8 Kolobrzeska, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Poland is located in the very centre of Europe. It’s the seventh biggest country on the continent. In this tour discover 8 great Polish cities, lots of historical monuments, natural wonders, magical castles, charming villages and much more. Create your own opinion about the country and its inhabitants. Immerse yourself in mesmerizing culture, history and natural environment during this extensive trip around Poland.
16 days/ 15 nights
HB (15 breakfasts, 15 dinners)
March - October
9 cities
10 - 50
moderate
Up to 30 days*
Arrival to Wrocław. Pick up from the airport. Transfer to the hotel. Wrocław Old Town sightseeing. Entrance to Racławice Panorama. Dinner in the restaurant. Overnight in Wrocław.
Wrocław is the most interesting and most beautiful city in Lower Silesia. You will start the tour from the Wroclaw Main Market Square. It is one of the largest markets in Europe. It has an area of 3.8 hectares. There are many colorful tenements from different eras, many restaurants, souvenir shops, bookstores .. It is a place that attracts tourists as well as Wrocław residents. The 13th century Main Market Square features the Old Town Hall. Inside is the Museum of Bourgeois Art - a branch of the City Museum and the...
Racławice Panorama is 140m-long canvas that depicts the legendary General Tadeusz Kościuszko's victory over the Russian forces at Racławice in 1794, and took just over nine months to complete. Painters Jan Styka and Wojciech Kossak wanted to create a monument to Polish national spirit. Their work, displayed in a rotunda built especially for it, is a popular - and financial – success. Today school groups and hordes of others file in daily for a 30-minute taped lecture on the painting and its history. Headsets with com...
Breakfast. Transfer to Książ Castle with a short stop in Świdnica Peace Church (UNESCO World Heritage List). Sightseeing of Książ Castle with a guide. Return to Wrocław. Transfer to Centennial Hall (also UNESCO enlisted) and Japanese Gardens stroll and a free time in the area. Return to the hotel. Dinner in the restaurant. Overnight in Wrocław.
Książ Castle is especially interesting as it joins older history, as the construction started in the 13th century, and more recent history as it was largely changed during WWII. If you enjoy conspiracy theories of the human civilization, there is no other such place like Książ as digressions about Hitler purposes for Książ are numerous. During sightseeing of the castle, you will be able to see lots of alternations introduced by Nazi Germans. Apart from the Castle itself it is worth to stroll in the Książ gardens desi...
The church in Świdnica is situated about 53 km from Wrocław (about 1 h 10 min drive). It is made from wood and incredibly was erected only within a year of 1957. It is the biggest wooden Protestant church and with the area of 1090 square meters, it can gather 7 500 believers. The interior of the church has a Baroque style. The most dominant interior items include the 18th century altar piece, pulpit and organs. The church is encircled by lodges, among which Hochberg lodge is the most distinctive. The church is situat...
The historic Centennial Exhibition Complex includes Wrocław’s only UNESCO site, the country’s oldest zoo, the tranquil Japanese Garden, the tourist-luring Pergola Fountain and the newly renovated Four Dome Pavilion. It was constructed according to the plans of architect Max Berg in 1911–1913, when the city was part of the German Empire. Max Berg designed Centennial Hall to serve as a multi functional structure to host exhibitions, concerts, theatrical and opera performances, and sporting events, it has a seats for 7 ...
The Japanese Garden was founded in 1913. The initiator of its construction was Count Fritz von Hochberg, who engaged the Japanese gardener Mankichi Arai. Currently, it is one of the most popular places for walking and relaxation in Wroclaw. This garden is a combination of several types of Japanese gardens: public, water, associated with a tea ceremony and a rocky beach. Almost 270 taxa of woody plants have been gathered in the garden. By 2009, 78 species of Asian plants had been collected in the garden, including 38 ...
Breakfast. Transfer to Wrocław National Museum and sightseeing. Next, guided tour in Wrocław University Leopoldina Lecture Hall and Royal Palace City Museum. Return to your hotel. Dinner in a restaurant. Overnight in Wrocław.
The National Museum in Wrocław is one of the largest and most important art museums in Poland. The National Museum in Wrocław has four branches: The Main Building, called the National Museum in Wrocław, the "Panorama Racławicka" Museum, the intimate Ethnographic Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in the Four Domes Pavilion, opened in June 2016. The collection of the National Museum in Wrocław numbers 200,000 artefacts representative for all the artistic disciplines, from mediaeval Silesian sculpture in stone ...
Leopoldina Lecture Hall is a part of Wrocław University and it is the biggest and the most representational part of the main campus. It is often called a Baroque pearl as it is a very spectacular, secular monument of architecture created at the end of this period. The lecture hall as the whole building was erected in years 1728-1732 and was named after founder of the whole university Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I. The lecture hall itself as the most representative part of the building has stucco decorations, frescos...
The main branch of the City Museum of Wrocław is located in the restored Baroque Royal Palace. It has existed since 2000. Was created by merging three previously independent institutions - the Archaeological Museum, the Historical Museum with the departments: Militaria and the Old Jewish Cemetery, the Museum of Medallic Art. In the same year, a branch of the Museum of Bourgeois Art was created. All objects of the Municipal Museum of Wrocław are monuments. The museum conducts extensive scientific and educational act...
Breakfast. Check out from the hotel. Transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp Museums (UNESCO World Heritage List). Standard tour up to 3,5 hours. Next, transfer to Zakopane. Dinner in a restaurant. Overnight in Zakopane.
The Auschwitz concentration camp (Konzentrationslager Auschwitz) was a complex of over 40 camps and sub-camps, built and controlled by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II. It was established by Nazi Germany in mid-1940 in the suburbs of Oświęcim, which was then on the territory incorporated into the Third Reich. At the peak of the operation of the extermination camp in Auschwitz (1944), it was divided into Auschwitz I (established in 1940, in the buildings of pre-war barracks), Auschwitz II-Birkenau (...
Breakfast. Zakopane sightseeing with a guide. Taking funicular train to Gubałówka summit and admiring Zakopane panorama. The carriage ride in Chocholowska valley and coffee + apple pie with whipped cream and blueberries in Chochołowska Hostel . Dinner in a highlinders restaurant with a unique folklore design. Overnight in Zakopane.
Gubałówka summit is 1123 m above sea level. First of all, it is amazing as it offers the best panorama for High Tatras and Zakopane city. Secondly, you don’t need to be in a great physical shape to get there. It is just a short ride in a funny and original diagonal mountain train. Finally, at the summit you can have a delicious meal of highlander cuisine, souvenir shopping, a sunbath, a bob-sleigh ride, or you can have a skiing or snowboarding ride. We shouldn’t also forget about a traditional photo with Zakopane’s p...
The Chochołowska Valley is the longest and the largest in size valley in the Polish part of the Tatra mountains, covering about 35 square kilometres. In its lower part it forms a 4 kilometres long deep gorge with two narrowings referred to as gates: Niżnia Brama Chohołowska and Wyżnia Brama Chochołowska. The upper part is later subdivided into three main valleys of Dolina Starobociańska, Dolina Chochołowska Wyżnia and Dolina Jarząbcza. In 2/3 the valley is covered with thick spruce forests. The name of the valley com...
Breakfast. Check out from the hotel. Transfer to Sromowce Wyżne Village. Exploring Pieniny National Park and Dunajec Gorge. Traditional rafting in the gorge. Next, transfer to Wieliczka Salt Mine. 3 h sightseeing with free time at the lowest zone of the mine. Transfer back to Kraków. Dinner in the hotel. Overnight in Kraków.
The rafting season in this area starts on the first of April and lasts till the thirty-first of October. Still, as Pieniny National Park is greatly covered in deciduous forest, the best time to make the rafting is in autumn when colourful leaves create artistic landscapes. The journey starts in Sromowce Kąty and it can end in two spots. The option to Szczawnica takes about 2:15 h and its length is about 18 km, the version to Kroscienko takes about 2:45 h and its length is about 23 km. River Dunajec cuts into the Pien...
The salt mine in Wieliczka is undoubtedly one of the greatest tourist attractions in Poland. Every year it is visited by almost two million tourists from all over the world. In 1978 it was entered on the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage List. The Wieliczka salt mine has 9 levels and reaches a depth of 327 meters. The mine can be visited in various ways, you can choose from the classic Tourist Route, the Mining Route, which will allow you to get to know the specificity of work "downstairs" and the pilgrim ro...
Breakfast. 4 h Old Town sightseeing with a guide. Entrance to St. Mary's Basilica. Sightseeing of Wawel Castle Royal Chambers with a guide. Dinner in a restaurant. Overnight in Kraków.
Kraków is one of the oldest Polish cities. The city attracts a lot of tourists from around the world. We will start sightseeing from the Old Town. Kraków Main Square is Europe’s largest medieval market square. You will see most of the attractions simply by walking. Spectacular Cloth Hall surrounded by historic tenement houses, the most famous Krakow artistic cellar - Piwnica pod Baranami, as also as St. Mary's church. We will continue our trip along Florianska Street. You will see a lot of small shops herein colorful...
St. Mary's Basilica is one of the most famous monuments in Krakow and Poland. It is one of the largest and most important, after the Wawel Cathedral, church in Krakow. It is located at the north-eastern corner of the Main Square, on St. Mary's Square. Dating from the end of the 14th century, the basilica is preserved in the Gothic style. In the 15th century, chapels were added to the aisles. The greatest gem of this monument in Krakow is the altar of Veit Stoss from the end of the 15th century. It is the largest Goth...
Wawel Royal Castle is one of the top highlights in Kraków. Inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List it is one of the most visited places in Krakow. For centuries, it was the seat of Polish kings and a symbol of statehood. In 1930 the Castle also became one of the most important museums in Poland. The museum collects works of art historically or artistically related to Wawel, with Polish rulers, and great magnate collections.It collects paintings, prints, sculptures, fabrics, goldsmiths, militaria, porcelain and f...
Breakfast. Sightseeing of Kazimierz district and its synagogues: Old, Remuh, Tempel, Kupa and High. Visit in Galicja Museum and a meeting with the Holocaust survivor. Walk in the area of former Jewish Ghetto. Visit in Schindler's Factory Museum. Dinner in a restaurant. Overnight in Kraków.
The Jewish people have always played an important role in the history of Krakow and Kazimierz and its Jewish population have always played an important role the history of Krakow and have had a great impact on regional economy as well as culture. Kazimierz, that is known as a district of Krakow, used to be a stand-alone city. It was granted city rights in early 14th century, not too long after Jews in the Kingdom of Poland received numerous rights, such as freedom of religion, trade and travel. Since the very beginni...
Meeting with the Holocaust Survivor, Former Prisoners of Nazi German Concentration Camps and Righteous Among the Nations, is possible in the Galicja Museum. This will be unique history lessons. By showing the fates of real people and their experiences makes the facts and figures from textbooks closer and more real. The stories of older people who have gone through so much have a great impact on young people by changing their worldview. The meetings are translated by museum staff who are experienced in working with Wi...
The Schindler's factory presents an exhibition commemorating the fate of Krakow and its inhabitants during the occupation in 1939-1945. During World War II, Schindler employed Jews who were threatened with extermination. In 1944, together with his accountant, he prepared the famous "Schindler's List", on the basis of which he bought and then transported over 1,100 Jewish workers to the territory of today's Czech Republic, thus saving them from extermination. The place itself was popularized by 1993 film “Schinler’s ...
Breakfast. Check out from the hotel. Transfer to Zalipie village. Sightseeing of the village and afterwards arts and crafts workshops in the Painters' House. Next, transfer to Warsaw. In the evening transfer from the hotel to Zamkowy Square. Chopin Concert. Dinner in a restaurant. Overnight in Warsaw.
It is situated about 110 km from Kraków (1h 30 min drive) and 80 km from Kielce (1h 40 min drive). Zalipie is called “a painted village” as it is famous for its folk art painted houses. Currently, there are 20 painted houses there, also a painted health centre and a fire brigade headquarters. Tradition of such decorations in Zalipie has over 100 years. These unusual works of art can be admired especially in Felicja Curyłowa House, which is Regional Museum nowadays, and in the House of Painters. The museum also offers...
Breakfast. 3 h Old Town sightseeing with an entrance to viewing deck of the Palace of Culture and Science. Next, transfer to POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. Then, guided walk in Royal Baths Palace and Park. Dinner in a restaurant. Overnight in Warsaw.
Warsaw is the capital of Poland and the largest city in the country with about 2 million population. The Warsaw's Old Town is a real pearl of the capital. Enlisted on the UNESCO World Heritage List, delights with colourful tenements and the unique atmosphere of narrow streets. In the Old Town square you will meet the Mermaid - the official symbol of the city. You'll see the Barbican and the bell on Kanona Street. You must also visit the Royal Castle, the former home of Polish rulers. Here it is possible to see the ro...
Palace of Culture and Science (Polish: Pałac Kultury i Nauki) in Warsaw is just a 30-minute walk from the Royal Castle. The Palace was built in 3 years by 3,500 Russian workers as a gift from Joseph Stalin. Since it was finished in 1955 is has been the tallest building in Poland, its spire reaches 237 metres and the viewing terrace on the 30 floor (114m.) allows you to admire Warsaw from above. The Palace of Culture and Science has 3288 rooms, including Congress Hall which seats 3,000 people and a swimming pool. In y...
Museum of the History of Polish Jews – it is a new, ultramodern cultural museum on the map of Warsaw. It is situated at 6 Mordechaja Danielewicza Street in the place which was former Jewish district and also later on Warsaw Ghetto. The museum is a place dedicated to all those who are interested in heritage of Polish Jews and it is a symbol of breakthrough in Polish-Jewish relations during 1000 years history from Medieval times up till now. It is a place of meetings of people who want to know the past and current Jewi...
Royal Baths or Łazienki Królewskie is the largest park in the centre of Warsaw. Łazienki are situated halfway down the Royal Route, between Royal Castle and Wilanów. On the area of 76 hectares one may find over 40 points of interest and numerous historic buildings, designed by the king Stanisław August Poniatowski’s in-court architects. Palace on the Isle, Roman Theatre, Myśliwiecki Palace or Chopin Monument are just a small selection. Łazienki Królewskie host various cultural and entertainment events, displays and e...
Breakfast. Check out from the hotel. Transfer to Gierłoż. Discover WWII mysteries in Hitler's hiding place the Wolf's Lair and continue to discover Mamerki bunkers. Next, transfer to Olsztyn. Dinner in the hotel. Overnight in Olsztyn.
Wolfsschanze (Wolf’s Lair is located in Polish Lake District Mazury in small settlement Gierłoż about 36 km from Mrągowo (about 40 min drive) and 96 km from Olsztyn (about 1.5 h drive). In years 1941-1944 it was the headquarters of Adolf Hitler. This town camouflaged in the forest consisted about 200 buildings including bunkers, barracks, 2 airports, a railway station, a power plant, an air-conditioning facility, a water supply system and a thermal power station. In 1944 Wolf’s Lair was inhabited by 2 000 people. Fro...
One of the best-preserved complexes of German bunkers from the Second World War is located in Mamerki on the Masurian Canal. The complex includes a"giant" bunker, whose walls and ceilings are 7 meters thick. Corridors and shelter interiors are undamaged and accessible to tourists. Descents to the canals and the entire 30-meter underground tunnel connecting bunkers number 28 and 30 in "City of Brigid" have survived. The Germans did not manage to blow up the shelters, they were abandoned without a fight by the Wehrmac...
Breakfast. Check out from the hotel. Guided tour of Olsztyn. Sightseeing Olsztyn Castle. Next, transfer to Gdansk. Dinner in a hotel. Overnight in Gdansk.
Castle of Warmia Capitulum is a Gothic building constructed in the 14th century. The most important governor of the castle was the Nicholaus Copernicus, about whom we of course find exhibition in the castle. He stayed in the castle from 1516 till 1521. Currently, the castle is a headquarters of Warmia-Mazury Regional Museum where we can admire precious exhibitions of archeology, collection of decorative arts, crafts, modern art and icons. The exhibitions can be viewed individually or with a castle guide. The castle i...
Breakfast. 4 h Old Town sightseeing with entrance to St. Mary’s Basilica. Round trip cruise to Westerplatte. Westerplatte Peninsula is the place where WWII started. Guided sightseeing. Dinner in a restaurant. Overnight in Gdańsk.
St. Mary's Basilica (Polish: Bazylika Mariacka w Gdańsku) is one of the most recognisable buildings in Gdańsk. With its sheer size it is towering over the old town. Its full name reads Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Basilica was built between 1346 and 1506 in Gothic form. In its history, it was both catholic and protestant church. Today the visitors may marvel on the Middle-age décor of the interior.
Black Pearl Ship (Polish: Statek Czarna Perła) can be hired by a group for a charter cruise or for some kind of group event such as: integration party, staff training, company meeting, birthday party, jubilee party, stag and hen parties, wedding receptions etc. Apart from the cruise Black Pearl offers catering, music and guide services. The most common cruise tours include: Gdańsk-Westerplatte-Gdańsk about 90 minutes, Gdańsk-Sopot-Gdańsk 180 minutes and Gdańsk-Gdynia-Gdańsk 240 minutes. It is also possible to continu...
Gdańsk is located in the north of Poland, at The Baltic Sea coast, at The Motlawa and The Vistula river estuary and the Bay of Gdańsk. It is popular with tourists, both from Poland and abroad. During the four hours tour you will be able to see the most important monuments of Gdańsk – the Old Town, Neptune Fountain, Long Market, Main Town Hall, Golden Gate, Highland Gate and the Motława River banks with “the Crane”. You must also visit St. Mary’s Basilica - one of the largest brick churches in the world, called the Cr...
Breakfast. Check out from the hotel. Transfer to Malbork Castle. Experiencing Medieval times in Malbork, the biggest Teutonic castle on UNESCO list. Next, transfer to Topolno. Visit to the vineyard. Sightseeing and wine tasting up to one hour. Then, transfer to Toruń. Dinner in a hotel. Overnight in Toruń.
Malbork is a picturesque town in the north of Poland about 60 km from Gdańsk by Nogat river banks. The main touristic magnet of Malbork is Teutonic Knights Castle of the Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem (Polish: Zamek w Malborku). The construction of the castle started in 1278 when the knights come to Malbork area. The city was called Marienberg then. This is why in 1997 it was enlisted on UNESCO World Heritage List. The interesting fact about the castle is that the construction of it ...
Breakfast. Check out from the hotel. 3 h Old Town sightseeing with a guide. Gingerbread workshops in Live Gingerbread Museum. Next, transfer to Poznań with a short stop in Gniezno. Sightseeing of Gniezno Cathedral. Food tour in the evening. Overnight in Poznań.
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...
Gniezno is situated about 60 km (45 min drive) from Poznań. The main attractions of Gniezno include: St. Adalbert Cathedral with his famous relics and the historic Gniezno door; the Archdiocese Museum with one of the richest and oldest church collections in the country, the main market square with Tumska street promenade joining the cathedral and the market square; modern Museum of the Beginnings of the Polish State and many historic churches in the city center. Gniezno is also a great base for small trips to Lednica...
Breakfast. 3 h sightseeing of Poznań Old Town and Poznań Cathedral. Departure.
local guides, museum guides
Racławice Panorama, Książ Castle, Świdnica Peace Church, Centennial Hall, Japanese Garden, Wrocław National Museum, Wrocław University Leopoldina Lecture Hall, Royal Palace City Museum, Auschwitz, Dunajec Gorge, Wieliczka Salt Mine, St. Mary's Basilica, Wawel Castle, Synagogues: Old, Remuh, Tempel, High, Galicja Museum, Schindler's Factory, Zalipie Village, Palace of the Culture and Science, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Royal Bath Palace and Park, Wolf's Lair, Mamerki bunkers, Olsztyn Castle, St. Mary's Church, Cruise Gdańsk - Westerplatte - Gdańsk, Malbork Castle, Vinegard in Topolno, Live Gingerbread Museum, Gniezno Cathedral, Poznań Cathedral
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It is good to have worm clothes for Dunajec Gorge Rafting and Wieliczka sightseeing. The constant temperature in the mine is 14-16 Celsius degrees. Apart from that good walking shoes or sneakers are enough.
It’s very easy to spot our drivers, holding placards in the arrival hall with the name of the group on it. We will also give you the driver's telephone number just in case of any emergency.
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