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Kraków: The Complete Travel Guide to Poland's Royal Capital

Kraków: The Complete Travel Guide to Poland's Royal Capital

Of all the cities in Central Europe, Kraków is arguably the most complete. Warsaw was obliterated and rebuilt. Prague dazzles but floods with tourists. Kraków — Poland's ancient royal capital — survived the Second World War almost entirely intact, le...

Polish Food: The Complete Guide to What to Eat in Poland

Polish Food: The Complete Guide to What to Eat in Poland

Polish food has a reputation problem abroad. Most people know only pierogi and perhaps bigos — and they've usually eaten mediocre versions of both outside Poland. In reality, Polish cuisine is deeply seasonal, regionally varied, and forms the backbon...

The Tatra Mountains: Poland's Alpine Escape — Hiking, Zakopane, and What to Know

The Tatra Mountains: Poland's Alpine Escape — Hiking, Zakopane, and What to Know

In the far south of Poland, where the country meets Slovakia, the Tatra Mountains rise abruptly from the rolling Carpathian foothills to form the only genuinely alpine landscape in Central Europe north of the Alps. The Polish Tatras — a 175 square ki...