Poland, Hungary, Outer Hebrides...any tips?

[Basher]

Hey Folks,

I'm heading to the above three destinations for a week each in May. Will be travelling alone using public transport and hiring bikes.

Do any of ya have any tips / recommendations / experiences that may help enlighten me about these destinations?

Any info would be most gratefully received,

Thanks,

Keep watching the skies,

Basher

[muddy]

Hey Folks,

I'm heading to the above three destinations for a week each in May. Will be travelling alone using public transport and hiring bikes.

Do any of ya have any tips / recommendations / experiences that may help enlighten me about these destinations?

Any info would be most gratefully received,

Thanks,

Keep watching the skies,

Basher

POLAND

Check this site:

http://www.staypoland.com/

You should start your trip in Krakow (you can get here from London with EasyJest or Sky Europe air lines). Stay here at least for two - three days (Krakow is the most beautiful city in Poland). I the area of Krakow you can visit also Oswiecim (Auschwitz) - 50 km south from Krakow and Zakopane (in Tatra mouintains) - 100 km south. Then go to Wroclaw (~250 km west from Krakow), next to Poznan (north), through Warsaw (don't stay too long there -there's nothing to see in Warsaw :eek!: ) to Bialowierza Forrest (amazing place!). Next to Mazury (lake district) and finally to Gdansk (Baltic See coast).

In Zakopane, Bialowierza and Mazury watch the sky!

For details check:

http://www.staypoland.com/map.htm

[Basher]

Thanks for the advice Muddy!

Definitely going to Bialowieza - sounds like a magical place. Also hoping to get to Biebrza marshes as I love getting my feet wet and being plagued by mosquitos!

[wintibird]

Hi Busher
In Hungary you should visit the Hortobagy, a big steppe in the East. If you want some local guides check http://www.aquila-tours.hu (http://http://www.aquila-tours.hu)
There are trains from Budapest to Debrecen and even one line crossing the National Park. And it's a good place for biking, it's flat. Good areas around the village Hortobagy, around Nagyivan and in the north of the park. The best areas are only accessible with a guide.

André

[jurek]

Hi, I made a website of birding in Poland: http://www.birding.gt.pl

It should contain all the birding info you need, even if I don't have time to update it anymore. Bialowieza, Biebrza and Siemianowka are the key spots.