Middle-East Area (Masovia and Podlasie)

Masovia and Kampinoska Forest are located almost in the very centre of Poland. Thanks to much resonance to Fryderyk Chopin’s birth place and music itself, Masovia has become a national symbol. Once there, you should definitely visit the Łowicz town cathedral and museum, the Arkadia Park nearby – the land of “happiness and peace” – one of the most beautiful Polish parks established in 1778 by Princess Helena Radziwiłłowa, but also Nieborów with its XVII century palace that used to belong to the Radziwiłł Family. Finally, there’s the manor house in Żelazowa Wola – the birthplace of F. Chopin.
Łódź is an important point in Masovia map, it’s a city connecting continuously renovated industrial space with bold architectural projects. It once was a vivid metropolis fill with multiculturalism and courageous industrial thought. It is here, you can find post manufactory complexes of Poznańscy and Scheiblers Families, with an amazing neo-baroque palace of Izrael Poznański called “The Louvre of Łódź”.
Most importantly however, Masovia is a region with the Polish capital city –Warszawa, “the nicest of cities” as an old song says, it’s a place of constant happenings, very active where life never stops. Warszawa is too full of historical sites, mind you most of them were meticulously recreated and restored after the WWII’s tragic destructions. Places to see include: numerous palaces, museums, art galleries, cinemas and theatres. You cannot miss Warszawa’s colourful Old Town with the Royal castle, adorable buildings in Łazienki Park, the royal residence in Wilanów, The Palace of Culture and Science and Marszałkowska residential district –MDM and the Royal Route – Krakowskie Przedmieście and Nowy Świat Streets.

Warsaw

Lodz

Bialystok

Suwalki

The two main cities of the Suwałki region are - without any doubts – Augustów and Sejny. In their neighbourhood Augustów Forest is located– the remains of huge virgin Lithuanian woods. In this region we can find some antique Jakobinian and Camaldolese monastery complexes. Albeit by far this is the land of lakes and the longest historical treasure in Poland – the Augustów Channel. Here you can also find the mighty and twisty Wigry lake, known as the “Yotvingian Sea”.
Augustów is an old town with a climate of pre-war summer resort surrounded by waters of three lakes. It is the most popular city for vacation in the lowlands. It is not far from here to get to Białystok region where East meets West sharing the faith, history and customs. The proof of the multi-century transgression of cultures are numerous and extremely interesting historical treasures: catholic churches, orthodox churches, synagogues, mosques, catholic and Jewish cemeteries...
Białystok is a historic city with the climate of Eastern Polish boundaries, with the baroque Braniccy Family Palace, a town hall from the same period and a neo-gothic cathedral complex. This is where you find the Kruszyniany mosque and the Tykocin synagogue. It is also the Knyszyńska Forest with arboretum in its very centre, in Sokołda, with over 450 species of plants.