
Bieszczady for a Long Weekend: Połoniny, Dark Skies, Forest Rails
Bieszczady weekend guide: the połonina ridge trails, Lake Solina, the 1890s forest railway and Europe's darkest skies, with prices and bases.

Bieszczady weekend guide: the połonina ridge trails, Lake Solina, the 1890s forest railway and Europe's darkest skies, with prices and bases.

Bielsko-Biała weekend guide: the Habsburg old town, the Bolek i Lolek cartoon trail and the Szyndzielnia gondola to a 1,000-metre summit.

Tarnów weekend guide: the Renaissance Rynek, princely cathedral tombs, the Bimah memorial and the Roma museum, an hour from Kraków.

Opole weekend guide: the island old town, the Venice of Opole canal, the Polish Song museum and the island zoo, an hour from Wrocław.

Płock weekend guide: the royal cathedral hill, a great Art Nouveau museum, the escarpment zoo and Vistula sunsets, 90 minutes from Warsaw.

Rzeszów weekend guide: the underground Cellars route, the one-of-a-kind Bedtime Cartoon Museum and the castle quarter, 90 minutes from Kraków.

Włocławek weekend guide: Poland's faience capital, a huge Gothic cathedral with Mehoffer stained glass and Vistula boulevards, two hours from Warsaw.

Radom weekend guide: the village skansen, Malczewski museum with free Saturdays, the old town and Borki reservoir, 1.5 hours from Warsaw.

Elbląg Canal weekend guide: ships carried overland on rails, a rebuilt old town and how to plan it from Gdańsk.