Pilgrimages across Poland

1 day
Arrival to Cracow. Visit the sanctuary in Cracow – Łagiewniki, famous with sister Faustina and her grave. Visit the Shrine of Jesus. Dinner and overnight stay in hotel.

2 day
Breakfast, guided tour of Cracow: the Main Market Square the place where some legends and many historic events are closely linked, St. Mary’ s Basilica and historical trade pavilions of the Cloth Hall, the Royal Route, Collegium Maius, Wawel Hill with its impressive, renaissance Royal Castle and Cathedral (the seat of Cardinal Karol Wojtyla before he became Pope Jahn Paul II). Dinner in the restaurant on Old City, overnight.

3 day
Breakfast. Departure to Wadowice, birthplace of John Paul II. Visit his former home and parish church. Transfer to Oświęcim. Visit the former Nazi concentration camp Auchwitz-Birkenau, where St Maxymilian Kolbe and St Edith died. Departure to Częstochowa. Dinner and overnight.

4 day
Breakfast. Visit to Jasna Góra - Czestochowa monastery the most important place for Polish Catholicism. The tour includes the Paulinian’ s Hill, the Treasury and the Chapel with the famous icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Dinner in Czestochowa, transfer to Warsaw.

5 day
Breakfast. Half day tour of Warsaw. Visit to the Castle Square, St John’s s Cathedral, walk through the Market Square. Dinner and overnight.

6 day
Breakfast. Visit to the New Town Market and its Church and Monastery of Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. Stop at the Krasinski Place near to the Monument of Warsaw’s Uprising. Departure to Niepokalanów. Visit in the Franciscan Monastery and basilica with the figure Mother of God of the Immaculate Conception. Visiting the Museum of St. Maximilian Kolbe. Departure to Lichen. Visiting the new Polish sanctuary, consecrated in 1999 by John Paul II. Dinner and overnight.

7 day
Breakfast. Arrival to Poznan. City tour including the Old Town Market Square and its Old Town Hall. Walk to Ostrów Tumski - the oldest part of Poznan, with reconstructed gothic cathedral built in 10th century, Bishop’s Palace, the 16th century Lubranskich Academy and gothic Church of the Sacred Virgin Mary. Departure to Gniezno, the seat of first Polish archbishop in 10th century. Visiting the Gothic cathedral with its famous 12th century bronze doors. Dinner and overnight.

8 day
Breakfast. Departure to Torun. Guided tour in the city includes House of Nicolaus Copernicus, the Town Hall, St. Mary’s and St. John’s Church, the ruins of the Teutonic Knights Castle. Departure to Plock. Dinner and overnight.

9 day
Breakfast. City tour including visit to the cathedral, the Benedictine Abbey and the house of the Congregation where St Faustina Kowalska worked and received the message from Jesus of Mercy. Dinner and overnight.

10 day
Breakfast. Departure to Warsaw or Cracow. Return ride or flight.

Price: 540 Euro / person
(option for group of 40 persons)

Price includes: accommodation in hotels, pensions in double, triple rooms with private facilities, 9 breakfasts and 9 dinners, service of our tour leader, local guide services in visiting cities.

Additional info: entrance tickets not included in the price, price option with transfers by our coach on request.

The  price  for you depends on standard of accommodation, number of visiting persons and date of your visit.
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Cracow- an ancient magic city.
Cracow offers a wide spectrum of museums, art galleries full of exhibitions, theatres, historic cellars, clubs, cafes & restaurants with live music, is an exciting destination for the travelers on the world map!
The city’s cultural heritage is mirrored in its intellectual achievements – the Jagiellonian University is the oldest in Poland. The student population of the city numbers almost 100,000 and this large student population fires a lively nightlife scene that burns brightly in the atmospheric cellar bars away from the tourists above. Cracow has sharply contrasting seasons with cold, snowy winters and fresh springs and autumns. Visitors should beware of the locals’ use of the word fresh – an optimistic reference to blatantly cold weather. The labyrinthine cellars of the Old Town are an ideal place to escape the winter chill. However, come summer, the quintessential Cracow experience is relaxing in a pavement café on the main square enjoying one of the long and balmy nights.

Cracow (Krakow) is now well established as a major tourist destination. At the height of summer, Poland’s fourth largest city throngs with tour groups, all manner of tourist tack and countless pavement cafés that seem to occupy every cobble of the main square. Out of season, late at night or even in the first slivers of morning light, it is clear why so many people flock to visit. This magical city, situated in the southeast of the country, between the Jura uplands and the Tatra Mountains, on the banks of the Wisla (Vistula) River, has one of the best-preserved medieval city centres in Europe. Dozens of churches cover almost every architectural period and are surrounded by monasteries and abbeys – walking through the Old Town streets is like drifting back through the musty pages of a historical novel.

Cracow – a tourist horn of plenty
Cracow, Poland's former royal capital, is one of the most attractive spots on the tourist map of Europe. This is a place where legends, history and modernity intertwine. The city, which lies on the banks of the Vistula River, is famous for its priceless historical monuments of culture and art.

259,000 inhabitants, is the main centre of religious worship in Poland. This is due to the miraculous icon of Our Lady of Częstochowa known as the Black Madonna. The sanctuary is located in the Pauline monastery on Jasna Góra, which has been a major goal of pilgrimages for centuries. The monastery was founded in 1382. The icon of St Mary with the Child, as the legend has it, was painted by St Luke 13 years after the death of Christ. Very soon it was ascribed miraculous powers. Its strength was also reputedly proven by the fact that monks and Polish soldiers successfully withheld the Swedish 40 day siege in the 17th century. Since that time the monastery on Jasna Góra with the icon of Black Madonna has become the country’s principal religious symbol. The first buildings appeared here in the 15th century. The monastery derives its contemporary shape predominantly from the 17th century.

Welcome to Warsaw interesting and happening city in Europe!
Today the city has undergone a huge transformation process. Many old buildings gave way to modern sky scrapers and dilapidating old town was restored. Worth seeing subsection includes sample walks around Warsaw and has suggestions on trips outside of Warsaw.

Warsaw – a charming capital
Warsaw is a city with many faces where tradition intermingles with modernity. From the terrace on Zamkowy Square, where the Royal Castle and St. Anne's Church are located, is a view of the new Świętokrzyski Bridge. The dominating silhouette of the city centre belongs to the Palace of Culture and Science, which today shares the city skyline with numerous office towers. You can feel the breath of history in the Old Town, on Nowy Świat Street and everywhere where the city's roots have been preserved.

We hope you enjoy your stay in one of the most interesting and happening places in Europe!
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Wadowice (280 – 300 m) is located in the west of Malopolska Voivodship on the bank of the Skawa river at the foot of the Beskid Mountains at the crossroads of the main routes between Silesia and Podhale and Kraków and Cieszyn.

We recommend the tourists and pilgrims to visit:
- Minor Basilica – the Church of the Presentation of Blessed Virgin Marry - the oldest part of the church – rectangular, gothic presbytery, comes from 15th century. The church strictly connected with Karol Wojtyła’s childhood and youth.
- Museum – Family House of Karol Wojtyła - the building is Pope’s birthplace. The Museum is led by the Sisters of Nazareth.
- Church of St. Peter - the temple was built in years 1986-1991 as thanks for the election of Karol Wojtyła as Pope and for the life of the Holy Father  after the assassination attempt on the 13th May 1981 in St. Peter’s Square.
- Monastery of the Order of the Discalced Carmelites - Monastery of the Order of the Discalced Carmelites was built in the years 1897–1899. There is Father Raphael’s cell in the  monastery which is accessible to visit.
- Town Museum - the building is from 1800. The museum gathers keepsakes and exhibits connected with the town and surroundings.

The first capital of Poland and also the old sea of Polish Archbishops. the most important monument in the town is the Cathedral with the shrine of Saint Adalbert and the bronze doors a fine example of Romanesque decorative arts. 

All who want to acquaint with the beginning of our State and the beginning of the Christian faith in Poland are cordialy invited to Gniezno, the First Capital of Poland and the City of St. Adalbert. It was here that legendary Lech bade his brothers Czech and Rus farewell, and stayed here to found on a hill the first city.

There are numerous hotels, motels and restaurants and many new project under development. Tourism still remains one off the most important income sources for Gniezno citizens.

Gniezno is a town open for investors. The authorities and citizens welcome all new prospects and ideas for those who are willing to invest in this marvelous city and see the great venues and opportunities.

Toruń (200,000 inhabitants) is proud of its Old Town, which has been added to UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List. Founded in 1233 by the Teutonic Knights, the city is home to many splendid examples of historical architecture. The Old Town Hall combines the elements of Gothic with late Renaissance. Opposite, there is a monument commemorating Nicolaus Copernicus. In the house of his birth, a collection of documents and instruments from the epoch can be viewed. His name was given to the Toruń University. The sumptuous church of St Mary is famous for its stellar vault.

Nicolaus Copernicus
The famous astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was born and lived in the medieval town of Toruń, which is now on the UNESCO World’s Cultural Heritage List. Copernicus was the first astronomer who said that the earth is not the centre of the universe, but rather the planets revolve around the Sun. Maybe this is what makes our sky so attractive for aviators. Polish air clubs have training courses for aircraft and glider pilots. Hang-gliding and increasingly popular motor-gliding can also be enjoyed in Poland. Enthusiasts of hot-air ballooning and parachuting are also catered for.

125,000 inhabitants, is set in the picturesque landscape on the banks of the Vistula. Although today an oil-processing centre, the city can boast a sizeable number of historic treasures. A complex of burgher houses dating from the 18th and 19th centuries forms the old town. The town hall raised in 1825 is one of the finest examples of neoclassical architecture in Poland. The cathedral on the Tumskie Hill (Wzgórze Tumskie) dates back to the first half of 12th century and is the oldest settelment in Mazovia, and was the residence of the first Polish king, a bishopric and a commercial center on the Wisla waterway. it suffered severely from Swedish invasion and lost its importance. The highlights of the town include medieval Cathedral, the Regional museum of Art Nouveau.

This youngest of all Polish religious shrines is located 42 km west of Warsaw. The venerated figure of Our Lady is placed in a niche of the church tympanum. The cult of the place is mainly due to the founder of the local monastery, Father Maksymilian Kolbe. This Franciscan monk died a martyr’s death in the Nazi concentration and death camp of Auschwitz. is a perfect place for a leisurely stroll. Unveiled in 1926, the Chopin Monument is sited just behind the middle entrance to the park. Open-air Chopin concerts are held here in summer, invariably drawing crowds of music lovers and casual passers-by. Scattered around the park are the historical buildings of the Palace on the Isle, Amphitheatre, Myślewice Palace, and a few others. The Royal Way ends up with the Belvedere Palace, until recently the Polish White House.