WANDERING IN WARSAW OLD TOWN SQUARE SIGISMUND’S COLUMN After arriving by train a family heads to Old Town to start their tour of Warsaw They eat open faced sandwiches at an outdoor café Then they explore a market filled with local crafts They wander along the cobblestone streets and snap photos of the Royal Castle and Sigismund’s Column 4
OTHER TOP SITES THE CLOTH HALL ST MARY’S CHURCH TATRA NATIONAL PARK WIELICZKA SALT MINE The family spends the afternoon visiting the Copernicus Science Center They learn from the displays on robots and energy before watching an amazing show at the planetarium The family ends their day with a sunset cruise on the Vistula River Welcome to Poland 5
LOCATION BALTIC SEA GULF OF GDANSK RUSSIA POZNAN POLAND GERMANY WARSAW WROCLAW LÓDZ KRAKÓW CZECH REPUBLIC N W E S 6 SLOVAKIA
LITHUANIA BELARUS Poland is located in central Europe It covers an area of 120,728 square miles 312,685 square kilometers Warsaw the capital city of Poland lies in the nation’s east Seven countries border Poland To the east are Belarus and Ukraine The country’s southern neighbors are Slovakia and the Czech Republic Germany borders Poland to the west Waves from the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Gdańsk crash against Poland’s northern coastline Kaliningrad a small part of Russia shares a border with Poland in the north Lithuania is Poland’s northeastern neighbor UKRAINE 7
