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

Lying at the heart of the great forests of Eastern Poland and at the gateway to Białowieża National Park, where European bison still roam, Hajnówka is the cultural centre of Belarussian Poland. Its international festival of Orthodox music is a major event of its kind. 

Hajnówka

Albania

England

Greenland

Spain

Central America

Africa

North America

South America

Asia

Middle East

Oceania

Personally speaking, I absolutely adored Hajnówka and the whole region around it. Lying at the gateway to one of the last remaining portions of Eastern Europe's great primeval forest, which today enjoys protected status as Białowieża National Park, and traditional in character, with its minority Belarussian culture, its wooden houses and its majestic Orthodox church: say hello to the genuinely exotic and out-of-the-ordinary! Hajnówka encapsulates many of the stereotypical, cliched aspects people have about Eastern Europe.
Standing at the gateway to the forest, Hajnówka gives the impression of being a sort of eastern cousin to the towns of the far west regions. It's true to say that apart from the the large modern church, decorated with all its frescos and which acts as the focal point for the religious fervour of the whole Orthodox community here, there isn't really that much of interest to see in the town. However, what there is at Hajnówka is that indefinable atmosphere and ambiance you get in towns located right out at the very edge of a place, forming a border between two different cultural worlds. This is something that is palpable everywhere here, and I found it fascinating. And then there's the superb national park, which begins on the outskirts of the town and is therefore easy to get to: a world of wild forests, wooden lumberjacks' houses, and home to deer, elk and bison.

Lying at the heart of the great forests of Eastern Poland and at the gateway to Białowieża National Park, where European bison still roam, Hajnówka is the cultural centre of Belarussian Poland. Its international festival of Orthodox music is a major event of its kind.

Hajnówka Vacations

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