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Local tips from the family

What to do in Gdańsk and Athens

Start at the family’s own table — Restauracja Celestin, in Gdańsk’s Old Town — then our honest notes on what to see in both cities.
GDAŃSK · ATHENS
Pan-fried salmon with steakhouse-style chips and a glass of wine on Restauracja Celestin's table, the dining room's fire glowing behind
The Celestin · ours, actually

Fine Polish dining, at our own address.

Restauracja Celestin is the family’s own table at the Celestin Residence — traditional Polish recipes in a modern take: seasonal ingredients, carefully chosen wines, and an exceptional atmosphere in the very heart of Gdańsk. The menu changes with the day, in Polish and English alike.

The Residence itself is our own hotel in Gdańsk’s Old Town — a historic merchant house on Straganiarska whose lineage reaches to the 16th century, in the shadow of St John’s. The same family that keeps your keys keeps its 32 rooms, a short walk from the quay and the Crane yet set back from the busiest stretch.

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FINE POLISH DINING · GDAŃSK OLD TOWN · KEPT BY THE FAMILY
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The Maya Journal

New notes most weeksJULY · GDAŃSK & ATHENS
The Długie Pobrzeże waterfront and the Żuraw crane lit warmly after dark, lamplight reflected in the Motława — one of the streets the fair's stalls run along.
Gdańsk · the fair21 · 07 · 26
St. Dominic's Fair, the 766th summer

From late July through mid-August, the Main Town of Gdańsk becomes a market — as it has, with one long interruption, since 1260. Our Old Town homes stand inside the fair, so here is the whole truth of those three weeks.

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Athens · our street21 · 07 · 26Mavromichali, the street we wake up onMany of our Athens homes sit on Mavromichali, where the street climbs from Akadimias toward the pines of Lycabettus — bookshops below, a Saturday market above, and a quarter with opinions all around.→Gdańsk · our quarter21 · 07 · 26Dolne Miasto, where our keys liveTen quiet minutes south of the Long Market, Gdańsk keeps a water-ringed quarter of grass bastions, bathhouse art and slow renovation. Our own building stands here — so consider this an introduction.→Gdańsk · on foot07 · 07 · 26The Royal Way, at duskThe Long Market empties, the lamps come on, and six centuries stand around you in the amber light. The best hour on Gdańsk's grandest street costs nothing.→Gdańsk · riverside07 · 07 · 26Granary Island, raised twiceFor centuries it was the warehouse of the Baltic; in 1945 it was flattened. The island across the footbridge is the rare rebuild that gave a city its waterfront back.→Gdańsk · seaside07 · 07 · 26Brzeźno, and the long pale beachA tram ride north of the bricks, Gdańsk keeps a second rhythm — a wooden pier, a wide Baltic beach, and a shore path that runs for miles.→Gdańsk · quiet streets07 · 07 · 26A lane back from the Royal WayPiwna, Ogarna, Straganiarska, Toruńska — step one street off the postcard and Gdańsk belongs to the people who live there. The landmarks stay close; the crowds do not follow.→
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