• The beaked tower, a 25-meter keep whose pointed red and yellow sandstone prow faced the likeliest line of attack so cannonballs would slide off
• A steep drop on one side, where Castle Hill falls 90 meters to the Nysa Szalona river, so keep small kids close along the walls
• Closed on some public holidays, including Nov 1, Nov 11 and Dec 24-26 in 2026, per the museum's parent body

Bolków Castle is a 13th-century Gothic fortress on Castle Hill, where the slope drops 90 meters to the Nysa Szalona river. Its 25-meter tower has a pointed stone "beak" built to make cannonballs glance off, and the old hunger dungeon sits at its base. A museum fills the Renaissance House of Women.

Kids who like legends will enjoy this: in 1813 Russian soldiers dug into the tower hunting for hidden gold.