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Day 1
Warsaw
Welcome to Poland!
- Individual arrivals to Warsaw.
- Optional transfer to the hotel.
- Overnight in 4* hotel centrally located in Warsaw.
Day 2
Warsaw
Breakfast at your hotel. • Feel like a local and use unlimited Warsaw transportation this day with your guide. • Visit Warsaw – the capital city of Poland. During this tour, we will visit the most important spots in the city and will have an opportunity to become acquainted with the sometimes tragic past of Warsaw and the history of Poland. We will start our tour by visiting the Old Town, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the New Town. We will continue our journey to Krasinski Palace, the Supreme Court building and the Warsaw Uprising Monument. • Cross the Vistula river by boat and move for a while to Praga. Explore the right bank part of Warsaw. As it was, fortunately and almost miraculously, not destroyed during World War II, it is now considered to be the most authentic part of the city. Discover shrines hidden away in the courtyards and seek out the original murals found in the area. • Step into the Bazar Różyckiego, Warsaw’s oldest market, where clients shop for the best products. Warsaw local food speciality Pyzy is a characteristic Polish meal. It’s like little dumplings in the form of knödel, usually stuffed with meat with pork scratching, some lard or fried onion on top. There are different options so you can try with cheese or with fruit and on top you can also have some sauces like green pesto. • Don’t you feel tired? Go by yourself to the Lazienki Royal Park to see the famous monument dedicated to Frederic Chopin. Relax in the beautiful rose garden, among the dazzling orchid house or go to the palace. We will truly treat you as in every big European Capital City. • Optional evening activity: Chopin concert: Start your romantic evening in the Old Town listening a Chopin concert. Nested in the cobblestones streets of the Old Town of Warsaw stands a unique neoclassical concert hall with original interiors and stylish decorations. The concert pianist plays on century decorations. Walk through the doors and step into a world of irresistible atmosphere, of Chopin’s greatest pieces played by internationally recognized pianists. Enjoy a glass of sparkling wine. End your day in one of the many restaurants in the Old Town. Price/Ticket: 39 EUR / pax • Overnight in 4* hotel centrally located in Warsaw.
Day 3
Warsaw – Wroclaw
Breakfast at your hotel. • Direct train IC class Warszawa Centralna - Wroclaw Glowny (4h30min). • Transfer from the train station to your hotel. • Start exploring Wroclaw from visiting to a Polish bakery and tasting local treats. It is a delightful experience filled with the irresistible aroma of freshly baked bread and pastries. The display is often a feast for the eyes, featuring golden-brown pączki (Polish donuts), flaky tworoz cheesecake (butter cookies), and rich, creamy sernik (cheesecake). • Welcome to magic Wroclaw – the City of 100 Bridges. Its rich history and medieval character attracts millions of tourists every year. Admire the 13th century Cathedral of St. John the Baptist located on Ostrow Tumski island – the oldest part of the city. Crossing the bridge over Odra River, we enter the Old Town to see Wroclaw University famous for Aula Leopoldina – a representative baroque hall. Further walk around medieval cobblestone streets leads to the Market Square, one of the largest in Europe, surrounded by old tenement houses with the gothic Town Hall in the centre. • Overnight in 4* hotel centrally located in Wroclaw.
Day 4
Wroclaw – Krakow
• Breakfast at your hotel. • Direct train IC class Wroclaw Glowny - Krakow Glowny (3h). • Feel like a local and take unlimited travels of public transport with your guide. • Start your sightseeing from tasting “zapiekanka” a Polish fast food consisting of half a baguette (or huge panini) usually covered with mushrooms, ham, cheese and vegetables. There are a lot of varieties and it all depends on the ingredients you want to put in it. • Krakow is the cultural capital of Poland with Old Town listed as UNESCO Heritage. During the tour you would see Barbican and defensive walls with Florian’s Gate, the Main Market Square with Sukiennice (Cloth Hall), St Mary’s Church and Town Hall Tower. We would proceed to the Jagiellonian University, pass by Archbishop Palace (where John Paul II used to live) as well as St Andrew’s Church and St Peter and Paul’s Church to reach the Wawel Hill. • Overnight in 4* hotel centrally located in Krakow.
Day 5
Krakow
• Breakfast at your hotel. • Optional trip to Auschwitz-Birkenau: All over the world Auschwitz has become a symbol of terror, genocide and the Holocaust. It was established by the Nazis in 1940, in the suburbs of the city of Oswiecim (Auschwitz in German) which, like other parts of Poland, was occupied by the Germans during the Second World War. A visit to concentration and extermination camp museum might help you to comprehend what incomprehensible. • Optional dinner with Klezmer music concert: In the evening we celebrate the end of a great tour with a traditional Jewish dinner accompanied by Klezmer music with its expressive melodies, said to be reminiscent of the human voice. Following dinner, if you wish to join them, your Leader will take you to a few local bars and pubs to give you the chance to try the typical Polish beers and the extensive local vodka varieties. • Overnight in 4* hotel centrally located in Krakow.
Day 6
Krakow – Wieliczka – Krakow
• Breakfast at your hotel. • Optional trip to Wieliczka Salt Mine: Transfer from Krakow to Wieliczka the most beautiful and the oldest operating salt mine in the world (UNESCO Heritage). From over 700 years it was a source of Polish fortune and a physical fundament of culture. Today Wieliczka is the most willingly visited Polish tourist object with magnificent chapels, charming underground lakes and original tools and equipment. During this tour you could see a number of excavated chambers on 3 levels adorned with beautiful sculptures made of salt as well as a salt museum. Transfer back to Krakow. • Overnight in 4* hotel centrally located in Krakow.
Day 7
Krakow
• Breakfast at your hotel. • Optional transfer to the airport/train station. • Flight back to your country. I hope you enjoy this trip and come back to see us soon!