Podziemna trasa turystyczna, Rzeszów

Rzeszów Underground Tourist Route "Rzeszowskie Piwnice" - a group of former city cellars, connected into a tourist route, located in Rzeszów, under the Old Town Square. The entrance to the cellars is located at the Rzeszów Town Hall, and the exit - at 12 Rynek. Currently, the manager of the route is the Municipal Housing Management in Rzeszów. The length of the route is 396 meters.

The decision to create the underground tourist route was made in 1994, although the idea of its creation dates back to the 1980s. Earlier, in the 1960s and 1970s, specialists from the AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow carried out preservation and conservation works in the Rzeszów basements. However, the mining works aimed at connecting the underground rooms with each other started in 2000. In April 2001 the route was opened to the public. It was then 213 metres long and led through 34 rooms. The route began at Rynek 12, entrance from Baldachówka Street, and ended at Rynek 19, in the vicinity of the House of the Polish Diaspora. It was administered by the District Museum in Rzeszów. In 2004 the decision was made to build the second stage of the underground route; this investment was connected with reconstruction of the main Market Square. As a result of works carried out in 2005-2007 the route was extended by another 156 metres. Its reopening took place in December 2007.

Currently the route consists of 40 interconnected rooms, located on three floors, at a depth of 0.5 to 10 meters below the surface of the Market Square. It consists of cellars, dating from the period from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century. It leads under the main Market Square plate and under the tenement houses no. 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21 and no longer existing 28 and 29. Among the available rooms there are: Blavatnik's Cellars, Kochanowicz's Grub, Rzeszowski's Cellar, Lubomirski's Tract, Merchants' Road, Honey Cellar and Tartar Dungeons - the narrowest place on the route. The cellars house a historical and educational exhibition, including replicas of knights' armour, white and firearms, old ceramics and objects of everyday use, as well as - in the Coat of Arms Corridor - coats of arms of the former owners of the city, the lands and provinces where it was located, and the coats of arms of Rzeszów itself.

The trail is a year-round facility, open except on Mondays and holidays. There is an admission fee and tours are in groups, led by a guide.