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- <text id=93CT1827>
- <title>
- Poland--Travel
- </title>
- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--CIA Factbook
- Europe
- Poland
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>CIA World Factbook</source>
- <hdr>
- Travel
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Entry requirements: All visitors to Poland must obtain a
- valid entry visa from a Polish consulate. They must submit the
- visa application with a passport valid 6 months beyond the
- expiration of the Polish visa, two passport-sized photographs,
- an application fee ($18 in most cases), and a copy of a travel
- voucher or money exchange order obtainable only from a travel
- agent. Except in special cases, no immunizations are required.
- Regular tourists must exchange $15 a day into Polish currency
- while in Poland. Visa application usually takes 14 days
- although, for an additional fee, processing often can be speeded
- up in emergency cases.
- </p>
- <p> Tourist attractions: Poland's major tourist attractions
- include the winter resort area of Zakopane, near the
- Czechoslovak border; the Wawel Castle, medieval Cloth Hall, and
- St. Mary's Church in Krakow; the coastal resort of Sopot; and
- the reconstructed portions of Gdansk and Szczecin (two Hanseatic
- cities) in the north. War relics are scattered throughout the
- country, from the magnificently restored teutonic fortress of
- Malbork and many ducal castles to the ruins of Hilter's "Wolf's
- Lair". Favorite attractions in metropolitan Warsaw include
- Chopin's birthplace and museum at Warka, the Wilanow and
- Lazienki palaces of the kings of Poland, and the painstakingly
- restored "Old Town."
- </p>
- <p>Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs,
- September 1987.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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