Grey. That’s how I always thought of Warsaw when, as a child, I visited family here each summer. The Polish capital seemed to be dominated by graffiti-covered communist-era concrete that begged to be cleaned.
Yet, even then there were pockets of beauty in this city which was almost entirely destroyed during the Second World War. Stare Miasto (the Old Town) is like Krakow in miniature. Bombed to pieces, its colourful buildings were rebuilt using many of the original bricks, and it’s now a Unesco World Heritage Site. From here, Trakt Krolewski (the Royal Route) takes you past the Presidential Palace, down well-to-do Nowy Swiat, to Lazienki Krolewskie (see “Don’t Miss”, below), Warsaw’s 188-acre royal park. .....>> http://snip.ly/ml0et
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