Hel
Hel is a town in Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, located on the tip of the Hel Peninsula, some 33 kilometres from the Polish mainland. On the Mierzeja Helska (Hel Peninsula), a beautiful, wide and clean beach stretches along the side facing the open sea. It is walled by dunes, some of them up to 14 m high, that only start to be overgrown by plants. The Hel Peninsula is a favourite holiday destination. The most popular resort are Hel, Jastarnia and Jurata. Hel after the war yet again became a naval base. In 1960 a road linking Hel with Jastarnia on the mainland was built. Three years later city rights were reintroduced. Since then the tourist industry started to recover and several hotels, guest houses and pensions were built. In 1996 the Polish Navy sold all remaining parts of the peninsula to the civilian authorities and only a small naval base is located there today. The harbour now serves primarily as a yacht marina. Hel houses a sea life biological laboratory and there are interesting examples of naval armament and equipment exhibited throughout the town. The most easterly edge of Hel, which was once a military territory, can now be accessed by the general public making it possible to walk all the way around the peninsula. At early August there is The Northern Peoples Festival at Hel, presenting folk ensembles from Poland and abroad.
If you are going to spend some time in Hel you will need to book your hotel and we encourage you to do it by using our hotel search panel on our website where you will find widest choice of hotels in Hel and best rates. We can also offer you many tours and activities like:
- tour to Jastarnia – a popular summer and climatic health resort with a fishing port and a passenger boat terminal
- tour to Jurata – a part of Jastarnia situated in a beautiful pine forest. Jurata has two beaches: on the open sea and on the Gulf of Puck, and one of the most expensive Polish hotels – Bryza
- tour to Kuznica – a fishing village known since 1570; today a bathing place with a sandy beach within the boundaries of Jastarnia
- tour to Tricity: Gdansk, Gdynia, Sopot
- tour by cruise ship
- tour by ferry
Please contact us for more details.
