It is best to start the walk around the spring in Cieplice in the centre of Piastowski Square, where Schaffgotchs' Palace stands (1784-88). The building was erected on the site of the former seat of the family, which burnt down in a great fire. There are two coat-of-arms cartouches over the entrance to this charming Classicist building. The object is not open to visitors.

There are two churches at opposing ends of the square. Saint John the Baptist Church was built in the years 1712-1714 by the former hosts of Cieplice, the Order of Cistercians. The style of the interior furnishing of the church is Rococo. When inside, one should note the painting in the altar major by Michał Willmann called the Silesian Rafael.

The Evangelical church is very modestly furnished and ornamented.

One of the u ndoubted attractions, in particular in the period from spring to autumn, is the spring park, adjacent to Piastowski Square and the Schaffgotchs' Palace. It is the favourite place to walk of health resort visitors who use the beneficial spring water in Cieplice. The first mentions of the palace French garden are from the mid 18^th century. In the year 1838, the park was thoroughly redeveloped in line with English style concept.

The central point of the park is The Gallery and the Theatre. This is a Classicist object designed by Carl Gottfried, erected in the year 1799, currently housing a restaurant and the animation stage of the Jeleniogórski Theatre, where chamber music concerts are often organised.

Walking along the main alley of the park, we reach a street. On the other side of this street starts a second park complex, referred to as Norwegian, from the name of the pavilion which was built there at the beginning of the 20^th century as an imitation of the "Frogenersaeteren" restaurant near Oslo. These days, a Natural History Museum is located there.

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