Our Getaway to Gdańsk

We'll return again and again to this gem on the Baltic coast

Looking toward the Golden Gate (Brama Złota) one of three historic gates in the old city fortifications. In the background is Katownia, which was the city prison (also known for housing a torture chamber) from the time of its construction in 1410 until its closure in 1861.

I woke up our first morning in Gdańsk the same way I fell asleep, lulled by the church bell at the nearby Basilica of St. Mary chiming the hour. Cool air wafted through the kipped windows of our hotel room in the heart of the city’s historic center, the Główne Miasto or Main City.¹