Country guide
Poland
Krakow's old town and Auschwitz's sobering history, Tatra mountain trails and a Baltic coast of white dunes.
Currency
PLN
Language
Polish
English
Widely spoken
Payment
Cards everywhere
Power
Type C / E
230 V, 50 Hz
Dialing
+48
Destinations
Gdansk
A rebuilt Hanseatic port where amber, a medieval crane and the shipyard that broke a system all sit within one walk.
✓ best May-SepKrakow
Europe's largest medieval square, a royal castle above the river, and the country's history at its heaviest ninety minutes west.
✓ best Apr-OctPoznan
Where Poland began: the first rulers' graves, a painted market square, and two mechanical goats that butt heads at noon.
✓ best Apr-OctTorun
A brick Gothic town that survived the war intact, where Copernicus was born and gingerbread has been baked for seven centuries.
✓ best Apr-SepWarsaw
A capital rebuilt from rubble and paintings, with the century's hardest history told plainly in its museums.
✓ best Apr-SepWroclaw
A river city of islands and bridges, a painted market square, and several hundred bronze dwarfs hidden in the streets.
✓ best Apr-OctZakopane
Poland's mountain town: a cable car to the Tatra ridge, wooden highlander architecture, and the country's ski season.
✓ best SepClimate zones, month by month
Poland has 7 distinct climate zones. The right month depends on where in the country you're going.
Gdansk Baltic Coast →
✓ Best May-Sep · ✗ Avoid Nov-Mar
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Krakow →
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Poznan →
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Torun →
✓ Best Apr-Sep · ✗ Avoid Nov-Feb
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Warsaw →
✓ Best Apr-Sep · ✗ Avoid Nov-Feb
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Wroclaw Lower Silesia →
✓ Best Apr-Oct · ✗ Avoid Dec-Feb
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Zakopane Tatra Mountains →
✓ Best Sep · ✗ Avoid Nov-Mar
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