Midway between Krakow and Lviv, Rzeszow is a huge city with a large population located deep within an unspoilt picturesque valley. Sheltered from the south by the Beskid Niski Mountains, it lies in the middle of an extensive well-preserved forested area of pine, oak and beech, this being a favourite haunt for hikers and a Garden of Eden for nature lovers and bird watchers. Originating out of the rugged Carpathian Foothills (the mountain range that forms a natural boundary between southeast Poland and Slovakia), the Wislok River cuts across the city sketching out two distinct zones that cannot be more different. The east zone is a residential suburb, a post-war jungle of Communist-style dre
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