Situated on the Polish and Slovakian border, the Dunajec gorges offer amazing views  of the Pieniny region.    

Europe

After almost half a century of being under supervision, Poland has been slowly, but surely, opening its doors to the world over the past twenty years. Vibrant and dynamic, one of its main attractions is its striking blend of modernism and archaism. The towns boast many different sights: the capital of Warsaw is a showcase of the country’s new modernity, while the picturesque Krakow and Gdansk seem at times to be set in another era. Equally, you can discover dreamy landscapes, from the Baltic beaches to the many lush and unspoilt natural areas (natural parks, ‘the land of the thousand lakes’). But Poland also has a very heavy history, which you can, and should, discover, by visiting sites charged with history, such as the Warsaw ghetto and the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. To visit Poland is to discover a world of contrasts, a country focused on the future, and the scars it wears preserve an authenticity that forms all its charm.

Poland

Gorges de Dunajec

The Wieliczka Royal Salt Mines are easy to get to from Kraków.  You can therefore go on an afternoon's excursion to them. 

Wieliczka

A cold city at first sight, but a good place to come to terms with. Warsaw is a footprint of history and this history is still too often little-known.

Warsaw

The first winter sports resort on the Polish side of the Tatras, Zakopane has managed to retain all of its old-world charm with its many wooden chalets.

Zakopane

A tiny village in Mazovia, Żelazowa Wola is one of the country's temples to music due to the fact that it is home to the house in which the nation's musical genius, Frederic Chopin, was born. The visit to the house museum here, which stands in the middle of a beautiful park, is one of Warsaw's classic tourist excursions.

Zelazowa Wola

Albania

England

Greenland

Spain

Central America

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South America

Asia

Middle East

Oceania

Ask the advice of anyone employed in the tourism industry in Warsaw and they will inevitably send you to Żelazowa Wola, the birthplace of the composer Frederic Chopin (1810–1849), so strong is the cult of the Franco-Polish pianist in Poland. Many travel agencies advertise "Chopin tours", in which Żelazowa Wola plays a major role.
In fact, the Chopin family home in Żelazowa Wola, a building in the style of a neoclassical manor house and set in a beautiful woodland park, can actually make for a fascinating place to visit. It still contains plenty of furniture, personal effects and decorative elements dating from the period in question, and it is interesting to try to picture and imagine the famous composer of nocturnes and mazurkas spending his childhood years in this environment.
Though it's true to say that there is not much to see and do in Żelazowa Wola apart from this important commemorative site for Poland and the history of music in general, I did enjoy exploring this sleepy little Mazovian village, which is typical of those to be found in this region and provides a taste of the wider Warsaw region away from the capital, an area not often visited by tourists.

Zelazowa Wola Vacations

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