About
Polish born, Scotland based
I grew up in Silesia, spent my school holidays in the Tatras, and have lived in Scotland long enough to know how a Scottish working week actually goes. withbartek exists because those two facts fit together: Poland is three hours away, and almost nobody uses that properly.
I'm not a tour operator. There's no coach, no group of forty, no fixed departure dates. I plan one trip at a time around the days you can take off, then handle the parts that are annoying from the UK — transfers, timed tickets, mountain guides, somewhere to eat that isn't on the square.
Most people come to me having thought about Poland for years without booking it. That's the problem I'm trying to remove.
What's included
Where I'm useful, and where I'm not
I handle
- A day-by-day route with realistic travel times
- Airport transfers and internal travel
- Timed tickets for the sites that sell out
- Accommodation shortlists, not just the obvious hotels
- Food recommendations by neighbourhood and budget
- A bad-weather version of every mountain day
You keep control of
- Flights — you book them, I advise on which routing to take
- Travel insurance
- How hard you want to walk
- Whether the last day is a museum or a long breakfast
Start here
Pick a region, or let me suggest one
If you already know where you want to go, the short trips pages cover Kraków, Zakopane and Silesia in detail. If you don't, tell me how many days you have and I'll tell you what fits.