In Your Pocket have teamed up with the team at Polandbylocals to offer a range of activity tours covering a wide range of different themes including paintball events in the shipyards, pierogi making, local beer tasting and bicycle tours which take you out into the surrounding forests.

1. Malbork Castle
One of the country’s most impressive historical sites that attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. In fact, Malbork Castle is a collective of three distinctly different ensembles known as the High Castle, Middle Castle and Outer Bailey, all surrounded by a vast dry moat. Each one has a number of sites to visit, like the breathtaking St. Mary’s Church, the Grand Masters’ final resting place and the impressive courtyard in the centre of the Middle Castle. Many rooms are open to the public, including during the summer a wonderful recreation of the Castle’s mill hidden away in a garden in the southwest corner of the High Castle. The castle is a real treasure trove and includes an enormous collection of weaponry as well as an amber exhibition. Other rooms are devoted to the Teutonic life and feature the requisite collection of armour, flags and goblets. This activity involves a lot of walking and there are a number of narrow staircases, which need to be negotiated. Remember to wear comfortable walking shoes and a bottle of water, particularly on hot summer days. Ticket prices come inclusive of a guide and you can either join one of the regularly departing groups or pick up one of the limited numbers of audioguides. Tickets, tours and information are all found in the modern Malbork Castle Museum building set just outside the walls on the south-east side or you can pre-order online.

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