Gems of Kujawy Region

Itinerary

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  Day 1

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  Transfer to Toruń. On the way stop in Poznań. Three hours sightseeing of the Old Town with a guide. Entrance to Poznań Cathedral. Then, transfer to Toruń. Overnight in Toruń.

  

  Poznań Cathedral

  The Archcathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul in Poznań is the oldest church in Poland – dating back to the 10th century. Throughout the history the church was rebuilt and restored multiple times and possibly in all styles. With restoration works in the 1950’s led by Franciszek Morawski the church received its original Gothic look of the 15th century building with the exception of Classical tented roofs on both steeples. Poznań Cathedral is a burial place of some of the first Polish kings and quite possibly of...

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  Torun

  Torun (Polish: Toruń), whose Medieval urban layout is enlisted at UNESCO World Heritage List, is a well known birthplace of a famous astronomer Nicolaus Copernius. Tourist can visit both a house of his parents and also Toruń planetarium to learn more about space. Toruń is also famous for its legendary gingerbread cookies. Tourists can learn how to make them in Living Gingerbread Museum. The city can also boast a leaning tower and Teutonic Knight Castle Ruins. Tourists will also definitely enjoy stroll in the Old Town...

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  Day 2

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  Breakfast. All day sightseeing of Toruń all. Enchanting Medieval Old Town enlisted at UNESCO World Heritage List. Entrance to Copernicus House, Live Gingerbread Museum, Janów Cathedral. Visit in the Planetarium in Torun. Astronomical show. Overnight in Toruń. 

  

  Copernicus House in Toruń

  Copernicus House in Toruń is a complex of two historic Gothic tenement houses which belonged to the Copernicus family in the second half of the 15th century. It is considered by many historians to be the birthplace of Nicolaus Copernicus. Nowadays, it is a place of modern science museum commemorating this late Medieval scholar. The exhibitions present the great astronomer and his achievements. The museum combines the most recent multimedia technologies and historical tissue of a medieval house. Visitors can admire a ...

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  Living Museum of Gingerbread

  Living Museum of Gingerbread is situated at 9 Rabiańska Street, only about 300 m from the historic Town Hall and famous Nicolaus Copernicus Statue. The museum is one of a kind in Europe and was opened in 2006. Visitors can travel back in time to Medieval period to get to know all rituals connected to traditional gingerbread production. All procedure is very interactive as guests prepare dough on their own and also bake from it their own famous Toruń’s gingerbread. Later on they visit gingerbread manufacture exhibitio...

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  Day 3

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  Breakfast. Transfer to Bydgoszcz. All day sightseeing of Bydgoszcz. Guided tour of the Old Town with the Granary Island. Entrance to the Museum of Soap and the History of Dirt. Next, transfer to WWII Exploseum Museum. Sightseeing. Return to Toruń. 

  

  Bydgoszcz

  In the last few years the city of Bydgoszcz has become much more beautiful and more attractive for tourists. The visitors enjoy the most the Water Mill Island (island of museums: White Granary Museum, European Money Center and Modern Art Gallery) with the historic Old Market Square and tight rope monument of a man crossing Brda river. They often also visit Casmir the Great Monument, Nova Opera House, Soap and Dirt History Museum, Exploseum Museum, Waterworks Museum, Myślęcinek leisure complex with the botanic garden,...

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  Day 4

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  Breakfast. Transfer to Ciechocinek. Sightseeing brine graduation towers. Next, transfer to Kłodawa Salt Mine. Admiring 0,5 km underground rout of pink salt mine. Departure. 

  

  Ciechocinek Graduation Towers

  Ciechocinek is situated 25 km from Toruń (about 30 min drive) and about 240 km from Warsaw (2 h 10 min drive). Ciechocinek has about 11 thousand inhabitants and it is a kingdom of elderly people who come here to be cured in one of numerous resort hospitals, sanatoriums, resorts and hotels. As main attractions we can find here 3 salt graduation towers (the biggest such wooden constructions in Europe), a mineral water pump room, salt works and a lot of restaurants. Ciechocinek resort is also very green with numerous pa...

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  Kłodawa Salt Mine

  Kłodawa mine (Polish: Kopalnia Soli Kłodawa) is utterly different from Wieliczka and Bochnia more well known mines. First of all, it is situated at a completely different salt deposit in central Poland. It came to existence about 200 mln years ago. Kłodawa mine is first of all still an operating company. It produces salt for the food industry, agriculture, chemical industry and road maintenance during the winter season. The Kłodawa salt is very original because of its colour (the only such salt in Europe) pinkish-whi...

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