Travel GuideWroclaw (Breslau in German), is the historical capital of Silesia and is today the fourth largest city in Poland. Important trading town since the Middle Ages, Wroclaw, was part of Germany from the eighteenth century until the end of World War II. The city has an architecture influenced by the various peoples who have lived […]
Krakow, the ancient capital of Poland, is the most important tourist destination in the country, the city is known for its beautiful old town from the spectacular architecture rich in Gothic churches and Baroque palaces. The main attractions of the city include the Main Market Square (Rynek Glowny), which is overlooked by the Renaissance palace […]
Gdansk – a city located on the shores of the Baltic Sea – is the most important seaport of Poland, its strategic location at the mouth of the Vistula River has always allowed it to control the trade of the interior of Poland and become, since the Middle Ages, the country’s most important port, crossroads of a commercial network. In […]
Warsaw, the capital of Poland and its largest city, extending along the Vistula River in the plains of Mazovia. Founded at the end of the thirteenth century as a castle and residence of the Dukes of Masovia, at the beginning of the fifteenth century, the city had expanded outside the original medieval wall enclosing the […]
Torun is an important river port and a city of around two hundred thousand inhabitants. The city is also the capital of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian (Województwo kujawsko-pomorskie) voivodeship together with the city of Bydgoszcz. Torun is after Krakow, the second best preserved city in Poland and one of the most important tourist destinations in the country. […]
The climate of Torun is temperate continental, the coldest months are January and February, while snow can fall in the months between November and April. The summer months of July and August are the hottest months, with average maximum temperatures around 23 ° C, but with peaks sometimes even above 30 ° C. The average […]
The historic center of Krakow is located at the foot of the hill where the Wawel Royal Castle is located. The merchant city of the thirteenth century has one of the largest squares in Europe and numerous historical buildings such as churches, palaces, houses, fortifications, synagogues. Krakow among its tourist attractions also houses an ancient […]
Krakow (Kraków) has a temperate continental climate. Climate changes are frequent, July is the hottest month and January the coldest. The winters are cold and dark, the snow makes its appearance between mid-December and mid-March, but despite this, the city is still full of life even during the winter. Summers are quite hot, but also […]
Krakow (Kraków) (about 760,000 inhabitants), the ancient capital of Poland, is one of the most beautiful cities in the nation. This historic city is located in the south of the country, along the course of the Vistula River at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. Krakow is the main cultural, artistic and university center of […]
KRAKOW AIRPORT Krakow Airport is the John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice (Port Lotniczy im. Jana Pawła II Kraków-Balice), which is located approximately 11 km west of the city. The airport is connected to the city main train station (Kraków Główny) by direct trains, the distance is covered in 15 minutes. Trains run every 30 […]
POLAND: DOCUMENTS Documents: For entry into Poland, the European citizen must have a passport or identity card valid for expatriation. Children and minors must have their own passport or their personal identity card. Citizens of some countries are required to apply for a visa. Driving license: To drive in Poland it is sufficient to have […]
HOW TO GET TO POLAND: FLIGHTS AND AIRPORTS The airplane is the fastest way to get to Poland. Poland’s international airports are: Warsaw-Chopin (Warsaw), Krakow, Gdańsk (Gdansk), Bydgoszcz, Łódź, Lublin, Rzeszów, Szczecin (Szczecin), Warsaw-Modlin, Katowice, Poznań and Wrocław (Wrocław). The most important airport in the country is that of the capital Warsaw (Warsaw-Chopin), while the […]
Poland has a moderate continental climate, with a short fairly hot summer and a harsh winter (from mid-October to mid-April) with minimum peaks around -20 ° C, with snowy precipitations and long periods of frost. The climate is uniform throughout the country with a continental character. The average annual temperature varies from 7°C, in the […]
Poland is a country with historical attractions and an important history which is clearly reflected in its historical cities (Krakow, Paczków, Zamość, Wrocław (Wrocław), Toruń), in their palaces, castles and churches. But it is also a country with interesting natural beauties which are often protected by parks and nature reserves. WARSAW The capital Warsaw, which […]
Poland (Polska Rzeczpospolita) is a parliamentary republic, located in eastern Central Europe, bordered to the northeast by Lithuania and the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, to the east by Belarus and Ukraine. To the south-west the Sudeten Mountains separate it from the Czech Republic and to the south-east the border with the Slovak Republik runs through the […]