Cieplice, the oldest Polish spa town, is situated in the picturesque Jeleniogórska Valley. The following routes start here: to the Śnieżka, to the Szrenica, to Chojnik - a castle dating from the 14th century, to the old adits in Kowary, to the Museum of Gerhart Hauptmann, a Nobel prize winner in Jagniątkowo, as well as to the Czech Republic and Germany.
The only in Poland thermal springs, of the temperature reaching 86 degrees Celsius, rich with active sulphur compounds, rendered Cieplice (called Calidus Fons at that time) famous as early as in 1281.
Today Cieplice is a place with hot springs, beautiful parks - the Spa and the Norwegian Parks, and the Schaffgotsch Family's castle.