Przemysl and/or Rzeszow and/or Sandomierz

HarryThreads: 62 Posts: 8,508 Joined: May 2, 07 ♂ [Suspended]	Jul 19, 11, 18:09 #1
Can anybody recommend any good places to go in any of these cities? Either places to eat or drink, or things to see. Will have a day and a bit in Przemysl and a couple of days in both Rzeszow and Sandomierz. Have been to all of them before but not for that long.

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Edited by: boletus Jul 19, 11, 18:50 #2

Harry:

or things to see

Since you mentioned Sandomierz, check the article "Koleiny Jagiełły" (in Polish), about the Royal Trail leading from Kraków to Wilno, http://www.polityka.pl/wakacje/wakacjewpolsce/1507240,2,koleiny-jagiel ly.read.

The trail leads through Koprzywnica, Sandomierz and Zawichost. The article describes some places to see in these three towns.

Edit: I forgot to add that there are some lovely pictures attached to the article. One of them is a current view of the Old Trail in vicinity of Ostrów Lubelski.

HarryThreads: 62 Posts: 8,508 Joined: May 2, 07 ♂ [Suspended]	Jul 21, 11, 00:26 #3
boletus: The trail leads through Koprzywnica, Sandomierz and Zawichost. The article describes some places to see in these three towns. Thanks for that. You been to Sandomierz? I much enjoyed my days there. Przemysl is the one I really want to find out about: I was only there for a couple of hours but the place seemed superb.

boletusThreads: 47 Posts: 1,097 Joined: Apr 13, 11 ♂	Edited by: boletus Jul 21, 11, 01:21 #4
Harry Harry: I was only there for a couple of hours but the place seemed superb. Yes, one can easily see the influence of many cultures over the centuries... If you like classical music check their Capella Premisliensis, conductor Marek Zazula (at least this is what it was three years back) - Bach, Baird, Twardowski, Górecki. I have one of their DVDs here. Not bad...

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Edited by: delphiandomine Jul 21, 11, 01:28 #5

Harry:

Przemysl is the one I really want to find out about: I was only there for a couple of hours but the place seemed superb.

It's not a big place, but it has a few things of note. Several interesting churches, the castle is interesting - and in particular, there's a rather big park leading up to a truly fantastic vista of the town (along with a great downhill track). I'll find more details for you - I spent a really enjoyable afternoon/evening there. The Rynek is also a very interesting place, especially in the evenings in summer.

Sadly, food-wise - Przemysl seems pretty poor. There's an okay pizza restaurant on one of the main streets, and I'll dig up the details of an acceptable restaurant on the Rynek.

If you're interested in modern things at all - take a trip to Medyka and see the Polish/Ukrainian interaction at first hand. It's still rather wild on the Shegyni side - border formalities are a doddle, but you can see the gulf between Poland and Ukraine in those two villages alone. It's a 2zl trip each way on a minibus from the train station in Przemysl. What's most notable is the Biedronka just outside the border crossing - it seems Ukrainians bring vodka/cigarettes to Poland and then bring back all sorts of other stuff to Ukraine!

I was only in Rzeszow for a couple of hours - but it seems that it has been renovated well - it certainly seems nicer than Lublin or Wroclaw in the centre!

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Jul 21, 11, 12:39 #6

delphiandomine

take a trip to Medyka and see the Polish/Ukrainian interaction at first hand.

Will certainly be going to Ukraine, need to reset my three months and quite fancy getting a few packs of Parliament cigarettes (no longer sold in Poland).

delphiandomine

Sadly, food-wise - Przemysl seems pretty poor.

I hear that there is a half decent place which has worked over by Magda Gessler, Barcelonka, but any other suggestions would be great.

delphiandomine

I was only in Rzeszow for a couple of hours - but it seems that it has been renovated well - it certainly seems nicer than Lublin or Wroclaw in the centre!

Really? Lublin is my favourite city in Poland.

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Jul 21, 11, 12:51 #7

Harry

Will have a day and a bit in Przemysl

On my one visit to Poland, I saw a nice place outside of Przemysl. There's a village right on the border called Siedliska. You get there by turning off the road to Medyka before you reach the border. If you follow the road through the village into the forest and keep going after the sign that says not to, you'll find a large old Austrian fortress that's gradually being overgrown by the forest. It's a little dangerous to walk around there because there are tunnels and shafts and nothing is marked. But it's fascinating in a spooky way.

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