Showing posts with label Poland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poland. Show all posts

Monday, October 7, 2019

How to Visit Poland's Mysterious Salt Mine Wieliczka (+ Krakow Old Town Guide)

After a few days in the Official Capital, we made our way to the Royal Capital Krakow.

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Continuing our journey south through Central Europe we thought it only natural to visit the cultural centre of Poland. But it wasn't just Krakow that motivated us to linger in Poland a few days longer. One of our family friends (and hosts in Krakow) told us of one of Poland's greatest cultural treasures that not so many outsiders are familiar of, the Wieliczka Salt Mine and the extravagant St Kinga's Chapel roughly 330 feet underground.

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Warsaw, The World's Youngest Old Town | Warsaw Things To Do

After being flattened by WWII devastation, Warsaw rose from the ashes and was bestowed the new title "Phoenix City"

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Once described as the most beautiful city in Europe, Warsaw was completely destroyed in WWII and then rebuilt using pre-war photographs and records. With meticulous precision reconstructing every shop, square and marketplace, it is now known as the World's Youngest Old Town.