Tour program
Day 1
Arrival to the Krakow airport, where our tour guide meets you. Then a visit the sanctuary in Krakow – Łagiewniki, famous with sister Faustina and her grave. Visit the Shrine of Jesus. Dinner and overnight stay in hotel.
Day 2
Breakfast, guided tour of Krakow: the Main Market, St. Mary’s Basilica and historical trade pavilions of the Cloth Hall, the Royal Route, Collegium Maius, Wawel Hill with its renaissance Royal Castle and Cathedral (the seat of Cardinal Karol Wojtyla before he became Pope John Paul II). Dinner in the restaurant on Old City, overnight.
Day 3
Breakfast. Departure to Ludzmierz. Visit the oldest Parish and church (founded in 13th century) in Podhale region. Sanctuary visited by John Paul II in 1979 during his first visit in Poland as a Pope. Departure to Zakopane. City tour with visiting sanctuary of The God’s Mather of Fatima and wooden Jaszczurówka Chapel. Dinner and overnight.
Day 4
Breakfast. Departure to Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, the most important pilgrimage centre in Małopolska Region. Walk along the Via Dolorosa, built in 17th century by Zebrzydowska Family and visit Bernardine Church. Departure to Wadowice, birthplace of John Paul II. Visit his former home – a Museum nowadays, and a parish church. Departute to Auschwitz. Visit the former Nazi German concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, where St Maxymilian Kolbe and St Edith died. Dinner and overnight.
Day 5
Breakfast. Departure to Częstochowa. Visit to 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. Dinner in Czestochowa, transfer to Krakow. Dinner and night at hotel in Krakow.
Day 6
Breakfast and transfer to the Krakow airport.
