How to get there
Air France offers four daily flights between Paris and Warsaw.
Tel: 3654 - Internet: www.airfrance.fr
Polish airline Lot offers three daily flights between the two capitals.
Tel: 0800 10 12 24 - Internet: www.lot.com
Swiss operates four flights a week between Basel-Mulhouse and Warsaw.
Tel: 0820 040 506 - Internet: www.swiss.com
Austrian > Tel.: 0820 816 816
Internet: www.austrian.
Information
Polish National Tourist Board
9, rue de la Paix, 75002 France Tel: 01 42 44 19 00 - Fax: 01 42 97 52 25
Internet: www.tourisme.pologne.net
Hotels
InterContinental Warszawa. The 326 rooms and 75 Residence Suites in Warsaw's new InterContinental have immediately established themselves as one of the best places to stay in the Polish capital. The hotel also boasts a large wellness centre on the 43rd and 44th floors.
Ul Emilii Plater, 49 - Tel: +48 22 328 88 88
Fax: +48 22 328 88 89
Internet: www.warsaw.intercontinental.com
Sheraton Warsaw Hotel. Excellent location, ad hoc facilities: the Sheraton is also a preferred option for business travellers, the luckiest of whom stay in the Tower Suites.
Ul. B. Prusa, 2 - Tel: +48 22 450 61 00
Fax: +48 22 450 62 00 - Internet: www.sheraton.com
Le Royal Méridien Bristol. An extra touch of glamour, in what has long been considered Warsaw's palace.
Krakowskie Przedmiescie, 42/44
Phone: +48 22 551 10 00 - Fax: +48 22 625 25 77
Internet: www.lemeridien-bristol.com
Sofitel Victoria Warsaw. Located near the Saxony Garden, the Sofitel Victoria is Accor's flagship hotel in Warsaw, where the hotel group offers seven alternatives, including a Novotel and a Mercure in the city centre.
Ul. Krolewska St, 11 - Tel: +48 22 657 80 11
Fax: +48 22 657 80 57 - Internet: www.accorhotels.com
Warsaw Marriott Hotel. Warsaw's first major business hotel, inaugurated in 1989, remains a favourite meeting place for the local business community.
Al. Jerozolimskie, 65/79 - Tel: +48 22 630 63 06
Fax: +48 22 830 00 41 - Internet: www.marriott.com
Restaurants
Karczma Gessler. The temple of Polish gastronomy in a particularly successful rustic-chic setting.
Rynek Starego Miasta, 21/21 Tel: +48 22 831 44 27
Next door, the Gessler family also runs the enchanting U Fukiera restaurant.
Rynek Starego Miasta, 27 - Tel: +48 22 831 10 13
Belvedere. Another of the capital's 'great classics', famous for its lush vegetation and winter garden.
Ul. Agrikola, 1 - Tel: +44 22 841 22 50
