Mazowsze Travel Guide

 evaanna Says:  Czersk, once the capital of southern Mazowsze, is now famous for one thing only, the ruins of a great castle rising high above the fields and villages below. When it was built by the Mazovian Prince Janusz I in the 14th - 15th centuries, the Vistula River flowed right at its... 

 evaanna Says:  About 80 km west of Warsaw, Arkadia is a charming place to visit in all seasons. This 18th century English romantic park can be enjoyed by adults and children alike but don't expect swings or a playground there. It's a great place for walks in the beautiful scenery with a... 

 evaanna Says:  If you like the colourful Polish folk arts and handicrafts, Lowicz is just the place for you.It's only an hour's train ride away and the town is small enough to do the sightseeing on foot.You can visit its wonderful baroque Basilica in the middle of the Old Market Square and... 

 evaanna Says:  Konstancin is a resort now nearly adjoining Warsaw in the south. Situated in pine forest, it boasts some beautiful villas representing a variety of styles from neo-Gothic to art deco, many of them pre-war, but also a few residences of the nouveau riche, including a copy of... 

 evaanna Says:  Probably the most famous of all places in the Mazowsze region is this tiny village not far from Sochaczew - Zelazowa Wola, where the great composer Fryderyk Chopin was born and spent the first few months of his life. Chopin's father, Mikolaj was a private tutor to the... 

 evaanna Says:  If you come to visit the castle at Czersk by car, you can go a little further down the escarpment to the banks of the Vistula River. In the past its course was just beneath the castle so it played an important role in its defence. However, later the river changed its course... 

 evaanna Says:  Palmiry is a small village in the Kampinos Forest just north of Warsaw. Close to it in the forest there is a cemetery dating from World War II, no, not of soldiers whose fate is decided in battle. The people buried here had not been given a chance to defend themselves. They... 

 evaanna Says:  Beautifully situated on the high bank of the Vistula, Czerwinsk got its municipal rights as early as 1373 only to lose them five centuries later. The most important building in or rather above the village is the 12th-century stone basilica with its two high stone towers, a... 

 evaanna Says:  Konstancin is a resort just south of Warsaw with many interesting old and new villas and a few sanatoriums, all in a pine forest. You are sure to hear more about it when I have taken some pictures. Here I just want to show you a place east of it on the Vistula where you can... 

 evaanna Says:  One of the nicest forests near Warsaw is the Sekocin Forest. It's a nice place to visit after for example a visit to the IKEA at Janki. Just drive on as you come from Warsaw in the direction of Nadarzyn and turn left towards Magdalenka and Piaseczno, there are two car parks...