Today's Poland is small country of Europe compared with what was Poland known in 16th century. At that era Poland and Lithuanian commonwealth was one and all formed second biggest country in Europe after Russia. The country was emerging in 10th century when the Poles was converted into Christian. In 1385 - 1569, Grand Duke Jagaila formed the dynasty of Jagiellon combined Polish - Lithuanian union. This era was known as noble democracy government which last for 3 decades. Starting 18th century internal changes drove the country into monarchy and causing partitions by bordering countries such as Russia, Austria, and Prussia, and the country disappeared in 1795, yet the idea of independence Polish was continuing until the Pole got their independence in 1918. The German Nazi damaged the country and took over rule, yet with the heading of Russian troop, Poland once again regained independence and become People's Republic of Poland, a Soviet Satellite country until 1980 when Solidarity, a Polish reform succeeded in bringing Poland into democracy, or modern Polish State, and changing the communist system under the union head of Lech Walesa. Modern Poland with the capital city of Warsaw and other cities such as Gdansk, Szezeln, Poznan, Wroclaw and Krakow are interesting places to visit for tourists. Warsaw and Krakow are two cities with the most interesting places, offering typical and old age architecture, life style of Poles, and the fast development of the country, although basically start as democratic society only since 1980. Many good hotels and travel organization are exists in Warsaw and Krakow, although tourism is not yet main focus of the economy yet the two cities may soon appear. Across the Baltic sea toward the island of Syaelland is the country of Danish, the Denmark. Denmark main island are Syaelland, Fyn, Leeland, outside Greenland and Far Oer The lager area of Cape Denmark is bordering with Germany near the town of Kiel. The capital city of Denmark is Copenhagen located on Syaelland, and second city is Arthus. Denmark has beautiful country as it is consist of islands, beside the country as part of West Europe, has been developing earlier then Poland. Denmark through its capital city Copenhagen offers excellent hotels and travel arrangements. The Danish are a travel minded people, they explore the world that having ethnographic interests or general cultural interests. Also in Copenhagen one can find inbound and outbound travel services. Some tour companies in Denmark also offering reservation of or hotels and travel services through internet.

The following interesting places in Poland can be an idea about the country. Source www.gim3byd.prace.cyberfair.pl
Cisowsko-Orlowinski Landscape Park is located in the south east part of Swietokrzyskie Mountains. Its greatest value is the view of nature. In terms of biodiversity it surpasses Swietokrzyski National Park. The greatest park's nature wealth is flora. This biodiversity accompanies wealth of tree sets and peat bogs protected reserves. In the area of the park, there are 52 species of plants under protection and 15 species of rare plants. Woodland environment constitutes a mainstay for many animals, among which one can meet many deer, bucks, boars, badgers, elks and grouses. There is also the bird characteristic for taiga - a finch. In the area of the park, near Lagowo there were two nature and landscape complexes created: "Lagowica Valley" and "Dule Ravine" with "Zbojecka Cave" - the unique station of liming with the cave which length is 200 meters.

The Complex of Jurassic Landscape Parks in Cracow was created in 1981 in order to protect the unique beauty of Jura Krakowska. Nowadays it is composed of 6 landscape parks. The area is varied in terms of morphology and landscape. The fauna of the parks is very rich as a result of varied natural conditions, such as surface features, substratum and microclimate.

Carpathian Landscape Parks are huge forested areas (65% of the park area are forests) varied by the meadows and pastures. The forest hides numerous meadows and peat bogs and low natural rock outcrops. As far as forest stand is concerned, the edaphic diversity and the community of beech wood predominate with the abundance of many other species. In dry ground forests located on lower areas there is broad leaved lime.

Kazimierski Landscape Park was created in 1979 as the eighth park in Poland and the first in Lubelskie Province. The area of the park is 11862ha, with the buffer zone of 28772ha. The park and its protection zone encompass partly or in the whole 10 gmins of Lubelskie Province. Within the borders of the park there are the fragments of Naleczowski Plateau, Belzecka Plain, Chodelska Basin, Ma?opolski Vistula and Radomska Gorge. Sub regions differ from each other in terms of characteristic features of the landscape.

Lagowski Landscape Park - The name of the Park derives from the town Lagy which is situated between the lakes. It had been known for ages for its fortified fortress with the gothic castle on the hill. Around it there are moraine hills (200 m above the sea level), overgrown with beautiful beech forests, cut across with deep ravines and long, narrow lakes, meandering as if they were a river. All of is makes the impression of a mountain area. There are many granite rocks, numerous springs and oval hollows filled with peat bog. This is the picture of geologic and climatic postglacial changes.

Nadgoplanski Millenium Park is the area of fields, meadows, pastures, forests, peat bogs, reedy areas, other wastelands, Goplo and Skulskie lakes. Goplo lake - the heart of the park used to be called Mare Polonorum. It is the breeding place of many water, mud and land bird species and the place of their rest during spring and autumn passages. The Millenium Park was created not only for bird protection, but also for protection of historical values of the region, connected with the beginnings of the Polish country.

Witold Slawinskiego Landscape Park of Primeval Forest creates the specific climate and possesses the unique nature resources. Suprasl gained the status of lowland, climatic and therapeutic mud health resort. The lowland, sylvan microclimate is healing for treating the diseases of respiratory tracks, locomotive organs, rheumatism, blood circulations system, depressions and digestive system. The deposits of therapeutic mud of Podsokolda will suffice for 300 years of exploitation.

Landscape Park of Warta River Mouth - The neighborhood surrounding of Kostrzyn is quickly passed by in a way trough the country border. This region is, however, one of the most interesting of Lubuska Land. The treasures of the nature, such as reserve of Slonsk or thermophilous swards in Owczary, in the ruins of Stare Miasto and the remaining of the kostrzynska fortress, where one can feel the climate of the 1940s. There are quiet villages, situated next to each other, in which the farmers will invite you for the rest in agrotourist households.

Landscape Park of Lodzkie Heights is one of the youngest landscape parks in Poland. It was created in 1996 on the area of 138 km2, although the idea of its foundation dates back to 1970s. The aim of the park is to protect a unique upland landscapes on the area of the Central Poland.

Podlaski Water Gap of Bug River - The area of the Park, for the sake of its beautiful, varied and quiet landscape, clean water and healthy air, is the ideal place for recreation and rest for the people who want the close contact with nature. In the Landscape Park there are 765 species of vascular plants, including 18 species of cryptogam plants, 5 species of phanerogamic plants and 742 species of cryptogamic plants. There are also 34 species of trees, 50 species of shrub bushes and dwarf shrubs and 681 species of herbaceous plants.

ZOO in Gdansk
Zoo in Gda?sk is the biggest zoological garden in Poland. It is one of the most attractive recreational and educational places on the coast. It is visited by many tourists and inhabitants of Gda?sk, Sopot and Gdynia every year. The decision to choose this place was made for the sake of its superb topological conditions and mild microclimate of the valley. Thanks to the climate, the guest house for people suffering from respiratory tract and rheumatism diseases operated here from the end of 19th century to 1945,

Zoo in Wroclaw
The zoo was created at the time when the area behind today's Zwierzyniecki bridge was empty and desolate, afforested with few oaks and poplars. The structures adjusted to the needs of zoological garden were built at the end of 19th century. Among them there are: aviaries, rooms for monkies, elephants (existing up to the present time), so called House of the Nature, transformed into modernly looking room for reptiles and amphibians and research and breeding station.

Zoo in Poznan Zoo in Poznan was officially opened to the public in 1874. The idea of creating the zoo was hit upon by the group of friends, who gave the owner of the station restaurant a few animals. These were: a goat, a monkey and a bear, bought from the wandering Gypsies. The owner of the restaurant built couple of rooms for the animals and in 1874 he handed it over the local authorities. At the end of 19th century, the zoo occupied the area of 5,3 hectares and was located on Zwierzyniecka Street. The size of the zoo is the same nowadays. Despite the losses and destruction caused by the first and Second World War the zoological garden was still open to the public.

Zoo in Cracow Zoo in Cracow is located in the centre of 500 hectares' forest called Las Wolski. It is the unique park in the city, located 10 kilometers from Cracow's centre. It is situated on the Jurassic hill - which is 345 meters over the sea level and about 100 meters above the city centre.

Zoo in Swierkocin Zoo in Swierkocin allows the visitors to see wild animals in new and unconventional way. The tourists can see the animals through the windows of the bus or car. As the hosts assure, the experience is unrepeatable.

Zoo in Opole Zoo in Opole is located in the city centre among the old trees of the Wyspa Bolko. It was created in the 30ties as a small zoo. In its 80 years' history, it was reconstructed twice after destruction. In 1953 after the Second World War and in 1998 after the flood that occurred in the region and Opole itself.

Zoo in Warsaw Warsaw zoological garden exists from 1928. It occupies 40 hectares' area. The collection of animals accounts for 2,5 thousand - the representatives of 30 endangered species protected by the EEP program. The animals that the can be seen in the zoo are: small panda, cheetah, Siberian tiger, Przewalski's horse and maned wolf. As the only garden in Poland zoological garden in Warsaw has bongo antelopes, anteater, warthogs, pudu and royal vultures.

Museums in Poland
For the sake of long history of the country, there are many museums in Poland. We will try to introduce the most important and the most interesting ones. If you want to know more about the museum click its name.

National Museum in Cracow - it is the oldest national museum in Poland. It has the richest collection of Polish, European and world works of art, which makes the museum the most important and interesting, not only in Poland, but also in Europe.

National Museum in Warsaw - Because of the occupation of Warsaw, for a long time there was no national museum in the capital. However, now when Poland is an independent country the museum in Warsaw is really worth visiting.

National Museum In Pszczyna - The first written documents about the castle in Pszczyna come from the 14th century. This is when the gothic fortified building with solid brick walls was built. Nowadays, the walls are hidden by 19th century elevations.

National Museum in Wroclaw - The oldest collections of the Museum in Wroc?aw come from the area of Lower Silesia (from the farmer German sacred buildings and museums) and from the Lvov collections handed over to Poland in 1946 by the Ukrainian government. The collection was enriched by the modern Polish works of art.

Castle in Malbork - built as a base of the assembly in about 1280. In 1309 it was expended because of transferring the capital of Teutonic Knights to Poland. These days after restoration, the majority of rooms are available for tourists. Permanent and temporary exhibitions showing the weapon, amber, sculptures, furniture and stained glass are worth seeing.

Museum Krakowskie Zupy - It is one of the biggest mining museums in Europe. It presents the collections in the form of underground exhibition on the third level of salt mine and in Zupny Castle.

Mazury
Situated in the north - west part of the country, the Lake District is often called "the land of thousand lakes". All kinds of water sports, especially sailing and canoeing, as well as hiking, cycling, horse - riding and fishing are very popular. Those who prefer to visit some historical places will not be disappointed during their holidays either. Remember to check the local cuisine basing on freshly harvested produce and try local beer brewed in small breweries all over the region. A ship cruise is a highly recommended attraction there. Nowadays, Mazury is a land of sailing and canoeing lovers, who must not miss Sztynort. The local Zenza tavern has acquired something of a cult status among sailing crews who flock there every night to drink, sing and have a good time. The most important sailor's towns are: Mikolajki, "The pearl of Masuria" (village which never sleeps: you will always find someone to have a pint of beer with as well as to try great, fresh fish) and Ruciane - Nida (with plenty of taverns, bars and locally run pizzerias, serving cheap food in a pleasant atmosphere). For the canoeing lovers we recommend one of the most interesting canoe routes in Europe - the Krutynia River (91 km long). Those, who like a bit of the history, will find the Wolf's Lair and Hitler's headquarters in Gierloz and headquarters of OKH in Mamerki fascinating. Not to be missed: Ketrzyn (Rastenburg) - the mid XIV - century castle with perfectly preserved courtyard and the main gate, from about 1350. Other interesting attractions are: Swieta Lipka with the pilgrimage church built in magnificent Baroque style and Kadzidlowo - a privately - run animal reserve not only from the Masurian district (where you may experience a face - to - face acquaintance with beavers, deer, stags, wolves, wild horses, and goats).

Ski runs
Kasprowy Wierch - Kociol Gasienicowy - Hala Gasienicowa - the length of the run is 7 km and the difference of levels is 990 m. Kasprowy Wierch - Kociol Goryczkowy - Bula, than the downhill drive on the wide run of 5 km in length. Kociol Goryczkowy - Hala Kondratowa - Kuznice - the length of the run is 6 km and the difference of levels is 500m.