Jurata is village and a resort on Baltic Sea in Pomorskie Voivodship in Poland.
Get in[edit]
By plane[edit]
- The international Lech Walesa airport at Gdansk [1][dead link] or the international Szczecin-Goleniow airport [2].
By car[edit]
- From Gdansk or Szczecin by the route E28 to Reda and than just north to Wladyslawowo by the 216. From Wladyslawowo east along the Hel Peninsula.
By train[edit]
See PKP [3]
- 1 Jurata railway station.
By bus[edit]
- See PKS [4]
Get around[edit]
The resort is quite small and has a very specific pine forest character. You can easily walk across the whole village on foot or rent a bicycle. Prior to 1928 it was a fishing village. Jurata is also the name of a Slavic pagan goddess of the Baltic Sea. The village was named after her.
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Do[edit]
As a primarily beach village, visitors will spend most of their time sun-bathing and swimming. While the water is of excellent quality, it is cold at times, and visitors should watch for small jellyfish. Jurata also has excellent wind-surfing opportunities - renting, lessons, etc.
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Eat[edit]
Jurata is known for its amazing seafood - all varieties, in all forms. Visitors can also sample traditional Polish crepes and cabbage rolls, while more Western food is available as well.
Drink[edit]
Sleep[edit]
Primarily nice, clean, and quaint small villas and apartment-style rooms, though Western resorts are gradually being built.
Go next[edit]
Gdańsk Bay:
- Pommeranian metropol Gdansk with a beautiful old town and the biggest gothic brick church worldwide
- sea resort Sopot with the longest European mole
- sea resort and port Gdynia with the biggest Baltic port
- sea resort Puck
Vistula Bay:
- medieval town of Elblag
- sea resort and medieval town of Frombork with the grave of Nicolaus Copernicus
- sea resort Kadyny with one of the best European studs
Kashubian Coast:
- Slowinski Nationalpark with the biggest dunes in Europe
- sea resort Rowy
- sea resort Leba
- sea resort Jastrzebia Gora
- sea resort Rozewie
- sea resort Wladyslawowo
On the Hel Peninsula:
On the Vistula Peninsula:
- sea resort Krynica Morska