Poland: Polishedup tale of two citiesby Sudi PigottMay 11, 2001
Sudi Pigott discovers a proud and passionate people, and learns about the difference between faux medieval splendour and true baroque magnificence on a trip to Warsaw and Krakó<w
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Krakow city guide: top five hotelsJune 26, 2008
Claire Gervat chooses five top hotels in Krakow, from a historic mansion
complete with faded frescoes and weathered wooden beams to a superb budget
option with a central location overlooking the main square.
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Krakow city guide: top five attractionsJune 26, 2008
Claire Gervat's pick of Krakow's best sights and attractions, from the former
home of the Polish kings and the cathedral where they were crowned and
buried to the city's best museums.
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Warsaw on a £50 budgetJune 27, 2008
For the price of a London theatre ticket, Jolyon Attwooll discovers the varied
cultural attractions of Warsaw.
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Hewer on the highway: Mongol Rally day 12July 15, 2008
Nick Hewer, Sir Alan Sugar's colleague on The Apprentice, stops in Poland on
his 10,000-mile overland trip to Asia on the Mongol Rally - and is lectured
on the folly of heading through Russia alone.
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Le Rgina Warsaw: Hotel watchby Jolyon AttwoollSeptember 26, 2008
In the Le Ré<gina hotel, a former aristocrat's palace, Jolyon Attwooll finds a
pervading sense of calm in Warsaw.
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Warsaw Poland: My kind of townOctober 27, 2008
Warsaw may not have been rebuilt in the best possible taste, but the author
and illustrator Jan Pienkowski loves it, warts and all.
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Warsaw: Weekendingby Lynsey HanleyOctober 30, 2004
Whether you want historic charm or funky restaurants, go now, says Lynsey Hanley.
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Bertha's big adventureApril 19, 2006
When Kate Finn and her boyfriend gave up their jobs to roam around Europe for the summer, they wanted freedom and comfort - a campervan with shagpile carpets seemed the perfect solution.
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Krakow city guide: top five restaurantsJune 26, 2008
The best of Krakow's restaurants, from a fashionably moody tapas
bar-restaurant to a tiny refectory decorated with cabbages, strings of
garlic and jars of home-made pickles.
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Just back: a window on Warsawby Lynda Bailey April 03, 2009
The latest winner in our weekly travel writing competition is Lynda Bailey,
for her account of a single view in the Polish capital.
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Poland: Calm before the storm on Lake Masuryby Lucy Grove September 08, 2009
The weather may have taken a turn for the worse, but for novice sailor Lucy
Grove, learning the ropes on a yachting holiday in Masury was the ideal
inititiation.
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Warsaw: a smile in the Palace of Culture and Scienceby Adrian BridgeOctober 07, 2009
Twenty years after Poles went to the polls in the first ever free elections in
the Eastern Bloc, Adrian Bridge visits an old friend and historian at
Warsaw's Palace of Culture and Science.
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Europe’s 8 best night trainsby Lonely PlanetNovember 17, 2009The midnight thump and clunk of railway carriages being uncoupled and shunted in a station somewhere...(read article)