Poland

Poland is coming into its own as a vacation destination. Many visitors are attracted to the unique beauty of Kraków, which has rightfully joined Prague and Budapest as part of the trinity of must-sees in central Europe. Still others are drawn by Poland’s dramatic and often tragic history. But Poland is not only history. To the south, below Kraków, rise the majestic High Tatras, one of Europe’s most starkly beautiful ranges. To the north, the Baltic seacoast, with its pristine beaches, stretches for miles. The northeast is covered with lakes that run to the borderlands with Lithuania and Belarus. In the east of the country, travelers will find patches of some of Europe’s last-remaining primeval forest, and a small existing herd of indigenous bison that once covered large parts of the Continent.