Kazimierz Dolny: An afternoon is enough.

polishmeknob:

It is rather quaint in it's own way, but the museums are a rip-off (most everything thing there is, actually) and the hordes of tourists didn't make it any better. The castle is OK, as are the churches, but beyond that there really isn't that much.

polishmeknobThreads: 12 Posts: 162 Joined: Feb 9, 09	Jul 20, 09, 16:32 / #
I was rather disappointed by Kazimierz Dolny. It is rather quaint in it's own way, but the museums are a rip-off (most everything thing there is, actually) and the hordes of tourists didn't make it any better. The castle is OK, as are the churches, but beyond that there really isn't that much. The musicians are awful. The rooster bread is actually really good. The few restaurants I've been to there are very nice. U Fryzjera has really good food, but the service is terrible. Can read further here. Are there any other towns "off the beaten path" that are worth a visit?

ukpolskaThreads: 51 Posts: 2,238 Joined: Oct 23, 06 MEMBER	Jul 20, 09, 17:43 / #
I wouldn't recommend going there in tourist season at all TBH, and I live ten mins away from there. The only time that we go there are in the first week of August as they have a film festival there and that week it is fantastic Lots of things going on including a dance party in the castle which is cool and street theatre. More about it here Oh by the way knob, I would much prefer to live here in the country than where you do in that disgusting grey hole called Warsaw lol

polishmeknobThreads: 12 Posts: 162 Joined: Feb 9, 09	Jul 20, 09, 18:27 / #
ukpolska: disgusting grey hole called Warsaw Yeah, Warsaw is tad gray. It's not too bad though. I quite like the Polish countryside. I'm actually yearning for a small place in the country. A dzialka is probably the closest thing in the near future.

plk123Threads: 30 Posts: 6,412 Joined: Aug 29, 07	Jul 20, 09, 18:54 / #
kazimierz dolny is awesome.. not sure what your problem is.. hmm

polishmeknobThreads: 12 Posts: 162 Joined: Feb 9, 09	Jul 20, 09, 19:24 / #
I highly recommend this thread on the Polish countryside. I didn't write it, and I don't really agree with it, but I found the discussion in the comments quite interesting. It gets quite sharp and quite angry at some points. plk123: kazimierz dolny is awesome.. not sure what your problem is.. hmm I didn't say that it was bad, I just though that an afternoon was enough. I was also inquiring about other such towns, ones that might be hidden and off the beat track.

plk123Threads: 30 Posts: 6,412 Joined: Aug 29, 07	Jul 20, 09, 19:32 / #
you did say more negative things then positive..

sobieskiThreads: 82 Posts: 1,141 Joined: Jun 1, 08	Jul 20, 09, 20:14 / #
From what I have heard (But then I live in that grey hole called Warsaw, which I happen to find a nice place to live) Sandomierz and Lubliń are supposed to be very nice.

Jihozapad	Jul 20, 09, 20:14 / #
polishmeknob: It is rather quaint in it's own way, but the museums are a rip-off (most everything thing there is, actually) and the hordes of tourists didn't make it any better. The castle is OK, as are the churches, but beyond that there really isn't that much. Sounds just like Krakow to me (awaits hate mail, lol) - I'm going back there soon just to check if it wasn't just me, but I've been there enough times, and all have left me... unimpressed. Whereas I've been to Wroclaw and Warsaw countless times, and still never want to leave. Guess it might just be me though! lol

polishmeknobThreads: 12 Posts: 162 Joined: Feb 9, 09	Jul 21, 09, 13:42 / #
plk123: you did say more negative things then positive.. So?

ZiemowitThreads: 10 Posts: 1,063 Joined: May 8, 09	Edited by: Ziemowit Jul 21, 09, 14:39 / #
polishmeknob: Kazimierz Dolny. It depends what you are looking for. Most tourist are weekend tourist and hover around the market place. If you stay beyond the weekend, the town becomes completely different. There are lots of galleries where you can contemplate and buy the paintings (the choice is enormous). You can always stop and chat with painters whom you meet in the town and vicinity. There are also lots of walking paths around. You can take a boat to the other side of the Vistula and walk for an hour to nearby castle in Janowiec (the only privately-owned castle in Poland in the period of the People's Republic). While we were there last year, a film was turned out in the town all the day and I was taken some splendid photographs by my wife in the middle of several young women dressed and hair-dressed in the style of the 1960s! Also, concerts and other performances in the church were held almost every Saturday (we attended one marvellous one by Anna Szałapak). Some seasonal bookshops where you can spend hours looking at what they have in stock. It's not a good place to come for one afternoon only. We stayed there two weeks and avoided the market place and its vicinity in the weekends as much as we could. We were staying in a nice and friendly bed-and-breakfast surrounded by a vast garden run by the same family since 1919. It was just within a 15-minute walking distance from the centre - far too long for a weekend or afternoon tourist to disturb the nature and the silence there. Strangely enough, we haven't heard any musicians playing in the streets of Kazimierz Dolny.