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‘A sandbar peninsula surrounded by crystal clear water and clean beaches’: readers’ highlights of Poland

Spectacular architecture, art and wilderness feature among our readers’ favourite encounters . Scroll down for the winning tip and to send us your own

The relative remoteness of Zamość, a south-eastern town (only a few buses and trains each day from Lublin), makes the surprise of emerging onto its extraordinary Rynek square even more delightful. Set on an important trading route, with ornate Armenian merchant houses painted yellow, red and blue, the square and surrounding streets were designed by Venetian Renaissance architect Bernardo Morando. Sip a beer on the square on a summer evening, or if you are there in December a nearby square is full of bathtubs containing carp for sale (the Polish Christmas delicacy of choice).
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