You have a lot of spare time? That's easily taken care of. Especially that the possibilities are varied and huge: mountain hikes, water sports, horse riding and cycling tourism, modern c...
'Off-road' doesn't mean a way of spending time after hours – it's a lifestyle. Driving on roads full of potholes into difficult, inaccessible regions but in beautiful countryside or participating i...
The Polish mountains are smaller and not so high as the Alpine massifs. However, they boast equally scenic landscapes and the wintertime in the Polish mountains is as much captivating as in the Alp...
"Keep smiling because we have built your dreamland"! – this is the motto of The Lower Silesia Monument's Miniatures Park.
"Keep smiling because we have built your dreamland"! – this is the ...
Occupying more than 1700 acres, it’s one of the largest landscape parks in Europe. It stretches on both sides of the Nysa Łużycka River that constitutes the Polish-German state border.
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Enjoy a daylong cruise, during which you will have the chance to discover the world unique operating system of floodgates and slipways. On our ship you will travel through c.a. 100 meter differe...
Ksiaz Castle, the Pearl of Lower Silesia, erected in the 13th century, is one of the greatest visitor attractions in the region. Throughout the course of history, this splendid castle had many o...
One-day dizziness is a trip by bicycle, narrow-gauge railway, carriage and a boat around Wigry Lake all in the midst of the picturesque scenery of Wigry National Park.
Discover Wigry National Par...
Horses have a particular place in Polish culture and tradition: they are treated as 'friends and partners' and are very popular animals. Stables are located from the Sudetes to the Baltic Sea also ...
This is one of the oldest public parks in Poland: it was built between 1713-1745, for King August II, on the base of a pre-existing palace. One of the former palace's surviving columns is now the T...
The Wilanów Park forms an integral part of the Wilanów Palace and Gardens. The park is much-loved by Warsaw residents and is a favourite place to stroll; it is also visited by tourists, looking for a ...
This southeastern region of Poland features medium-size mountains and picturesque landscapes. Here we find wooden Orthodox and Roman- Catholic churches perfectly fitted into their natural environment....
Copernicus Science Centre is one of the largest and most modern institutions of this type in Europe.
The mission of the Centre is to inspire curiosity, assist the independent discovering of the...
This historic city with old walls and numerous museums used to be a royal residence and a center of civilization spreading culture all over Poland.
This historic city with old walls and numerou...
One of Poland's major pilgrimage destinations as well as one of the most beautiful Calvary complexes in Europe, the little town of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is set amidst hills about 30 kilometers south-w...
Wang Church was built at the turn of 12th century in Vang which accounts for its present name. Vang was a settlement at Lake Vang in southern Norway.
About a thousa...
The Karkonosze National Park was formally established on January 16th in 1959. It is located in south-western Poland, on the Czech border.
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A very unique museum underneath Rynek Glowny (Main Market Square) is opening in Krakow.
A very unique museum underneath Rynek Glowny (Main Market Square) is opening in Kra...
“Krzyżtopór” Castle erected by Wawrzyniec Senes in the years 1631–1644 in Ujazd had been the largest castle in Europe until the Versaille castle was built...
“Krzyżto...
The capital of Mazowsze, Warsaw, is – next to Helsinki – considered the most verdant of European capitals. There are many parks, gardens, and grassy promenades in the city.
The capital of Mazowsz...
Gdansk – the capital of amber – the Baltic’s gold, has always been the trading city also...
Gdansk – the capital of amber – the Baltic’s gold, has always been ...
It is the city where almost 1,100 years ago the Polish state emerged. Mieszko I, the one whose face illustrates the 10-zloty-bill, made Poznan the first capital of Poland.
Welcome to Poznan, a be...
It is not a frequent occurrence that a building merely 100 years old is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Construction of the Centennial Hall is one of the turning points in the history of the u...
In Rzeszów(160,000 inhabitants) a couple of interesting pieces of the 18th and 19th century architecture stand till today. The parish church dates from the 15th century and the early 17th century Bern...
The Old and the New Town in Toruń, with the Teutonic Castle, were entered on the UNESCO list of the most important historic sites of world cultural heritage in 1997.
The Old and the Ne...
Łódź, the largest city in Poland, aside from Warsaw, is a cultural phenomenon and a fascinating place inhabited by distinguished artists, scientists and industrialists.
Łódź, the largest c...
Szczecin is situated at the beginning of the estuary of the Oder River (Odra), some 65 km from the Baltic Sea. Many centuries ago this region was the ducal territory of the aristocratic Griffin dynast...
Łódź with its 850,000 inhabitants is the second largest city of Poland. In the 19th century, textile factories began developing here with unimaginable rapidity.
Łódź and its surroundings
Łódź w...
Located in the heart of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains, Kielce is the economic and tourist center of the region. Many tourist trails linking monuments from different periods of Polish history cross in K...
Wrocław is full of monuments of its thousand years of history. Today it is also one of the booming Polish cities. Ask Ask the splendid Wrocław guides for an amazing tour around the town!
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Białowieża National Park and a UNESCO biosphere reserve is an area of valuable wildlife, protected with utmost commitment by Poland, Belarus and a range of international organisations.
Białowieża...
Together with the neighboring Bochnia it is one of the oldest salt mines in the world. These are also one of the oldest running companies. Let us take a walk through some of the 20 large chambers of t...
Gorzow Wielkopolski is not only the largest town in the province but is also the region’s true centre, a real junction where administration, economic, cultural and social threads intertwine.
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Białystok is the largest city in the north-east part of Poland (294,000 citizens) and the capital of the Podlasie region.
Białystok is the largest city in the north-east part of Poland...
Olsztyn is situated in the southern part of Warmia. The most impressive monument here is a very small one. It is a fragment of a wall, on which Nicolas Copernicus drew auxiliary lines during his resea...
The whole calcareous range is stretching out for 30 km from the west to the east having no more than 5 km width. The most spectacular part of Pieniny is protected in the trans-border Pieninski Nationa...
For both the experienced tourist-geologist and the collector of precious and semi-precious minerals the Sudetes are certainly the most interesting Polish mountains.
For both the experience...
Tatra Mountains are the highest mountains in Poland and can be over seen from many places in the region called Podhale. lighted up by the morning sun actually constitutes the most beloved theme for Po...
It is easy to trace the 100 kilometer long lake route on maps. It goes from Pisz to Węgorzewo through the largest of all Polish lakes. The route leads you from wild nature over medevial castles to cro...
Zamość, often referred to as the Pearl of Renaissance and the City of Arcades, is a fortress established in 1580 surrounding a luxurious housing estate.
Zamość, often referred to as the Pe...
„Who desires to get to know me inside-out, must learn about my garden, as my garden is my heart."
The landscape park of the eccentric Prince Hermann Ludwig Heinrich von Pückler-Muskau in B...
Taking a boat to travel to other countries, including Poland, has become less popular when compared to previous years. This is the result of changing traveling trends and very attractive airline price...
For many ages on the borders between Western and Eastern Europe Lublin played an important cultural role. Centuries ago, trade and diplomatic activity crossed here; today Lublin is a meeting place of ...
You can buy traditional leather Highland shoes and socks made from that itchy, sheep’s wool in Zakopane, in Kaszuby you can buy pictures painted on glass, hand made snuff-boxes from horn ...
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Blue, white, red – the flag of the Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodship is made up of these colours. The deep blue of the lakes, the white of sails and storks’ wings.
Blue, white, red – the flag of the...
Mysterious tunnels, castles on high hills, mansions hidden in romantic parks – when it comes to the number and beauty of the castles, the Dolnoslaskie Voivodship can compete....
Mysterious tunnel...
The tiny Opole region is an exceptional part of Poland – it is here that the oldest dinosaur fossils in the world were discovered. Silesaurus opolensis (the Silesian lizard from Opole)....
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A thousand blue lakes, a desert, verdant forests and rushing hill land rivers. Any adventure in the Pomorskie Voivodship along the Baltic coast usually starts in the Tricity...
A thousand blu...
In 1108, Polish duke Boleslaus III founded a fortified settlement, nestled in a valley among the mountains. Such was the origin of today’s Jelenia Gora – a town of 900 years‘ history.
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