COSMOS Tours Europe: Poland

Poland is a country in central Europe bordered by Germany on the west, Czech Republic and Slovakia on the south, Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east, and the Baltic Sea and a Russian enclave to the north. Poland is a member of the European Union, NATO, the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the OECD, European Economic Area, International Energy Agency, Council of Europe, International Atomic Energy Agency, G6, Council of the Baltic Sea States, Visegrad Group, Weimar Triangle, and Schengen Agreement. Despite World War II, Poland managed to preserve much of its cultural wealtlh. There are 14 UNESCO World Heritage sites in Poland. The Polish mountain region includes the Sudetes, Cracow-Czestochowa Upland, the Swietokrzyskie Mountains and the Carpathian Mountains. Babia Gora, Sniezka, Tarnica, Turbacz, and Wysoka are the highest peaks. Your Cosmos tour may visit Stowinski National Park, the Vistula River, Krakow, Warsaw, Gdansk, Lublin and Torun. Poland is the birthplace of Chopin, Marie Curie, and Pope John Paul II.