Jurata

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Jurata [1] is village and a resort on Baltic Sea in Pomorskie Voivodship in Poland.

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  • The international Lech Walesa airport at Gdansk [2] or the international Szczecin-Goleniow airport [3].

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  • From Gdansk or Szczecin by the route E28 to Reda and than just north to Wladyslawowo by the 216. From Wladyslawowo east along the Hel Peninsula.

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The resort is quite small and has a very specific pine forest character. You can easily walk across the whole village on foot or rent a bicycle. Prior to 1928 it was a fishing village. Jurata is also the name of a Slavic pagan godess of the Baltic Sea. The village was named after her.

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As a primarily beach village, visitors will spend most of their time sun-bathing and swimming. While the water is of excellent quality, it is cold at times, and visitors should watch for small jellyfish. Jurata also has excellent wind-surfing opportunities - renting, lessons, etc.

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Jurata is known for its amazing seafood - all varieties, in all forms. Visitors can also sample traditional Polish crepes and cabbage rolls, while more Western food is available as well.

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Primarily nice, clean, and quaint small villas and apartment-style rooms, though Western resorts are gradually being built.

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Gdansk Bay:

  • Pommeranian metropol Gdansk with a beautiful old town and the biggest gothic brick church worldwide
  • sea resort Sopot with the longest European mole
  • sea resort and port Gdynia with the biggest Baltic port
  • sea resort Puck

Vistuala Bay:

  • medieval town of Elblag
  • sea resort and medieval town of Frombork with the grave of Nicolaus Copernicus
  • sea resort Kadyny with one of the best European studs

Kashubian Coast:

On the Hel Peninsula:

On the Vistuale Peninsula:

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