Discover the darkest history of human kind. You will experience the world's most gripping history through the lenses of the modern museums and the world famous memory sites. Study World War II in the place where it started and discover the extensive damage it made. View modern Poland in its proper historical context. Gain more understanding about the world that surrounds us. Find the beauty of modern Poland in 2 biggest agglomerations.
6 day/5 nights
BB (breakfast)
All year
2 cities
11
Medium
Up to 30 days*
Arrival to Warsaw. Check in at your hotel. Overnight.
Breakfast. All day sightseeing of Warsaw. First, we will see the main Warsaw highlights during 4 h Old Town sightseeing (possible lunch time in the Old Town), then we will continue our trip to Warsaw Rising Museum. In the late afternoon we will go on top of famous landmark Palace of Culture and Science to admire Warsaw's Panorama. Return to your hotel.
Warsaw is the capital of Poland and the largest city in the country in which about 2 million people live. Warsaw's Old Town is a real pearl of the capital. Enlisted at the UNESCO World Heritage List, delights with colourful tenements and the unique atmosphere of narrow streets. On 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 can also visit the Royal Castle, the former home of Polish rulers. Here it is possible to see the ro...
Warsaw Rising Museum is located just 3 kilometres from the Royal Castle. The museum was opened in 2004 and is situated at 79 Grzybowska Street. The main aim of the museum is to provide documentation and present history of Warsaw uprising during the Second World War and activities of Polish Underground State. The exhibition shows everyday life and fights during Nazi occupation and the fate of the insurgents during communist regime in People’s Republic of Poland (PRL). The museum has gathered 30 000 exhibits. The exhib...
The viewing terrace is located on the 30th floor of the Palace of Culture and Science, at a height of 114 m, where guests are brought by two modern lifts. From here, visitors can admire the entire panorama of Warsaw, even at night. To enter the viewing terrace, visitors must enter the building from the Parade Square (between Studio and Dramatic theaters), then go straight through the hall to the cash desks and from there to the corridor leading to the elevators - only the last two go up. After seeing the city from ab...
Breakfast. Transfer to POLIN Museum and Ghetto Heroes Monument and sightseeing (possible lunch break). Transfer to Palmiry Memorial Site and Museum, sightseeing. Transfer to Treblinka Concentration Camp Museum, sightseeing. Return to Warsaw.
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...
The Ghetto Heroes Monument is a monumnt at Zamenhofa Street in Muranów, commemorating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943 during the Second World War. The monument is the work of Natan Rapaport, designed by Marek Suzin. It was unveiled next to an earlier monument on April 19, 1948, on the fifth anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The monument stands 11 meters tall. At the bottom of the monument there is a sign in three languages: Polish, Yiddish and Hebrew - "Jewish nation to its fighters and ma...
Palmiry National Memorial and Museum is highly recommended as the forest outside Warsaw significantly ups the standard for how a small exhibit can pack a huge punch. A little history: during World War II the forests of Palmiry and Kampinos became a refuge for those fleeing the destruction in Warsaw (many Home Army soldiers regrouped in the woods). It also became the site for 21 separate mass executions performed by German soldiers against 1,700 Poles and Jews, many of whom were academic and cultural figures. Inside t...
For the overwhelming majority of Warsaw’s wartime Jews their journey was destined to end in one place, a hitherto unknown village called Treblinka. Set 100 kilometres north east of Warsaw this small rural community found itself unwittingly thrust into the eye of the Holocaust. Split into two separate sections, Treblinka I and Treblinka II, Treblinka I was originally established in the summer of 1941 and functioned as a slave labour camp interning Polish prisoners. Treblinka II, the death camp, opened the following ye...
Breakfast. Transfer to Oświęcim (possible lunch break) and sightseeing of Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi German Concentration Camp Museum. 3.5-4 h standard sightseeing with a guide. Transfer to your hotel in Cracow. Check-in.
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. 4 h Old Town sightseeing with a guide (possible lunch break in the city centre). Next, stroll via the old Jewish Kazimierz District to Galicja Museum, sightseeing and a meeting with a Holocaust survivor. Farewell dinner with live Jewish music and Jewish cuisine. Return to your hotel.
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...
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...
Galicja Jewish Museum is located in the Jewish district of Kazimierz in Kraków. The museum commemorates the victims of the Holocaust, and also introduces Jewish history and culture. Offers three permanent exhibitions: Traces of Memory (a contemporary look at the Jewish past in Poland), An unfinished memory (Jewish heritage and the holocaust in Eastern Galicja) and Ten Polish Cities — Ten Jewish Stories (history of ten Polish Jews who told about growing up in pre-war Poland, about surviving during the Holocaust and ab...
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...
A themed dining is always a good choice when visiting another city. It is an amazing opportunity to experience first-hand some of the tradition and culture. And there is no better way than to have an authentic and tasty meal while enjoying a local band. An evening with live Klezmer music and Jewish cuisine will almost directly transfer you to the beginning of 20th century giving you insight into the Jewish culture of the old days. Please note that ITS-Poland works with groups only (10 participants and more).
Breakfast. Check out from your hotel. Free time in the Old Town for souvenir shopping and your own exploration. Departure.
Local and museum guides
Warsaw Rising Museum, Viewing Terrace of Palace of Culture and Science, POLIN Museum, Treblinka Museum, Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp Museum 3.5-4 h standard tour, Galicja Museum, Meeting with Holocaust Survivor, Klezmer live concert and dinner.
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