This Polish City has not been overrun by tourists, yet its squares, churches and old buildings make an alluring destination for anyone fascinated by history
"You must go there," my friend Halina had enthused about Krakow, the place of her birth. "It's the most beautiful place in the world."
I had been worried that this beauty in southern Poland had generated the popularity from which Venice suffers. But I found even Krakow's busiest streets uncrowded, with tourists in a minority. Newcomers seemed to stop and stare at yet another achingly beautiful high-cheekboned blonde. Krakow is a university town, and I wonder how the male students get anything done.
Another comparison with Venice comes up. Like Venice's Piazza di San Marco, Krakow's main market square is lined with cafés shoulder to shoulder and has just as many pigeons as does the square in Venice.
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