Toilets l Visas l Safety l Three Cities l Market Values Floors Polish floor numbering is sensibly like that of Western Europe. The ground floor is exactly that, and the first floor is the next one up. One z oty equals 100 groszy. You will get a better deal by using a kantor that displays its exchange rate in the window. Many hotels, restaurants, travel agencies, petrol stations and larger shops accept American Express, MasterCard and Visa cards.
ATMs are widespread.
Loss or theft of credit cards such as Diners Club, EuroCard, JCB, MasterCard, PolCard and Visa should be reported to PolCard tel. American Express cardholders should call tel. For over one thousand years Poland has been a bulwark of Catholicism, fighting against the horrors of pagan invasions and looking to Catholicism for a sense of social and national unity. When Poland was partitioned in the 19th century, many turned to the church for solace and during the communist era, underground resistance meetings were surreptitiously held in churches. Polish-born Pope John Paul II is a genuine source of pride for all Poles, and is beloved in a way more profound than cynics in the West can understand.