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Cable car to Szyndzielnia

Beskid Slaski: Gentle Hills, Woody Mountains, Lively Folk Tradition

Written by MagdaDH on December 5, 2009

  • Beskid Slaski and Zywiecki are parts of the Beskidy range that can be fairly conveniently explored from the city of Bielsko-Biala in day trips (especially if you have own transport). There are also several resorts...
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Short look at Beskidy, Gorce, Sudety & Gory Swietokrzyskie

Written by MagdaDH on December 5, 2009

  • For the sake of completeness, I am adding a short note on other Polish mountains - for the sake of honesty it will remain short as I have not visited those destinations more than...
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Exploring Bieszczady

Written by MagdaDH on December 5, 2009

  • Bieszczady are the most remote and the wildest mountains of Poland, tucked away in the very south-eastern corner of the country by the Ukrainian border. Although the area opened up to tourism with the creation...
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Trzy Korony (Three Crowns) peak

Pineniny Hiking & Dunajec Gorge Raft Trip

Written by MagdaDH on December 4, 2009

  • Opening is a short mountain range east of the Polish Tatras, known for jagged limestone outcrops and the striking Dunajec river gorge that cuts through the hills. These are relatively low mountains, or rather high...
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Zakopane and Easy Walks Nearby

Written by MagdaDH on December 4, 2009

  • Zakopane, often nick-named "the Winter capital of Poland" is a town in the southern part of the Podhale region, literally at the feet of the Tatra Mountains and very much the centre of all the...
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Copernicus' Frombork

Written by MagdaDH on December 2, 2009

  • Frombork is a small town located on the coast of the Vistula Lagoon (Zalew Wislany), about 60 miles east from Gdansk. It's famous for its associations with Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikolaj Kopernik). **Copernicus who was born...
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Sanok skansen - an Orthodox church

Sanok: Horror Painting, Icons and Wooden Churches

Written by MagdaDH on December 2, 2009

  • Sanok is a town with about 40,000 inhabitants located near the south-western corner of Poland, in what was traditionally thought of as the back of the beyond backwater, underdeveloped, poor and somewhat wild. Beyond Sanok...
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Kashubia near Zukowo

Kashubian Lakeland

Written by MagdaDH on December 1, 2009

  • Kaszuby (Kashubia) is the area of post-glacial hills and lakes located to the south of Gdansk. Kashubia's native inhabitants are Kashubians, a people with a distinct language, more different from the standard Polish than any...
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Wigry lake

Wigry Lake and Puszcza Augustowska

Written by MagdaDH on October 3, 2009

  • Lake Wigry - the largest in the whole Suwalszczyzna region of the north-eastern Poland and since 1989 a designated national park – lies about 10 miles east of the main town of the region, Suwalki...
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Sejny cathedral

Suwalszczyzna: the Edge of Poland

Written by MagdaDH on October 3, 2009

  • The north-eastern corner of Poland centres on the decidedly provincial town of Suwalki: close to the Lithuanian border, it's an area that is at the same time geographically remote from the current Poland's centre, and...
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