Krakow & Pieniny Mountain Range

Itinerary

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  Day 1

  Check in at your hotel in Krakow. 

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  Day 2

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  Breakfast. All day Kraków sightseeing. Entrance to St. Mary's Basilica and Wawel Castle Royal Chambers and Wawel Cathedral. 

  

  St. Mary’s Basilica

  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...

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  Royal Wawel Castle

  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...

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  Wawel Cathedral

  The Wawel Cathedral is undoubtedly one of the most important monuments in the country. The full name of the church is the Cathedral Basilica of St. Stanislaus and St. Wenceslas in Krakow. It is here that the most important events in the history of Poland took place. Coronations, royal weddings and funerals. Inside, the central place is occupied by the 17th-century confession, i.e. the canopy altar of St. Stanisław, the bishop and patron of Poland, who died in the 11th century as a result of a conflict with King Boles...

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  Cracow all day sightseeing

  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 Squere 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 artistic cellar in Kraków - Piwnica pod Baranami, as also as St. Mary's church - one of the most important church in Kraków, built in the 14th and 15th centuries. We will cont...

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  Day 3

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  Breakfast. Meeting with your guide in your hotel/hostel. Transfer to Pieniny National Park for Dunajec Gorge traditional rafting. Upon return optional Wieliczka Salt Mine sightseeing. 

  

  Pienieny National Park

  Pieniny National Park was created in 1932 to protect fairly small group of mountains from Czorsztyn to Szczawnica towns and Dunajec gorge in this area. The park area is 2 346 hectares. The most famous peaks include Sokolica 747 m above sea level and Trzy Korony 982 m above sea level. In the park there are 35 km trails among them walking, cycling and skiing ones. Still, the most popular attraction of Pieniny is rafting in Dunajec gorge. There are also anthropological attractions such as castle ruins in Czorsztyn. Flor...

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  Dunajec Rafting

  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...

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  Wieliczka Salt Mine

  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...

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  Day 4

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  Breakfast. Transfer to Oświęcim. Sightseeing of Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum. Return to Krakow.  

  

  Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi German Concentration Camp Museum

  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 (...

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  Day 5

  Breakfast. Check-out and departure.