Backpacking Poland: 10 best places to visit
The most rewarding stops for backpackers in Poland, ranked and mapped — and real routes through them, written by travellers who went.
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Krakow
Lesser Poland
Grand square and old town.
2
Warsaw
Masovia
Rebuilt capital, big energy.
3
Gdansk
Pomerania
Hanseatic Baltic port.
4
Wroclaw
Lower Silesia
Islands, bridges, gnomes.
5
Zakopane
Lesser Poland
Tatra mountain resort.
6
Auschwitz-Birkenau
Lesser Poland
Sombre memorial site.
7
Wieliczka Salt Mine
Lesser Poland
Underground salt chapels.
8
Bialowieza Forest
Podlaskie
Ancient bison woodland.
9
Torun
Kuyavia-Pomerania
Gothic town of Copernicus.
10
Malbork Castle
Pomerania
Vast red-brick fortress.
Backpacking routes through Poland
Real trips through Poland, drawn on maps by the people who took them.
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