Historic sites
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial
Oświęcim, Lesser Poland
The largest Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, where more than 1.1 million people, most of them Jews, were murdered.
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Historic sites
Long Market and Old Town, Gdańsk
Gdańsk, Pomerania
Gdańsk's main street and square, the Long Market, is lined with tall, richly decorated merchants' houses from the city's days as a wealthy Hanseatic …
Historic sites
Main Market Square, Kraków
Kraków, Lesser Poland
One of the largest medieval squares in Europe, at the heart of Kraków's old town, with the Renaissance Cloth Hall (Sukiennice) in the middle, full of…
Historic sites
Malbork Castle
Malbork, Pomerania
The largest castle in the world by land area, a huge red-brick Gothic fortress built by the Teutonic Knights from the 13th century beside the Nogat R…
Walks and treks
Morskie Oko, Tatra Mountains
Zakopane, Lesser Poland
The largest and most beautiful lake in the Tatra Mountains, a deep green-blue glacial lake beneath granite peaks, including Rysy, the highest mountai…
Historic sites
Wawel Castle and Cathedral, Kraków
Kraków, Lesser Poland
The hill above the Vistula where Polish kings were crowned and buried.
Historic sites
Wieliczka Salt Mine
Wieliczka, Lesser Poland
A salt mine worked for 700 years, with an underground world of chambers, lakes and chapels carved from rock salt, including the vast Chapel of St Kin…
Natural features
Białowieża Forest
Hajnówka, Podlaskie
The last remaining part of the primeval lowland forest that once covered Europe, shared with Belarus, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Historic sites
Toruń Old Town
Toruń, Kuyavia-Pomerania
A beautifully preserved medieval Gothic town of red brick on the Vistula River, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the birthplace of the astronomer Nic…
Historic sites
Warsaw Old Town and Royal Castle
Warsaw, Mazovia
Warsaw's Old Town was almost completely destroyed in 1944 and rebuilt brick by brick from paintings and old photographs, so faithfully that it's a UN…
Historic sites
Wrocław Market Square
Wrocław, Lower Silesia
Wrocław's market square is one of the largest in Europe, surrounded by colourful houses, with an ornate Gothic Town Hall in the middle.