Poland top for luxury hotel value
Poland provides the best-value five-star hotel accommodation, according to a survey.
Polish capital Warsaw is one of seven European destinations in the top 10 most affordable luxury hotel list compiled by Hotels.com. Continue reading
Gdansk: 5 free things for visitors to do
Gdansk offers a chance for visitors to take in scenes of sea, ships and spires set in a magnificently reconstructed Old Town while contemplating the ups and downs of European history, including the famous shipyard strike led by Lech Walesa.
The city, already one of Poland’s key tourist attractions, will see an influx of some 300,000 soccer fans and tourists in June alone when Gdansk hosts several games during the European football championship. The major sporting event is to take place across eight cities in Poland and Ukraine. Continue reading
Kashrut supervisors trained in Poland
Following an increasing demand for kosher food in Poland, 17 Polish Jews graduated from a seminar certifying them as kashrut supervisors. Continue reading
Polish community votes against planned nuclear plant
Authorities in one of Poland’s favourite sea resort areas say that most residents are against plans to build a nuclear plant there. Continue reading
Poland Guide
The largest country in central Europe, most of Poland is low-lying, with woods and lakes. Unlike many of its neighbors, Poland has only a minuscule minority population. Poles as a nation are unified by the Polish language and a common religion—Roman Catholicism. Continue reading
Hitler Lair: Polish Officials Seek to Turn Nazi Leader’s Bunker Into Tourist Bonanza
Officials in Poland are hoping that a secret fortress once used by Nazi German leader Adolph Hitler to hold meetings and to shelter from aerial bombardments becomes a major attraction for tourists. Continue reading
Krakow: Historic Polish city, college-town vibe
With crowds of tourists and a college-town atmosphere, Krakow — once the capital of Poland — has become a European hot spot.
The center of it all is the centuries-old main square in the Old Town, or Stare Miasto, where brick streets are filled with restaurants, coffee shops, trendy boutiques and sidewalk cafes. Midnight feels like noon as crowds crawl late into the night, when many establishments turn bar, pub, disco or dance club. The sound of singing rises up from cellars filled with party-goers. Continue reading
Poland braces itself for ‘vulgar’ British stag season
British tourists visiting the Polish city of Krakow in time for stag season will be the primary target of a new crackdown on drunken and yobbish behaviour. Continue reading
South-western Poland offers nature, history off the beaten track
Niemcza, Poland – The regional Polish capital of Wroclaw is a popular destination for tourists, but several nearby towns and villages offer history off the beaten trackand atmosphere amid rolling hills and crumbling but quaint villages. Continue reading
10 new things to do in Poland
A WISE guy once said that “History is just one damn thing after another”, and you can’t help noticing how pieces of that history pile up in Poland. Continue reading
