KRAKOW - Cracow, Poland's former royal capital, is one of the most attractive spots on the tourist map of Europe. This is a place where legends, history and modernity intertwine. The city, which lies on the banks of the Vistula River, is famous for its priceless historical monuments of cultural and art. Cracow is believed to be a place with magical powers. Apparently, a positive force emanates from the chakra found here - a holy stones, one of seven mysterious energy sources placed in different locations around the world. International festivals and other events are held either on the Main Market Square or beneath Wawel Castle. In Spring, music lovers come here for the Easter Festival of Ludwig van Beethoven's Music.

Place of visit:

• Main Market Square
• Basilica of the Assumption o the Holy Virgin mary, known as mariacki (St.Mary's Church).
• Wawel Cathedral
• Cracw's Kazimierz district - a Royal Hill and a Jewish Town
• Wieliczka - world's oldest salt mines.
• The vailley of the Pradnik River

information from Polska

 

WARSAW - Capital of Poland. Today Warsaw is a city with many faces with tradition intermingles with modernity. From the terrace on Zamkowy Square, where the Royal Castle and St. Anne's Church are located, is a view of the new Swietokirzyski Bridge. The dominating silhouette of the city centre belongs to the Palace of Culture and Science, which today shares the city skyline with numerous office towers. You can feel the breath of history in the Old Town, on Nowy Swiat Street and everyway where the city's root havs been preserved.

 

Place of visit:

• The Old Town Square
• Zamkowy Square
• Warsaw History Museum
• The Royal Castle
• Nowy Swiat Street
• The Botanical Gardens and Royal Lazieni Park
• Chopin's birthplace in Zelazowa Wola