BEACHES OF THE BALTIC POLAND
ART, RELIGION AND VODKA
 THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE CARPATES

Discovery

Country certainly marked by the events of the History, Poland turns today to the future and offers to the world best Slavic culture. With a varied cultural heritage and beautiful landscapes, let allure itself by Warsaw or Cracow. With the liking of the visits, you will be conquered by the kindness of its inhabitants and the incredible religious enthusiasm of the country, which was never contradicted with the wire of the centuries.

Identity

When his history is seen, one realizes that Poland is one of the countries of Europe which suffered the most with the wire of the centuries. However, this cordial and proud nation of its culture knew to be raised and offers today taking into consideration world, a rich and particularly interesting heritage. Far from the image of a country devastated and still suffering from tortures of the Second World War, Poland indeed offers a smiling face where cultural churches, museums and other sites enchant the visitors of passage. Alive, Poland does not leave indifferent, and one quickly lets oneself carry by the beauty of his cities like Cracow or Warsaw, as by the sumptuous landscapes which live it. Located at the North-East of Germany, Poland is bordered in north by the Baltic Sea on 528 km of coast. It shares land borders with Russia, Lithuania, Bielorussia, the Ukraine, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. 

 

Beaches of the Baltic from the points of view of Carpates, difficult not to be carried by all the attractions of this destination to the thousand facets. If one is ready to forget the prejudices on the greyness of this country of the ex Europe of the East, one can discover a moving culture which astonishes by its incredible alliance between modernity and a certain archaism. Removed from its many invaders (Russia, Germany, Austria…), Poland has lived again for several years and develops tourism which allures more and more.

Culture & Traditions

ART

Arts in Poland, were influenced a long time by the Catholic religion, thus, the country was illustrated by classical or Gothic tables, representative of large scenes of the Bible, or the Virgin and her son. Since the end of the Second World War, the country is also famous for its art of the poster, which known its golden age enters the Fifties and Sixties. The country also has a strong fish pond of authors who placed Poland at the world rank of the literature. But, it is by the cinema that Poland appears today with directors like Andrzej Wajda, or Roman Polanski.

 

THE RELIGION

Poland is a very religious country, and more than 90% of the inhabitants declare themselves thus catholic. This religious enthusiasm reached its apogee at the end of the Seventies, at the time of the election of a Pole like pope in the Vatican, John Paul II. Today still, the Poles dedicate a true worship to him. Approximately 1,3% of the population are declared rather orthodoxe and belong to the Church uniate, a Greek Orthodox Church which recognized the authority of the Vatican at the end of the 16th century. The latter is still very important in the east of Poland.

 

VODKA

At the 17th century it was common S to burst of Vodka glasses on the face as a wish of good health, nowadays it is rather around a good Polish meal which one tastes his glass by exclaiming “Na zdrowie! ” Will know that there does not exist less than 80 kinds of vodka in Poland, like Zubrowka, a vodka containing grass of bison.

MOUNT RYSY

Located in solid mass of Tatras, the Rysy mount is the point more culminating of Carpates. With horse between Poland and Slovakia, this mountain range is one of the tourist places most appreciated in the country with its cliffs, lakes and other landscapes rock.

 

 

Essential

0° WINTER / 15°-20° SUMMER
THE ZLOTY
+1H WINTER / +2H SUMMER
THE POLISH
VARSORVIE
SOUPS / PORK

Form your trip

The stages

CRACOVIE

Cracovie, is the historical capital of Poland, and contrary to Warsaw, the latter was not touched by the horrors of the Second World War. That which was the capital of the country during more than 500 years thus could preserve a rich heritage which makes it possible to appreciate all the times of Poland. By visiting the Old city, one discovers various architectures which make it possible to admire all the changes of style in the course of time. Full with charm, the town of Cracow abounds in sites to visit, like the Town square of the market, the church of Saint-Adalbert of the 10th century, and plethoras of museums and other monuments. Jewel of the Central Europe, the town of John Paul II books many surprises with its visitors, charmed by the hill of Wawel and its castle of the 15th century.

AUSCHWITZ

Very close to Cracow one of most famous witnesses of cruelty Nazi is the: the concentration camp of Auschwitz. If the visit of the site is undoubtedly terrible and moving, it makes it possible to perpetrate a duty to remember necessary, and will undoubtedly mark your memory well beyond the classical travel souvenirs. World heritage of UNESCO since 1979, the site became a museum in memory of victims at the end of the Forties, so that nobody forgets the horrors which could proceed there. You will be able to discover there a restoration of the camp of origin, Auschwitz I, where a permanent exhibition presents the living conditions of the prisoners at the time, as well as personal objects found with the release. Sinister sites, the combustion furnaces and the gas chambers were also restored in order to mark the spirit of the visitors and to enable them to realize of the extent of the events which proceeded in Auschwitz-Birkenau.

MASSIF OF THE TATRAS

The massif of Tatras is the highest point of Carpates, and is composed of cliffs, lakes and other rock landscapes. With horse between Poland and Slovakia, this mountain range is one of the tourist places most appreciated in the country. While returning to you in this area, you will be able to connect the excursions, and to appreciate the picturesque villages which strew it. Since the winter is long there, and the summer runs, the ideal period to go in this small paradise is end of spring at the beginning of the autumn. However try to avoid the peaks of multitude of the summer if you do not like to share your discoveries with crowd. To know, since 1954, Poland created a national park of Tatras which has the role of preserving the beauties of the site and to sensitize the visitors with his conservation.

WARSAW

Founded at the 14th century, the capital of Poland suffered much during the Second World War. However, this city with the tragic destiny knew to reappear of its ashes, and the inhabitants entirely restored the old city between the Fifties and the Sixties. Divided into two parts because of the Vistula, Warsaw thus makes it possible to discover a rich heritage, as the place of the Old town, the royal castle or the old Jewish ghetto. You will also appreciate to saunter on the main artery of the city, the Royal roads, considered today as one of the most beautiful avenues of the world. One finds palace, museums there and other galleries of Article Warsaw abounds indeed in very interesting museums, like the museum Frédéric Chopin or the museum of the Insurrection which recalls the important facts of the townsmen at the time of the German occupation in the Forties. Very animated, the Polish capital also offers to her inhabitants and to its visitors of passage, a very active night life. In the middle of the city, many shows and other concerts are organized for the greatest pleasure of the spectators.