For those arriving by train from Berlin, it would make sense to travel south to the cities of Wroclaw and Kraków, or on to Warsaw. Another opportunity is to travel to the north - Gdansk
Worth a visit:
Kórnik 18 kms south-east from the city with a neogothic castle with wonderful interiors and furniture and a dendrological park
Rogalin 16 kms to the south with a baroque-klasicistic palace and its famous painting collection of the Raczynski family, horse cabs and very famous oak-treess in total : more than 500, including three well-known trees : Lech, Czech i Rus.
Gniezno - the other co-capital of Poland in the tenth century. The city has a beautiful cathedral and old town and a very interesting Museum of the Beginnings of the Polish State.
Szamotuly - interesting old town 35km north-west of Poznan, with an interesting castle, icon collection and an unusual timber church nearby
Greater-Poland National Park - located only 15 kms south of city easily accessible by trains, with several post-glacier lakes and morraines.
Puszczykowo 15 kms to the south, very easily accessible by train - a very interesting travel museum of a polish traveller Arkady Fedler, the seat of the management of Greater-Poland National Park with a nature museum.
Szreniawa 15 kms to the south-west - famous for the Agriculture Museum and the Bierbaums viewing tower
Chludowo 20 kms north of the city - an etnograrhical-missionary museum of the Werbists Order, with their wooden church
The Puszcza Zielonka Forrest 10-15 kms north east of the city centre - the biggest forest complex in the vicinity of the city, many walking and cycling trails, lakes with fishing areas. On the forest boundaries there are numerous wooden churches and some palaces.
OwiÅska 17 kms to the north - with a precious church and the convent of Cistersian Nuns.
Uzarzewo 15 kms north east of the city - with a Hunting Museum and a timber church
SwarzÄdz just out of the city limits to the east, toward Warsaw - a small city famous for the unique in Poland and one of few in Europe bee-keeping open-air museums.
LicheÅ - the largest basilica in Poland. Worth a visit if you are a devout catholic, or if one enjoys grotesque architecture.
Wolsztyn - a nice town 80kms south-east of Poznan with the operating steam-locos depot, which is the only one in Europe.
Murowana GoÅlina19 km from northen part of Poznan - 22000 people live this small and cozy town. Good place to walk and cycle in the forestThere is lake also. You can meet friendly local Polish people here. ;-)
