Today Warsaw is a city with many faces where tradition intermingles with modernity. From the terrace on Zamkowy Square, where the Royal Castle and St. Anne's Church are located, is a view of the new Swietokrzyski Bridge. The dominating silhouette of the city center belongs to the Palace of Culture and Science, which today shares the city skyline with numerous office towers. You can feel the breath of history in the Old Town, on Nowy Swiat Street and everywhere where the city's roots have been preserved.

A stay in Warsaw need not be limited to visits to its historical sites. It is not far from Wilanow to Konstancin, famous for its exquisite residences and spa, where therapeutic brine-saturated air helps cure patients suffering from pulmonary tract diseases. There are several forests and nature reserves within Warsaw's boundaries and on the edge of the city stands Kampinoski National Park.

It's worth visiting Chopin's birthplace, now a museum, in Zelazowa Wola, where concerts are held in the summer. Nearby Nieborow is home to the impressive residence of Radziwill magnate family, surrounded by a picturesque park. Today the palace houses a museum. Just 5 km away is the beautiful scenic park of Arkadia.

Those seeking traces of the Vienna Secession style should go to nearby Lodz, where the architectural arrangement of the 19th-century city as well as historic industrial architecture have been preserved.