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 Ten days with untouched nature, medieval towns and Polish history
Day 1. You arrive to Warsaw, Poland and are welcomed by our local guide. Transfer by luxury car / coach to your hotel. Time for relaxation. Welcome dinner at evening time. Overnight. (D)
Day 2. This morning we’ll tour at the Historic Centre of Warsaw – the Old Town, Barbican and the Royal Castle. Next we’ll take a sightseeing tour of Warsaw and then drive to Zamość. Dinner and overnight stay at your hotel in Zamość. (B, D)
Day 3. After breakfast we’ll visit the Old City of Zamość – Old Market Square with Town hall, old tenement houses and fortifications built in the XVIth century. You will be able to get know more about Renaissance architectural style and life style in Poland and Europe centuries ago. An afternoon departure in the north direction. Dinner and overnight stay at your hotel. (B, D)
Day 4. Today we’ll drive to the only natural property included in the UNESCO WHS list in Poland – the Białowieża Forest. Your stay includes a visit to the Białowieża National Park Museum and the European Bison Reserve. You will see European bison, Polish tarpan ponies, elk, deer, roe-deer, wild boars and the last remains of European Lowland primeval woods. Afternoon transfer to your hotel. Dinner and overnight stay. (B, D)
Day 5. After breakfast we’ll drive to the Suwałki region and a visit near The Augustów Canal – a world heritage property submitted on the Tentative List. You will be able to visit some of the XIXth century constructions like sluices and floodgates. Next dinner and overnight at the hotel in the Masuria Region famous as a “Land of Thousand Lakes.” (B, D)
Day 6. Departure for your next visit of UNESCO WHS locations – Malbork, through beautiful Masuria and Warmia regions. In the afternoon we’ll visit the biggest medieval, brick castle in Europe – Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork. Next check-in at your hotel. (B, D)
Day 7. Today we’ll travel to the Tri-City area (Gdańsk – Gdynia – Sopot) for a one day tour of the “Town of Memory and Freedom” – Gdańsk, that also has been submitted to the Tentative List since 2005. You will visit the historic port town of Gdansk and birthplace and home of Solidarity; the Cathedral, Neptun Monument, Zuraw Gdanski, the harbor, and a visit to the monument at Westerplatte. Then see Sopot, the health resort with the longest pier in Europe. In the Gothic Cathedral in Oliwa you can listen to a concert on a magnificent baroque pipe organ. In the afternoon we’ll return to your hotel for dinner and overnight stay. (B, D)
Day 8. After breakfast, we’ll drive to Torun – one of the most beautiful cities in Poland, picturesquely located on both banks of the Vistula River. After check-in at a local hotel, visit the beautiful Medieval Town and Museum of the famous Polish astronomer – Nicolas Copernicus. Free evening. Dinner and overnight in Torun. (B, D)
Day 9. Today we return to Warsaw. In the afternoon check in to your hotel and free time for shopping and walks at the Old Town. Farewell dinner in regional restaurant. Overnight at your hotel. (B, D)
Day 10. You’ll be driven to the Warsaw airport and your departure flight.
Tour date: any on your request in 2024 – we suggest any between March – October.
Price: USD 3320 / person (2-3 person group) USD 2050 / person (5-6 person group)
Book your tour by e-mail: grzegorz.b@excitingpoland.com
Price includes: transfer by luxury coach / private car or van according to the tour program, service of professional English speaking tour director and driver, accommodation (9) in selected 3*/4* hotels in twin rooms, breakfasts (9) and dinners (9), service of English speaking local guides in visited cities, reservations for entrance tickets according to the program, taxes and porter services at the hotels, entrance tickets according to the tour program, Almatur - UNESCO certificate for your UNESCO tour. B = Breakfast, D = Dinner, where included.
Additional info and fees: additional services for pre- and post-tour stay on request, single room and double bed available on request, personal orders and possible tips for driver and tour director not included. Read more about UNESCO criteria here.
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 1. Historic Centre of Warsaw (inscribed in 1980 according to the criteria (ii) and (iv)) During the Warsaw Uprising in August 1944, more than 85% of Warsaw's historic centre was destroyed by Nazi troops. After the war, a five-year reconstruction campaign by its citizens resulted in today's meticulous restoration of the Old Town, with its churches, palaces and market-place. It is an outstanding example of a near-total reconstruction of a span of history covering the 13th to the 20th century. Information copied from UNESCO web site - http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/pl/
 2 Old City of Zamość (inscribed in 1992 according to the criteria (iv) Zamosc was founded in the 16th century by the chancellor Jan Zamoysky on the trade route linking western and northern Europe with the Black Sea. Modelled on Italian theories of the 'ideal city' and built by the architect Bernando Morando, a native of Padua, Zamosc is a perfect example of a late-16th-century Renaissance town. It has retained its original layout and fortifications and a large number of buildings that combine Italian and central European architectural traditions. Information copied from UNESCO web site - http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/pl/
 3. Białowieża forest (inscribed in 1979, according to the criteria (vii) Situated on the watershed of the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea, this immense forest range, consisting of evergreens and broad-leaved trees, is home to some remarkable animal life, including rare mammals such as the wolf, the lynx and the otter, as well as some 300 European Bison, a species which has been reintroduced into the park. Information copied from UNESCO web site - http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/pl/
 4. The Augustów Canal The Augustów is a cross-border canal built in the 19th century in present-day north-eastern Poland and north-western Belarus (then part of Congress Poland and the Russian Empire). It is a navigable watershed canal, linking the Vistula River with the Neman River. It is a conservation protection zone proposed by Poland for inscription onto the World Heritage List of UNESCO. The canal was constructed for political and economic reasons. In 1821 Prussia unilaterally introduced repressively high customs duties for transit of Polish and Lithuanian goods through its territory, practically blocking the access to the sea for Polish traders operating outside of Prussian-controlled territory. In 1823-1839 a waterway designed by General Ignacy Prądzyński, French General and engineer Jan Chrzciciel de Grandville Malletski and General Jan Paweł Lelewel was constructed, including buildings and hydraulic engineering structures, intended to bypass Prussian territory and link the centre of the Congress Kingdom of Poland with Latvian ports on the Baltic Sea. Information copied from UNESCO web site - http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/pl/
 5. Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork (inscribed in 1997, according to the criteria (ii), (iii) and (iv) This 13th-century fortified monastery belonging to the Teutonic Order was substantially enlarged and embellished after 1309, when the seat of the Grand Master moved here from Venice. A particularly fine example of a medieval brick castle, it later fell into decay, but was meticulously restored in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many of the conservation techniques now accepted as standard were evolved here. Following severe damage in the Second World War it was once again restored, using the detailed documentation prepared by earlier conservators. Information copied from UNESCO web site - http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/pl/
 Gdańsk - the capital of Pomerania Gdańsk is the Polish maritime capital with the population nearing half a million. It is a large centre of economic life, science, culture, and a popular tourist destination. Gdańsk, capital of the Pomerania, lying on the Bay of Gdańsk and the southern cost of the Baltic Sea the city is a thousand years old. Gdańsk has a modern international airport and two ferry terminals servicing regular lines between Gdańsk and Copenhagen via Trelleborg (Denmark), and Gdańsk and Nynashamn (Sweden).
In its "golden age" the city enjoyed the specific status of a municipal republic. It was also a melting pot of cultures and ethnical groups. The air of tolerance and the wealth built on trade made culture, science, and art. flourish. Today, works by outstanding Gdańsk masters can be admired in museums, churches, and galleries. These collections, as well as the historic sites of enchanting beauty witness a thousand years of the city's continued existence. The break-through events of the most recent turbulent period are documented in the multi-medial exhibition: "Roads to Freedom". The exposition recalls the local struggle for freedom and justice, and the birth of the "Solidarity.”
Gdańsk cultivates its centuries-long tradition in the field, and its nickname of the world capital of amber. Just like in the olden days the city owes much to its sea port. The harbour, largest along the Polish coast and in the entire Southern Baltic basin, continues to develop.
 6. Medieval Town of Toruń (inscribed in 1997, according to the criteria (ii) and (iv)) Torun owes its origins to the Teutonic Order, which built a castle there in the mid-13th century as a base for the conquest and evangelization of Prussia. It soon developed a commercial role as part of the Hanseatic League. In the Old and New Town, the many imposing public and private buildings from the 14th and 15th centuries (among them the house of Copernicus) are striking evidence of Torun's importance. Information copied from UNESCO web site - http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/pl/ The Criteria for Selection
To be included on the World Heritage List, sites must be of outstanding universal value and meet at least one out of ten selection criteria. These criteria are explained in the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention which, besides the text of the Convention, is the main working tool on World Heritage. The criteria are regularly revised by the Committee to reflect the evolution of the World Heritage concept itself. Until the end of 2004, World Heritage sites were selected on the basis of six cultural and four natural criteria. With the adoption of the revised Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention, only one set of ten criteria exists.
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Selection criteria: i. to represent a masterpiece of human creative genius; ii. to exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design; iii. to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared; iv. to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history; v. to be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change; vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (The Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria); vii. to contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance; viii. to be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth's history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features; ix. to be outstanding examples representing significant on-going ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals; x. to contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation. The protection, management, authenticity and integrity of properties are also important considerations. Since 1992 significant interactions between people and the natural environment have been recognized as cultural landscapes. Information copied from UNESCO web site - http://whc.unesco.org/en/criteria PRINT PAGE |