GRAND TOUR OF POLAND
12 days/11 nights
1 Day WARSAW
Arrival to Warsaw transfer to the hotel. In the evening welcom dinner. You will meet your tour leader and a representative from our office. Overnight stay in Warsaw.
2 Day WARSAW
Full day tour of the city. We will take you to Old City, Royal Castle on Zamkowy Square, Cathedral, Lazienki-complex of historic park with beautiful palaces, Wilanów-palace and park from the 17th century. For the evening we have scheduled a delicious dinner in a stylish restaurant which serves traditional Polish cuisine. After dinner we will invite you for a private Chopin piano concert in the original interiors of the 18th-century Myslewicki Palace in the Royal Lazienki Gardens. Overnight stay in Warsaw.
3 Day WARSAW - MALBORK - GDANSK
Transfer to Malbork. Castle of Malbork it is a historical monument put on the UNESCO World`s Heritage list. This Gothic Castle is the biggest brick fortress in all the land and has been made a World Heritage Site! A tour of Malbork takes you back in time, allowing you to learn a bit about the lifestyle of these pious Knights and how they built such a massive structure so long ago. There are big collections of amber, arms and armory, coins, ceramics ant other objects of art. Dinner at the hotel. Overnight stay in Gdansk.
4 Day GDANSK
On the way to the marvelous Old Town of Gdansk, we stop at the famous Gdansk (formerly Lenin) Shipyards where the Solidarity movement led by Lech Walesa came into being in 1980. Short walk of Old City-St. Mary's Church, City Hall, Golden and Green Gates, Neptune Fountain, ulica Długa (Long Street Drive). After an introductory tour of the city we will show you Gdansk as the best source for Amber crafts in all the world. Our Amber tour gives you a chance to see what all the fuss is about and get a close up look at one of nature's most eye pleasing gifts. Dinner at the one of Old City stylish restaurant. Overnight stay in Gdansk.
5 Day GDANSK - TORUN - WROCLAW
The next city on your itinerary is Torun, birthplace of Nicholas Copernicus. We will see the Torun Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is a delightful historical city with preserved Gothic structures, magnificent town hall, awe-inspiring fortification walls and the Polish "leaning tower of Pisa". Afternoon drive to Wroclaw. Dinner at the hotel. Overnight stay in Wroclaw.
6 Day WROCLAW - CZESTOCHOWA
A half – day tour starts at the oldest part of the city – Ostrów Tumski with the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist and the two-level gothic Church of the Holy Cross. We then continue (on foot) to the University with its magnificent baroque Aula Leopoldina. The tour ends with a stroll around the Market Square where we are bound to be amazed at the beauty of the late gothic City Hall. Afternoon drive to Czestochowa. Dinner at the hotel. Overnight stay in Czestochowa.
7 DAY CZESTOCHOWA - AUSCHWITZ - KRAKOW
After the breakfast we will go to Jasna Gora Monastery which is next to Fatima in Portugal and Lourdes in France, one of the most vivid and important pilgrimage sites of the entire Christendom. We will see not only the famous Black Madonna but also the monastery premises. The tour will be led by a resident Pauline monk. Afternoon drive to Auschwitz - Birkenau Concentration Camp, symbol of horror, inhumanity and the Holocaust. In 1979 former concentration camp was entered on the UNESCO World Heritage List. We will continue to Krakow. Dinner at the hotel. Overnight stay in Krakow.
8 Day KRAKOW
After breakfast we will show you one of the most beautiful city in Europe. Experienced guide takes you around the magical Old Town with the most important and spectacular monuments in Krakow, which is entered on UNESCO World Heritage List. Highlights: Barbican, defense walls with the Floriańska Gate, it became an important feature on the Royal Route leading to the Wawel Hill. On the route you will see the largest Market area in Europe with St. Mary’s Church. In the center of the Main Market Square is shopping mall- “Sukiennice” with which housing souvenirs shops with amber and leather things. After seeing the most important sights in Market area continuing up to the Wawel Hill, where Royal Castle and Cathedral situated is. In the afternoonn a horse-driven cart ride to the Kazimierz quarter - the centre of Jewish religions, culture and previously a separate town. Your dinner will be at a Jewish restaurant, with concert of Jewish music. Overnight stay in Krakow.
9 Day KALWARIA ZEBRZYDOWSKA - WIELICZKA
A half-day trip to the environs of Krakow. First we will see Kalwaria Zebrzydowska with the Baroque Pilgrimage Church listed as a UNESCO Heritage Site. Next we will see Wadowice which is located nearby: we will take a look at the home of John Paul II and the football pitch where he used to play. In the afternoon you will go to Wieliczka Salt Mine which is entered on UNESCO World Heritage List. It is a great experience to take part in an evening tour of the medieval galleries and halls hewn in rock and salt deposits. The only salt mine in the world preserved in this condition, 135 meters underground, visited by more than 1 milion tourists a year. Afterwards, we return to the Old Town of Krakow for dinner. Overnight stay in Krakow.
10 Day DUNAJEC RIVER GORGE - ZAKOPANE
Today we invite you to experience one of the biggest attraction of Poland – rafting through Dunajec River Gorge. The Pieniński National Park is unusual in many aspects. Its small area boasts a unique landscape and natural features: a narrow strip of the limestone rocks throughout millennia, have been weathered into round shapes from the north and the dramatic, high cliffs on the southern side. We continoue to Zakopane the Polish Capital of winter sports, mountain tourism and polish highland culture. In the evening dinner in one of the local regional restaurant with the delicious cusine and live folklore ensemble performance. Overnight stay in Zakopane.
11 Day ZAKOPANE - KRAKOW
A half-day excursion to see the local wooden architecture and beautiful panorama over Tatra Mountains seen after taking funicular railway on Gubałówka hill. After that you will also have enough time to walk down Krupowki Street for souvenir-shopping. Afternoon transfer to Krakow. Dinner at the hotel. Overnight stay in Krakow.
12 Day DEPARTURE KRAKOW
After the breakfast check out of the hotel and depart for airport. Have a nice flight!