Park Wodny Perła in Sitkówka combines slides, water-based activities and pool activities. The range of options is especially useful when planning a trip: alongside various slides, there are saunas and water massages, aqua aerobics classes, and the option to book individual swimming lessons.
Slides and water activities at Park Wodny Perła
The outdoor slide is 94 metres long and features light and sound effects. There is also a 35-metre-long, semi-enclosed indoor slide. This gives you two slides of different lengths and designs to compare: one is outdoors and features special effects, while the other is partially enclosed. These details help you get a clearer idea of the water park’s focus without treating the slides as identical.
Other facilities include an infrared sauna, a Finnish sauna and a steam room. Whirlpools with peloid and brine water, along with water massages, complement the sauna area. Water massages are also available to children and older people. The facilities therefore include both different types of saunas and water treatments; they are not limited to slides.
Aqua aerobics classes are open to people of all ages. No swimming skills or special level of physical fitness are required. If you would rather focus on improving your swimming, you can book individual lessons with one of the swimming instructors who work there. Classes and individual lessons are different options: aqua aerobics is described as a group activity for a wide age range, while a swimming lesson is a single one-to-one session.
Hiking and cycling routes in the municipality
The blue Edmund Padechowicz hiking trail passes through the Góra Żakowa nature reserve and by the monument in Szewce, within the municipality of Nowiny. The nature reserve and the monument provide two specific landmarks along the trail. The Nowińska Ścieżka Turystyczna is another hiking option: the 7-kilometre circular route lies in Chęcińsko-Kielecki Landscape Park and starts and ends in Szewce.
For cycling, a 7.6-kilometre route in Nowiny is described. It crosses the hills of the Pasmo Zelejowskie range southeast of Kielce and runs mainly along forest paths. The hiking and cycling options can be distinguished by their stated features: for the hiking trails, these include the nature reserve, monument, circular route and endpoints; for the cycling route, the length, mountain range and predominantly forest-path surface are specified. This makes it easier to choose the kind of activity that best suits your interests without confusing the routes.
Culture in the wider Kielce destination
The wider Kielce destination also offers distinct cultural attractions. The Ethnographic Park in Tokarnia is an open-air museum covering more than 65 hectares, with over 80 historic buildings. These include farmhouses, barns, windmills, churches and manor houses. The park recreates typical settlement layouts from four subregions of Kielecczyzna: the Świętokrzyskie Mountains, the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, the Sandomierz Upland and the Nida Basin. Groups and individual visitors can book themed guided tours; reservations are required.
The manor house of Henryk Sienkiewicz in Oblęgorek houses Poland’s first museum dedicated to the life and work of the Nobel laureate. The historic ground-floor interiors recreate his home, including a study, living room, dining room, smoking room and bedroom. The Święty Krzyż monastery is a different kind of cultural site: it is an active religious institution, was formerly associated with the Benedictines and is now home to the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Chęciny Royal Castle was one of the Crown’s major fortresses in the Middle Ages.
When choosing what interests you on your trip, you can consider these attractions separately: Park Wodny Perła represents slides, saunas and swimming activities in Sitkówka; the routes described are in the municipality of Nowiny; and the cultural sites are in the wider Kielce destination. This makes it clearer which themes will shape your trip.
Discover more destinations: Tokarnia, Nowa Huta, Górno, Chmielnik, Daleszyce, Polichno, Kielce, Stara Słupia.
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