Jura Południowa May 2026

This is the appetizer. A rectangular tower standing in a meadow. It’s small, it’s quick to climb, but it gives you that first hit of medieval atmosphere. You can walk from Mirów to its neighbor in about 15 minutes.

The North is for families and photographers. The South is for adventurers and dreamers. jura południowa

Skip the bus tours. Rent a car or, better yet, a mountain bike. Stay in a small agrotourism farm where the host brings you homemade oscypek (smoked cheese) and nalewka (homemade liqueur) at sunset. This is the appetizer

If you listen closely, you hear nothing but the wind whistling through karst formations and the distant call of a hawk. You cannot talk about the Southern Jura without mentioning the "Eagle’s Nests." These are the medieval castles built by King Kazimierz the Great to protect the trade route to Silesia. In the north, they are restored. In the south, they are ruins —and glorious ones at that. You can walk from Mirów to its neighbor in about 15 minutes