Wilanów Palace, exploring Poland's fabulous history

Wilanów Palace, exploring Poland's fabulous history

Have you ever heard of Wilanow, Wilanow Palace?

Last year we had the opportunity to explore some beautiful places in Poland including the Wilanow Palace in Warsaw.

I did some more research on the internet to find out more about the palace, as you probably already know I am fascinated by such places and I am like a child eager to step through the history of the place.

The palace is about 10km from the city center and we came here by car, I must admit that we had a bit of trouble with parking but in the end we found parking quite close, a pay parking, don't worry if you don't have PLN, the local currency (zloty) cash you can pay the parking by card.

Car parked, parking paid for, let the exploring begin.

Wilanow Palace was built around 1670 in honour of the then Polish King Jan Sobieski and has an estate of about 45 hectares, which houses both the palace and its imposing gardens (we visited the palace in early December and the gardens did not have the charm they have in spring or summer, as they are in a frost protection).

Arriving at the ticket office we found out that here you can visit the palace as well as the palace gardens.

We were very curious to see what the gardens looked like in winter (on the internet we found details that aroused our curiosity).

The price of a ticket for both the palace and the park cost 35PLN(zlotys)/adult person, the timetable being between 10-4 (the timetable differs depending on the season).