Top 10 Reasons To Visit Poland
Located in the eastern part of Europe, Poland is famous for its beautiful destinations and drinking culture.
Why should you visit Poland? Here are 10 reasons why Poland should be on your bucket list.
1. Delicious food
Polish cuisine is tasty!
Travelers can try meat dishes, especially pork, chicken, and beef (depending on the region), winter vegetables (cabbage in the dish bigos), and herbs. Potatoes are used a lot in different meals.
If you go to Zakopane, Poland, you should try the traditional Polish smoked cheese, Oscypek.
2. Drinking in Poland – Party Kingdom
If you love drinking and partying, you cannot miss Poland!
You can buy cheap beers and shots with just four złoty ~ 1 Euro. The price of a cocktail is higher, but it is still affordable.
Some clubs will charge money to get in, but there are plenty of free-entrance clubs to go to.
3. Many beautiful places to visit in Poland
Before visiting Poland, I did not have any expectations. However, I was astonished and amazed by how beautiful this country is!
There are many beautiful places to visit in Poland, from beautiful coasts, hills, mountains, land of thousand lakes, to Błędów Desert. Therefore, you can do everything here!
Love hiking or skiing? You can go to Zakopane to visit the Tatra Mountains.
Love swimming? Gdańsk is for you with beautiful resorts and beaches.
The countryside is also stunning! You can take a train and observe the beauty all the way.
4. Poland is cheap!
Are you traveling on a budget? Poland is an excellent place for budget travelers.
a) Drinking
As I mentioned above, drinks are much cheaper than in other parts of Europe.
Not only drinking, but you can also save some money by eating at Milk Bar. Food in Milk Bar will cost you less than 20 złoty ~ 5 Euro, with exciting choices.
b) Accommodation
It’s easy to find cheap but excellent accommodation while traveling in Poland.
I stayed at Bubble Hostel when I visited Kraków. It’s lovely accommodation at a low price. Just 5 minutes walking from the train station, you can get to the Bubble Hostel located in Kraków Old Town.
There’s a kitchen where you can make your food.
Bubble Hostel also provides free breakfast, and you can drink tea and coffee all the time without any cost. I recommend you to stay there.
You can book directly from Booking.com with the link to the accommodation Bubble Hostel and read more guests’ reviews from here.
5. Polish are friendly
Polish people are welcoming.
I was hosted by 2 Polish girls when I visited Gdańsk, and they were friendly and helpful.
Also, You can always ask people if you get lost or don’t know where to go. Polish people are so easy to talk to, and yes, to party too ;)
6. Breathtaking architecture
There are many impressive buildings in Poland. While Warsaw is famous for the Old Town, Krakow has its charm with Wawel Castle.
7. Great place to go shopping
Are you a big fan of shopping?
You can find many shopping districts with discounts and beautiful clothes from different famous brands. Also, local brands and local shops are great places to find interesting and unique souvenirs.
8. Different types of entertainment
If you are looking for a place for relaxing and chilling, you can find many spas and resorts in Poland. I haven’t tried any spas there, but I would love to check it out!
9. Rich history
If you are interested in learning about World War II, you can visit Poland and feel sympathy for Poland’s losses.
There are many museums, such as the Warsaw Uprising Museum of Auschwitz concentration camp. You can see everything with your eyes in these places, feel and understand more about the history.
10. Transportation in Poland is easy to use
Public transport in Poland is excellent! Travelers can travel by bus, train, tram around with affordable tickets, ranging from three złoty to 5 złoty.
There are night buses, so it’s very convenient if you go out late and need to go back to your accommodation.
what a lovely list! Poland is definitely on my must visit list but I never knew there was so much to this place; definitely very excited about the food and the prospect of having such cheap drinks haha
I did not know about it much as well, until I went there and loved it! Trying food and drinks in Poland were my favorite activities haha!
I badly wanted to visit Warsaw when I was in Europe. Sadly I missed travelling to Poland! Rightly as you said, a couple of my friends who have been there, told me that its much more economical than Western Europe!
It’s bad that you missed Poland. I hope you can visit there in the future!
You given a lot of good reasons here to visit Poland, it should be next on my list really!! Cheap nights out and friendly people are hard to beat. It does look beautiful and your Instagram shots prove it!
Thanks a lot for your feedback :) You should visit Poland and enjoy its beauty as well as great night life there.
I love Poland and it sounds like you had an amazing trip. I have been to Poland a few times and I could completely relate to your post, especially about Gdańsk. I really enjoy reading about the history in Poland and I can’t believe how cheap and good the food is :-)
It’s true that Poland has great history. Gdańsk is my favorite spot as well.
I totally agree with you on all 10 points! I’ve been to Krakow and Zakopane too (dec.) and I loved it. I do not understand not more people visit lovely Poland, but hopefully your post will help open people’s eyes!
I’m glad that you love Poland as well. This country is really underrated in my perspective, so that’s why not many people visiting here.
While you’ve done a great job of compiling reasons to visit Poland, I don’t think you needed to stop at ten! Certainly, my time there was amongst the best I’ve had in Europe and I always found the people to be exceedingly warm. And yup, Pierogi is one of the best local dishes in the region
Those are top ten reasons that I love about Poland. And yes, there are so many reasons to visit this beautiful country. Poland is also amongst the best countries I’ve been in Europe as well.
I spent new ear in Poland and loved it. I was amazed at the shot bars there. The tiny spaces that were turned into bars. I also had an amazing time with the local people. I really recommend Poland to every one I meet.
I love the shot bars as well, tiny but really cheap and good!
I feel its difficult not to like Poland after reading your blog. It seems to have variety of experiences and being low on cost i am pretty sure there will be more people wanting to visit it. I wish you had more photographs to put, it would have given me a first glimpse of this beautiful country.
I feel happy that I’m sucessful in making you like Poland! I will write more separate posts about Poland and more pictures will come :)
I love pierogi and cabbage. I knew Poland was inexpensive, but those prices are just so low! The architecture is so beautiful, and I would love to visit the museums around the region.
I love pierogi as well :) Before coming there, I knew that the price was cheap, but did not know that it was that cheap! You should visit the museums for sure. You can visit them for free in some days :)
Amazing post! I do agree that Poland is incredible and so beautiful! I love visiting my friends and explore this amazing country:) I usually stay in Warsaw because my friends live there. They always take me to some interesting spots in the city. Last time it was my birthday so we went out to this bar called Bubbles. I was just delighted. They offered so many champagnes, that I didn’t even hear about most of the names:) And the dinner was delicious. I had so much fun:)
You should visit other places in Poland as well! I’m glad to hear your experience in Warsaw. I like the capital as well.