Insight Pocket Guide Warsaw (Insight Pocket Guides) (Paperback)
July 21, 2009 by Destination Guide
Filed under Travel Poland Guides
Product Description
“Warsaw Insight Pocket Guide” is an itinerary-based guide, focusing on the best things to see and do, picked by our local correspondents. It is ideal for first-time visitors and perhaps pressed for time. To help you follow the routes easily, the 96-page book includes a full size pull-out map. Detailed routes have been designed to cover Warsaw’s highlights. Ten tours link the highlights of Poland’s capital city and four excursions explore interesting towns and villages within easy reach of Warsaw. To aid your understanding of Warsaw, its history and culture are described in an introductory feature. There is also full coverage of shopping, eating out and nightlife plus a listings section covering hotels, climate, money, getting around and useful addresses.
About the Author
Since 2000. Hammond, American Map, Langenscheidt Dictionaries, Insight Travel Guides, Delorme – the famous names in the Langenscheidt family. These represent the most authoritative, up-to-date, and extensive travel and reference products available. In January 2003, the renowned Berlitz Publishing became part of the Langenscheidt Group. The Langenscheidt Publishing Group, the premier group of map and travel companies, offers over 4,000 North American and international street maps, road maps, atlases, language-learning, bilingual dictionaries, and travel-related products covering countries, cities, and languages in every continent.
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Planning a trip to Poland
May 3, 2009 by Destination Guide
Filed under Where To Go & What To See
Poland is a small country of about 120,000 sq mi. It is an amazing country that for a long time was forgotten about after nearly being obliterated in WWII. But, it found a way to bring itself back to life and today is growing ever popular with tourists. When preparing for a trip to Poland, plan on visiting as many of the surrounding cities as possible. Cities like the capitol (Warsaw), Krakow, Gdansk, and Ludz. Each city offers a most insightful history, friendly faces, shopping and historical scenery.
Warsaw, although still feeling the effects of WWII, is growing and beginning to turn their former negative impressions into memorable ones. The city once shadowed from war is beginning to blossom with shops and marketplaces, growing restaurants and bars. If you are a lover of history, you will truly find yourself in awe here; as Warsaw grows so too does the building and new construction of business’. For a younger generation of travelers, have no fear, you’ll feel at home here.
Undamaged by war; Krakow is truly a historians dream, listed by UNESCO to be one of 12 top historical sites. But if it’s not history you’re after as much as lavish palaces and exquisite ancient architecture, then Krakow has got something for you too. The phenomenal ancient buildings are something to gawk at, with spectacular colors, intricate brick work and palaces so mind boggling that one can’t help but wonder what secrets they hold. If you love art, you’re sure to find plenty to amuse, confuse and inspire you.
If you’re curious before you book your trip; search online, go to your local library, or visit the nearest bookstore. What you’ll find about Poland is not only fascinating but exciting as you discover more about the little country that could. Take a leap and go visit Poland. Immerse yourself in all the quaint country has to offer, trust me you’ll be glad you did.
