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Wadowice
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Europe : Central Europe : Poland : Lesser Poland : Lesser Poland Voivodship : Western Beskids : Wadowice
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Wadowice is a town 70km west of Krakow and five km west of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska and 40 km south of Auschwitz in Western Beskids in Poland.
[edit] Understand
Wadowice is a pretty small town with a late baroque church. Karol Wojtyla, the later pope John Paul II, was born there in 1920. www.wadowice.com -website of Tourist Information .
[edit] Get in
It is easily accessible from Krakow and Katowice by car, bus or train.
[edit][add listing] See
The birth house of Karol Wojtyla can be visited. It is a museum now. Also the church, where he was baptized.
[edit][add listing] Eat
Numerous cafes around the market square sell famous papal cake [1].
- Enwista Restaurant, 24 Legionów Street, ☎ +48 0 33 87 33 999, [2]. 10AM-10PM. Serves Polish food, and can cater to groups and host events. edit
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