Central and Southern Poland
- accommodation at 3* hotels,
- 2 x hb in Warsaw,
- 3 x hb in Cracow,
- 1 x hb in Zakopane,
- city sightseeing of Warsaw and Cracow / entry fee included /,
- visits to the Royal Castles in Warsaw and Cracow, the monastery in Czestochowa,
- the salt-mine in Wieliczka / entry fees incl. /,
- raft trip on the Dunajec River,
- funicular to Gubalowka,
- excursion coach,
- English / German / French / Russian / Swedish / Norwegian speaking, tour manager.
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1Day
Arrival in Warsaw, transfer to hotel, dinner and
overnight. -
2Day
After breakfast sigtseeing of Warsaw including visit
to the Royal Castle / the monument of our nation’s history
presents Polish social and cultural heritage and tradition
- the official royal residence since 1596 when the King
Sigismund III Vasa moved the capital of Poland from Cracow
to Warsaw.
Afternoon - time at leisure or optional trip to Zelazowa
Wola / birthplace of our famous composer Frederic Chopin /.
Visit to the museum devoted to the composer.
Dinner and overnight at the hotel. -
3Day
Drive to Cracow. En route stop in Czestochowa and
visit to the Monastery with Black Madonna Shrine. The
Pauline Monastery founded in 1382 is the main target of
pilgrimages in Poland.
Accommodation in Cracow , dinner and overnight.
Dinner and overnight in Lublin. -
4Day
After breakfast visiting to the Wawel Royal Castle
/ the residence of Polish Kings. You can admire the Parliamentary
Room with sculptured heads in the woodden
caissons of the ceiling, exceptionally rich set of furniture in
the royal apartements, a wonderful collection of the Flemish
arras tapestries. In the Wawel Cathedral you can see
the stone sarcophagis of Polish Kings and the tombs of the
people most meritorious to their motherland - Poland /.
In the afternoon - sightseeing tour of Cracow including:
the Main Market Square / one of the greatest in Europe /,
the Royal Route, Collegium Maius, the St. Mary’s Basilica with the famous altar - masterpiece of the genius woodcarver of Nurem- berg, Wit Stwosz / 1477-1489 /.
Dinner and Overnight -
5Day
Visit to the salt mine in Wieliczka - approx. 13 km
away from Cracow.This salt mine is registered in the UNESCO
World Cultural Heritage. List. Our tour includes
among other things :14 post-exploitation chambers, where
galleries, halls, chapels and numerous sculptures were
curved and hewn in the salt rock.
Afternoon - time at leisure, dinner and overnight. -
6Day
Drive to Zakopane. En route raft trip on the Dunajec
River. The journey on the waves of the Dunajec River
through a gorge in the Pieniny Mountains lasts ca. 2,5 hrs
and is a rare meeting with a wild and for thousands of
years unchanged nature. It’s one of the most interesting
tourist attractions in Poland.
In the afternoon a short journey to Gubalowka by funicular.
In the evening a folklore performance in the regional inn.
Overnight in Zakopane. -
7Day
After breakfast - drive to 'the F. Chopin International
Airport' in Warsaw.