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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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Although I never had been travelled to Poland if I did not had to work there... I didn't regret. It was a nice trip to two fascinating cities.Poznan is so old and ancient that it's just beautiful. You will see quite a lot of historical houses, public buildings and churches, that you don't know where to look at... It's wonderful.Warszawa is more a modern city... and for all the ladies over here: You cannot believe how fine you can go shopping there!!!
Like all (I think) Polish people, I love storks. These big black and white birds build their nests on the roofs of barns or farmhouses and, as they are supposed to bring good luck and... babies, are always welcome by farmers. Some of them even place a wheel of an old wooden cart on their roof or the nearest electricity pylon to attract the birds. My husband's uncle had a special pole erected with a round structure at the top close to his country house and the birds did settle there at first. But they did not stay long, perhaps they got bored as there was no one to watch there until June - it's just a summer cottage. Some of my fondest memories are connected with storks: having our dinner at The Kacperek in Mazury with a stork in his nest just opposite, watching another stork out for a walk and frog-hunting right in front of our bungalow in Babieta (also Mazury) and the nest on a barn...
This should really be on a 'warnings and dangers' tip I reckon?If your dad has gone fishing on a big river and it`s dinner time, DO NOT try what I did ok!When we stayed in Poland, we stayed on a farm just outside of Warsaw with one of my dad's relatives for a few days or so. Just near the farmhouse was a great big river, my dad had gone fishing with his brothers on a boat. I heard my mum say that it was dinner time, so without thinking, remember, I was only 4 and a half years old at the time, I went wading into the river to fetch my dad!Luckily someone spotted me and came and grabbed me. It seems that if I had gone a few feet further, I would have dropped off of a great big underwater ledge, I couldn't even swim and still can't!
My most favourite memory of being in Poland is a bitter sweet one of my young uncle Anjé .He was my dad's youngest brother and was only 17 when I went to Poland, I was only four and a half years old. He was tall with blond curly hair and he used to take me everywhere with him and his teenage friends, they used to spoil me rotten.I can remember going to a market with him and his friends one day and he bought me this little woven children's basket, in turn,I was teaching him the words of the song 'My darling Clementine' well, the chorus of 'Oh my darling' anyway...The day that we left to come back to England, I can remember crying my eyes out on the train, my family were very embarrassed, I was heartbroken. I wanted to stay in Poland and stay with my young uncle!. I loved him in my little girl's way and didn`t want to go without him.It's funny, I have never seen him again to this day, I...
There is usually a mild weather in Poland between May and October. That is a result of the mix of the east continental currents and the Mediterranean currents which inflow to Poland from the South and the West. In spring temperatures vary from 0 to 16oC (32-60,8oF) and it may often rain here. In May temperature rises to 18- 20oC (64,4o-68oF) and in summer it even jumps to 30oC (86oF). Fortunately, the summer is hardly ever tiring due to the frequent summer rains.Together with autumn comes the Golden Polish Autumn. The temperature drops to around 10oC (50oF). The weather is still nice but it might be rainy till November which comes with the wave of cold.In December days last only 8 hours and temperature may fall below 0oC (32oF).
Since 1989 Poland has been withdrawing many visa restrictions. Nowadays citizens from most of the countries (e.g., the Czech Republic, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Great Britain, the USA) are allowed to stay in Poland without a visa for 90 days.After that period of time, all the necessary information concerning the further stay in Poland can be obtained from the Section for Foreigners of The Citizens Department of The Provincial Council: 00-263 Warszawa D³uga St. 5, tel.: +48/22/6956575The Polish Embassy in your country will provide you with all detailed information about the visas. You will find details of Emassies and Consulates addresses on the website od the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland http://www.msz.gov.pl/index.php?document=2 You can find visa application form ( in English, Spanish, German, French and Russian )...
We don't have many big forests in Ireland and one of the things I loved best about Poland was the fact that there were forests everywhere. The scent of a pine forest and the pleasure of walking under shady trees on a hot day are very high up on my list of favourite things and being able to enjoy these simple pleasures every day was a real bonus. Better again is the forest/ beach combo where you can sit under the trees and enjoy the sea views and breezes. The first forest we walked through had my eyes out on stalks. I could not believe all the beautiful wooden houses, just like the woodcutter's cottages in children's storybooks.
We all love a good sunset and sunset over the sea is always worth watching. I don't know if there's a special quality to Baltic light but it seemed to me that the sunsets in this area were really high up on the colour spectrum. Every evening without fail there was a spectacular sunset - perfect ends to perfect days. I think the sunset at Debki , the evening we arrived would have to be among my fondest memories of Poland. The whole day had been one great experience after the other and such a wonderful sunset was definitely the icing on the cake.
In Poland we keep up the tradition of open air markets. Some of them may be in tourist areas and sell local craft and art, but the "real" markets (or bazaars) are those where local people buy their goods: fruit, vegetables, other groceries, and even clothes and shoes and more!If you'd like to taste this particular local flavour, ask around wherever you find yourself in Poland. There's bound to be a market like this! :-)
There are three mobile operators in Poland at present (I'm writing this in May 2003):- Orange (former Idea) (owned by Telekomunikacja Polska and France Telecom),- Era (owned among others by Vivendi and Deutsche Telecom),- Plus GSM (owned among others by Vodafone and TeleDanmark).All three operate in GSM 900/1800.You'll probably be most interested in roaming and prepaid services.ROAMING: Plus GSM is the leader in Poland as far as number of roaming partners' number is concerned.PREPAID: There are five prepaid brands:- Pop - in Orange network,- Tak Tak - in Era network,- Simplus - in Plus GSM network,- Heyah- Sami SwoiPricing is very similar in all networks. I'll recommend Simplus, at present the cheapest starter kit including a phone, card and PLN 30 (EUR 7.5) credit costs PLN 155 (EUR 40). ...and I work for Plus GSM :)))
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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