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The Market Square (Rynek Glowny) Krakow
39 Reviews Krakow is fabulous in any season. I have visited in holiday season, summer, and spring. The Cloth Market is the centerpiece of the historic square...untouched by wars. It's the purest part of Poland...
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Memories Warsaw
39 Reviews It had never crossed my mind to visit Poland, even after meeting Ewa, and teaching children who had Polish fathers in Scotland and Sudan. I'd never felt the inclination to visit Eastern Europe at all,...
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St. Mary's Church (Kosciol Mariacki) Krakow
30 Reviews Upon entering the BASILICA OF THE HOLY VIRGIN MARY from the Market Square, you come across the Vestibule (1750-53) in the shape of the Tomb of Jesus. Entering from Mariacki Square (enter here to...
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Streets Warsaw
28 Reviews Royal Route is possible the most popular walking part of Warsaw. It starts from Royal Castle, goes to Krakowskie Przedmescie street, later connects Nowi Swiat street and further to Lazenki and...
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Wawel Castle Krakow
41 Reviews The originally Gothic WAWEL CASTLE or ZAMEK WAWELSKI, was built by Casimir II the Great and consisted of a number of structures situated around the central courtyard. The Gothic structures were...
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Old Town Warsaw
39 Reviews Walking along the streets of the Old Town, you will see another kind of ornament - beautiful decorative shop signs above the doors of the elegant shops or restaurants. Their intricate designs, often...
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The Cloth Hall (Sukiennice) Krakow
13 Reviews this was the first shopping center in Krakow (14th century) Looks like a bazar with stall in both sides selling handcrafts or religious stuff ..its a large corridor with just this.On the upper floor...
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Royal Castle Warsaw
6 Reviews The Royal Castle is probably the best known landmark of Warsaw. From the outside it is a simple, huge five-wing early Baroque structure with a tall clock-tower. It's painted in unique colour but......
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St. Florian's Gate and the Barbican Krakow
15 Reviews The Krakow Barbican, exquisite structure. Matt decided to have a photo shoot for the Krakow 2010 Euromeet here, a beautiful place to do it, as you can see in the photos.. Matt, Ursula and our Polish...
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Warsaw Uprising Warsaw
8 Reviews WOW! Warsaw Uprising 1944 Museum is the best set up museum I have ever seen in Poland. It was open in 2004. I've already visited it twice and it's not enough for me :-). Fascinating and very...
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Lazienki Park and Chopin's Monument Warsaw
14 Reviews The Lazienki Park abounds in statues. They can be found everywhere: on the terrace of the Palace on the Water, in the Theatre on the Island, and in many other parts of the park too. They are often...
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Palace of Culture and Science Warsaw
13 Reviews Unfortunately, there are some politicians who want to destroy the Palace - symbol of the city!!! So, if you have free time, go to Warsaw - it is maybe the last chance to see this marvellous building!...
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Sightseeing - All tips in one Warsaw
9 Reviews We stayed three days in capital of Poland. I should say it was enough to see essential, but also better to have more time visiting Warsaw. I think the three day planning was quite full and useful, so...
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Barbican Warsaw
5 Reviews 2001: Some fun guys at the wall around Old Town.. available with axe... for the crazy tourists with busy cameras. The area around the Barbicon usually has some entertainers offering a variety of...
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Monuments Warsaw
6 Reviews There are many monuments and statues throughout the city, but I rather like the Tomb of the Unknown soldier. The tomb rests under several pillars which are the remnants of an old king's palace which...
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Castle Square Warsaw
6 Reviews The most part of the downdown was ruined during WWII. So, all that you can see on a photo is a reconstruction. From gale.blog.pl 's VT page I've just learned that number of old churches in Selesia...
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Wilanow Warsaw
5 Reviews King Jan III Sobieski was a hero- he saved Europe from Islam- but a controversial one- he told his wife not to take baths until he`s back from the war so he could have her "all natural"! A walk...
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Language Warsaw
3 Reviews Although most younger Poles speak English, there are many Poles, especially among the older generation who don't or don't want to. Even the majority of the police do not speak it. There is no doubt...
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Poland has 16 provinces (wojewodztwa):Zachodnio-PomorskiePomorskieWarminsko-MazurskiePodlaskieKujawsko-PomorskieMazowieckieLubuskieWielkopolskieLodzkieLubelskieDolnoslaskieOpolskieSlaskieSwietokrzyskieMalopolskiePodkarpackie
Citizen of most of European countries and the USA don't need visa for stay not longer than 90 days. Full list of countries which citizens don't need a visa you can find on page http://www.poland.pl/info/visa.htm
Polish currency is zloty (1 zloty = 100 groszy). Now (in Nov 2002) 1 $ is worth about 4 zloties.Here are notes:200 zl, 100 zl, 50 zl, 20 zl, 10 zl and coins: 5 zl, 2 zl, 1 zl, 50 gr, 20, gr, 10 gr, 5 gr, 2 gr, 1 gr.
Poland is going to join European Community (EU) in 2004 and enter EU currency in 2006..It was the Austrian artist Robert Kalina, the in-house designer of the National Bank of Austria in Vienna, who made the winning designs for the euro banknote design contest.The theme for the designs for the euro banknotes was "ages and styles of Europe", showing the architectural styles of seven periods from European cultural history.
The Beskidy Mountains are situated along the borders of the Czech and Slovak Republic.The range forms the northern part of the Carpathians.The highest peak is Babia Gora (1725 m / 5659 ft.).The vast wooded areas are inhabited by numerous species of wild animals: deer, roe-deer, wild boars, wolves, lynx and wildcats..MORE?look at my Sopotnia Wielka page:www.virtualtourist.com/m/9ecb/73955and my Wisla page:www.virtualtourist.com/m/9ecb/7238d
Although founded late in Polish history (at the beginning of the 14th century), centrally located Warsaw has been Poland's capital on and off since 1611. Long a cultural and industrial centre, Warsaw was one of central Europe's most beautiful and sophisticated cities until it scooped the prize for worst-ravaged in WW II. Warsaw is essentially a postwar product in both appearance and spirit. Its handful of historic oases have been meticulously reconstructed, but most of the urban landscape is modern. This new face of Warsaw is impressive for the resolve with which it emerged, if not for its Stalinist edifices and uninspired prefab concrete suburbs.The city is divided by the Vistula River into two very different parts. The western, left-bank sector includes the city centre proper and the Old Town to the north. Almost all attractions, as well as the lion's share of tourist facilities, are...
The Great Mazurian Lakes region in northeast Poland is one of the most attractive and beautiful tourist areas in Poland. One fifth of the whole surface area of the region is covered by lakes, which are inter-linked by rivers and canals to form an extensive, branching water route system. These lakes are situated in widely varied countryside, and their banks are full of inlets and peninsulas, islands, and sometimes surrounded by forests.MORE: www.ciesin.ci.uw.edu.pl/poland/orbis/fold_2.htm
My top 3 reasons to visit Wroclaw:1. The Main Square (Rynek) with its amazing architectural masterpieces, unique atmosphere, hundreds of bars and restaurants, many people to meet, lovely atmosphere;2. The biggest painting in the world - Panorama Raclawicka - 116 m (380ft) long x 16 m (52ft)high !!! The special, seperate round builing called Rotunda was build to hold this painting masterpiece,3.The Oder River canals with its old and beautiful bridges,And the old city is small, compact (easy to walk) and what is most important it's still not over-crowded - Wroclaw is under-rated place on the Europe map.MORE: welcome to my Wroclwa pagehttp://www.virtualtourist.com/m/9ecb/71e92/
KRAKOW (Cracow) - my surely TOP DESTINATION in Poland. It's a must in Poland.Magic old, historic city, former capitol of Poland with unique atmosphere, thousands of bars, pubs and restaurants in and around the main market Square (the biggest mediaeval square in Europe). Polish cultural and science capitol..Thanks to the extraordinary accumulation of cultural wealth, the city was registered as one of the 12 sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List..On the picture: colorful parade on Florianska Street in the Old Town of Cracow (the Florianska Gate in the background)..MORE: welcome to my KRAKOW page:www.virtualtourist.com/m/9ecb/77aea/ KRAKOW - magic city when I was born and grew up.
All over the world, Auschwitz has become a symbol of terror, genocide, and the Holocaust. It was established by the Nazis in 1940, in the suburbs of the city of Oswiecim (you say Auschwitz, we say Oswiecim) which, like other parts of Poland, was occupied by the Germans during the Second World War. ,The main gate over which runs the infamous credo "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work Liberates). Few who passed through this gate lived..The overall number of victims of Auschwitz in the years 1940-1945 is estimated at between 1,100,000 and 1,500,000 people. .MORE: welcome to my Oswiecim page:www.virtualtourist.com/m/9ecb/757cc.
Sheraton Krakow Hotel Krakow
7 Reviews and 517 Opinions I had a very pleasant stay at this hotel. I was part of a tour group, but would recommend it to the...
Intercontinental Warszawa Warsaw
4 Reviews and 653 Opinions Intercontinental Warswawa is one of the 5***** hotel in warsaw but it is different from the others...
Mercure Hevelius Gdansk
7 Reviews and 221 Opinions Great view from my 9th floor room. [ half way up ]. The room is just what you expect for 450 zloty...
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Q: Hello everyone, My name is Gloria from Rome and I'm coming to Poland soon for a pilgrimage following the history of your...
A: Hi Gloria! From Krakow, I'd recommend that you pay a visit to Wadowice, the home town of Pope John Paul 11 - visit the cathedral where he served - then the house where he...
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