POLAND

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POLAND

• Home, sweet home
• PART 2
• by
• Jozef Pilsudski High School, Poniatowa

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• In our presentation we want to say something
  about 2 major cities of southern Poland. These
  are Kraków (Cracow) and Wroclaw (Wroclaw).
• There are also many attractive smaller towns
  like Zakopane (Polish winter capital),
  Wieliczka, Lancut, Kozlówka, Czestochowa,
  Ogrodzieniec or Krzysztopór.
• Our southern border winds through picturesque
  mountain ranges with their unspoilt nature and
  breathtaking landscapes.

Kozlówka
WROCLAW
Poniatowa
Czestochowa
Sudetes
Ogrodzieniec
Krzyztopór
Lancut
KRAKÓW
Wieliczka
Tatras
Zakopane
Bieszczady
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Cracow

• Let us start with Cracow. This city is one of the
  most beautiful and popular tourist resorts in our
  country. It used to be our capital in the past.
• Cracow is a great place for sightseeing. You
  particularly should see Wawel Castle, Old town
  square, St. Marys Basilica or Kosciuszko Mound.

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Places you cant miss
The Chapel of St. Bronislawa and in the
background Kosciuszko Mound
Wawel Castle
St. Marys Basilica
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Wawel Castle, meander of the Vistula River
Sukiennice (Drapers Hall), Old Town
Altar made by Wit Stwosz in St. Marys Basilica
As you can see in Cracow you can meet also many
pigeons.
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Cracow is the place where you can also relax, eat
some delicious food in many restaurants and pubs.
Here you can enjoy your time with friends by
drinking a glass of cola or other stuff )
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Wieliczka
Now we want to show you Wieliczka. Wieliczka is
situated near Cracow. There is a unique salt
mine, which is popular in all Europe.
Underground, there is a famous tourist path
through the mineYou can participate in a 3km
tour and you can see statues of historic, mythic
figures, chambers and chapels. The most
magnificent is Chapel of St. Kinga.
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If you need saltgo there, and scratch some from
the wall
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Czestochowa

• The next stop of our presentation is Czestochowa.
  There is the most important Polish sanctuary
  called Jasna Góra.
• It gathers thousands of people every year, it is
  destination for many pilgrims.

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The miraculous picture of Black Madonna
In the sanctuary you can find some belongings of
the Pope John Paul II.
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Wroclaw

• And now lets have a look at another big city.
  Wroclaw is one of the most modern cities in
  Poland.
• Its becoming more and more popular with students
  because there are lots of possibilities to find
  an interesting job. In Wroclaw, there is a
  popular university-Uniwersytet Wroclawski.
• It is also a destination for many tourists.

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Wroclaw historic City Hall
Wroclaw Cathedral in the oldest District of
Ostrów Tumski
Town square and St. Elisabeth's Church
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Panorama of Wroclaw
Post-modernist Arkady Complex
Centennial Hall
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Wroclaw University of Technology
Wroclaw University
Grunwaldzki bridge
Millennium bridge
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Lancut

• Now, let us show you a smaller town. Lancut is an
  adorable town with beautiful park, church and
  castle.
• The Castle was built in the seventeenth century.

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Kozlówka

• Heres another, small burg. In Kozlówka, a
  marvellous Baroque/Classical palace is located
  with its outstanding park . It is now the museum
  of the Zamoyski family.

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Krzyztopór

• And now we want to show you something older. In
  Ujazd village there is a castle of Krzyztopór In
  fact, there are only some ruins left but it is a
  great place for tourists.
• It has as many windows as days in a year, as many
  rooms as weeks in a year, as many spacious halls
  as months in a year and four towers which are
  symbols of four seasons of a year.

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Ogrodzieniec

• Heres another great castle.
• In a small village of Ogrodzieniec, there are
  ruins of medieval castle which was built in the
  fourteenth century.
• According to some legends it has been hounted by
  ghosts of former owners of this castle.

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Polish mountains

• And now, we want to take you to the highest
  places in Poland. We have two mountain ranges
  Carpathian mountains and Sudeten mountains.
• From these ranges, we want to show you the most
  interesting, smaller areas.

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Tatras

• They occupy area of 750 km², most of them belong
  to Slovakia.
• These are the highest peaks in Poland
• Rysy (2499m), Kasprowy Wierch (1987m),
  Giewont (1894m).
• In Tatras we can find beautiful lakes, for
  example Morskie Oko, Czarny Staw.

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GIEWONT
KASPROWY WIERCH
RYSY
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Czarny Staw
Morskie Oko
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Zakopane

• The town in mountains we want to show you the is
  Zakopane. Zakopane is the most important Polish
  center of mountaineering and skiing, and is
  visited annually by some three million tourists.
• In Zakopane you cant miss Krupówki street. There
  are many restaurants, pubs and souvenir stores.
• The most recognizable symbol of the town is
  Oscypek, a type of cheese made from sheeps
  milk.
• Oscypek is a protected trade name under the
  EU's Protected Designation of Origin geographical
  indication.

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Krupówki street
Oscypek. You should definitely try its unique
taste
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Bieszczady

• Bieszczady belong to Poland, Ukraine and
  Slovakia. This range is a part of Carpathian
  Mountains.
• The highest peak is Tarnica (1346m).
• Bieszczady arent very high, but they are very
  beautiful and every tourist will enjoy hiking
  there.

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Szeroki Wierch - the most popular tourist path in
Bieszczady.
TARNICA
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Sudetes

• The Sudetes stretch from eastern Germany to
  Poland and the Czech Republic. Sudeten mountains
  have experienced growing tourism for winter
  sports during the past ten years.
• The highest peak is Sniezka (1602 m).

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SNIEZKA
Table Mountains in Sudetes - in the background
you can see some flat peaks.
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We highly recommend coming to Poland!
It is a country of great opportunities, beautiful
nature, historical monuments and friendly people
known for their hospitality.