Page 16 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Krakow

14  INTRODUCING KR AK OW

Putting Krakow on the Map Baltic
Sea
The old part of Krakow (Kraków), with the Royal Castle
on Wawel Hill, is regarded as a fascinating historic Władyslawowo
town rich in heritage. The historic quarters constitute
only a small part of present-day Krakow, the largest Gdynia
urban development in the Lesser Poland (Małopolska) Słupsk Gdańsk
region. The geographical position makes Krakow Lech Wałęsa
an ideal base for excursions to the Polish mountains, Gdańsk
Auschwitz or the picturesque Krakow-Częstochowa Koszalin Bytów Tczew
Valley. The town is also well positioned for international POMORSKIE
connections to Prague, Brno, Bratislava, Vienna and L’viv. Bobolice Starogard
Gdański
Biały Bór Czersk
Człuchów
Europe NORWAY ZACHODNIO- Grudziàdz
ESTONIA
SWEDEN POMORSKIE Złotów
North LATVIA Bydgoszcz
Sea DENMARK
LITHUANIA Piła
Człopa Bydgoszcz Toruń
UNITED NETHERLANDS BELARUS KUJAWSKO-
KINGDOM POLAND Dobiegniew
GERMANY Krakow POMORSKIE
BELGIUM Rogoêno
CZECH Warta Inowrocław
W
REPUBLIC UKRAINE Wa
SLOVAKIA
AUSTRIA Oborniki Gniezno
SWITZ. HUNGARY
FRANCE SLOV. ROMANIA
Atlantic CROATIA Poznań-Ławica Poznań
Ocean
BOSNIA SERBIA
HERZ. Konin
ITALY MONTEN. KOS. BULGARIA
MAC. Wolsztyn WIELKOPOLSKIE
ALBANIA
SPAIN
GREECE Jarocin
TURKEY Leszno
LUBUSKIE Kalisz
Głogów Ostrów
Wielkopolski
Lubin
Wieruszów
Legnica Odra Oleśnica
Gorlitz
Leipzig Wrocław-Copernicus Wrocław Kluczbork
DOLNO Ś L Ą SKIE
Dresden
Jelenia Góra OPOLSKIE
GERMANY Liberec Wałbrzych Opole Lubliniec
Teplice Mlada
Boleslav Kędzierzyn-
Elbe
Koźle
Hradec
Carlsbad Králové
Prague
Rybnik
Pardubice
Key Ostrava
Svitavy
Motorway or CZECH
dual carriageway
Major road REPUBLIC Olomouc
Railway line
Humpolec
National border
Brno
Provincial border
0 kilometres 100
Piestany
0 miles 50
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