My husband and I will be visiting family in Warsaw in July. We were hoping to take an overnight trip from Warsaw to visit another part of Poland. We have already been to Zakopane, Krakow, Sopot, Malbork and G'Dansk. Any suggestions of other areas of Poland worth visiting?
Thank you!
I spent a month in Poland and loved it. Warsaw was heavily damaged during the war. General Eisenhower made the restoration of the Old Town a priority. I love Mozart and on a Sunday went to a concert in his birthplace town. There is one bus out in the morning and one back in the afternon. I took an English tour of Warsaw that was very worthwhile. Do take mosquito repellent Lots of them by the river!
I also went Torun, home of gingebread, and I think it is a UNESCO site. I enjoyed it.
Later I will look at my notebook and see if there is anything else to recommend.
Enjoy!
Al
Have you been to Czestochowa, south of Warsaw. Considered a Catholic pilgrimage site. John Paul II went there several times, and Pope Benedict has been there as least once. The big attraction is the small painting of the Black Madonna. If you "google" the name, you will find that about 400 of these paintings exist. Although no one knows where this one originated, they once claimed that it was painted by St. Luke, parton of artists. My BA is in Art History, and I can tell you that stylistical, that is impossilbe. No one knows why the Madonna is black. Nevertheless, the site draws countless tourists. The whole site is spotless and worth a visit. The painting is attached to cables so it can be raised upstairs were some monks pray to the Virgin all night. I am Catholic, but this one is too much for me.
AL
