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Poland - 8 Nights

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We have 8 nights in late August for Poland from NYC and need suggested itineraries. We are generally fast-paced, seasoned travelers that like culture, history, scenery and food. We would want to do a tour of Auschwitz along the way. We are thinking maybe Krakow to Wroclaw to Gdansk. Not sure if we need Warsaw at all. Can we do 3 cities in 8 nights and suggestions for which 3 cities and how to split up the nights?

For what it's worth, we are comparing this to a Baltic trip (some combination of Vilnius, Riga, Tallinn and Helsinki) in the same timeframe and are going back and forth.

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Fwiw I'm planning a trip now to Poland and am planning on skipping Warsaw . I'm planning on Gdansk 3 ish nights stop in Torun , Wroclaw 2 nights then Krakow 7 ish nights before taking the train to Vienna and flying out of there. I like the Rough Guide to Poland. It'll be my 3rd visit to Poland. It's a lovely country with lovely people. I'd recommend flying in one city and flying out another because it's not a tiny country.

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I am heading to Poland later this year but combining it with Budapest. I had originally looked at Poland only with similar itinerary.
Like you, I am fast paced traveler and can cover a lot in a short time. My original idea was 2 days (3 nights) in Gdansk, 2 days (3 nights) in Wroclaw, and 4 days in Krakow (including 1 day dedicated to Auschwitz).

I also looked at the Baltic itinerary you are considering, but for that one I would need more days. With Helsinki, you will need more than 8 days I think. It's actually top of list for my next trip.

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I think the Poland itinerary that you noted with 4 krakow, 2 wroclaw and 2 gdansk is initially similar to what seems to make the most sense for us. Maybe 4 nights krakow and 2 in the other places and time the trains to where we need more time. Trying to understand if we need to squeeze in Warsaw. We are more looking to see cool and interesting places more than big cities. Like we really enjoyed the two days we spent in Ljubljana recently.

If we are somewhat flexible on dates, would it be worth trying to make sure we're in Gdansk for the St. Dominic's Fair.

For the Baltic option, I think it would need to be either Vilnius or Helsinki with eight nights, but not both.

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On a visit to Poland some years ago I really enjoyed a couple days in the mountain resort town of Zakopane. It’s about a two hour bus ride from Krakow, as I recall, and is something quite different from the other cities you mention. A good place to go in August as I expect it would be lively with Polish vacationers with good hiking and such. I think Warsaw is worth a visit, depending where you fly into or out of. I spent one night there and would have liked more time. Other than Krakow, a must see, I haven’t been to the other places suggested. I would like to get up to Gdansk sometime. This fall I’m doing something very like the Baltic trip you’re also considering, with a couple days in each of the three capitals, but not Helsinki as insufficient time for that.

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