We travel around the world, dreaming about the most distant places, looking for the most exotic holiday offers. The world is at your fingertips and even bus trips abroad have become very cheap. For these and many other reasons, we forget how much Poland has to offer. It is also worth discovering the pearls that our country hides. Get to know it and appreciate its beauty, especially if our budget does not allow for long trips, there is no need to strain it. In Poland you will also find beautiful beaches, mountain peaks and wild nature, as well as beautiful architecture. In the ‘Poland is the most beautiful’ series, we invite you to bus journeys around our homeland. Today we set off on the trail in the footsteps of Copernicus and visit one of the two capitals of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship – Toruń.
Bus tickets to Toruń
We take a closer look at the recently opened line that connects Toruń and Medyka, thanks to which we can now reach directly from Lublin to Toruń. From the new metropolitan station in Lublin we have one connection to Toruń at a favorable price:
- Lublin (Metropolitan Station) departure 12:40 – arrival 19:30 Toruń (Bus Station) – travel time 7 hours – price PLN 67.99* – Book now!
Toruń – Lublin by bus
We have a morning connection from Toruń, which allows us to land in Lublin in the early afternoon:
- Toruń (Bus Station) departure 6:00 – arrival 12:45 Lublin (Metropolitan Station) – travel time 7 hours – price PLN 67.99 – Book now!
We can pay even less than PLN 140 for a round-trip ticket. The journey takes only 7 hours one way and is the fastest direct connection between these cities. Look for cheap tickets and price opportunities at bilety.pl. Toruń has so much to offer tourists that one visit is certainly not enough – you need to spend much more time to see at least the most important tourist attractions in this interesting city. You can use the Toruń Film Route as a map, which includes monuments that appear in film productions! You can read more on this website. So let’s not wait any longer, let’s go discover Toruń.
Accommodation
It is certainly a sin not to stay overnight in Toruń, and Barka Atena offers us extraordinary memories and accommodation on a ship. The mere possibility of moving to a ship from a previous era is a great adventure. What’s more, it’s a great location, because we are only 400 m away from the Old Town Square. It is an interesting alternative to typical hotels.
Toruń – what to see?
- Kepa Bazarowa – a nature reserve that is the greenest part of the city. There used to be a wooden bridge here, although only a platform remains, but from it you can admire a beautiful panorama of the city.
- Toruń Gingerbread Museum – here you will discover all the puzzles and secrets of this local specialty. Moreover, at every hour you can join workshops and prepare your own gingerbread. On Tuesdays, admission is free.
- Old Town and New Town Market Square – in the Middle Ages, the Old Town and the New Town of Toruń operated side by side. Around these main squares there are the most important monuments, great restaurants and museums.
- Sightseeing cruises on the Vistula River – organized by Toruń rafters. Faithful replicas of traditional Vistula boats are a great experience, as well as a lesson in the history of this profession. Cruises are organized several times a day – breakfast, sunset or night.
- Olenderski Ethnographic Park – located in Wielka Nieszawka, near Toruń. You can also get here by public transport from the city center. Here we can see what the cottages of the rich peasantry looked like from the beginning of the 20th century.
Toruń – where to eat?
- Zapiekanki u Eli – an iconic place on the map of Toruń, which has been operating for over 40 years. Delicious casseroles and hot dogs with mushrooms. The place itself still maintains the atmosphere of the old days.
- monka – the restaurant is located in an 18th-century baroque granary, and the menu includes the culinary traditions of Kujawy region. Flatbreads are baked on site and we can also delight our palate with dumplings with wild garlic pesto and various wines from Polish vineyards.
- PERS café club – everyone will find something for themselves here, from local beers to colorful orangeades, as well as breakfast sets. In addition, there are many events on weekends – DJ performances and flea markets.
With gingerbread in hand, we set off to discover the Gothic buildings of Toruń. We have the opportunity to travel into the world of astronomy in the footsteps of Nicolaus Copernicus, and go back in time to a village on the Vistula from the beginning of the 20th century. We can also look for contemporary and alternative art, and stop in cafes or restaurants serving traditional food from Kujawy region. We will meet nature on a cruise on the Vistula, and rest in its bosom in Kępa Bazarowa. All this in one Polish city! Bilety.pl invites you to Toruń and tells you how to find cheap bus tickets. This is definitely a city for not just one, but many free weekends.
