A country · 517 places · 16 regions

Poland, all of it.

517 curated places across 16 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.

Morskie Oko · via Wikimedia Commons

The 4 biggest regions — Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Masovian Voivodeship and Pomeranian Voivodeship — read below as chapters, with 12 more waiting past them.

Chapter I · Lesser Poland Voivodeship · 77 places

Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Morskie Oko is the largest and most celebrated glacial lake in the Polish Tatra Mountains, lying at 1,395 metres above sea level beneath the sheer north face of Rysy. The deep-blue water reflects surrounding granite walls and snowfields well into summer. A well-maintained trail from Palenica Białczańska makes it reachable on foot, though horse-drawn carriages also serve the approach road.

Morskie Oko

Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

✦ June to September · $

Zakopane

Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

✦ December to March, June to September · $$

Dunajec River Gorge

Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

✦ May to October · $

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Chapter II · Lower Silesian Voivodeship · 77 places

Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Wrocław's Market Square is one of the largest medieval market squares in Central Europe, ringed by Gothic and baroque burgher houses rebuilt after wartime destruction and restored to vivid colours. The city occupies a cluster of islands in the Oder River, linked by over 100 bridges, and the Cathedral Island retains the twin-spired Cathedral of St John the Baptist alongside a dozen other historic churches within a few hundred metres. The city's gnome statues — small bronze figures in hundreds of locations — have become an unofficial symbol of its irreverent urban character.

✦ April to October · $

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Chapter III · Masovian Voivodeship · 64 places

Masovian Voivodeship

The former residence of Polish monarchs on Warsaw's Castle Square, meticulously rebuilt after wartime destruction. Its restored royal apartments and art collections anchor the city's Old Town.

Royal Castle, Warsaw

Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

✦ Year-round · $$

Łazienki Park

Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

✦ Late spring to autumn · $

Palace of Culture and Science

Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

✦ Year-round · $

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Chapter IV · Pomeranian Voivodeship · 56 places

Pomeranian Voivodeship

Gdańsk's Long Market and its flanking Royal Way form a reconstructed ensemble of Dutch-influenced brick and stepped-gable facades that recalls the city's role as one of the wealthiest ports on the Baltic Sea in the 16th and 17th centuries. The Golden Gate, Neptune's Fountain, and the Long Bridge with its Crane form a sequence of landmarks along the waterfront. The European Solidarity Centre near the shipyard gates documents the 1980 strike movement that began at this site.

✦ May to September · $$

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