In the past it was a mining settlement with rich deposits of gold that were mined probably around the year 1236 in estate of Cistercians from Kamieniec. The 16th century in Złoty Stok was a period of prosperity and development: it was one of the most important centers of gold mining in Europe. 20 mills and more than 100 mining adits were active then. Due to the exhaustion of resources in the next century the exploration of the gold mines was stopped. The preserved gold mine is currently available to the public.
The town becomes now more and more popular thanks to the forestry Adventure Park "Skalisko" covering the area of approximately 7ha. Rich and diversified offer of the Park may attract even the advocates of "extreme adventures" as it includes insured rock-climbing or Zip-line downhill at high altitude on the ropes with a length of 570 m / Zip-line super-giant/. The total length of the cable route is 1650 m.
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