Central Poland Vacations, Poland

(Palac Kultury i Nauki), Warsaw
Considered Poland's highest building, this monumental skyscraper (circa 1955) contains 42 floors at a height of 230.68 meters (756.82 feet), topped

with a needle height of 43 meters (141.08 feet).
Attraction type: Architectural building;

Observation deck/tower; Landmark/point of interest; Park; Museum

Royal Castle (Zamek Krolewski), Warsaw
Serving as the central building of the Polish Commonwealth for many centuries,

this castle was rebuilt after it was dynamited by German troops after the

Warsaw uprising, and has been rebuilt to recreate the original castle's

17th-century architecture and interiors.
Attraction type: Castle; Historic home

Old Town (Stare Miasto), Warsaw
After being leveled when the Nazis left, this whole neighborhood of cobblestone Gothic streets and alleyways, baroque palaces, numerous churches and tiered burghers' houses were masterfully reconstructed to reflect the atmosphere

of bygone days.
Attraction type: Town center/square/plaza; Neighborhood

Center for Contemporary Art

(Centrum Sztuki Wspolczesnej), Warsaw
Attraction type: Art museum

Lazienki Park, Warsaw
Magnificent palatial and garden complex was built by King Stanislaw August Poniatowski during the second half of the eighteenth century and features the neoclassical Palace on the Water (Lazienki Palace) surrounded by magnificent gardens, canals and ponds.
Attraction type: Park; Garden

Old Town Square Market (Rynek Starego Miasta), Warsaw
Surrounded by beautiful seventeenth- and eighteenth-century merchants' houses,

this lively square is filled with street vendors, cafes, shops, galleries and

some of Warsaw's top restaurants.
Attraction type: Town center/square/plaza

Historical Museum of Warsaw

(Muzeum Historyczne Warszawy), Warsaw
Occupying almost an entire side of Old Town, this history museum covers

every aspect of Warsaw's life and culture from its beginnings as an important

trade center in the mid-fourteenth century to present day.
Attraction type: History museum

Jewish Cemetery (Cmentarz Zydowski), Warsaw
Established in 1799-1806, this scenic and nostalgic cemetery features marble

and sandstone tombstones called masebas, which reveal delicately carved

symbols and ornaments, and the symbolic grave of the famous writer and

teacher Janusz Korczak (1878-1942) who died in the gas chambers of Aushwitz.
Attraction type: Cemetery

Wilanow Palace (Palac Wilanow), Warsaw
Built in 1696, this magnificent baroque palace served as the summer residence of

King Jan III Sobieski and features a famous collection of portraits by Polish artists

from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.
Attraction type: Art museum; Historic site

Monument to the Warsaw Uprising Fighters, Warsaw
Attraction type: Monument

Saxon Gardens (Ogrod Saski), Warsaw
Once serving as the gardens of Saxon Palace, this magnificent park features

shady tree-lined avenues, Baroque sculptures, an elegant 19-century fountain

and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a grave reminder of Poland's recent past.
Attraction type: Garden

Lazienki Palace (Palac Lazienkowski), Warsaw
Built by King Stanislaw August Poniatowski during the second half of the 18th

century, this neoclassical palace once served as a royal residence that is

surrounded with ponds, canals and magnificent park-like grounds.
Attraction type: Historic site

Monument of Nicolaus Copernicus, Torun
Attraction type: Statue

Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto

(Pomnik Bohaterow Getta), Warsaw
Attraction type: Monument

Nozyk Synagogue (Synagoga Nozykow), Warsaw
Attraction type: Religious site

Barbikan (Barbakan), Warsaw
Sixteenth-century fortress, forming part of the medieval fortifications around the city

of Warsaw, used to guard the northern entrance to the city, the Novomeijska Gate.
Attraction type: Landmark/point of interest; Historic site

Cathedral of St. John (Bazylika Swietego Jana), Warsaw
Considered on of the most distinguished churches in Warsaw, this structure

was originally built in the thirteenth century and was the site of royal coronations

and other national celebrations.
Attraction type: Religious site

Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature

(Muzeum Literatury Adama Mickiewicza), Warsaw
Housed in six Old Town houses that are post-war reconstructions, this museum chronicles the history of Polish literature from the era of Romanticism to present day

through a wide collection of works of art, manuscripts, drawings and first editions.
Attraction type: Specialty museum

Zacheta Gallery (Galeria Zacheta), Warsaw
Attraction type: Art museum

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

(Grob Nieznanego Zolnierza), Warsaw
Attraction type: Monument

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