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In August, I plan to ride south from Tallinn and meet my Dad somewhere in Poland as he travels east from Blightey.

We will be on a budget so campsites or wildcamping will be order of the day when ever possible.

We want nice roads (twistier the better), nice scenery (mountains are always a favourite), nature, culture but also some civilisation!!

So what should we head for during our 10 day foray?
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I ride or drive London-Moscow a couple of times each year (the latest was last week). I take the straightest/fastest route via Frankfurt-Oder to Warsaw and turn left to avoid Belarus.

After a long day (I reach Poland the same day as leaving London) I feel I deserve a hot shower and so use small hotels costing about 100 -120PLN (about GBP 20-25). Alternatively along the road after the German border I saw many B&B signs - some with the price of 40PLN (about GBP 9).

The main route from the border to Warsaw is pleasant but mostly fairly boring grassland.

I know nothing of southern or costal Poland but do find the area between Warsaw and Lithuania to be interesting to go through and I always promise myself longer there next time.
Gentle hills, forests, lakes and older towns. It is a holiday area so there are facilities for all levels of tourism including camping sites - or at least I saw signs for them.
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I would recommend Gdansk on the coast or Torun (about 185km further south), I have been living and working in the latter for the last year. North and Central Poland are relatively flat and are either forrestry or tillage, have not seen a mountain or even a decent hill.
Both Gdansk and Torun are equally beautiful and have nice old town centres (Torun is going for european capital of culture 2016). The coast can be quite busy in summer time. There are some decent lakes in the region for camping and that.

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I find the North and South of Poland most interesting and the centre portion a bit bland. Highlights in the North are:- Zagan (the site of the Great Escape), Swinoujse (a Baltic sea side resort and port), the Hel peninsular (with a name like that you've just got to go), Gdansk, Elblag (the canal), Malbork (the brick castle), Wolfsschanze near Ketrzyn (the Wolf's Lair) and the Masurian Lake District. In the South try:- Krakow, Wieliczka (salt mines), Oswiecim (Auschwitz), Zakopane (the High Tatras) and the Dukla Pass (WW1 and 2 battle fields)
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+1 for Krakow, Wieliczka (salt mines) if you are in the south and also Auschwitz.......not an enjoyable experience but has to be done.
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+1 for Krakow, Wieliczka (salt mines) if you are in the south and also Auschwitz.......not an enjoyable experience but has to be done.


I echo.

I and my girl rode Poland in 2009 on our way to Russia and we found Krakow a really pleasant town with an "A" class historical center.
Good food, and really friendly people.

Auschwitz-Birkenau is a must see, we found it really interesting even if sad (of course).
Plan one full day for a complete visit to both of the camps.

We did not visit Wieliczka Salt Mine, but everybody told us we made a mistake in skipping it.
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