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A guide book is a book for tourists or travelers that provides details about a geographic location, tourist destination, or itinerary. It is the written equivalent of a tour guide. It will usually include details, such as phone numbers, addresses, prices, and reviews of hotels and other lodgings, restaurants, and activities. Maps of varying detail are often included. Sometimes historical and cultural information is also provided. Different guide books may focus on different aspects of travel, from adventure travel to relaxation, or be aimed at travellers with larger or smaller travel budgets. Guidebooks can have factual problems, information may be out of date (especially for regions undergoing rapid development), the author may have a hidden agenda (for example free meals or rooms in exchange for inclusion in the book or a favorable review -- compare tout). Guide books are generally intended to be used in conjunction with actual travel, although simply enjoying a guide book with no intention of visiting may be referred to as "armchair tourism".

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Poland is a country in Central Europe, with Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine and Russia as neighbours. Poland is a member of the European Union. The capital of Poland is Warsaw (in Polish Warszawa). Warsaw has been completely destroyed during the Second World War. Today Warsaw is a modern and vibrant city with a reconstructed medieval city centre. Sightseeing for travel or holidays in the city: the royal palace, the Łazienki palace, Wilanów palace. Other sights in Poland: Krakow (the Kazimierz district, where the term ghetto originates), the former German concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau, the salt mine of Wieliczka, hanzestad Gdańsk, Masuria, monastery of Święta Lipka, Wroclaw and Poznan (with the Muzeum Narodowy and the national museum).