Two Nights in Gdańsk: Why You'll Want to Include Gdańsk in Your Poland Travel Itinerary

When we were planning our Poland travel itinerary, we debated whether to just include Warsaw and Krakow, or to add one more city. Gdańsk seemed like the likely addition, but would it be worth it to include Gdańsk in our Poland travel itinerary? The answer is an emphatic yes!

How to Spend Two Days in Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital of Poland and its largest city. Warsaw is the city we flew in and out of for our 13-day Poland vacation. We spent two full days in Warsaw and it was the perfect amount of time to see and taste the highlights of Warsaw.

Warsaw has a historic, old city feel even though 85% of Warsaw’s historic center was destroyed in World War II. Unlike other European cities that sustained damage throughout the war from various bombings, Warsaw was deliberately destroyed by the Nazis as punishment for the Warsaw Uprising. Many buildings were meticulously rebuilt, some with the help of paintings of Warsaw from the 1700s by Venetian painter Bernardo Bellotto, the nephew of Canaletto and often referred to as Canaletto. Replicas of Canaletto’s paintings are scattered around Warsaw.