Wadowice

Poland

Wadowice Wadowice is a town 70 km west of Kraków, 5 km west of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska and 40 km south of Oświęcim in the Western Beskids in southern Poland.

Wadowice is a pretty small town with a late baroque church. Karol Wojtyła, the later pope John Paul II, was born there in 1920.

Basilica in Wadowice Birth house of JP II

Birth House of Karol Wojtyła, Kościelna 7, +48 33 823 35 65. Now a museum.

St. Mary Basilica, plac Jana Pawła II 1. This is the church where Karol Wojtyła was baptized.

Municipal Museum, Kościelna 4, +48 33 873 81 00.

Numerous cafes around the market square sell famous papal cake (kremówka).