Last Minute Tips Before you Travel to Poland

Time Zone: GMT/UTC +1 (Eastern European Time)
Electricity: 220V, 50 Hz (bring an adapter/transformer for your hair drier, laptop, cellullar phone etc.)
Weights & measures: Metric

Must See - Properties on UNESCO World Heritage List
Poland Cracow's Historic Centre
Wieliczka Salt Mine
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Bialowieza Forest
Historic Centre of Warsaw
Old City of Zamosc
Medieval Town of Torun
Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park
Churches of Peace in Jawor and Swidnica
Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland
Park Muzakowski

Some Polish Dishes
In Polish cuisine you will find a lot of sauerkraut, beetroot, cucumbers, sour cream, eggs, mushrooms, dill, sausages and smoked sausages. If you are vegeterian you can find some vegeterian dishes as well.

Golabki, or cabbage rolls - cabbage rolls stuffed with meat cooked in sauce
Bigos - Hunter's Stew - cooked, seasoned sauerkraut "hunter" stew with various kinds of meats and sausages
Kielbasa - sausage seasoned with special spices ( are speciality of Poland)
Pierogi - dumplings with a wide variety of fillings
Barszcz czerwony - hot refreshing beetroot soup, sometimes with dumplings
Zurek - sour rye soup with potato, sausage or an egg, sometimes served in a bread loaf
Placki kartoflane - potato pancakes
Makowiec - sweet poppy cake
Nalesniki - omelets stuffed with meat or jam, fruit, etc. very similar to crepes
Sernik- delicious cheese cake


Renting directly from the owners assures very personal attention that the hotels are not able to provide. Please check http://www.exchangezones.com for rentals in Poland