Łańcut Castle (Zamek w Łańcucie), located in the Carpathian Foothills near Rzeszów, is a former magnate residence of the Lubomirski and Potocki families. Stanisław Lubomirski, Voivode of Kraków, had the complex expanded between 1629 and 1641 following plans by Maciej Trapola; after 1783, Izabela Lubomirska converted parts of the fortifications into gardens. From 1816, it belonged to the Potocki family, residing there until 1944. Since September 1944, the castle has served as a museum, and since 2005, the complex and its park have held the status of a Polish historical monument.In addition to the castle rooms, the museum houses the Coach House with a collection of carriages and accessories; the Orchid House in the park; a department for icons and sacred art; and a Judaica collection connected with the Synagogue of Łańcut founded by the Lubomirskis. The approx. 36-hectare landscape park, with an Italian Garden, Rose Garden, and moat, surrounds the castle.

The Bieszczady Mountains, in the far southeast of Poland, bordering Slovakia and Ukraine, are part of the Eastern Carpathians. Its heart is the Bieszczady National Park (Bieszczadzki Park Narodowy), founded in 1973, and at over 292 square kilometers, it's the largest national park in the Polish mountains. Since 1992, it has been part of the transnational East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, and since 2021, parts of its beech forests have been on the UNESCO World Heritage List.Characteristic features are the Połoniny, treeless mountain meadows above the tree line, such as Połonina Caryńska and Połonina Wetlińska, as well as the peaks Tarnica (1346 meters), Krzemień, and Halicz. Bears, wolves, lynx, and a free-ranging herd of European bison live in the forests. To the north lies the Solina Reservoir, Poland's largest capacity reservoir; in the region's villages stand wooden Cerkwie, including the UNESCO World Heritage churches of Smolnik and Turzańsk.

Zamość is located in southeastern Poland, approximately 240 km from Warsaw and 110 km from Lemberg (Lwiw), and has about 58,000 inhabitants. From 1578, Jan Zamoyski had the city designed by the Venetian architect Bernardo Morando as an ideal Renaissance town, which earned it the nickname "Padua of the North." Since 1992, the Old Town has been a UNESCO World Heritage site.The Old Town has a hexagonal layout: in the west were the Zamoyski family residence and the Academy, and in the east, the burgher town with three squares: the Great Market (Rynek Wielki), the Salt Market, and the Water Market. On the Great Market, with its arcaded houses, stands the Town Hall with its 52-meter-high clock tower. Remains of the fortress are preserved around the Old Town.You can see the main sights in one day. Zamość also serves as an excellent base for excursions into the Roztocze National Park.

The Lublin Voivodeship is in far eastern Poland, bordering Belarus and Ukraine. To the west, the Vistula, to the east, the Bug, form much of its border. Around two million people live here; Lublin is its only major city. The landscape ranges from the Lublin Upland, across the Roztocze hills, to Polesie in the northeast.In 1569, the Lublin Union was concluded here, uniting Poland and Lithuania. During WWII, German occupiers established extermination camps Majdanek, Belzec, and Sobibor in the region. Today, the Renaissance city Zamość, the Vistula town Kazimierz Dolny, and Roztocze and Polesie National Parks draw visitors.

Lesser Poland (Małopolska) stretches from the Vistula around Krakow (Kraków) to the peaks of the High Tatras on the Slovakian border. Krakow, capital of the Kingdom of Poland until 1596, serves as the administrative and cultural heart of the Voivodeship; its Old Town, the Wieliczka Salt Mine, and the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial together form several UNESCO World Heritage Sites located close by.To the south, the land rises through hills to the Carpathians. Around Zakopane and in the Pieniny, the Goral people define the landscape with their wooden architecture, sheep's cheese, and folk music, and in the villages of Southern Lesser Poland stand Gothic wooden churches that have been World Heritage Sites since 2003.