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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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Rafting along river Dunajec gorge among ranges of Pieniny Mountains is rally great adventure. The river is relatively quiet even when the level of water in the river is high. But the views are amazing..The Pieniny Mountains are locate about about 80 km (50 mi) south of Krakow. You can see Summit of the Trzy Korony (Three Crowns) and River Dunajec on the picture - there is Slovakia on the right side of the river. .
Don't drink beer before entering a raft in Dunajes River, there is no toilet onboard :-).Although if you ask the captain (:-), he will stop a raft for a moment for you, ask him to stop on the right side of the river - you will visit Slovakia (sorry the pictures from my shortest visit to Slovakia can't be published :-).BTW Slovakia is much more worth of your visit then only to pis(s) on Slovakian earth :-)))).
Lake Sniardwy - the biggest one in Poland - lies 200 km north of Warsaw in the middle of Mazury National Park: the famous recreation area full of lakes, pine woods, fish and mushrooms, where rare birds and animals can be seen (for example, the tarpans - wild horses that live only in Poland).
To meet people and to look at 'everyday's life' in central Warsaw, just have a sit somewhere at the Castle Place at the entrance of the Old Town. There's a lot to observe.If you have enough time, go away from downtwon and visit the Belvedere castle. Outisde Warsaw, approximately 15km south, there's also another great castle which I can't remember the name (very famous).The second PICTURE taken under a great blue sky...is showing you the Royal Castle.
'Eagles nests route'. it is long chain of old, medieval castles that were built to defend southern borders. These ruins are usually mobbed by tourists who like exciting trips and ghosts :)This one , in the picture, is called - Lipowiec.
TRESNA - big dam and a lake , near the mountains. There is health and watersports resort. On the opposite side - mountain 'Zar' (eng. Embers), there is gliding and hang gliding resort.Rather to your surprise - there's unusual phenomenon of the opposite gravity !( on the mountain ofcourse)
In contrast to Warsaw, Krakow was left completly untouched in WW II and so has retained it's medieval town square. The center of the city is gorgeous and many a day can be whiled away wandering about the twisty streets and enjoying the cafes lining the old town square.
Spectacular scenery awaits in the Tatras Mountains! Though a small range, the Tatras are absolutely beautiful. The colours are incredible, they are certainly not just grey rock. The park, which has been maintained as a cooperative effort between Poland and Slovakia, offers tons of well maintained hiking trails. The town of Zakopane (a couple of hours south of Krakow) is probably the easiest homebase as you can walk right from the town to the park gate and onto the trails.
Though it is rather a sombre activity, a visit to Auschwitz/Birkenau is really something no one should miss while in Poland. They are located only about an hour's bus ride from Krakow. Auschwitz has been turned into a museum with some especially chilling displays of personal articles taken from prisoners as well as a lot of the history of Poland's role in the War. Birkenau has been left as a monument and has been left as it was when the Nazis abandonned it at the end of the war.
The old part of Warsaw was systematically destroyed by the Nazi's in 1944 in retaliation for the Polish uprising which occurred near the end of the war. Though eventually defeated, the Polish resistence managed to keep the German army at bay for several months. Pictures of the old town in 1945 will show that it was reduced to rubble and nothing over about ten feet high was left standing. Incredibley, the whole old part of Warsaw was reconstructed and today you'd be hard pressed to tell the buildings weren't the originals. Winding your way through the narrow streets and alleyways and enjoying cups of coffee in the numerous cafes is a great way to spend an afternoon.
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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