8 Kolobrzeska, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Are you a mountain trekking fan but not a sportsperson and you would like to spend fun but not too challenging mountain holidays? Check ITS Poland trip for school groups and tourists with average fitness level. Discover majestic beauty of Sudetes mountains in Karkonoski National Park. Find out picturesque mountain towns of Szklarska Poręba and Karpacz.
7 days / 6 nights
HB (6 breakfasts, 6 dinners)
April-September
10-50
Moderate
Up to 30 days*
Arrival to Wrocław. Pick up from the airport by the tour guide and coach. Transfer to Wrocław Centre. Sightseeing of the Old Town and Ostrów Tumski. Entrance to Wrocław Cathedral. Transfer to Karpacz. Check in at your hotel. Dinner. Overnight in Karpacz.
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...
Ostrów Tumski is the oldest, historic part of Wrocław. It was created in the area of crossings on the Odra River, between the estuaries of the rivers - Oława in the south, Ślęza and Widawa in the north. One of the most beautiful monuments of Ostrów Tumski is the Gothic cathedral of St. John the Baptist and the Church of the Holy Cross. A popular meeting place and tourist attraction is the Tumski Bridge between Wyspa Piaskowa and Ostrów, also known as the Lovers' Bridge. The lovers hang padlocks on it as a sign of the...
The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Wrocław (Polish: Katedra Św Jana Chrzciciela Wrocław), located in the Ostrów Tumski district, is a Gothic church with Neo-Gothic additions. It is the most important temple in Wrocław, the church of the Wrocław Archbishop. A beautiful gothic building, built in the 13th / 14th century as the fifth church in this place (the first Wrocław cathedral was founded by Bolesław Chrobry in 1000), rebuilt after the destruction in 1945. Inside the cathedral there are valuable monuments of ...
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. Sightseeing of Karpacz Town. Entrance to Wang Church and Mysteries of Karkonosze Museum. Transfer to Podgórnej Waterfall, short trail to the waterfall. Transfer to Sosnówka Water Dam and lake. Short stroll. Transfer to Kowary Adit. Sightseeing with a guide. Return to Karpacz. Dinner. Overnight in Karpacz.
Wang Temple - The official name of this building is Mountain Church of Our Saviour and it is an Evangelical Church. The church was brought to and rebuilt in Karpacz in 1842 from Norway where it was built at the turning of 12th and 13th century. Nowadays, it is a huge touristic attraction because of its shape and built. The wooden construction of the church was built in the same way as Viking boats entirely without the use of nails. The church is decorated by fantastical carvings and sculptures.
Mysteries of Karkonosze (Polish: Karkonoskie Tajemnice, Karpacz) is one of the biggest tourist attractions in Karpacz. It is an underground, multimedia exhibition presenting the legendary and historical world of the Karkonosze and their ruler of the Mountain Spirit. Visitors will learn the most wonderful stories and legends, incl. a story about the herbalists inhabiting the Karkonosze Mountains, seekers of minerals and natural resources - the Walloons, legends depicting the Mountain Spirit or the amazing mandrake roo...
Podgórna Waterfall (Polish: Wodospad Podgórnej) is located in the heart of the Karkonosze Mountains. It is located in the town of Przesieka at an altitude of 547 m above sea level. It is the third largest waterfall in these mountains. It has a triple cascade, the total height of which is 10 meters. At the very bottom of the waterfall, there is a small bridge from which there is a beautiful view of the water and the surrounding nature. Podgórna Waterfall owes its name to the Podgórna stream, on which it is located an...
Sztolnie Kowary is an underground world of legends, secrets and true history, associated for nearly 700 years with the search for minerals and the extraction of precious stones, iron, silver and uranium. After the Second World War, the mining of uranium began, which was then sent to the Soviet Union. The mining works were completed in 1973. From that year the Wrocław University of Science and Technology conducted research and classes for students in the mine. Currently, there is a tourist route there. The Undergroun...
Breakfast. Taking chair lift to Kopa Mountain Shelter. Climbing Śnieżka Summit. Either return to Karpacz by chair lift or descend along red or black trail to Karpacz. Free time and dinner. Overnight in Karpacz.
Śnieżka peak (Snow Ball) in the Sudetes range is 1602 m above sea level. The Tatra mountains were created during the Alpine orogeny, the same one which created the highest mountains in the world e.g. Europe – the Alps, Asia – the Himalayas. The Sudetes are older as they were created during the earlier Hercynian orogeny. It means that these mountains have had more time to be “spoiled”. This is the reason why these mountains are lower and their slopes are not that steep. Although, Śnieżka is the highest peak in the Sud...
Breakfast. Taking chair lift to Kopa Mountain Shelter. Descend along black and yellow trails to Strzecha Akademicka Mountain Shelter. Then walk along blue trail to Samotnia Mountain Shelter and Small Pond. Continuing trekking along blue trail to Karpacz. More advanced walkers can take a detour to Słonecznik Summit. Free time. Dinner and overnight in Karpacz.
Solitude Mountain Shelter (Polish: Samotnia) is located at Mały Staw (Small Pond) bank, which is a perfect, picturesque location (the pond isn’t small at all it is 255 m long and 185 m wide). The tradition of the hostel in this area is very long. The first notes about the house here come from 1670. Getting to the hostel from Wang temple takes about 1 hour walking along blue tourist trail. The hostel is located more or less in the middle of the journey from Karpacz to Śnieżka summit. It is located at 1195 m above sea ...
Breakfast. Transfer to Szklarska Poręba. Sightseeing of Szklarki Waterfall on the way. Taking chair lift to Szrenica. Short walk from the lift stop to the summit. Coffee break in the shelter. Descent to Szklarska Poręba along red trail. Sightseein Kamieńczyk Waterfall on the way. Some free time in Szklarska Poręba town. Check in at your hotel, dinner, overnight in Szklarska Poręba.
Szklarki Waterfall is easily accessible, as you can almost park your car by the waterfall. It is also available for disabled people on wheelchairs. After Kamieńczyk it is the second largest waterfall in Sudetes, as it is 13.3 m high. Just by the waterfall there is a mountain hostel ‘Kochanówka’ and a viewing deck, where you can have a meal and admire water. The waterfall is situated in a pretty mixed forest. From Szklarska Poręba you can get to Szklarki Waterfall by car within 15 minutes. The distance is only 2.5 km.
Szklarska Poręba is a place where two mountain ranges meet - the Jizera Mountains and the Karkonosze Mountains. In addition, the village is located at the foot of Szrenica - a peak in the Karkonosze Mountains - which towers over the area. There are also two high waterfalls, the Karkonosze Kamieńczyk and Szklarki. An extensive and diverse accommodation base and numerous attractions make Szklarska Poręba an attractive place for tourists.
Szrenica Ski Lift runs through the Karkonosze National Park. It operates as part of SkiArena Szrenica. The Szrenica chairlift is open all year round. It consists of two sections - "Szrenica I" and "Szrenica II". Szrenica I 2-seat chairlift with a length of 1417 m, capacity is 1436 persons / h, and the difference in levels is 174 m. Szrenica II 2-seater chair lift with a length of 1341 m, level difference - 429 m, capacity 1437 persons / h. This is the easiest way to get from Szklarska Poręba to the Silesian Ridge.
The height of the waterfall Kamieńczyk is 27 meters. The additional attraction of the waterfall is that it falls directly to the Kamieńczyk gorge, which is very picturesque. The gorge has about 100 meters length and its vertical walls have up to 24 meters. Still, in some places it is note very wide, as it has about 4 m in the narrowest parts. As some small parts of the rocks tend to fall into the gorge the most dangerous rocks are covered in a bribe net for protection and all the tourists receive safety helmets, whic...
Breakfast. Taking chair lift to Szrenica. Walk along green trail to Pod Łabskim Szczytem Mountain Shelter, then walk along yellow trail to Śnieżne Kotły and Radio-Television Brodcasting Tower. Return to Szklarska Poręba along one of the chosen trails. Free time. Dinner. Overnight in Szklarska Poręba.
Śnieżne Kotły (Snowy Corries) are massive holes in the ground created by mountain glacier (during last Baltic glacier period). The corries are located between two peaks: Wielki Szyszak 1509 m above sea level and Łabski Szczyt 1471 m above sea level. Nowadays tourists can admire magnificent granite rock formations here. Vertical rock walls are even 200 m high. Śnieżne Kotły area is an unforgettable viewing spot. At the verge of corries there is also a TV and radio broadcasting station, which formerly was a mountain ho...
Breakfast. Transfer to Jelenia Góra. Sightseeing of the Old Town. Transfer to Bolków Castle. Sightseeing. Transfer to Wrocław airport. Departure.
Jelenia Góra is a Lower Silesian town located in a valley, between the Karkonosze and the Kaczawskie Mountains, on the Bóbr. It is an old, historical city with many architectural monuments. To this day, the remains of the former fortifications have survived: the Wojanowska Gate with a tower, the remains of walls that are elements of other buildings, e.g. at Jelenia and Baszty street: Grodzka and Zamkowa. In the center of the old town there is the Town Hall Square with the Town Hall from the middle of the 18th centu...
Bolków Castle is situated 34 km from Jelenia Góra (about 40 min drive) and 80 km from Wrocław (about 1h 15 min drive). It is situated on a hill between a river and a town. The stronghold area is 7 600 square meters and was probably built in the 13th century. In the 14th century the castle was connected to the town by fortifications. The main characteristic of the castle is 25 meter high hunger tower with diameter of 12 meters. The castle has an interesting history. It has changed owners a few times, it was conquered ...
Tour guide, local guides, mountain guide, driver
Wrocław Cathedral, Wang Church, Mysteries of Karkonosze Museum, Karkonoski National Park Entrances, Kowary Adit, Chair Lift tickets in Karpacz and Szklarska Poręba, Szklarki Waterfall, Kamieńczyk Waterfall, Bolków Castle
Coach, chair lifts
Airport and hotels for sightseeing trips
Airport and hotels for sightseeing trips
English, German and others on request
Round tour
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