Zamość: The Italian Renaissance Dream Hidden in Eastern Poland
Zamość, the 'Padua of the North' designed by an Italian architect: a perfect Renaissance square, sgraffito palaces and an atmosphere that echoes Italy.
Jul 5, 2026The little-known corners of Polonia: villages, nature and places far from mass tourism, to discover at a slow pace.
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Zamość, the 'Padua of the North' designed by an Italian architect: a perfect Renaissance square, sgraffito palaces and an atmosphere that echoes Italy.
Jul 5, 2026
Kazimierz Dolny, an artists' borgo on the Vistula: Renaissance granaries, galleries, castle ruins and Poland's most photographed stretch of countryside.
Jul 5, 2026
Toruń, Poland's Gothic gem on the Vistula: Copernicus's birthplace, medieval towers, handcrafted piernik gingerbread and an intact UNESCO old town.
Jul 5, 2026
In north-eastern Poland, between the marshes of the Biebrza and the primeval forest of Białowieża, runs one of the longest signposted cycle routes in Europe. One of the least developed regions on the continent, all but ignored by foreign cycle tourists who leave it to those seeking silence and true nature.
Jun 30, 2026