The spa towns of the Kłodzko Basin: Kudowa, Duszniki, Polanica

The Kłodzko Basin has the densest concentration of spa towns in Poland. Kudowa-Zdrój, Duszniki-Zdrój and Polanica-Zdrój combine historic spa parks, mineral-water pump rooms and atmospheric promenades with modern spa facilities — the gentler side of the basin, for a quieter day.

Three spa towns in the basin

Several long-established spa towns lie close together in the Kłodzko Basin. Kudowa-Zdrój, Duszniki-Zdrój (with its International Chopin Festival) and Polanica-Zdrój combine a tradition of taking the waters going back to the 17th to 19th centuries with well-kept parks, pump rooms serving mineral and medicinal waters and modern spa facilities.

What you can do

Spa parks — walks, bandstands and well-kept greenery
Pump rooms — tasting the mineral and medicinal waters
Promenades — cafés and a spa-town atmosphere
Spa and wellness — a wide range, all year round

In practice

A few kilometres separate the spa towns — the easiest way to see them is by car. The parks and promenades are open to all, while some treatments and spa services are charged. A good choice for a quieter day or in changeable weather.

How to get there and practical info

Location: The western part of the Kłodzko Basin
Parks and promenades: Open to all
Treatments and spa: Partly charged
Getting there: Easiest by car between the spa towns
Who it suits: Recovery, a quieter day, changeable weather
Time needed: Half a day to a whole day

When to go

Spring

The spa valleys in flower and pleasant walking.

Summer

The height of the season, with busy promenades and parks.

Autumn

Autumn colours in the parks, and an intimate atmosphere.

Winter

Treatments all year; the spas as a plan B.

Other sights in Kotlina Kłodzka

Straight-line distances from „The spa towns of the basin: Kudowa, Duszniki, Polanica" — calculated from real coordinates. By road it is often further.

Paper mill in Duszniki-ZdrójA 16th-century paper mill in the spa town of Duszniki-Zdrój: the Museum of Papermaking, ha

~1,5 km as the crow flies

Duszniki-Zdrój — spa townSpa town in the Bystrzyca Dusznicka valley, with Chopin's manor, an international Cho

~1,8 km as the crow flies

The basilica and Calvary at WambierzyceA Baroque basilica and an extensive Calvary at Wambierzyce — the "Lower Silesian Jeru

~2,3 km as the crow flies

Polanica-Zdrój — spa townThe youngest spa in the Kłodzko Valley — the Wielka Pieniawa spring drilled in 1904, a 191

~6,9 km as the crow flies

Szczeliniec WielkiThe highest summit of the Table Mountains (919 m). A sandstone plateau with a labyrinth of

~11 km as the crow flies

The Errant RocksA labyrinth of rock corridors in the Table Mountains, by the Czech border. The path leads

~11 km as the crow flies

Kudowa-Zdrój — spa townBorder spa at the foot of the Stołowe Mountains — iron-rich sparkling springs, a park from

~13 km as the crow flies

The Chapel of Skulls at CzermnaA shrine of 1776 with an interior decorated with about 3,000 skulls and about 21,000 bones

~13 km as the crow flies

Kłodzko FortressA Prussian fortress of the 17th and 18th centuries on the hill in the centre of Kłodzko. B

~18 km as the crow flies

Srebrna Góra FortressA Prussian mountain fortress of 1765–1777 in the Owl Mountains, with Europe's largest

~25 km as the crow flies

The Gold Mine at Złoty StokThe historic adits of the former gold mine at Złoty Stok with an underground waterfall — s

~33 km as the crow flies

The Bear Cave at KletnoOne of the loveliest caves in Poland — rich formations in the Śnieżnik Massif, seen with a

~36 km as the crow flies