Poland

• Destination Poland: Maintained by Lonely Planet, a publisher of travel guides, this Web page presents a wide range of information for the traveler who is going to Poland, including information on Poland's history and culture; suggested attractions and activities; travelers' reports on Poland; and, recommended reading.
  
  
• Poland -- U.S. Department of State: Provided and maintained by the U.S. State Deparment, this consular information sheet provides advisories and basic information for United States' citizens traveling to Poland.
  
  
• Poland -- World Fact Book: This Web page is the entry for Poland from the World Wide Web edition of the CIA's 1995 World Fact Book.
  
  
• Poland Country Guide: This on-line guide to Poland "provides access to a catalog of international data resources, data and information, on-line information resources, and tools." Information is organized by topic and all source documents have been indexed.
  
  
• Poland: This presentation includes various kinds of information about Poland, including regional information; business opportunities in Poland; Polish cinema database; list of Polish WWW servers; information on the Center for Contemporary Art in Warsaw, and telephone area codes in Poland.
  
  
• Polish for Travelers: Maintained by Michael C. Martin and a service of Foreign Languages for Travelers, this page presents language resources for people traveling to Poland, including the Macintosh shareware program of interactive Polish lessons, Polish for Everyone.
  
  
• Polish Home Page: Maintained on the Web server of the Physics Department of Warsaw University, this presentation presents information on several topics, including government and politics; geography and general information; travel information; ecology; economy; science; culture; radio and television; education; and, history.
  
  
• Polish Pronunciation: This Web page provides a Polish pronuciation guide for English speakers.
  
  
• Polish WWW Servers: This Web site features links to World Wide Web servers in several Polish cities, including the HGP 1996 destinations of Krakow, Lublin, and, Warsaw.

Individual Polish Cities

• Debica, Poland -- The Shtetl: This Web site, created and maintained by Israel Preker of Tel Aviv, is "a memorial home page for the Jews who lived and died in the shtetl Debica (Dembica-Dembitz) near Krakow, Poland." Mr. Preker writes that: "I traveled Debica and the Krakow area in August 1996 in order to collect some information about my family, take photos and feel the atmosphere of this area." The pages offers many resources to individuals interested in this region, its people, and its history.
  
  
• A Brief History of Bialystok: This Web site provides a brief history of Bialystok, Poland, "the largest city in the northeastern part of Poland. It is situated on the Biala river and was named after it. Bialystok has a population of 350,000."
  
  
• Cities in Poland: This Web page offers information on selected cities in Poland -- including the following HGP destinations: Krakow (Cracow), Lublin, Warsaw, and Zakopane.
  
  

  
  Lublin

• Krakow Home Page: Maintained by the city of Krakow, this site provides information in several catagories, including the following: culture; history; environs of Krakow; hotels; and, the economy.
  
  
• Krakow, Poland: Maintained by Lynn Salmon, this Web page offers several links to other Web sites devoted to the city of Krakow, Poland.
  
  
• Old Cracow: Maintained by Szymon Sokol, this Web site provides images of and information about Old Cracow, including Wawel Castle.
  
  
• Walking 'Round Old Cracow: Written by Michal Rozek, this Web page is a short tourist guide to Cracow (Krakow), Poland, which "suggests a walk 'round the Old City of Cracow within its historical boundaries which are delimited now by the Planty Gardens."
  
  
• Welcome to Warsaw: This site focuses on the city of Warsaw and includes the following information: a guide to Poland and a listing of places of interest; a guide to Warsaw, including a four-day weather forecast; and information on the Wielki Theatre, National Opera, and Polish Kings' Gallery.
  
  

  
  Zakopane

• Zakopane: This Web page focuses on the town of Zakopane, a ski resort in the Tatra Mountains and one of the destinations of the 1996 Poland/Israel study trip. (The information on this Web page is in Polish and English.)
  
  

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