Just a short bus ride away from Cracow lies the Ojców National Park, the smallest and the most popular national park in Poland. It covers the surroundings of the Prądnik Valley and protects its spectacular Jurassic limestone landscape, with caves and oddly shaped rocks and steep white limestone slopes. There are various colour-coded trails to follow around the Park. In the centre of the Park is the old wooden church, built “on water” across the stream. Also in Ojców is situated the Łokietek Cave, with 270 meters of passageways and chambers, with underground lighting. Further within the Park is the Pieskowa Skała Castle (medieval, rebuilt during the Renaissance), with preserved medieval features and a beautiful renaissance courtyard. Inside the castle, there is a collection of Renaissance art. Near the castle is the most famous feature of the Park, the Hercules’ Club rock. At the first we visit National Park with Łokietek Cave and afterwards we’re going to Pieskowa Skała Castle. This castle is located some 30 km from Cracow, on the hill rising above the picturesque valley of the River Prądnik and surrounded by the forests of the Ojców National Park. The castle was founded in 14th century when king Casimir the Great ordered the construction of a castle intended as a part of the whole defence system created by the strongholds guarding the Polish-Silesian border. The castle also protected the important trade route connecting Cracow with Wrocław. Modernised several times, castle passed from one aristocratic Polish family to another. In the 18th century, when the castle was the property of the Wielopolski family, Pieskowa Skała was a famous hunting site. In the last years of the 19th century the neglected castle was rescued by a group of people that organized a pension there. After World War II the Pieskowa Skała castle was nationalised, restored and in 1970 opened as a museum - a department of the Royal Wawel Castle in Cracow. The end point of our tour is the Hercules’ Club rock.