1. Krakow (Cracow)
In this city a unified beauty of Eastern European culture, natural wonders of the underground, as well as evidence of atrocities against fellow human beings. All the aspects that make Poland attractive, its heyday until wartime suffering, you can live in this city. To be able to feel this experience, not simply just a day because of the places visited quite far apart and trust me, you do not want to be in a rush. Spend 2-3 days in this city to be able to feel the aura of Eastern Europe is beautiful, more relaxed, but behind it keeps a history of astonishing.
In general, there are 3 sights and culture in Krakow, namely:
1. Krakow city center, consists of Krakow Old Town, Kazimierz and Wawel Castle. Krakow is touted as one of the most beautiful cities in Eastern Europe and this is where you can prove its charm.
2. Wieliczka salt mine, one of UNESCO World Heritage is truly amazing! Located 15 km from Krakow and can be reached by public bus, taxi, or a special minibus from Krakow.
3. Autschwitz concentration camp, entered it alone makes your imagination and sense of humanity untouched.
2. Lake Masurian
The Masurian Lake District Masurian Lakeland or (Polish: Pojezierze Mazurskie; Germany: Masurische Seenplatte) is a lake district in northeastern Poland in the geographic area Masuria. It contains more than 2,000 lakes. Currently, in the running for enrolled into one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature.
Both lakes connected by rivers and canals, forming a vast water system. The 18th-century Masurian Canal link this system to the Baltic Sea. The whole area is a major tourist destination, frequented by the boating enthusiasts, canoeists, anglers, hikers, cyclists and nature-lovers. This is one of the most famous lake district in Central Europe and a popular vacation spot, with the highest number of visitors every year.
3. Oswiecim (Auschwitz)
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people came to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland to pay homage to one million people who died there. Indeed, some believe that the visit is an important ritual of the journey of humanity that must never neglect this most unforgettable moment in history.
Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum consists of two camps in which almost every stone untouched, and all areas are open to visitors. The first camp, Auschwitz I, which is famous for Arbeit Macht Frei. Here you can see the execution site where inmates are placed in front of the individual pages of a reinforced wall and shot dead. And the second camp, Auschwitz II, better known as Birkenau, is where most of the horrors the Holocaust happened.
4. Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital of Poland. There are many good quality museums in Warsaw is offering free admission alias free admission on certain days. One museum worth visiting is the National Museum in Warsaw or in the Polish language has an official name "Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie". This museum is the largest art museum in Poland that stores nearly 1 million collection of art ranging from paintings, sculptures, until numismatika (coin or medallion that serves as a currency). The collection from around the world, not only from Poland, and has a span of 140 years, ranging from ancient art, medieval to modern era.
5. Wroclaw
Wroclaw (read: vroswav) is the fourth largest city in Poland, after Warsaw, Lodz and Krakow. The city has more than 10 prestigious universities, home to about 100 thousand students that is also called a student city. The city is beautiful, especially in the Old City, or Stara Miasto said Polish people. Spending long hours in a cafe in Old Town is not boring, Peace. More of the Old City that attract tourists, the city is beautiful, there are over 100 bridges connecting the small islands in the various branches of Odra river which divides the city so it is also called Venice of Poland, as well as various city parks are beautiful. Certainly not required gondola here, except the rickshaw-rickshaws in old city for visitors traveling, around the old market of antiques. The city is also a music education center. In fact they already have purchased their own set of gamelan. Music school is ambitious to develop gamelan music by bringing in an instructor / trainer gamelan from Indonesia.
Gdańsk is also called by the name of Danzig. Gdańsk is the largest port city in Poland as well as the capital of Pomorskie province. The city was handed over to Poland after the end of World War II in 1945. German residents who live in this city and most fled to West Germany. Residents in this city of about 500,000 inhabitants. This important port city since the city's emerging solidarity movement leader Lech Walesa in 1980 that would eventually overthrow the communist regime in 1989.
7. Malbork (Marienburg)
Although the World War II portion of the building castles in Poland has been destroyed, but returned in 1962 Malbork was built with a more attractive restoration. Malbork Marienburg Castle was (former name) made by the Teutonic Order of brick and stone materials are divided into three separate parts. Starting from the bottom, top and middle separated by a few towers and grasses. Area of Malbork Castle could reach 21 hectares or four times bigger than Windsor Castle with inhabitants about 3 thousand soldiers.
