Zakopane is only four centuries old. It was founded between XVI and XVII c. as a farmers and shepherds' settlement. Soon the beauty of the nearby sunny valley with Zakopane was discovered. In the XIX century Zakopane became famous as a tourist and health resort.

Mazury is the name for almost the entire area of the Lake District in North-eastern Poland. For most Poles there is no difference between Mazury and Varmia. Thus, Mazury is where the lakes are.

Varmia is a historical land, which comprises the central and northern parts of the Olsztynskie and Mragowskie Lake Districts together with the Varminska Plain.

Pomerania (Pomorze) is a historical and geographical region in northern Poland along the Baltic coast. It is divided into Western Pomerania (around Szczecin) and Eastern Pomerania (around Gdańsk) . Geographically, it encompasses two different landscape zones: the coast and, more inland, the lake districts.

Pomerania has always been a land of many cultures and influences - German, Slavonic and Scandinavian - which has left its imprint on the local art and architecture.

Wielkopolska - Greater Poland. The historical name of the region, first recorded in the mid 13th century, is the best and the most relevant promotional slogan of the area. It consists of two words: a modifier - "Greater", and the name of the country - "Poland". It was here that over a thousand years ago the Polish statehood was being forged drawing on strong centres in Gniezno and Poznań (the biggest city of the Great Poland and the capital of the whole region).