ALL ABOUT POLAND - tour of 2012 season

Day 1st  Warsaw City Tour
Your arrival at Warsaw airport, where you are welcomed by our guide. Transfer to a centrally located hotel. Afternoon guided tour of Warsaw Old Town, with a welcome dinner at regional restaurant at the Old Town in Warsaw. An overnight stay at your hotel. (D)

Day 2nd  Warsaw City Tour – Gniezno - Poznan
Breakfast. Next, second part of guided tour of Warsaw including The Royal Route and “Łazienki” – the Royal Park. You will see also places like the former Jewish ghetto, the Monument to the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. Early that afternoon departure to Poznan, with a break in Gniezno – the historic capital of Poland. Dinner and an overnight stay at a hotel in Poznan. (B,D)

Day 3rd  Poznan City Tour
Breakfast, and a half-day guided 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. Afternoon for your private arrangements in Poznan. Dinner and overnight stay at a hotel. (B,D)

Day 4th  Wrocław City Tour
Breakfast and departure to Wrocław. Guided tour of Wroclaw: the Old Town Square, Gothic Town Hall, complex of medieval architecture on Ostrów Tumski Island with gothic Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, the University. Later that day check-in at a hotel, dinner at a restaurant at the Old Town. An overnight stay at a hotel. (B,D)

Day 5th  Bolesławiec Ceramics – Częstochowa – Jasna Gora Monastery
Breakfast, morning departure to Bolesławiec – a Polish city famous for hand-made and coloured ceramics. Short visit at a local shop - manufacture, and next departure to Częstochowa for a guided tour of 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. Check in at a hotel in Częstochowa. Dinner and optional visit at Jasna Góra to participate in evening Mass. An overnight stay at a hotel. (B,D)

Day 6th  Krakow City Tour
Breakfast, departure to Kraków. Guided tour of the city: 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. Afternoon time for your private strolls, gift shopping and relaxation. Dinner at a regional restaurant with a live music, and an overnight stay at a hotel. (B,D)

Day 7th  Auschwitz – Birkenau Tour
Breakfast, visit to the former German Nazi concentration camp Auchwitz-Birkenau, where St. Maximilian Kolbe and St. Edith died. Next, your afternoon visit to the Wieliczka Salt Mine – one of the famous UNESCO World Heritage places. Dinner and an overnight at a hotel in Kraków. (B,D)

Day 8th  Wadowice – Zakopane Tour
Breakfast, and transfer to Wadowice – the birthplace of John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla). Visit his former home and parish church. Transfer to Zakopane and guided half-day tour of the region. Your tour includes the wooden church at Jaszczurowka, sightseeing tour of the town including funicular ride up Gubalowka mountain, from where you can admire a full panorama of the Tatra mountains, followed by a visit to the regional market. Dinner in a regional restaurant with live folk music, overnight stay at a hotel in Zakopane. (B,D)

Day 9th  Pieniny Raft Trip
Breakfast and whole day tour to Pieniny range mountains including raft trip through Pieniny Mountains on Dunajec Gorge, stops in Niedzica to admire picturesque castle with gothic and renaissance parts. Afternoon return drive to Zakopane. Dinner and an overnight stay at a hotel. (B,D)

Day 10th  Sandomierz City Tour
Breakfast, next travel to the town of Sandomierz, a fine example of renaissance architecture. The visit includes a walk through the streets of the Old Town, a visit to the castle and finishes at St. Jacob's Church and Dominican Monastery. Dinner and an overnight stay at a hotel.(B,D)

Day 11th  Kazimierz Dolny – Kozłówka - Warsaw
After breakfast we drive to Kazimierz Dolny, with a visit to its picturesque old town on the River Vistula, known as a place especially cherished by artists. Panoramic tour of the town. Next, we will continue to the town of Kozłówka to visit of the famous Polish "Museum of Socialism" with its gallery of the art of socialist realism. Then we continue to Warsaw. Farewell dinner and an overnight stay at a hotel. (B,D)

Day 12th  Return flight from Warsaw
Breakfast and transfer to the Warsaw airport for your return flight. (B)


Tour dates: any on your request


Price:  1790 USD / per person, accommodated in a dbl bed room.
(sample tour price, for a group of min. 15 persons) 


Price includes:
- transfers by a luxury coach according to the tour program,
- service of professional English speaking tour director,
- accommodation (11) in selected 3*/ 4* hotels in twins beds or double bed rooms,
- breakfasts (11) and dinners (11) - (3 regional),
- services of English speaking local guides in visited cities,
- reservations for entrance tickets according to the program,
- entrance tickets according to the tour program,
- luggage services at the hotels,
- VAT and local taxes.

Additional info:
- single bed room supplement - 390 USD / person,
- personal orders and possible tips for driver and tour director not included.

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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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Poznan one of the oldest cities in Poland by the Warta River.
Poznan's impressive cathedral is the earliest church in the country, containing the tombs of the first Polish rulers: duke Mieszko I, king Boleslaw the Brave, king Mieszko II, dupe Casimir I the Restorel, duke Przemyslaw I and king Przemyslaw II. Today the city is a vibrant center for trade, industry, and education. Poznań is Poland's 5th largest city and 4th biggest industrial center.

Poznań is known around the world as an important international trade-fair centre. Every year about 30 international and national events are held here. Specialist trade fairs, such as the Polagra Fair, featuring food products, and the Budma Fair, featuring building materials, are among the largest sectoral events in Europe.

The historical landmarks in this city are also well worth seeing. The observation terrace of the Economics Academy skyscraper, 80 m above ground, offers an excellent view of the city's old quarter, Ostrów Tumski, where the cathedral stands today and where once stood the castle of Prince Mieszko I and his son Bolesław the Brave, crowned in 1025 the first king of Poland. Their sarcophaguses can be viewed in the Golden Chapel of the cathedral. Besides gold cups and monstrances from the churches of Wielkopolska, the Archdiocese Museum houses Poland's only painting by Anthony van Dyck.

Poznań's most beautiful church is the huge Baroque Parish Church of St. Stanisław. This is one of Poznań's most mysterious buildings, since parts of the crypts have not yet been investigated. Rumors say that crates of sketches by great Polish painters Jan Matejko and Wojciech Gerson, purchased for the Poznań City Museum just before World War II, were hidden here. Organ concerts are held in the church every day in the summer, with proceeds going to the renovation of the historic organ. Billy goats on the Town Hall The city authorities were housed in the Renaissance Town Hall until 1939, and today the building is home to the Poznań History Museum. At noon two mechanical billy goats clash horns on the Town Hall tower in the middle of the Old Market Square. The fasade of the houses surrounding the square, once the homes of the wealthiest residents, feature Renaissance and Baroque motifs.

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.

Auschwitz-Birkenau (Oświęcim-Brzezinka in Polish)
All over the world, Auschwitz has become a symbol of terror, genocide, and the Holocaust. It was established by the Nazis in the suburbs of the city of Oswiecim which, like other parts of Poland, was occupied by the Germans during the Second World War. The name of the city of Oswiecim was changed to Auschwitz, which became the name of the camp as well. June 14, 1940, when the first transport of Polish political prisoner deportees arrived in Auschwitz, is regarded as the date when it began to function. Since 1940 it was the location of a concentration and later of the extermination camp. By January 1945 around 2 million people had been killed here, mostly Jews but also Gypsies, as well as political and war prisoners. The camp was designed to be an organized death factory. Everything was thoroughly put into accounts. On leaving the camp, the SS blew up part of the facilities. The barracks once crammed with prisoners, the torture and execution sites and the rail-tracks leading straight to the camp remained on place to stand witness to this appalling cruelty. Tourists can watch the movie made by the Soviet troops during the camp’s liberation. This memorial site can be visited every day. It was added to UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List.

our first choice! the capital of Polish Tatras.
From here, you can reach virtually every single mountain nook in Tatras. Starting your day with a thrilling climb, continuing emotions in a great theatre, ending in one of Zakopane's numerous bars and pubs, your stay here will certainly be remembered. Tourists will find many attractions in Zakopane, starting with walks through the picturesque mountain valleys, wild terrain bicycle rides and horse rides and line railway rides to Kasprowy Wierch, Gubałówka and Butorowy Wierch. In winter the enthusiasts of white madness come to Zakopane to ski down the professionally prepared routes. On the lighted, evened-out with ratracks slopes of Nosal, Gubałówka and Polana Szymoszkowa you can see people skiing till late evening, sometimes even night hours. Krupówki, the cult walking place of Zakopane, is crowded all day and evening long. You can rest from the bustle of everyday life and regain your vigour here.

A delightful town on the Wisła River, with over 120 historic buildings, some over 800 yearsold. Museum and galleries testify to vibrant cultural life. Guided tours of the cellars beneath the main square. Stunning ravines close to the old town.

Sandomierz undoubtedly has always been a European city as itpreserved the various marks of the history of Europe and it belongs to its cultural heritage. Sandomierz a town whose roots reach back over ten centuries, is picturesquely situated on the edge of Kielecko - Sandomierska Upland, declining in theform of huge slopes into the Vistula valley.

Formerly Sandomierz belonged to the biggest towns in Poland. As sedes regni principalis it used to be aduke’s seat and a royal residence. Bound up with Christianity for ten ages, together with a nearby Zawichost it was also a communication link of international trade route, leading from Western Europe through Wrocław, Cracow, Wiślica and Sandomierz to Rus and further eastwards until Mongolian Empire. Sandomierz and Zawichost guarded the main ford across the Vistula.