'''Wadowice''' is a town 70km west of Krakow and five km west of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska ans 40 km south of Auschwitz in Poland in the Beskids.

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 .

Get in

It is easily accessible from Krakow and Katowice by car, bus or train.

Get around

See

The birth house of Karol Wojtyla can be visited. It is a museum now. Also the church, where he was baptized.

Do

Buy

Eat

Numerous cafes around the market square sell famous papal cake [http://www.cracow.name/popecake.php].

  • Enwista Restaurant. 4 Legionow Street. 48 0 33 87 33 999. 0AM-10PM. ttp://www.enwista.pl. Serves Polish food, and can cater to groups and host events.

    Drink

    Sleep

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