Wednesday, 6 April 2016

Promenade & Beach, Baltic Coast, Ustka in Poland

Situated on the Baltic Sea, the town of Ustka is one of Poland’s best known bathing resorts. Year in year out, the town becomes increasingly more popular with tourists both from Poland and from abroad, with thousands visiting every year. It should come as no surprise then that over the past few years the town has won a string of prestigious local awards for the best summer resort in the country.
 The town boasts two beautiful beaches divided by the river Slupia. Being situated closer to the centre, the eastern beach enjoys far greater popularity among visitors than the western beach, which leads into the Navy Training Centre. Much more developed and surrounded by bars, restaurants, a concert hall, and the 19th century waterfront promenade, Ustka’s eastern beach has also been a cause of considerable expense for the town authorities as the beach is being gradually worn away 
by the sea.
  Interesting thing to see is the unfinished pier, the construction of which was started by the Germans at the beginning of World War II, a fact which attracts legends and myths related to Nazi Germany. Worthy of a visit is the lighthouse from 1871, the Main Post Office from 1875, and a church from 1882, while an unmissable event is the International Contest of Fireworks organised annually in July.
 

































 

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