Paper makes an attempt to evaluate the water bodies and their surroundings in terms of possibilities to use them in sustainable tourism in rural areas, what may be an alternative for agriculture. Large water bodies (Kryspinów, the community of Liszki, Zabierzów Bocheński - the community of Niepołomice) and small water bodies (Ulesie, Wola Batorska, Wola Zabierzowska and Stan- iątki) were studied. A certain number of points was attributed for the compnents such as facilities for visitors, i.e. the access, the possibility of swimming and angling as well as tourist attractiveness, including the presence of culturally valuable objects and natural richness. The latter was based on the assessment of flora by Braun-Blanquet’s method; the studies were carried out in July and August 2009, and fauna observations made at that time and earlier years. The threat to water bodies was also assessed, including: pollution, filling with ground, dehydration, the vicinity of road, etc. Water body of the best facilities was Kryspinów, while the most attractive from ecological point of view is the old river bed in Ulesie and the borrow pit in Zabierzów Bocheński (because of Salvinia natans and Nuphar lutea). The former fish pond at the Staniątki Convent is very interesting because of the vicinity of architectural monuments. This pond is also the most endangered.
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