The Rough Guide To Poland

THE ROUGH GUIDE TO Poland “Rough Guides are consistently readable, informed and, most crucially, reliable.” Bill Bryson About Rough Guides The Times, London… The series provides the smooth as well as the rough. It gives expert advice on cheap travel but does not miss out on comfort, and is thorough and accurate on history and art. Sunday Herald Sun, Melbourne… A strong point of Rough Guides is their emphasis on the contemporary life of a place – politics, culture, people. Chicago Tribune… Authoritative and innovative, Rough Guides are practical, opinionated and refreshingly direct. Rough Guides are written and researched by a team of more than 200 authors, based in Europe, the US and Australia. As well as travel guides, we publish a unique series of indestructible maps, phrasebooks, music guides and Internet guides. Check them out at roughguides.com. About the authors Jonathan Bousfield was introduced to the delights of Polish cooking over a decade ago and has been enjoying pierogi at every given opportunity since. He is author of the Rough Guides to Croatia and the Baltic States, and co-author of the Rough Guides to Austria and Bulgaria. Mark Salter first visited Poland in 1983 and has been returning regularly ever since. A teacher and journalist, in 1990 Mark moved to Stockholm, where he lives with his two children. These days he works for an intergovernmental organization supporting countries in the process of transition to democracy. Cover image: The Pieniny Mountains © Alamy roughguides.com Rough Guides started out in 1982, publishing typewritten manuscripts for travel on the cheap – hence our name. These days, however, there’s nothing rough about our books, and our listings range from shoestring to luxury. But don’t take our word for it. This is what the press say: The Rough Guide to Poland written and researched by Jonathan Bousfield and Mark Salter with additional contributions by Thomas Brown, Taissa Csáky and Gordon McLachlan NEW YORK • LONDON • DELHI www.roughguides.com Ystad Stockholm | INTR O D U CTIO N | WHE RE TO GO | W HE N TO GO Baltic Sea Copenhagen îeba Sïupsk E28 Gdaósk Koïobrzeg Koszalin Elblèg òwinoujôcie 8 Rostock E2 23 Szczecin 5 E2 61 11 dra ve rO Bydgoszcz 52 Ri E65 Toruó R BERLIN E30 ßa is E261 5 E7 Gorzów Wielkopolski rW ive Hannover E7 Poznaó E30 R i îódõ R 14 ysa rN E40 E67 KAR Leipzig E65 E36 i ve KO A4 N OS Jelenia Góra MT Wrocïaw E261 NS Czìstochowa Waïbrzych A4 Opole E75 ZE