Niepołomice Primeval Forest
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Nearby Krakow, between Niepołomice (with spectacular Baroque parish church chapels and representative royal hunting lodge) and Bochnia (with its oldest, still working salt mine, former basis for royal budget) spreads a forest. Today, it being divided by evenly designed paths, it is harder to imagine violent hunting, also for big game, which took place here centuries ago. One step into a side alley leads us however deep inside the extraordinary, rich forest, partly bright and tall, and partly thick and dark. No other walk provides similar relaxation and nowhere will you get closer to primeval nature.