Poland in one week - tour of 2009 !!!

Poland in one week
all what must be seen…

Day 1st  
Your arrival at Warsaw airport or train station, where you are welcomed by our driver. Transfer to a centrally located hotel. Time to relax. An overnight stay at your hotel.

Day 2nd
Breakfast. Next, half-day guided tour of Warsaw including all of the most important places in Polish capital: the Old Town with the Royal Castle, 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. Later that afternoon time to relax, private walks or gift shopping. Optional Chopin music concert at evening time. An overnight stay at a hotel.

Day 3rd
Breakfast. Transfer to the Warsaw train station with our driver service. Departure by express - intercity train to Cracow. During your three hour journey, you will be able to see a lot of different Polish landscapes. Your arrival in Cracow, where you will be welcomed by our driver, and transferred to a centrally located hotel. Time to relax. An overnight stay at a hotel.

Day 4th
Breakfast, guided tour of Cracow: the Main Market Square with famous St. Mary’s Basilica and historical trade pavilions of the Cloth Hall, the Royal Route, Wawel Hill with its impressive, renaissance Royal Castle and Cathedral. Moreover a walk round the Old Jewish Quarter - Kazimierz, where Steven Spilberg came to shoot "Schindler’s List". Afternoon time for a gift shopping and private walks. Optional dinner with live music at a regional restaurant in centre of Cracow. Next, an overnight stay at a hotel.

Day 5th
Breakfast and one of two optional tours to chose from for that day:
- Wieliczka Royal Salt Mine - a visit to the famous Royal Salt Mine with a numerous underground chambers, chapels and salt sculptures. That place is inscribed in UNESCO World Heritage List, as well as Auschwitz – Birkenau Museum.
- Auschwitz – Birkenau State Museum in Oświęcim - the biggest German Nazi concentration camp from the II World War. Next, return drive to Cracow and an overnight stay at a hotel.

Day 6th
Breakfast, one of two optional whole day tours to chose from:
- Częstochowa – the Black Madonna monastery – Poland’s spiritual heart and one of the most important pilgrimage centre in Europe.
- Zakopane – “the winter capital of Poland” and the Tatra mountains with breathtaking views, unique folk culture and dishes. 
Return drive to Cracow at evening time for an overnight stay at your hotel.

Day 7th
Breakfast. Transfer by our driver to the Cracow airport for your return flight.


Dates: tour starts everyday between 1st of March and 1st of November 2010 on your request: info@excitingpoland.com (with only few days exceptions for public holidays)

Price: 880 $ / person 

Price includes:
- all necessary airport / hotel / train station transfers upon arrivals and departures,
- accommodation at 3* - 4* centrally located hotels in Warsaw and Cracow, in a double or twin bed room,
- breakfasts at the hotels,
- guided in English tours mentioned in the tour program above, with transfers and entrance tickets,
- train ticket for Warsaw – Cracow journey at 1st class express train compartment,
- VAT (tax).

Additional information:
- single room supplementary fee on request,
- Chopin music concert – 50 $ / person,
- dinner with music in Cracow – 48 $ / person,
- option of Wieliczka Royal Salt Mine and Auschwitz–Birkenau tours at the same day - 70 $ / person supplementary fee,
- any tour extension and return train journey to Warsaw available on request,
- upgrade standard for that tour (private guide-driver for whole tour with half or full board) on request.

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.

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!
This site enables you to make the most of your travel to Warsaw. It offers export recommendations for sights to visit, places to stay, car rentals, excursions, restaurants as well as provides useful practical traveller’s information. Hotels, car rentals and excursions can be now reserved online using our fast and reliable service. If you wish to contact us regarding personalized trip to Warsaw or Poland please e-mail us and one of our reservation clerks will get back to you with useful information.

Tour program
As you walk down 360 steps into the salt mine, you get the impression of entering a vast underground city, complete with huge caverns and underground lakes. This underground world has earned a place on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list thanks to the creativity of the miners who carved chapels out of the walls, hundreds of metres below the surface. You will visit the largest of the chapels dedicated to St Kinga, the patron saint of salt miners. This subterranean church is richly decorated with chandeliers, sculptures, and religious figures carved out of salt. As you follow the 2 1/2-kilometre walk, you'll pass statues dating back to the 18th century depicting mythical, historical and religious figures. The last stop in the mine is the souvenir shop and snack bar. From here, the lift carries you back to the surface. The tour lasts approx. 4 hours.

Price: 35 Euro / person.

Price includes: English speaking guide, hotel pick up from selected hotels, admission to Wieliczka Salt Mine, guided walk through Wieliczka Salt Mine, lift pick up to the ground level on exit.

Departure time and places: see the schedule.

Additional info: tour twice a day, temperature 14 °C/57 °F of all year round.