8 Kolobrzeska, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Wrocław is the most interesting and the best well known city in Lower Silesia. It is often referred to as the city of thousand bridges as three major waterways cross here. Therefore, urban structure of this capital of lower Silesia is really interesting and picturesque. The city itself enchants the visitors with the second biggest market square in Poland, unique atmosphere of the Old Town but also one of the biggest zoos in the world, UNESCO enlisted Centennial Hall, gardens and modern museum facilities such as water museum. Give your students the opportunity to discover new country and within it, one of the most popular cities in Poland. It will be truly memorable and educational experience that broadens your students' minds.
4 nights / 5 days
HB (4 breakfasts, 4 dinners)
All year
1 city
10-150
Medium
Up to 30 days*
Arrival. 3 h sightseeing of the Old Town. First encounter with Wrocław's Dwarwes. Entrance to Racławice Panorama. The rare round picture that plays with student's senses. Dinner.
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...
One of the most original Wrocław’s attractions are Dwarves. They started to show up at Wrocław’s streets in 2005 when a sculptor Tomasz Maczek designed first five figurines. Nowadays dwarves are designed by artists from all parts of Poland. Right now there are over 300 dwarves and their numbers are constantly growing. Dwarves become even Wrocław’s iconic symbols. Tourists and Wrocław’s inhabitants take part in special Dwarves trips. Once a year in September these small creatures have their own official holiday. Peopl...
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...
The Old Market Square in Wrocław has almost 3.8 hectare and is one of the biggest old squares in Poland (after Kraków and Olecko) and Europe. It is a rectangle of 213 and 178 meters. In the centre of the square there is a big Town Hall with 66 m tower, which is the biggest in Poland. Around the market there are 60 decorative, historic tenement houses. In the basement of the Town Hall there is Piwnica Świdnicka restaurant. It is one of the oldest gastronomy points in Europe. The Town Hall is currently a city’s museum...
Breakfast. Transfer to Wrocław's Zoo and Africarium within it. Sightseeing. Next, a visit in Centennial Hall and adjacent Japanese Gardens with a guide. Return to your hotel/hostel. Dinner.
Africarium is a part of Wrocław zoo. It was opened in 2014. It is the first oceanarium in Poland and the only one in the world that is devoted to fauna and flora of only one continent. The name of the unit came from coinage of two words Africa and aquarium giving a huge insight into what the whole enterprise is about. Giving some basic numbers, Africarium has 15 000 000 litres of water, there are 21 pools and aquariums where visitors can admire over 350 species of fish. The place on average is visited by 2.5 thousand...
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. Let's discover the marvels of water. Transfer to Hydropolis water museum, sightseeing. Next, transfer to Wrocław Aquapark, unlimited relax in the facility. Dinner.
Hydropolis is a high-tech multimedia museum dedicated to water. Divided into eight thematic parts and started off with a short 360-degree film which takes you from the Big Bang to nucleosynthesis to the formation of planets to the origin of Earth's aqua, Hydropolis is a friendly-for-all-ages discovery zone where visitors can peek at creatures found in a drop of water, spin an Archimedes' screw, sit in a replica of the Trieste bathyscaphe, which made a descent to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in 1960, or kick back ...
Breakfast. Transfer to Świdnica. Short stop at the UNESCO World heritage enlisted Peace Church. Next transfer to Książ Castle. Sightseeing with a guide. Short transfer to one of the most famous WWII mystery complexes - Riese Włodarz. Return to Wrocław. Dinner.
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...
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...
Riese is a name of a plan and an underground mine-constriction complex created during the WWII. It is located in Góry Sowie (Awl Mountains) and Książ Castle. The main aim of the project was creation of massive, underground, bombing-proof spaces for Hitler and the most important people in Nazi Germany and also a canter of armament industry. According to plans this underground city was supposed to host even 40 thousand people. Currently, we are aware of existence of 7 major complexes. 4 of them are available to tourist...
Breakfast. Transfer to Wrocław University. Sightseeing Leopoldina Lecture Hall with a guide. Then, free time in Wrocław Old Town for souvenir shopping. Departure.
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...
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Racławice Panorama, Wrocław Zoo (Africarium included), Centennial Hall, Japanese Gardens, Hydropolis, Wrocław Aquapark, Świdnica Peace Church, Książ Castle, Riese Włodarz Complex, Leopoldina Lecture Hall.
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