8 Kolobrzeska, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Wrocław is the tourist capital of South-West Poland with more bridges than any city in Central Europe, the second largest market square, cathedral island coated in phenomenal architecture and UNESCO Centennial Hall. When we add that it is a home of huge growing population of Gnomes loved by tourists and a gate to Lower Silesia region with numerous palaces and astonishing Sudety Mountains you will know why Wroclaw is a great place to start your Polish adventure. ITS Poland will show you all the highlights of this area.
5 days, 4 nights
HB (4 breakfasts, 4 dinners)
All year
1 city, 6 towns
10-50
Medium / Quick
Up to 30 days*
Arrival to Wrocław. Transfer from the airport. 3 h sightseeing of the Old Town with entrance to Racławice Panorama. 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...
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...
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...
Breakfast. Transfer fo Wrocław National Museum and sightseeing, next transfer to Africarium and sightseeing. Short walk to Centennial Hall and Japanese Garden. Dinner and return to your hotel.
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 ...
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. Transfer to Topacz Castle sightseeing of Motorization Museum. Transfer to Świdnica and sightseeing of UNESCO Peace Church. Next, transfer to Książ Castle and sightseeing. Return to Wrocław. Dinner.
Topacz Castle and located next to the castle – Motorization Museum is in Lower Silesia region. The castle is located only 10 km from Wrocław (around 20 minutes drive). At present it is 4 star hotel and conference centre with 54 rooms and 4 conference & banquet rooms for approximately 400 people. Around the castle there is 50- hectare recreation area adjusted to organize mass events and picnics. The biggest attraction is of course Motorization Museum, where tourists can go back to the 30s of the 20th century and admir...
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...
Breakfast. Transfer to Bolków Castle and sightseeing. Transfer to Szklarska Poręba, visiting Szklarki Waterfall and taking the chair lift to Szrenica Summit. Admiring panorama, some free time in Szklarska Poręba. Transfer to Wojanów Palace sightseeing and dinner. Return to Wrocław.
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
Wojanów Palace is situated about 10 km from Jelenia Góra and 112 km from Wrocław (about 2 h drive). The first palace in this place was erected in the 16th century in Renaissance style. In the 17th century after major reconstruction it got Baroque characteristics. Finally, with yet another reconstruction in the 19th century it achieved its current Neo-Gothic style. Nowadays, the palace is a modern conference centre with 7 conference rooms. It also offers space for 200 guests in 11 apartments and 81 rooms. In the palac...
Breakfast. Transfer for sightseeing. Guided tour in Wrocław University Leopoldina Lecture Hall and Royal Palace City Museum. Airport transfer.
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...
Local and museum guides for sightseeing
Racławice Panorama, Wrocław National Museum, Africarium, Centennial Hall, Japanese Garden, Topacz Motorization Museum, Świdnica Peace Church, Książ Castle, Bolków Castle, Szklarki Waterfall, return ticket chair lift to Szrenica, Wojanów Palace, Leopoldina Lecture Hall, Royal Palace Museum Wrocław.
Coach, chair lift
Airport and hotel for sightseeing trips
Hotel, airport for departure
English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and others on request
Round tour
Of course. The chair lift to Szrenica is in the middle of Szklarska Poręba, one of the most popular mountain towns in Poland. You can spend some time on shopping or relax in one of the restaurants or just take same small walk in the town and surrounding area.
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 inter...
Southern Poland is exceptionally wealthy in tourist attractions. Wroclaw and Krakow agglomerations offer huge number of monuments and interesting activities. First, discover Wroclaw, often called Polish silicon valley and track down the main Old T...
Wrocław is the tourist capital of South-West Poland with more bridges than any city in Central Europe, the second largest market square, cathedral island coated in phenomenal architecture and UNESCO Centennial Hall. When we add that it is a home o...
Wroclaw is the tourist capital of South-West Poland with more bridges than any city in Central Europe, the second largest market square, cathedral island coated in phenomenal architecture and UNESCO Centennial Hall. When we add that it is a home o...
