Have your tickets ready for a middle-of-the-night inspection by border guards if travelling overnight from Poland to the Czech Republic.
Like the Mediterranean,this sea and its eight countries are rich in attractions and culture – but there are far fewer crowds.
Fancy a trip to Europe but worried about the cost? Try the route less travelled and head for Poland,the affordable heart of the Continent.
This European train offers modern comfort,while its compartment seating and dining car are welcome reminders of classic rail travel.
No-frills state-subsidised canteens dish up hearty Polish fare at prices that haven’t budged much since Stalin.
They may have been described as “an unsweetened doughnut with rigor mortis”,but the bagel is only getting bigger.
Eastern Europe’s great port city takes you from medieval trading times to the anti-Soviet movement,and into a lively 21st-century revival.
The effort involved in sending a postcard has changed its status. Nowadays,when your loved ones receive a postcard,they know you’ve gone to a lot of effort.
It’s easy to forget there are beaches in Europe beyond those fringing the Mediterranean Sea. But a change in weather patterns is driving a shift in attitudes.
Warsaw will never make it onto most-beautiful-city lists. It isn’t even Poland’s most beautiful city.