voivodeship in south part of Poland was established in the 13^th century. Zabrze spans an area of 80.40 square kilometers (31.04 square miles) and Katowice metropolitan area is located at the distance of around 22 kilometers from Zabrze city. Zabrze city economy depends on manufacturing industries and coal and iron mining and other industries included are wire, glass, chemical, and oil and breweries and few others.

Zabrze is positioned at the distance of 305 kilometers from Warsaw, capital of Poland and enclosed by Gliwice, Bytom, Katowice, Dabrowa Gorincza, Mikolow, Knurow, Pyskowice and Tarnowskie Gory. Coordinates of Zabrze are 50.3000° N, 18.7833° E.

History of Zabrze:

According to records, it is believed that the Zabrze city was established around 1243 and in the Middle Ages the local German settled in the territory. In the year 1526, Zabrze became the division of Habsburg Monarchy of Austria and the first mining industry was established in the year 1790. During the World War I the town was the part of Germany but during the Second World War the town was assigned to Poland.

To see in Zabrze:

Silesian Zoological Garden:

Silesian Zoological Garden is situated at the distance of 22 kilometers from heart of Zabrze and covers an area of 49 hectares is the 3^rd largest zoo in Poland and home to some of the rare native animals and other flora as well visited by number of local and international tourists.

Gliwice Castle:

Gliwice Castle is one of the renowned castles in Poland located at the distance of 10 kilometers in Gliwice city dates back to 14^th century and the castle was renovated in the 15^th century and later the name of the castle was changed to Piast Castle and it is a part of Gliwice Museum.

Other places to visit in Zabrze:

Gliwice Radio Station
Villa Caro
Goldstein Palace
Archidiocesan Museum
History of Katowice Museum
Michel Archangel

Best time to visit Zabrze:

Zabrze is served by humid continental climate with warm summer and cold winter and average temperature ranges from -7° Celsius to 22° Celsius throughout the year and best time to visit Zabrze is from May to September.

Reaching Zabrze:

Zabrze is a small city but known for its industries and mining and well connected through road, rail and air transportation. Zabrze is connected through national highways 44, 78, A1, 86, 76 and A4 and surrounded by many major cities and has extensive bus connection from all the neighboring cities. Zabrze can be reached through Train from Katowice, Bytom, Gliwice, Opole, Wroclaw, Warsaw, and Lodz. Katowice Airport is the nearest airport to Zabrze city located at the distance of 32 kilometers in Wolnosci vicinity and airport caters regular flight services to Frankfurt, Warsaw-Chopin, Djerba, Dubai, Dubrovnik, Enfidha, Hurghada, Izmir, Marsa Alam, Monastir, Paphos, Sharm el-Sheikh, Taba, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion and few other cities.

Accommodation in Zabrze:

Zabrze is one of the renowned industrial city in Poland visited by both the leisure and business travelers from different parts of Europe and due to its tourism prominence, the city houses some of the best hotels range from 1 star to 5 stars with all the world class facilities and hospitalities and hotels in Zabrze offers amenities like swimming pool, water activities, fishing, fitness facilities, high-speed internet, refrigerator, cable /satellite TV, air conditioned etc. List of some renowned hotels in Zabrze are as follows: