Warsaw – Krakow – study tour

TWO POLAND’S CAPITAL

Day 1^st
Your arrival to the Warsaw airport where our tour guide welcomes you. Transfer by our coach to centrally located hotel in Warsaw . Check-in and time to relax. Later that day meeting with our tour guide for orientation. Welcome dinner at nearby restaurant, and overnight at your hotel. (D)

Day 2^nd
Breakfast at hotel. Next, starts your tour with our local licensed guide dedicated to the Jewish heritage of Warsaw: the Jewish Cemetery, The Warsaw Ghetto Memorial, Anielewicz’s Bunker, the Judenrat Building, Umschlagplatz and Nozyk Synagogue. Break for your lunch and starts your guided visit to the Museum of History of Polish Jews. Evening time and dinner on your own, an overnight stay at hotel. (B)

Day 3^rd
Breakfast at hotel, check out from your rooms. Next, starts a half day tour with our local, licensed guide of Warsaw. Your tour includes a visit to the Lazienki Royal Garden and Palace on the Water visit to the Chopin’s Museum and the Old Town of Warsaw with the Royal castle (outside). Break for your lunch and departure with assistance of our tour guide, by our bus to Krakow, where you come at evening time. Check in at hotel located at the Krakow centre. Dinner on your own, and an overnight at hotel. (B)

Day 4^th
Breakfast at hotel, then meet our local guide for ahalf day tour of Krakow. Your tour includes visit to the Jagiellonian University (courtyard only) – second oldest University in Europe, set in XIV century, the Old Town, the Wawel Hill with its famous Cathedral and Royal Tombs and the State Rooms (Private Apartments closed till April). Break for lunch at restaurant near the Wawel Hill. Afternoon part for the Jewish heritage and history in Krakow: Kazimierz – Jewish district followed by your available meeting with a Jewish community representative. Evening for your arrangements. Dinner on your own, and an overnight stay at hotel. (B)

Day 5^th
Early breakfast and departure by coach with our guide, for a whole day study tour in Auschwitz-Birkenau.The tour with local, museum guide will takes approximately 6 h. Next, return ride by our coach to Krakow and to your hotel. Dinner on your own, and an overnight stay at hotel. (B)

Day 6^th
Breakfast and tour with our guide including Podgorze (Ghetto area), the Oscar Schindler factory Museum followed by a visit to the Museum of the Contemporary Art (MOCAK). Return ride to your hotel, some time to relax. Farewell dinner at a restaurant and night at hotel in Krakow. (B,D)

Day 7^th
Breakfast, check-out from your rooms and transfer to the Krakow airport, for your return flight. (B)

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  Five of us spent 11 nights on a private tour, that we designed  through Exciting Poland. I can just tell you that every step of the way was absolutely... read more perfect. There was not one site, hotel or dinner that wasn't just wonderful. Our guide/ driver Wintek Jablonski was a gem. Once he got to know us better he tweaked our program here and there to do exactly what we wanted and also found places to eat that we all loved. He was so cheerful and he knew all local guides. Grzegorz Bartecki, the tour manager  knows the business.

Never once did we feel even remotely unsafe in Poland in fact just the opposite. Everywhere we went out of Ukrainian flag alongside the Polish flag. Poland knows what it is to loose freedom.

This is a honest and reputable company. We thought our tour was a bargain with quality. 

We LOVED and it's people!!!!
VirginiaLike2trvl
2022-06-13 

  We cannot rave enough on how wonderful the 'Pearls of Poland' tour organized by Exciting Poland, was!  Traveling through the beautiful Polish countrysides and villages to see so many... read more gems of Polish history was fantastic!  The driver that Exciting Poland provided was not only safe and knowledgeable about the roads and highways but also offered wonderful commentary on contemporary life in Poland or on any little historic tidbits which we all found interesting.  He was a fine companion along the way who found interesting restaurants and was very clear about every direction and meeting time/place.  He was wonderful!  The city tours were led by good guides too.  In particular Ewa in Warsaw was fantastic, and our driver (Grzegorz) gave wonderful tours in Zakopane and Krakow, his hometown.  Yola in Gdansk and Pawel in Poznan were also interesting and accommodating guides.   

After months of research, we settled on Exciting Poland and its Pearls of Poland tour.  Throughout the booking process and afterwards, Mr. Bartecki from the tour office, answered every question or concern I had by email within a day.  From what I could see and compare, the tour price was fair and reasonable, especially for the excellent accommodations, fine restaurants, city tours, admission tickets to museums, etc.  In the end we felt that it was a fantastic bargain!!!  We have already discussed "when we go back" and "next time..." and will no doubt arrange our travels with Exciting Poland. 

We are very, very satisfied customers and applaud Exciting Poland for its total arrangements for our September 2015 Pearls of Poland tour.
RichardfromOhio
2015-10-01 

  We were delighted that Grzegorz Bartecki was able to put together an exceptional two day tour to find and visit my husband's grandfathers birthplace in Lutotow. The two day tour... read more included informative visits to Lodz and Krakow as well as finding and exploring our native homeland.  It was so much better than we ever expected and something we could NEVER have done on our own.  Our excellent driver and guide helped us find the old synagogue that still remained in the town, and we talked to local residents who pointed out original houses on the intact market square.  I think everyone who has family from Poland, especially those of us with Jewish heritage would benefit from Grzegor's care.
setha low
2022-07-08 

  -	Overall organization: The tour was well organized, with a balance of churches, castles, palaces, museums, and outdoor sites such as a national park or archeological sites. It was a good... read more pace, but we were not rushed. We often walked 5-6 miles/day. 

-	Schedule/promptness:  We never had to wait for our bus, guides, meals.  Everything was on schedule. The schedule had appropriate breaks for bathrooms and snacks. 

-	Guides and driver: Our bus driver Robert drove very safely and comfortably; personally he was very courteous and always helpful, and amazing at navigating difficult parking spaces. Witek is a gem – so knowledgeable, patient, cheerful, good attention to detail and followup.  We had complete trust and confidence that he was taking good care of us.  For example, in Turon, when we heard about an evening light show at the Copernicus fountain, he walked with us to make sure we knew how to find it and how to get back to our hotel.  Someone else might just point and say “over there, three blocks.” 

-	Hotels: seemed hard to distinguish between 3 and 4 stars; they were all spotlessly clean, very modern and luxurious, well equipped, good wi-fi, and fantastic breakfasts. All located within walking distance of the old town so when we had time on our own we were not stuck in a place where we couldn’t walk to anything.  We had a triple room, and they were always adequate. 

-	Food: Wonderful. The breakfasts are like nothing I have ever seen (buffets with 60+ items) and the dinners were all good.  My daughter is allergic is poultry and nuts and they made appropriate substitutions for her. 

-	Flexibility in accommodating requests: in Gdansk, we noticed a galleon boat ride around the port and our guide helped us with the tickets and adjusted the dinner start time so that we could all go on it.
Jennifer C
2017-09-04

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