Royal Castle in Warsaw
Warszawa, Plac Zamkowy, 4 
One of the most visited museums in Warsaw is the Royal Castle. It is located at Castle Square, 4. The museum building is a reconstruction of the ensemble, which was completely destroyed during the Second World War.
Royal Castle in Kraków
Krakow, Wawel, 5 
Any tourist journey through Krakow begins with the Royal Castle on Wawel. For Poland, this castle has the same significance as for Russia - the Kremlin. Only the Kremlin remains the main symbol of statehood, but the castle lost its status after the capital was transferred from Krakow.
Malbork
Malbork, Staroscinska, 1 
Malbork - Polish name, in German it sounds like Marienburg - was founded in 1276 as a castle of the Teutonic Order of Knights. The castle, an area of about 20 hectares, is the largest Gothic castle in Europe.
Wilanow Palace
Warszawa, Stanislawa Kostki Potockiego, 10/16 
The baroque palace with its adjacent garden is an object of the national pride of the Poles. The royal royal residence was built at the end of the 17th century and was subsequently built in.
Xenj Castle
Walbrzych, Piastow Slaskich, 1 
In Poland, many beautiful attractions, but the most popular among tourists today is the castle Kszę.. The palace, built in the 13th century, is located near the town of Walbrzych, 80 km from Wrocław and 460 km from the Polish capital.
Kurnitsky Castle
Kornik, Zamkowa, 5 
In Kournik is a castle that attracts many tourists. It was built in the 15th century, but today's appearance of the English Neo-Gothic style was received only in the first half of the 19th century. In the castle there is a library with 320 thousand volumes, a museum with collections of furniture, sculptures, paintings and military equipment.
Poland, like other European countries, can surprise with its sights, in particular, with medieval castles, which invariably arouse the interest and admiration of tourists. This is the "land of castles" scattered all over the state. They were built by crusaders, knights of the Teutonic Order, noble magnates as defensive structures. Over time, some were modernized and modified. And now before our eyes there are beautiful constructions of the Renaissance, Baroque, Neo-Gothic.
Ancient castles, dumb witnesses of the past, always attracting romanticism and unspokenness, still awake in people strong emotions, affect the imagination of man - so different is the fairy world in which they carry us from our everyday life. They were erected on harsh cliffs, plains, among swamps and rivers, but they invariably performed a protective function.
Before us came the castles of the 13th and 14th centuries in the north of Poland, built by the Crusaders .This is the Teutonic Castle in Malbork, - the seat of the Teutonic Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with massive huge towers and small turrets, ramparts with loopholes and passages, iron gates and suspension bridges .In this castle you can get acquainted with the restored interior, surviving unique fragments and museum expositions .It is in the lists and under the tutelage of UNESCO .No less famous and interesting are the charming Lublin Castle, the fairytale castle of Niedzica (a valuable historical monument of the Polish defense architecture), the Baranów Sandomirski castle (the project of the Italian architect Santi Gucci) and other ą $ .
The ancient castles of Poland are characterized by a fairy-mysterious beauty, especially at night, when barely visible moonlight seeps through the battlements of the towers.
Dozens of castles from the 14th and 15th centuries are in the south of Poland..This is the so-called Path of "eagle's nests", passing through the Malopolska and Silesian voivodeships and due to its name there are ruins of castles and fortresses, "eagle's nests", built on limestone inaccessible rocks up to 30 m .To my great regret, most of these castles erected by decree of King Casimir the Great or owned by Polish bishops and princes are destroyed .And today there is an opportunity only to wander among the ancient ruins of these former majestic structures .
The ancient castles of Poland are characterized by a fabulously mysterious beauty, especially at night, when barely visible moonlight seeps through the battlements of the towers. They keep a lot of undisclosed secrets behind their walls. And I want to touch and reveal at least one of them.
Nowadays beautiful classical music sounds in Polish castles, museums that represent for their acquaintance the richest collections of antique furniture, weapons, paintings, textiles, utensils and other, knight costume fights are organized .In the castle of Lansut every year in May there is a music festival, where works of music performed by world musicians are played .Entire costumed performances (for example, storming a fortress) can be seen in Bytom, Gnev or Golub-Dozhina, and in the evening meet with "medieval knights" at the fire .
Visiting mystical and covered with the secret of the legendary castles of Poland is always an exciting meeting with history, legends and romance.