Kopalnie w Zlotym Stoku refuge are the old mining excavations, where real gold ores were extracted in the space of centuries. According to estimations until these days there were mined about 17 tons of this valuable metal. The mines - which are now out of order - should be visited by anyone, who is interested in bats. This is because of rare species occurrence - lesser horseshoe Bat, Geoffroy's bat, Bechstein's bat and greater mouse-eared bat - the Kopalnie w Zlotym Stoku refuge is the Site of Community Importance of Natura 2000 programme. more »
The best way to get to Zloty Stok is to go by coach (PKS) from Klodzko place, which has very good comunication with Wroclaw city. There are some hotels and holidays resorts in Zloty Stok. more »
Sudeten province occupies on Polish territory area of about 9.3 thousand km² (approximately 3% of area of the country). The landscape in the region... more»
The Karkonosze National Park was established in 1959 to include an area of 5,510 ha. Since 1992 the Karkonosze National Park has been included into the Bilateral Biosphere Reserve Karkonosze/Krkonoše (MaB) which covers over 60,000 ha.