How To Use This E-Book
Getting Around the e-Book
This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Poland, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.
The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Poland, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Poland are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
Youll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Poland. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.
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Table of Contents
Polands Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
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Krakw
The former capital of Poland is still the countrys artistic and cultural centre and its most popular tourist destination. For more information, .
Top Attraction #2
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Tatra Mountains
With their spectacular peaks they are a hikers paradise. For more information, .
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Wieliczka Salt Mines
With its extraordinary, ornately carved chambers, this Unesco World Heritage Site is a must-see. For more information, .
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Warsaw
A wonderful capital city, where history and culture come alive. For more information, .
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Zamo
Modelled on Italian trading cities, the Old Town is a 16th-century Renaissance jewel. For more information, .
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Gdask
The birthplace of the Solidarity Movement. For more information, .
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Sopot
Polands lively summer capital. For more information, .
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Malbork Castle
Built by the Teutonic Knights and one of Europes biggest strongholds. For more information, .
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Kazimierz Dolny
A confection of Renaissance and Mannerist houses. For more information, .
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Kazimierz
Krakows former Jewish quarter is re-inventing itself while not forgetting its past. For more information, .
A Perfect Tour of Poland
Day 1
To the dragon hill
Tour the Royal castle on Wawel hill, have lunch in Kawiarnia Pod Baszta, then visit the cathedral where Polands kings were crowned. You might catch a short classical concert in one of the Old Town churches before dinner at Krakows oldest restaurant, Wierzynek (for more information, .
Day 2
Students and synagogues
Enjoy a caf in Rynek Gwny, before exploring the Old Town. Caf Camelot is nice for lunch (for more information, ). Later, go to Kazimierz. Dine to the sound of live Jewish music at Klezmer Hois
Day 3
Medieval mall
Spend the morning searching for souvenirs in the Sukiennice, Krakows medieval market building, before continuing to Warsaw by internal flight or train.
Day 4
Warsaw rebuilt
From the top of the Soviet Palace of Culture you get an excellent view of Warsaw, with its modern skyscrapers and rebuilt Old Town. Take a tram to the Warsaw Rising Museum and then walk east through the streets of the former ghetto, for a more light-hearted afternoon in the Old Town, taking lunch in the Rynek Starego Miasta..