Sudetes - mountain ridge on the Polish-Czech border. The highest mountain is Śnieżka in Giant Mountains (1603 m n.p.m). It is famous of its complex geological structure and great variability of landscape. Grounds of this area hide full range of fossil fuels, minerals, rocks and metals, which have been mined here for centuries.

Sudetes became inhabited much earlier then other mountain areas in Europe because of mining and also as a result of wars. Nowadays plenty of visitors are attracted by picturesque landscape, geological miracles like unusual shapes of rocks or caves, by various historic monuments (among others castles located on unaccessable hills) and in winter by slopes well prepared for skiing.