Świnoujście is one of Poland's famous seaside resort towns. The city has a beautiful sandy beach on the Baltic Sea and a wide boulevard running along the beach.
We took off from Szczecin in the morning on a 1.5 hour drive to Świnoujście. It turned out we couldn't get to the centre of town which is separated by a river. We left the car on this side of the shore and got on a ferry by foot. On arrival we found it's only a short walk from the ferry across the town to the beach.
We headed straight to the beach. The beach was quite similar to many beaches in Australia but it had a free water slide, jumping castle and fake palm trees! The sea water is not as warm as the Queensland! The water is quit cold because it is the northern hemisphere and summers don't get that warm and cannot warm the waters as much as in Australia!
After left the beach we walked around the town and went to local eateries and cafe's, checked the souvenir stalls, relaxed while strolling along the boulevard with many more tempting cafe's and shops. We tried local specialties like freshly smoked fish and variety of meats off the grill.
We took a taxi back to the ferry. The taxi driver was very kind and took us around the town on a quick tour. He was born here and spend all his life here, he clearly loves the place.
The town bring a lot of memories to my family as this used to be my mum's and dad's regular childhood summer vacation destination.
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