Discover Gmina Leżajsk

The wider destination of Leżajsk offers its own cultural and urban context: the following museums, routes and buildings relate specifically to Leżajsk. You can plan your trip according to whether you are particularly interested in brewing history, religious buildings, museum visits or walks.

Brewing history and a city walk in Leżajsk

The Ekspozycja Browarnicza at the Muzeum Ziemi Leżajskiej is visited with a guide; allow about 40 minutes. The history of brewing includes an earlier municipal legal act: in 1525, King Zygmunt I Stary granted the city of Leżajsk the right to brew beer. At the same time, he prohibited the sale of beer and other alcoholic beverages within less than one mile of the city limits. In Leżajsk, therefore, a guided exhibition and a specific historical regulation offer different ways to explore brewing culture.

A tourist walking route more than 3 km long leads from Leżajsk’s market square along Mickiewicza Street to Plac Mariacki. The basilica and the Bernardine monastery are located there. The route length gives you a specific point of reference for planning; no walking time is provided. If you would rather plan a museum visit than a longer city walk, you can compare it with the approximate duration of the guided brewery exhibition.

Museums, views and special places

At the Museum of the Bernardine Province in Leżajsk, you can visit historic underground rooms with vaults and uncovered fragments of 17th-century fortifications. The collection offers another perspective on a museum visit: it includes paintings, sculptures, church furnishings, liturgical vestments and vessels, Sarmatian portraits, funeral items, and numerous everyday objects belonging to the friars. The exhibits range from architectural traces in the underground rooms to art, liturgical objects and items of daily life.

The Centrum Informacji Turystycznej i Kulturalnej in Leżajsk also offers a view of the city: visitors can climb its tower and see Leżajsk from several levels. The views from different heights are a distinct activity alongside exhibitions and historic interiors. The landscaped grounds of the historic manor complex also include a park with Leżajsk toys; it is part of the complex and not automatically part of the Muzeum Ziemi Leżajskiej.

Places of remembrance and themed guided walks

The Jewish cemetery in Leżajsk is considered Poland’s most important Hasidic pilgrimage site. Every year around the turn of February and March, thousands of Hasidim come there to honor Elimelech of Leżajsk (1717–1787). The Ohel of the tzaddik is also part of the wider Leżajsk destination. It contains a symbolic stone grave of Elimelech and two matzevot leaning against the wall: those of his son Eleazar and his grandson Naftali. The cemetery and the Ohel thus offer different insights into the remembrance of Elimelech and his family.

Several walking guides in Leżajsk are also listed, each with a different theme and approximate duration. “W Leżajsku na piasku, objawiła się przy lasku, Matka Boska Marya…” leads from the monastery to the market square and takes about 50 minutes. “Los rzucony na stos” tells the story of Mielczarkowa, a citizen of Leżajsk known in local lore as the “witch of Leżajsk”; the guide takes about 60 minutes. “Tajemnicze zabójstwo w biały dzień,” also about 60 minutes long, tells the story of Maria Jaroszówna, a young resident of Leżajsk and granddaughter of the well-known Leżajsk notary Alfred Josse. “Biłem Twoim sercem ziemio” takes about 50 minutes and covers the life and work of the poet Tadeusz Hollender, who was born in Leżajsk and shot by the Gestapo in 1943 in the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto. If you would like to take one of these walks, check before your trip whether the associated materials are available.

Architecture and nature in the wider Leżajsk destination

The complex of the Bazylika pw. Zwiastowania NMP and the Klasztoru OO. Bernardynów includes a church dating from 1618–1628. The Bernardine monastery complex in Leżajsk was granted the status of a historic monument in April 2005 and added to the list of Pomniki Historii. The Leżajsk organs are also a notable cultural attraction: they are considered one of Europe’s most valuable monuments of instrument-making and ornamental art.

Other buildings represent different architectural periods. The Proświta building was constructed in 1913 to a design by local architect Lew Szelewicz. Its eclectic façade has Neo-Romanesque windows. Leżajsk’s Neo-Renaissance town hall was built in 1869–1870. If you would rather combine your stay with nature, the Las Klasztorny nature reserve has a walking and cycling route that reopened in 2026. It runs through the protected area, offering direct contact with nature and an opportunity to discover its distinctive natural features.

At the Ekspozycja Browarnicza, visitors can taste the beverage described there as the “golden drink.” Check before your trip whether this offer is available. This allows you to choose your destination according to your travel interests without conflating the different cultural and natural themes in Leżajsk.

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