• Andrew Falkowski (Gdansk) - I will be pleased to share the delights of my beautiful country with visitors. Great experience in opening, describing my country and local customs to visitors. In my work I put special emphasis on security, friendship and on interests of my guests. In my offer you will find tours of whole country.
• Karolina Paczynska (Warsaw) - My name is Karolina. I guide individual tourists as well as big organised groups. I have a really good experience in panoramic sightseeing as well as in more specialized itineraries both in Warsaw and its surroundings. I am also a licensed guide in the Royal Castle in Warsaw as well as a licensed tour leader.
• Barbara Thun (Gdansk) - I have alwyas liked travelling and sightseeing hence I am fan of visiting both the well-established destinations and to discover venues in the outback. I am very lucky to live in the outstanding region of Gdansk, where I was born, as it is a great area with leisure opportunities and historical places. As a dedicated family genealogist, I am also prepared to facilitate ancestor searches to those of you who come here to dig in the church or state archives across the country.
• Marta Chmielowska (Krakow) - As a historian I like to connect history and everyday life, thus I offer my knowledge of Polish history in walking and private driving tours in a eight person van, however I can also organize larger groups. My tours are not merely limited to the city of Cracow. I also provide country sightseeing, tour escorts to Auschwitz Birkenau, Zakopane (Tatra Mountains), Wieliczka Salt Mine, or Dunajec River Gorge-rafting. If you wish to spend more individual time in Krakow (Cracow) I am very flexible and open to your suggestions.
Donna Misiuda (Gdansk) - My idea is to show Gdansk: - town, where Polish, German, Dutch, English, Jewish and Scottish people used to live together - town, where nationality or religion meant nothing facing the economic success and local pride - town that was one of Poland's most war-ravaged cities - town, which was born once again and faithfully and painstakingly rebuilt according to old plans and drawings - town that became the birth-place of Solidarity and Lech Walesa - the future President of Poland Guiding became my way of life. Being a family company with my daughter, who is a licensed guide as well and my husband who is cars lover, we decided to start offering so called package tours including guiding and transportation.
Highlights of Tricity (Gdansk) - Tricity is composed of three cities on the Baltic coast, each offering a different style. The oldest is the Hanzeatic Danzig, now Gdańsk - a must for every tourist coming to this area.
Karzimierz Jewish District (Kazimierz) - We will start on Szeroka Street-before the World War II, the centare of Jewish life. Szeroka - a street with three Jewish temples.
Black Madonna (Czestochowa) - Black Madonna miraculous painting kept in Jasna Gora (Bright Mountain) Monastery ( the Polish Lourdes). Czestochowa is the religious center of Poland.
Gdansk - Stutthof - by car (Gdansk) - You will see all major historical spots of the town: Long Street with the Main Town Hall, Long Market Square with Arthus Court and Neptun Fontain, Long Wharf with its water gates and the Crane. You will visit the biggest brick church in the world - St.
CAPITAL CITY OF Poland: Warsaw LANGUAGE OF Poland: Polish CURRENCY OF Poland: Zloty (PLN) COMMENTS ABOUT Poland: Poland is a large country in Central Europe Cities : Warsaw (capital), Bialystok, Częstochowa, Gdansk, Krakow, Łódź, Poznan, Toruń, Zakopane, Zamość Best places : Jawor, Świdnica, Łęknica, Białowieża Forest, Zamość old town, Malbork castle, Toruń, Wieliczka, Krakow old town, Wroclaw People's Hall Electricity : 230V/50Hz (European plug) Calling Code : +48 Time Zone : UTC+1
Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived near the middle of the 10th century. Its golden age occurred in the 16th century. During the following century, the strengthening of the gentry and internal disorders weakened the nation. In a series of agreements between 1772 and 1795, Russia, Prussia, and Austria partitioned Poland amongst themselves. Poland regained its independence in 1918 only to be overrun by Germany and the Soviet Union in World War II. It became a Soviet satellite state following the war, but its government was comparatively tolerant and progressive. Labor turmoil in 1980 led to the formation of the independent trade union "Solidarity" that over time became a political force and by 1990 had swept parliamentary elections and the presidency. A "shock therapy" program during the early 1990s enabled the country to transform its economy into one of the most robust in Central Europe, but Poland currently suffers low GDP growth and high unemployment. Solidarity suffered a major defeat in the 2001 parliamentary elections when it failed to elect a single deputy to the lower house of Parliament, and the new leaders of the Solidarity Trade Union subsequently pledged to reduce the Trade Union's political role. Poland joined NATO in 1999 and the European Union in 2004. CLIMATE OF Poland: temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers RELIGION OF Poland: Roman Catholic 95% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, and other 5% POPULATION OF Poland: 38,635,144 (July 2005 est.)>
I will be pleased to share the delights of my beautiful country with visitors. Great experience in opening, describing my country and local customs to visitors. In my work I put special emphasis on security, friendship and on interests of my guests. In my offer you will find tours of whole country.