Lesser Poland: Where UNESCO mines meet snowballs and Darth Vader

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 75

 A modern take on a traditional wooden home in Zakopane (photo credit: @MarkDavidPod   )
A modern take on a traditional wooden home in Zakopane
(photo credit: @MarkDavidPod )

Mark and David take you to Małopolska, or Lesser Poland, for a taste of Michelin-rated food, great walks and more than a pinch of salt. Please tell me they are not really literally licking the walls. Oh, and this really is one for Star Wars lovers.

An underground Dead Sea in the Wieliczka salt mine (Credit: @MarkDavidPod)
An underground Dead Sea in the Wieliczka salt mine (Credit: @MarkDavidPod)

This time: 

  • How on earth do you pronounce the letter ł?
  • "I thought Shaft was a TV show."
  • Welcome to the Wieliczka Salt Mine, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
  • 130 meters (426 feet) below ground
  • On to Zakopane and the Subcarpathian Tatra Mountains
  • Of beautiful wooden homes, a famous cemetery and a long-gone Jewish community
  • Jack Finch is George Lucas approved
  • The masseuse with the most
  • The best restaurant in Poland?

Mark and David were guests of the Polish Tourism Organization and Małopolska Tourism Organization.

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