Choosing a Resort

Thailand and Vietnam are the two most popular Asian destinations among tourists from Poland. On a tour operator's website they look similar: warm, exotic, affordable. In reality they offer a fundamentally different level of immersion, different infrastructure and different demands on your planning. We break both destinations down with climate data, prices and an honest answer — who should go where.

Summer wedding? The Maldives are a mistake then. See which destinations work in June, July and August, what they cost and what to do about your passport.

Crete holds four different islands in one: western Chania with the best beaches, central Rethymno and Heraklion with history and nightlife, and the quiet, upmarket east around Elounda. We break the island down by region — beaches, sea temperatures month by month, which of the two airports to fly into, weekly costs, and what to do about gorges, Knossos and the 2026 entry rules.

Spain is two seas and two seasons: a summer mainland from the Costa Brava to the Costa del Sol, the year-round Canary Islands out in the Atlantic, and the Balearics in between. We break the coasts and islands down by beaches, sea temperatures month by month, flights from Poland, weekly costs, the 2026 tourist taxes and the entry rules.

Greece means two seas with different characters: the windy Aegean with whitewashed Cyclades and the Dodecanese in the east, and the calm, green Ionian with Corfu and Zakynthos in the west, plus warm Crete in the south and mainland Halkidiki. We break down the islands and coasts by beaches, sea, wind, prices and flights from Poland, with the 2026 climate fee and entry rules.

Ayia Napa, Protaras, Larnaka, Limassol, Pafos and the quiet north-west — one island holds both white sand and bare rock. We break down Cyprus resorts from east to west: what's underfoot at the beach, sea temperatures month by month, flights from Poland, the cost of a week, and the 2026 entry rules, which differ from Greece's.

September is the best month for both Turkey and Greece: the sea is still summer-warm, the heat has broken, and prices sit below August's. We break down what genuinely separates these two destinations — money, the food format, the character of the sea, excursions and, crucially for a flight from Poland, the entry rules and the border — and who each one suits.