Neither history buffs looking for an experience primarily related to exploring cultural monuments, nor – and even more so – those tourists who attach more importance to the region’s heritage and natural wealth will be bored in this vast, low-lying area, stretching from Olawa in the southeastern corner of the province to the vicinity of Glogow to the northwest of the Lower Silesian capital.

First – on the list of places worth visiting should necessarily include Lubiaz, whose pearl is the baroque Cistercian abbey, the largest building of its kind in the world, the aforementioned Glogow – if only for the historic Castle of the Glogow Princes and the classicist Town Hall, as well as Olawa and Brzeg Dolny – especially for their palaces, located near the Oder River and delightful in architecture, today serving as either public administration buildings or cultural centers. History enthusiasts can’t miss the sights of Legnica, which, decidedly underrated, boasts the Knights’ Academy, the mighty Piast Castle and wonderful Gothic temples.

The others – using the region’s numerous water, bicycle and horseback riding trails – have a unique opportunity to look at the nature of the Oder Valley region. And there is much to admire, because among Odra’s oxbow lakes, marshes and riparian forests in the area of the planned Odra Valley Landscape Park alone there are more than 1,000 species of plants, almost 200 species of birds, of which about 150 spend the breeding season here, and almost 300 species of vertebrates. Thus, it is possible to encounter, among others, white-tailed eagles, black storks, kingfishers and cranes, but also to come across specimens of the rare Swallow’s bark beetle, wild-growing lily of the valley, or other protected plants – common fern, Pomeranian honeysuckle and lily of the valley.