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Kielce Travel Guide

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Kielce [1] is a large city in Poland's Swietokrzyskie voidship.

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Understand

Kielce is the capital city of the Holy Cross Voidship (Swietokrzyskie) with a population of just over 200,000 residents. The city was host to the unfortunate scene of the Kielece pogrom, which resulted in the deaths of 40 Jewish Holocaust survivors and another 80 injured nearly a year after the final Nazi deathcamp was liberated.

  • Tourist Information Center, Rynek 1; Phone +48 041/ 367-6436; Hours: Monday - Saturday 10 AM - 6 PM.

Get in

By plane

There is an international airport in the near town of Krakow, but more flights go from Warsaw: Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport: For those travelling from Warsaw serviced by Polski Express. See also: Routes/Timetable

By train

By car

You can easily get there by car from Warsaw, Krakow and Lodz.

By bus

Many international connections (see Poland::By bus).

Get around

See

  • The National Museum [2] (Polish); pl. Zamkowy1;
  • Toy Museum
  • Palace of Kraków Bishops
  • Cathedral of the Accension of the Virgin Mary
  • Municipal Park
    • The Gossip

Do

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

  • Łysogóry Hotel [3], ul. Sienkiewicza 78; Phone: +48 41/ 36 55 000; Email: hotel@lysogory.com.pl; Price: 240 PLN - 600 PLN
  • Hotel Kongresowy [4], ul. Manifestu Lipcowego 34; Phone: +49 41/ 332-63-93; Email: hotel@kongresowy.pl; - The Hotel Kongresowy is a modern hotel catering to business people. Price: 260 PLN - 690 PLN.

Get out


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