Wrocław is a city on the Oder River in western Poland. It’s known for its Market Square, lined with elegant townhouses and featuring a modern fountain. Also on the square is the Gothic Old Town Hall, with its large astronomical clock. Nearby is the Panorama of Racławice, a painting depicting the 1794 battle for independence. The Centennial Hall auditorium, with its giant dome and tall spire, lies across the river.
Kraków, a southern Poland city near the border of the Czech Republic, is known for its well-preserved medieval core and Jewish quarter. Its old town – ringed by Planty Park and remnants of the city’s medieval walls – is centered on the stately, expansive Rynek Glówny (market square). This plaza is the site of the Cloth Hall, a Renaissance-era trading outpost, and St. Mary’s Basilica, a 14th-century Gothic church.
Sopot is a town on the Baltic Sea in northern Poland. Along with neighboring cities Gdynia and Gdańsk, it forms the so-called Tri-City metropolitan area. Sopot is known for its health spas, sandy beach and its long wooden pier that extends into the Bay of Gdańsk. The Crooked House is a surreal building modeled on fairy-tale illustrations. It's on Sopot’s pedestrianized main street, Monciak, also called Monte Cassino.
The Tatra Mountains, part of the Carpathian mountain chain in eastern Europe, create a natural border between Slovakia and Poland. Both Slovak and Polish sides are protected as national parkland and are popular destinations for winter and summer sports. The Tatras are home to wildlife including the Tatra chamois, marmot, lynx and bears. Slovakia has the highest mountain in the range: 2,655m Gerlach Peak.
The Auschwitz concentration camp was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II and the Holocaust. Visit the Zamek Muzeum.
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula River in east-central Poland. The city offers a variety of tourist attractions, including historical sights, monuments, museums, theatres, and places connected with Marie Curie, and with Frédéric Chopin and his music. Since 1980, the old town, one of the main attractions, has been a UNESCO World heritage site.
Capital with Wilanów Palace, Old Town and museums
The Masurian Lake District or Masurian Lakeland is a lake district in northeastern Poland within the geographical region of Masuria, in the past inhabited by Masurians who spoke the Masurian dialect. It contains more than 2,000 lakes.
Poznań is a city on the Warta River in western Poland. It’s known for universities as well as its old town, with Renaissance-style buildings in Old Market Square. Poznań Town Hall houses the Historical Museum of Poznań, with exhibits on the city. The town hall's clock features mechanical goats that butt heads at noon. The Gothic and baroque Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral is built on an island called Ostrów Tumski.
Toruń is a historical city on the Vistula River in north-central Poland, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its the birthplace of Copernicus.
The Wieliczka Salt Mine, in the town of Wieliczka, southern Poland. From Neolithic times, sodium chloride was produced there from the upwelling brine. Saltworks Castle and subterranean masterpiece.
Gdańsk (Danzig in German) is a port city on the Baltic coast. At the center of its Main Town, reconstructed after WWII, are the colorful facades of Long Market, now home to shops and restaurants. Nearby is Neptune Fountain, a 17th-century symbol of the city topped by a bronze statue of the sea god. Gdańsk is also a center for the world’s amber trade; boutiques throughout the city sell the ossified resin.
Gdynia is a port city on the Baltic coast. It’s known for its modernist buildings, including the Museum of the City of Gdynia, which has exhibits about local history. Kościuszki Square, with a distinctive fountain as its center, leads to the waterfront. The WWII destroyer ORP Błyskawica and 1909 tall ship Dar Pomorza, now museums, are moored on the Southern Pier. Sharks and piranhas inhabit Gdynia Aquarium.
Estabilished in 1956 Ojców National Park is only 25 km away from Kraków. This picturesque area is full of mysterious caves, amazing castles, ruins and limestone rocks. Contians the original Pieskowa Skała Castle, one of the best-known examples of Renaissance architecture in Poland. In front of the Castle there is the Hercules’ Club, 25-meter high limestone column. Visit Łokietek’s Cave.and walk along Prądnik River Valley. You will see the ruins of King’s Casimir the Great Castle and wooden “Chapel on the Water”
Usedom is an island divided between Germany and Poland in the Baltic Sea. It's known for beaches and nature parks. On the German side, the seaside towns of Ahlbeck, Heringsdorf and Bansin have resort architecture, promenades and piers. Northwest, the Peenemünde Historical Technical Museum displays WWII missiles. South, the Polish port of Świnoujście is home to the Museum of Sea Fishery and a 19th-century lighthouse.
Pieniny National Park (Polish: Pieniński Park Narodowy) is a protected area located in the heart of Pieniny Mountains in the southernmost part of Poland.