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Dreamily intriguing, Nowy Tomyśl exudes a modestly quiet charisma

As sleepy as it might appear, there’s no shortage of weird little frills to jolt you awake such as this 20-metre-long wicker basket made from 12 tons of wicker and 11 tons of steel tubing. Kalbar/TFN

A town of just under 15,000, Nowy Tomyśl flatters to deceive. As sleepy as it might appear, there’s no shortage of weird little frills to jolt you awake.

Restored and revived, Pałac Wąsowo promises a stay to remember

Driving in, it is hard not to be wowed. Brooding silently, it could have come from the imagination of Lovecraft or Poe.

Hit the road for a top autumnal break

From Lord of the Ring-esque forests and a cider-making farmhouse to a Bond-like super hotel and the splendour of the Bieszczady Mountains, Poland has them all.

Poland’s castle hotels: Where to go to feel like a king or queen

A curated anthology of extraordinary places where memories will be made.

Otwock: A living museum, a town generously sprinkled with architectural gems and little hidden treasures

Set a stone’s throw south-east of Warsaw, Otwock is an oversight that demands to be corrected.

Welcome to The Special K – Kielce!

Though lacking in overt attractions like a ‘Visit Me Old Town’, it’s got enough pleasures and treasures to make it quite special. In fact, I’ve actually started calling it The Special K.

From Lublin With Love

It was in April that I last wrote about Lublin, but penned as my column was during the lockdown, it was an ode based on memory rather than anything more recent.

Back in the USSR? For decades the small town of Borne Sulinowo was the most secret place in Poland

Omitted from the maps for the full duration of the Cold War, this tiny town (current population: 4,500), was at the very heart of the Soviet Union’s military presence in Poland. For decades, no-one knew it existed and that sense of secrecy lingers to this day.

It’s not the sights that make Wschowa so special, it’s the atmosphere

Snuck away west of Leszno and with a population of just 14,000, ‘the greatest little town you’ve never heard of’ sits largely forgotten by the rest of the nation. And that’s good!

Set amid rolling fields and endless skies, Krzyżtopór is king of the castles

From afar, it looks truly monumental – the kind of place in which you’d expect to find a dragon in the moat and a trapped damsel up a tower. Built using 200,000 bricks and 11,000 tons of sandstone, such was the largesse that it was only beaten for size when the Palace of Versailles was completed.

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Warsaw-designed luxury home named one of the world’s most beautiful in architectural ‘Oscars’ award

Nestled in green meadows and surrounded by lush forests, the house which features a distinctive curved silhouette reminiscent of a sea dune has been named ‘Best Single Family Residence’ in the latest edition of the European Property Awards.

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