Sanctuaries of central Poland

Day 1
Arrival to Warsaw. Half day tour of Warsaw. Visit to the Castle Square, St John’s s Cathedral, walk through the Market Square. Dinner and overnight.

Day 2
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. 

Day 3
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.

Day 4
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.

Day 5
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.

Day 6
Breakfast and departure or additional program of visit.


Tour dates: any on your private request.

Price: 320 Euro / person
(option for group of 40 persons)

Price includes: accommodation in hotels, pensions in double, triple rooms with private facilities, 5 breakfasts and 5 dinners, service of our tour leader, local guide services in Warsaw, Poznan, Torun. 

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.
Let us know these details to get the best price grzegorz.b@excitingpoland.com  

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.

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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.

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.

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.