Krakow, Warsaw and....

[serfty]

i have just come back from 5 nights in Krakow, 3 nights in Warsaw, 2 nights in Vilnius and 1 night in Riga...ran out of time to get to Tallinn. Great part of the world...Poland must be the next tourist European hotspot...cheap hotels and transport, good food and beer, lots of (at times, depressing secondary WW11) history, English widely spoken etc. But my favourite was Vilnius in Lithuania...too lazy to do a TR, but make sure you spend 2-3 nights here if you ever get the chance! Small walkable city with an Old Town, beautiful scenery, excellent cheap accommodation , food, alcohol etc....
A couple of photos:
Vilnius
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Trakai Island Castle....~35km West of Vilnius
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Five year on and I am planning to visit Warsaw (not Krakow) - Arriving 7am, departing midday two nights later.

I have reviewed the pre COVID the comments here and am wondering if much has changed since.

Any further suggestions, comments and discussion about experiences will be appreciated.

 

[kpc]

Five year on and I am planning to visit - Arriving 7am, departing midday two nights later.

I have reviewed the pre COVID the comments here and am wondering if much has changed since.

Any further suggestions, comments and discussion about experiences will be appreciated.

Are you just visiting Krakow?

We also did a one day tour from Krakow visiting Auschwitz (horrible but we felt we had to go!) and the Salt mine (much more interesting than it seemed). To do both in one day, you need to do a booked tour eg Auschwitz & Salt Mine tour from Krakow with KrakowDiscovery (not necessarily recommending this particular company - just found it on google to give you an idea). We stayed at the Hilton with an Exec lounge (? Double Tree) which was on the outskirts of the Old Town...easily walkable or you can Bolt / Uber if lazy / tired.

We also visited Oskar Schindler's factory in Krakow....but I think just walking round the old town in Krakow is the way to go. We did one of the Free Krakow walking tours but can't remember which one.

 

[serfty]

Are you just visiting Krakow?

Please accept my apology - I should have been more specific. I'm planning Warsaw only.