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Wawel Castle Krakow
362 Reviews Most likely the best know feature of Wawel Castle is its fire breathing dragon which sits below the castle walls along the edge of the Visla River and in front of its dragon CAVE. If you want to know...
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Old Town Warsaw
164 Reviews Now when I say get out on the streets of the town, I did not mean lay down in the street, but rather wander the streets with no set plan or according to a map, just let your feet take you where they...
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Auschwitz Krakow
117 Reviews If you are well aware of what happened under the Nazi regime in the countries invaded by Germany you might opt for an individual visit. Just buy a small booklet with the maps of the blocks-barracks...
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Lazienki Park and Chopin's Monument Warsaw
123 Reviews This was such a wonderful place to talk a leisurely stroll through with lots of things to see along the way. Inside the park, which is free to enter and spend the day in, are several buildings of...
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Wieliczka Salt Mine Krakow
78 Reviews "The salt was worth more than silver" Legend says that when the Hungarian Princess Kinga (Kunegunda in Hungarian ) went to marry with the ruler of Krakow, she wanted to give the Poles something...
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Monuments Warsaw
101 Reviews Another powerful memorial to the people of Warsaw! This memorial takes the shape of a train wagon and is placed on the former train tracks where the people boarded these wagons. The train car is full...
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The Market Square (Rynek Glowny) Krakow
176 Reviews Adam Mickiewicz is generally regarded as the greatest Polish Romantic poet. There are statues and monuments to honour him all over Poland as well as over the Slavic and Baltic states. Even streets are...
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Churches Warsaw
127 Reviews Yes, A church, forgot to find out the name of this small but quite nice church in Warsaw old town. Unusual double entrance doors under a multi arch with some very interesting glyphs on the doors such...
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The Jewish Quarter (Kazimierz) Krakow
150 Reviews The Jewish population of Krakow was once an important part of Polish society, that is until Hitler's Nazi got there. The entire Jewish population of this city was systematically destroyed. Today...
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Warsaw Uprising Warsaw
106 Reviews In 1944, the people of Warsaw rose up against their oppressors and fought for their city. They built barricades in the roads, traveled through the sewers, and basically doing anything to try to...
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Churches in Krakow Krakow
205 Reviews It was the first church built in the district of Kazimierz on the fourteenth century that later during the siege by the Swedes in Krakow it was used as the headquarters of King Gustav. The building...
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Palace of Culture and Science Warsaw
74 Reviews The Palace of Culture and Science is the highest building in Poland and has more than 3,000 rooms. When I arrived in Warsaw, I saw it immediately upon leaving the train station. It was a beautiful...
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St. Mary's Church Krakow
129 Reviews If you want to know everything about the Hejnal read "Krakow in your pocket" under history "the Hejnal". You will learn that: The 7 firemen chosen to play are on call for a 24 hour rotation and stay...
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Museums Warsaw
74 Reviews Two time Nobel Prize winner Marie Skłodowska-Curie, famous for her work in radioactivity, was born in the New Town but very near the Old Town of Warsaw in 1867. Marie Curie left Warsaw in 1924...
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St. Florian's Gate and the Barbican Krakow
124 Reviews Krakow, like any sizeable and respectable old city, has its city walls and gates. The Florianska Gate, near the Barbican, and the streets approaching it are the best preserved in Krakow. We always...
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Ghetto and Jewish Life Warsaw
83 Reviews The Umschlagplatz marks the spot where more than 300,000 Jewish people from the Warsaw Ghetto and elsewhere were put onto cattle cars and sent to extermination camps. It is a moving memorial,...
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Old Town Streets Krakow
91 Reviews The old town is extensive and wonderful to walk around. Its focal point is the wide open Rynek Glowny (Market Place) in the center. On the outskirts you can find the remains of the old city wall,...
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Royal Castle Warsaw
69 Reviews The Royal Castle in Warsaw is a castle residency and was the official residence of the Polish monarchs. It is located in the Castle Square, at the entrance to the Warsaw Old Town. In its long...
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The Cloth Hall (Sukiennice) Krakow
89 Reviews Here we are at the center of Market Square where it may be one of the oldest malls in the world. Krakow was a strategic location for trade between the East and the rest of Europe, here came exotic...
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Wilanow Warsaw
44 Reviews The palace at Wilanow is often referred to as the 'Polish Versailles'. If you go first thing in the morning why join the queue of students & visitors only to follow them around the palace. Instead go...
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Museums Krakow
59 Reviews Special Exhibition (Sept 2011)- on loan from the Spanish Royal Family. There was an excellent exhibition of various treasures from the Spanish royal family including furniture, paintings, personal...
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Sightseeing - All tips in one Warsaw
22 Reviews I read many informations about Warsaw, but finally found a flyer in our hostel about www.warsaw4u.com and i decided to contact them. And I was satisfied. They're cool cause each day they go two...
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Jagiellonian University Krakow
37 Reviews The Residence Hall is the oldest building and the most famous of Jagiellonian University , that is one of the oldest in Europe In the courtyard you can see at 11 and at 13 h the figures of the clock...
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Syrenka - Mermaid Warsaw
24 Reviews According to a legend, the mermaid Szawa (or Sava) from the Wisla river was in love with a prince called War or (Varu). This legend explains the founding and the naming of the city of Warsaw...
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The Town Hall (Ratusz) Krakow
42 Reviews While we did not visit the tower itself, we did use it as a point of reference and rallying point during our VT meet there. Don't look for the Town Hall that the Tower should be near because the Town...
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Yes, that's us. Seven of us started but two unfortunately didn't manage to reach the top. With 2499,6 meters, Mt Rysy is the highest peak of Poland. It borders to Slovakia (on the other side there's Tatransky Narodny Park)
Well not much to say - I've been to Poland. I haven't seen much, but what I've seen was FANTASTIC! I'd like to go back to the Tatras, maybe to hike down to Zakopane, Morskie Oko lakes... Don't know. I've also thought of going to Poland via Inter Rail but my sister didn't want to.
Wrocklaw is possibly's Poland's best kept secret: the architecture is stunning, and all the buildings of the centre have recently been revamped and are very bright and colourful. It's a delight to the eye to be there. It's also Poland's 4th largest city. The main square (Rynek) is really the most gracious square I have ever seen: basically a concentration of geogeous buildings. There's also a wonderful area called Ostrow Tumski, where the cathedral lies, and where the streets at night are lit by gas lamps: romantic and suggestive. In other words: Wroclaw is a real gem!
Jelena Gora - is a little nice market town about 2 hours away from Wroclaw, in the heart of the Sudeten Mountains which, although beautiful, are more like big hills. As soon as you arrive you notice the contrast between the cities and here; everything's less opulent and even people look different: less sophisticated, a little less happy, and a bit more dirty, too. The Rynek, even if small, is very beautiful and all surrounded by picturesque arcades
Zakopane is a well-known tourist resort in Poland, in the Tatras mountains. There are many attractions there: first of all, right all over town, are the distincitve wooden houses: their style is unique to the area and it's called Zakopane style. There's also an interesting museum to visit, and a suggestive old cemetery. At the end of the village there's a funicular that takes you to the top of a hill where you can go for quiet walks and enjoy the majestic tatras mountains, which is a good alternative to hiking/skiing them, if like me you're short on time or you're in the winter season. Back in town, the tacky-ish main street is lined with restaurants - most of them serving traditional Polish meals. the side-trip is definitely worth it, especially if you're longing to be in the country for a while
Birkenau is the sister concentration camp of Auschwitz - it's only a few kilometres apart, and the two camps are linked by a bus service run by the camp. It's only a few kilometres apart, but it looks like a world apart. Birkenau really touched me - in its simplicity. There's nothing on display to remind you of the holocaust - but what your eyes can see is better than any reminder or explanation. The shock starts with the entrance gate, under which the train passed and brought prisoners directly to the gas chambers. And then there's the desolation of the capp... barbed-wire everywhere, a huge field dotted with large cabins that look a lot more like stables - and yet, when you look at the "beds", you realize that animals in stables live much more comfortably. Then there are the chimneys of the gas chambers... countless of them... and an eerie silence.
There you are... when you reach the gate you see a familiar sign: arbeit macht frei. We've all seen it either on television or on books - now it is for real. The rest of my visit to Auschwitz was something I had already seen in the media - except from the words that someone spoke there. This person was on my tour-bus and he had been imprisoned in a concentration camp. He explained that only in the camp had he learned what hunger was. He said that both he and his father had been in the same camp, and one night, while all the prisoners were in their barrack eating their scraps of evening meals, his father died. And he said that he started to cry: not because his father had died - but because someone had taken the bread from his dead father's hand before he could take it himself and eat it.
Krakow is the old capital of Poland and it's a city full of charm. The historical centre is compact but there's so much to see that one should really spend a few days here. Right in the middle of the main square there's a delighful town hall and a covered-market selling in particular amber jewellery. There's countless interesting churches and museums - as well as old beautiful (if somewhat grey-ish) buildings. The real jewel, however, is the Wawel: an imposing castle cum cathedral set scenically on top of a hill overlooking the river: this is where the Polish kings used to reside
In Poland we have everything ;-) Sea with beautiful beaches, mountains and wonderful lakes. You can choose what you want and surely you'll spend a nice time here. In my tips you can read about some most important Polish cities and places.
Wroclaw is one of the oldest cities in Poland, it's at least 1000 years old. The oldest part of the city is situated on a river island called Ostrow Tumski.The Old Town Market Square was at the junction of old European trading routes. The monumental Gothic Town Hall is now a cultural centre.Wroclaw's most often visited attraction is Panorama Raclawicka (Raclawice Panorama), a monumental canvas which is 15 m high, 114 m long and covers area of 1710 sq m. The painting shows a battle scene from the time of the 18th century Polish-Russian wars.
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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