Kraków, a salt cathedral and the Tatra mountains.
3 museumsLesser Poland is the south: royal Kraków, the Wieliczka salt mine, wooden churches and Zakopane in the Tatras.
Kraków was Poland's capital for centuries, with Wawel castle and cathedral, the market square and the old Jewish quarter of Kazimierz. Underground at Wieliczka, miners carved chapels and statues out of salt. Near Oświęcim, the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum keeps the memory of the German Nazi camp where more than a million people were murdered. In the south, Zakopane is the mountain town of wooden houses and oscypek.
The big moments, and where to see them today.
Kings' rooms, tapestries and treasury.
Leonardo's Lady with an Ermine.
Chapels and lakes carved in salt.
Memorial site of the German Nazi camp.
Almost every museum is easy to reach by public transport.
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