Opole, on the Oder River, the historical capital of Polan's Upper Silesia region. One can get there in just under an hour by train from Wrocław, the capital of Lower Silesia. This makes Opole an excellent twin city option with its larger neighbour. Opole today is a vibrant city that embraces its Polish, German and Czech cultural influences, gained ...

Lower Silesia, one of Poland's historical regions, brings its own rewards. While its largest city and gateway to the region is Wrocław, there is much to see beyond its historical capital. Lower Silesia offers small historic towns that are rich in character and a string of medieval castles and palaces. The Sudeten Mountain range, along Poland's bord...

Wrocław, the historic capital of Poland's Lower Silesia region, rewards on so many levels. Sitting on both banks of the Oder River, the city has grown over the centuries by embracing 12 small islands that are, today, linked by 120 bridges. In its time, Wrocław has been part of Poland, Bohemia; the Habsburg Empire; Prussia and then Germany before be...

The port city of Szczecin is located on the Oder River in northwest Poland. When Poland rejected Communist rule for a democratic future in the early 1990s, Warsaw Poznan, Krakow and Gdansk were the first to become ready and able to welcome international visitors. The city of Szczecin needed more time to establish itself as a short break destination...

Upon arriving at Warsaw Chopin Airport, I was greeted by representatives from the Polish Tourist Board. One of the first things they said to me is that they want the preconceived notion that Warsaw still resonates with its past Soviet association to be put to bed. It was clear upon the drive from the Airport to the Hotel that the development, ...

Warsaw, the Polish capital, is a vibrant, confident and outward looking city that welcomes visitors with genuine warmth. This is very much in contrast to the city's relatively recent history. Warsaw was ravaged during World War II with Poland itself repressed, as a Soviet bloc country, for forty plus years afterwards. Eagerly embracing democratic c...