Why You should visit Cracow?

area of the Vistula is 194,424 km2 (75,068 sq mi), of which 168,699 km2 (65,135 sq mi) lies within Poland (splitting the country in half). The remainder is in Belarus, Ukraine and Slovakia. The Vistula rises at Barania Góra in

Why You should visit Cracow?

The longest river of Poland

The Vistula (/?v?stj?l?/; Polish: Wisła ?viswa) is the longest and largest river in Poland, at 1,047 kilometres (651 miles) in length. The drainage basin area of the Vistula is 194,424 km2 (75,068 sq mi), of which 168,699 km2 (65,135 sq mi) lies within Poland (splitting the country in half). The remainder is in Belarus, Ukraine and Slovakia.

The Vistula rises at Barania Góra in the south of Poland, 1,220 meters (4,000 ft) above sea level in the Silesian Beskids (western part of Carpathian Mountains), where it begins with the White Little Vistula (Biała Wisełka) and the Black Little Vistula (Czarna Wisełka).1 It then continues to flow over the vast Polish plains, passing several large Polish cities along its way, including Kraków, Sandomierz, Warsaw, Płock, Włocławek, Toruń, Bydgoszcz, Świecie, Grudziądz, Tczew and Gdańsk. It empties into the Vistula Lagoon (Zalew Wiślany) or directly into the Gdańsk Bay of the Baltic Sea with a delta and several branches (Leniwka, Przekop, Śmiała Wisła, Martwa Wisła, Nogat and Szkarpawa).

Źródło: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vistula


Cultural events organized in Krakow

Krakow is an important cultural center of Polish, so while visiting this city, we can not miss a visit to one of Krakow's theaters. Even more attractive it may be a visit to one of Krakow's museums or galleries. In addition to visiting art museums, you can also visit the military museum or martyrdom and technical. It is also worth noting that in Krakow filmed several Polish TV series, and from time to time are shot in this city some movies, so with a little luck you can get also agreed to explore one of the film sets. Being in Krakow you can not forget to participate in one of the cultural events organized in the city.


About souvenirs

Each of the tourists who visits a city, he would like to have some memento of their trip, held. Therefore, in Krakow there is no shortage of different stalls and souvenir outlets. You can also buy postcards of Krakow, which are sent from the city to family and friends, and can be pasted into a family album, where the custom documentation for family outings reigns in our family. In Krakow, as in any other tourist city, you can also take pictures. We only have to remember not to remove the camera in locations where taking pictures is prohibited. Currently, very often curly films documenting the visits to various places of historic buildings.