Poland Tour

Welcome to Poland !
Arrival to Warsaw. Transfer to the hotel and check-in.

Accommodation in a cent­rally located hotel in Warsaw.

Breakfast at your hotel.

Warsaw sight­seeing — this tour allows us to immerse ourselves in and observe the many con­trasts of the Polish capital city. The tour starts with a walk around the Lazienki Royal Park. Here we will see the famous monument ded­icated to Frederic Chopin, the Palace on the Water and the Theater on the Island. We will con­tinue with transfer to the Old Town (UNESCO) and a short walk around the Old Town: from the Royal Castle, passing next to the Saint John Cathedral, the Market Square and the bar­bacane to the New Town. We will con­tinue to the Krasinski Palace, the Supreme Court bulding. Our itin­erary will con­tinue with the Grand Theatre and the National Opera, the Jablonowscy Palace, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Saxon Garden. We will also go to the former Jewish getto area and the places con­nected to the Holocaust during the Second World War: the Umschlagplatz and the Monument of Heroes of Guetto.

Free time for lunch.

Accommodation in a cent­rally located hotel in Warsaw.

Breakfast at your hotel.

Transfer to Kazimierz Dolny.

Sightseeing of Kazimierz Dolny, a pic­tur­esque artists’ town situated on the banks of Vistula, full of renais­sance archi­tecture and sur­rounded by lush coun­tryside. See the most important sights like the Market Square, gothic Parish Church, remaining frag­ments of a XIV century castle with a tower, from where you can take in the aston­ishing views of the Vistula valley, Kazimierz and the Janowiec Castle. The sur­rounding fields, woods, ravines, meadows and hops plant­a­tions all form a part of Kazimierz Landscape Park.

Free time for lunch.

Continue to Lublin.

Lublin is the largest city in south­eastern Poland. It is home to a long and fas­cin­ating history and stunning Polish archi­tecture. During the walk through the beau­tiful old town we will see many inter­esting monu­ments, among them the 14th century Krakow Gate, Market Square, town hall and castle. One cannot leave Lublin without having seen the Dominican Church and the Cathedral of Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist.

Accommodation in a cent­rally located hotel in Lublin.

Breakfast at your hotel.

Transfer from Lublin to Zalipie.

Zalipie — this pic­tur­esque little town has been enchanting its vis­itors for the past 80 years with its exquisite tech­niques of folk painting used by the locals to dec­orate their houses with col­orful flower designs. Visit the Painters’ hut–museum to find various examples of tra­di­tional folk art of the area.

Free time for lunch and transfer to Krakow.

Accommodation in a cent­rally located hotel in Krakow.

Breakfast at your hotel.

Krakow is the cul­tural capital of Poland with Old Town listed as UNESCO Heritage. During the tour you would see Barbican and defensive walls with Florian’s Gate, the Main Market Square with Sukiennice Cloth Hall, St Mary’s Church and Town Hall Tower. We would proceed to the Jagiellonian University, pass by Archbishop Palace (where John Paul II used to live) as well as St Andrew’s Church and St Peter and Paul’s Church to reach the Wawel Hill.

Free time for lunch.

Transfer from Krakow to Wieliczka the most beau­tiful and the oldest oper­ating salt mine in the world (UNESCO Heritage). From over 700 years it was a source of Polish fortune and a physical fun­dament of culture. Today Wieliczka is the most will­ingly visited Polish tourist object with mag­ni­ficent chapels, charming under­ground lakes and ori­ginal tools and equipment. During this tour you could see a number of excavated chambers on 3 levels adorned with beau­tiful sculp­tures made of salt as well as a salt museum. Transfer back to Krakow.

Accommodation in a cent­rally located hotel in Krakow.

Breakfast at your hotel.

Transfer from Krakow to Zakopane.

The Tatra Mountain is a beau­tiful section of the Carpathian mountain range and the only one of Alpine char­acter in central Europe. The whole Polish Tatras area con­sti­tutes the Tatra National Park (UNESCO Biosphere Reserve). During this tour you would walk through a village of Chocholow, take a trip by the cable and ground railway to Gubalowka Mountain and have a chance to stroll around streets of Zakopane, a town that is the heart of this tourist region. Transfer back to Krakow.

Free time for lunch.

Accommodation in a cent­rally located hotel in Krakow.

Breakfast at your hotel.

Ride through the white rocky complex of Jura Krakowsko-Czestochowska adorned with castles situated on the top of those rocks dom­in­ating over valleys, Hercules Mace Rock; visit to the Ogrodzieniec Castle.

Ogrodzieniec Castle — the most beau­tiful and largest castle in the Jura region. Its cubic capacity is 32,000 m³, it is dif­ficult to describe, you have to see it! Each wing of the castle is open to the public, stairs lead to the highest parts, so there is plenty to see. There are also under­ground chambers, which once housed an advanced cooling system. Next to them is a doll museum. Many details of Renaissance and Baroque masonry can be seen on the pre­served walls. The ruins are sur­rounded by a 400 m long peri­meter wall, con­nected with fant­astic lime­stone rocks, to which are adjacent portals with the Boner coat of arms. Among the rocks that sur­round the siano siano castle na walk, walk around here is a must — because the views are won­derful! You can also rock climb here.

Continue to Czestochowa.

Free time for lunch.

Czestochowa is known for the famous Pauline mon­astery of Jasna Gora that is the home of the Black Madonna painting, a shrine of the Virgin Mary. She is the Queen of Poland that the whole nation and country was entrusted to. This spir­itual capital of Poland every year attracts thou­sands of pil­grims from all over the world. During your trip you could visit: the Basilica with Black Madonna Shrine, the exhib­ition devoted to the 600-years of the Monastery, the Armoury Room and the Treasury Room.

Continue to Lodz.

Accommodation in a cent­rally located hotel in Lodz.

Breakfast at your hotel.

Lodz is one of the biggest Polish cities. During your visit you would find traces of the four cul­tures: Polish, Jewish, German and Russian that coex­isted there and became one. Furthermore, you would admire mod­ernist and indus­trial arqui­tecture. Thanks to its numerous factories, Lodz was also called the „Polish Manchester”. During the route you would see the Old Town and the indus­trial complex of Poznanski family, the famous Manufaktura. Next, you would visit the Scheibler fabric complex „Księży Młyn” that is a great example of the revital­iz­ation of the city during the last years. In the end, you would dis­cover Piotrkowska Street, the most popular walkway full of shops, pubs, res­taurants and sculp­tures that com­mem­orate famous inhab­itants of Lodz.

Free time for lunch and transfer to Poznan.

The tour starts from a visit to the gothic Cathedral on the Ostrow Tumski island, place of baptism of Poland in 966. Passing the Chrobry Bridge, we enter the splendid Old Town famous for the renais­sance Town Hall dom­in­ating over the Market Square. Stroll along charming streets to dis­cover the impressive baroque church and the Franciscan Church with a mini­ature model of medieval Poznan. Further walk to the Freedom Square sur­rounded by 19th century his­torical buildings: National Museum, Raczynski Library, Bazar Hotel and Arcadia.

Accommodation in a cent­rally located hotel in Poznan.

Breakfast at your hotel.

Transfer from Poznan to Biskupin.

Biskupin is the best known archae­olo­gical reserve in Central Europe. Visit to the oldest set­tlement in Poland.

Free time for lunch.

Continue to Torun.

Walk around the Old Town in Torun, one of the best examples of medieval gothic town (UNESCO Heritage), visit to the cathedral and the Nicolaus Copernicus House; time for a souvenir hunt and to taste ginger­bread — a spe­ci­ality the city is famous for, that is baked according to old recipes and methods dating back to the 16th century.

Accommodation in a cent­rally located hotel in Torun.

Breakfast at your hotel.

The charm of Old Town Gdansk attracts mil­lions of tourists each year. We will start by taking a walk down Długa Street, which is one of the most beau­tiful European markets that is nestled around a dazzling selection of renais­sance buildings. It leaves from the Golden Gate and passes by the Town Hall, Neptune fountain, Arthur’s Court and fin­ishes by the Green Gate over­looking the Motława River. On a way you may visit The Museum of Arthur’s Court and the Amber Chamber at which point, you will see an amber pol­ishing demon­stration with a short lecture on amber. The tour con­tinues to the Old Crane, which happens to be one of the most popular symbols of the city. After that, the tour fin­ishes at the church of St Mary, Europe’s biggest gothic brick church.

Free time for lunch. 

After lunch we will transfer to Oliwa Cathedral, the longest Cistercian church in the world, which is famous for its organs and organ concert. We will then transfer to Gdynia harbor and visit the sail powered ship “Dar Pomorza”. We will then transfer to Sopot seaside resort. Once we arrive, you can walk along the longest wooden pier in Europe. 

Accommodation in a cent­rally located hotel in Gdansk.

Breakfast at your hotel.

Transfer to the Westerplatte Peninsula guarding an entrance to the Gdansk harbour, the place where WWII began and where the Polish Military Transit Depot fought against an enemy 13 times its size. The tour con­tinues to the Gdansk Shipyard, the birth­place of Solidarity movement. You will stop by the Monument to the Fallen Ship Workers (ded­icated to the dockyard workers who died in December 1970) and a famous gate to the shipyard.

Free time for lunch and transfer to Malbork.

Malbork Castle is the medieval capital of the Teutonic Order in Eastern Europe. You will have a guided visit to the biggest red brick gothic castle in the world which earned it the title of being a “UNESCO World Heritage Site”. This is not only your chance to admire beau­tiful archi­tecture, but also to exper­ience what life was like in the past, see their tech­nology, and an antique col­lection of arms. The Castle’s cellars also host the “History of Amber” exhib­ition presenting an astounding col­lection of Baltic Sea amber including jewelry, and other products made out of amber.

Continue to Elblag.

Accommodation in a cent­rally located hotel in Elblag.

Breakfast at your hotel.

Totally unique exper­ience — a boat trip up the Elblag — Ostroda canal, the main attraction of the region and the only one in the world this kind of canal with tech­nical devices from mid of XIX century and still func­tioning without elec­tricity, the system of slipways carries the ships on the land up and down and helps them overcome almost 100 m dif­ference of water levels “sailing” on the land.

Free time for lunch and transfer to Gierloz.

Wolf’s Lair was the Adolf Hitler’s Headquarters built in 1941 in the middle of Masurian forest to facil­itate planned German invasion on Russian Soviet Union and coordinate warfare on new eastern front. It was the place where many important stra­tegic decisions were made by German dic­tator and his top gen­erals. Here in 1944 famous, failed assas­sin­ation attempt on Hitler, carried out by Claus von Stauffenberg took place. Wolf’s Lair complex which con­sisted of bar­racks, air­ports, railway station, power station etc, was destructed in 1945 but its impressive ruins are today available for sight­seeing. It is a perfect tour for those who want to learn more about the history of World War 2 and exper­ience some­thing unique.

Transfer to Swieta Lipka.

Accommodation in a cent­rally located hotel in Swieta Lipka.

Breakfast at your hotel.

Transfer to Luknajno Lake Reserve often called the Swan Lake (UNESCO Biosphere Reserve).

Continue to Mikolajki, the most famous Masurian village with a beau­tiful marina. There are two lakes merged within the urb­anized area of ​​the city: Lake Mikolajski and Lake Talty, and the largest in Poland, Lake Sniardwy (113 km²), is located 40 km away.

Stop for mas­urian souvenir hunt and a lunch.

Transfer to Nowogrod and visit to the open air museum in Nowogrod presenting tra­di­tional wooden buildings of the region.

Continue to Bialystok.

Accommodation in a cent­rally located hotel in Bialystok.

Breakfast in the hotel & check out.

Bialystok is the largest city in the region of north-eastern Poland. It is sur­rounded by a beau­tiful natural area called the Green Lungs of Poland which is full of tourist attrac­tions. The loc­ation nearby Lithuania and Belarus had a sig­ni­ficant influence on the his­torical and present func­tioning of the city itself and the entire Podlasie region. Many dif­ferent cul­tures, reli­gions and nation­al­ities have lived here for cen­turies. During a sight­seeing you could have a chance to see Branicki Palace , the most valuable monument of Bialystok, also known as the Versailles of Podlasie, the Old Market area and the Town Hall.

Free time for lunch.

Transfer from Bialystok to Warsaw with a stopover in Tykocin.

Tykocin is, a charming city with a special atmo­sphere. Today it looks exactly like before World War II. One can still admire king’s castle, 18th century mon­astery and church, aston­ishing 17th century syn­agogue as well as wooden houses more than 100 years old. The Jewish com­munity was formed here in 16th century and it con­sti­tuted a great cul­tural center, becoming one of the largest Jewish com­munities in Poland. The syn­agogue of Tykocin is the second largest syn­agogue in Poland after that one in Krakow.

Continue to Warsaw.

Accommodation in a cent­rally located hotel in Warsaw.

Breakfast at your hotel.

Transfer to the airport in Warsaw.
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