Travel Stories

• food

• food and drink

4 min read • Nov 25, 2019

Two days in Kraków will give you a decent chance of seeing most major sights. Here's our guide to making that a perfect weekend.

• history

• art and culture

6 min read • Nov 21, 2019

Poland has engaging cities, vast national parks and a fascinating and complex history. Here are our top things to do in Poland.

• history

• art and culture

7 min read • Oct 31, 2019

A youthful energy in Warsaw is transforming this 700-year-old survivor into an ideal location for a central European city break.

• festivals and events

• art and culture

4 min read • Jul 23, 2019

Jewish history in Poland goes back more than a thousand years, when the country was the epicenter of European Jewish life. Always Poland’s cultural…

• health and wellness

• connections

5 min read • Jun 5, 2019

Free, and open to everyone, parkrun has gripped millions across the globe since its inception in 2004. So much so that every Saturday morning there are…

• budget travel

• connections

5 min read • Aug 7, 2018

Warsaw is lively and Kraków is beautiful, but Poland’s third-largest city remains a mystery to many travellers. However, Łódź, pronounced 'Woodge', has…

• food

• food and drink

5 min read • Sep 8, 2017

Port cities are always interesting. Their architecture is a legacy of trading prosperity, and their cultures are influenced by a cosmopolitan past of…

• budget travel

• connections

5 min read • Aug 31, 2017

With its picturesque old towns and medieval architecture, wild forests and powdery-sand beaches, humming city life and imaginative culinary scene, Poland…

• wildlife and nature

• activities

5 min read • Oct 26, 2016

In eastern Poland, straddling the border with Belarus, is an ancient forest where wild European bison roam.

• art

• art and culture

4 min read • Jan 5, 2016

Kraków, Warsaw and Gdańsk are the 'big three' of Polish tourism; many travellers never visit any other city in Poland. In the west, however, Poznań…

• art

• art and culture

5 min read • Dec 4, 2015

In Kraków these days, the action has spilled south across the Vistula River from Kazimierz to Podgórze, a once-sleepy suburb most commonly known as the…

• wildlife and nature

• activities

5 min read • Nov 20, 2015

Poland's southern border is defined by the upward thrust of the Carpathian Mountains. Europe's second-biggest mountain range after the Alps, the…

• art

• art and culture

5 min read • Oct 23, 2015

Forget the car – with a rail network that radiates to all parts of Poland from its biggest cities, a much better way to experience the country  is by…

• art

• art and culture

4 min read • Feb 4, 2011

Not far, but worlds away from the unending charm of Kraków, are two of Poland’s most cherished sites. Both are Unesco heritage listed. Both attract dense…

• food

• food and drink

4 min read • Feb 2, 2011

“Kawa... herbata!”

• food

• food and drink

2 min read • Dec 27, 2010

Planning a trip to Kraków and want to fit in by drinking like a true Pole? In this excerpt from Lonely Planet Magazine, you can just follow the steps…