Lubelskie
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Regions
- Polesie — one of the largest European swampy areas, a small part of it is in Poland
- Roztocze — a range of picturesque hills in the south of the voivodeship
Cities
- — the biggest city and capital, it has a well-preserved old town with typical Polish and unusual Renaissance architecture, the so-called Lublin Renaissance
- — Baroque town in the Lublin Voivodeship with underground routes beneath the market square
- — Renaissance town with beautiful market square at the Vistula
- — a border town on the Bug River opposite to the Belarusian city of Brest
- — Baroque town in the Lublin Voivodeship at the Bug River
- — pearl of the late Renaissance and Mannerist architecture of the perfect humanist, its old town is a .
Spa towns
- — spa in the Roztocze area
- — spa near Kazimierz Dolny
Other destinations
- — the location of a Nazi German concentration camp
- — national park protecting the wide life of the swamps in Podlesie
- — national park protecting the wide life of the river Tanew
- — the location of a Nazi German concentration camp
Understand
Get in
By plane
Lublin has its own small airport, with a train station inside the airport terminal providing quick and easy access to Lublin's rail network.By bus
Flixbus, together with several local companies, offer services from both Kraków and Warsaw to Lublin. Some of these services stop in Puławy too. The coach station in Lublin is very near to the historical city center, on the other side of Aleja Solidarności.By train
PKP Intercity, the national railway company, operates many connections between Lublin, the regional capital, and other Polish cities. The most frequent direct connection is with Warsaw, which takes more than 3 hours due to construction works. These works are expected to last until 2019. Other direct train services operate to Kraków, Katowice, Kielce or Wrocław.Get around
Lublin is the hub of regional transport in the region. There are good railway connections on the line Dęblin, Puławy, Nałęczów, Lublin. There are also some trains to Chełm, some continuing to the Ukrainian capital Kiev. If you want to travel to other places in the region then regional buses are the best option with some local hubs in Chełm, Biała Podlaska and Zamość.
See
UNESCO World Heritage sites
- Zamość - a planned picturesque Renaissance town in the south of the province. It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1992.
Do
- Go underground in the Chełm chalk tunnels.
- Enjoy the landscape in Kazimierz Dolny, Roztocze National Park and Poleski National Park.
Drink
The Perła brewery is in the city of Lublin. This brand is quite popular in this region. The city also boasts a vodka distillery which is called Lubelska.
Stay safe
Poland, and Eastern Poland in particular, has an undeserved reputation for criminal activity. However, a traveler will find most Poles in the Lublin area to be extremely helpful and politely interested in foreigners, if not a bit shy. It is advisable to take standard precautions, but the area is very safe.