What to see
In the synagogue look for the bimah and Hebrew inscriptions on the walls; the former Talmudic house next door is a museum. On the other side of town: the baroque Holy Trinity church and a former monastery.
A short walk leads to the castle, with views over the river's backwaters.
How to get there and practical info
- Distance
- About 30 km from Białystok (35 minutes by car)
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Hours and tickets
- Synagogue — check the Podlasie Museum website (Tykocin branch)
Other sights in Białystok
Straight-line distances from „Tykocin — Great Synagogue and castle" — calculated from real coordinates. By road it is often further.
Narew National Park — Waniewo–Śliwno boardwalkThe "Polish Amazon" — a kilometre of boardwalks and hand-pulled floating ferries
~15 km as the crow flies
St Roch's ChurchA modernist gem on the hill at the end of Lipowa Street — a national Monument of History.
~26 km as the crow flies
St Nicholas Orthodox CathedralThe Orthodox cathedral on Lipowa Street — golden domes and an interior full of icons.
~27 km as the crow flies
Kościuszko Square and town hallA triangular square with the rebuilt town hall — now the Podlasie Museum — and café garden
~27 km as the crow flies
Cathedral of the Assumption (Old Parish Church)Two churches in one: a 17th-century parish church and the neo-Gothic basilica built onto i
~28 km as the crow flies
Podlasie Opera and PhilharmonicThe largest stage in north-eastern Poland — opera, musicals and concerts, plus an open-air
~28 km as the crow flies
Branicki Palace and gardensThe Versailles of Podlasie — the Hetman's baroque residence with French gardens open
~28 km as the crow flies
Ludwik Zamenhof CentreAn exhibition about the multicultural city in which Esperanto was born.
~28 km as the crow flies
Siberian Memorial MuseumA modern museum about deportations to Siberia — one of Poland's most important histor
~28 km as the crow flies
Supraśl — monastery and Icon MuseumA spa town in the Knyszyn Forest with a monastery, Icon Museum, kayaks and a river beach.
~38 km as the crow flies
Kruszyniany — Tatar mosqueAn 18th-century wooden mosque and cemetery of the Polish Tatars — plus Tatar cuisine.
~70 km as the crow flies
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