Małopolska
It’s a mystery why Małopolska remains relatively unexplored by international travellers.
It’s a mystery why Małopolska remains relatively unexplored by international travellers.
Architectural treasure with a must-see castle, art and cosmopolitan nightlife.
Poland’s sprawling capital, home of highbrow culture and street festivals.
The diverse region of Pomerania (Pomorze) could be summarised by the three Bs – beaches, beer gardens and bricks.
If you want to distil the essence of Poland’s eventful history, head for Wielkopolska.
Everyone loves Wrocław (vrots-wahf) and it’s easy to see why.
Occupying the whole of southwestern Poland, Silesia, or Śląsk (pronounced shlonsk) in Polish, can claim both the most tumultuous history and the most distinct identity of all the country’s regions.
Like a mini-state all to itself, Gdańsk has a unique feel that sets it aside from all other cities in Poland.
If you arrive in Poznań any evening and stroll into its central market square, you’ll receive an instant introduction to the characteristic energy of Wielkopolska’s capital.
If ever two regions were ruled by water, they are Warmia and Masuria.
In some ways, Toruń is the city that time forgot – the low-rise centre of the former Hanseatic port has a slow-paced country-town feel, and its Old Town has avoided excesses of commercial signage and tourist tat.
Lublin’s centre has emerged into the new century with revived confidence, and the locals are out in droves to enjoy it.
Nestled in the foothills of the Tatras, Zakopane is the most fashionable mountain resort in Poland and the country’s winter-sports capital.
Travel only 30km from Warsaw’s Old Town and you enter another Poland.
Prepare yourself for a shock if arriving in Sopot after a tour of Pomerania’s rural districts – this is 21st-century Poland, writ large.
When you first encounter the western port city Szczecin (shcheh-cheen), the impression is of an unaesthetic muddle of architecture inherited from wildly different ages.
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