There are tens of temples near Nowy Sącz, mainly Catholic and old Greek Catholic churches. They include some unique places, worshipped by the religious inhabitants of the region. These sites constitute destinations of numerous pilgrimages from all over Poland and even from abroad. They are: Stary Sącz sanctuary, a place of worship of St. Kinga, and Tropie sanctuary, where pilgrims pray to St. Andrew Zorard and St. Benedict These three saints are associated with the Nowy Sącz region – especially St. Kinga, who spent her last three years in Stary Sącz.

St. Kinga Sanctuary in an ancient Poor Clares monastery in Stary Sącz is a destination of far more pilgrims than the sanctuary in Tropie. Although St. Kinga of Poland (1234-92), daughter of King Béla IV of Hungary, was beatified only in 1690, and canonised by pope John Paul II during a solemn mass in Stary Sącz in 1999, the word of her sanctity surrounded her while she was alive. As the wife of Prince of Cracow Bolesław V the Chaste, she became the founder of a monastery in Stary Sącz, where she spent the rest of her life after her husband's death. She is mostly recognised as patroness of Poland and Lithuania, the Diocese of Tarnów and salt miners – according to a legend, she helped to discover salt deposits in Wieliczka and Bochnia. She is also worshipped in Hungary, which is why the impressive wooden Székely Gate stands next to the monastery.
The beautifully situated 11th century Roman church in Tropie by Czchowskie lake is frequented not only by Polish, but mostly Slovakian pilgrims. In early Middle Ages, it was a settlement of hermit Zorard (end of 10th century - ca. 1034), who in time assumed the monastic name of Andrew. According to a legend, in Tropie he met his pupil and companion, Benedict (end of 10th century-1037). Together, they travelled to the monastery in Nitra (currently in Slovakia). Half a century after their death they were already proclaimed saints: both are particularly worshipped in Slovakia as patrons of the Diocese of Nitra, the oldest diocese in the country, and St. Andrew Zorard is also patron of the Slovak youth.