8 Kolobrzeska, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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.
5 day/4 nights
BB (breakfast)
All year
2 cities
11
Medium
Up to 30 days*
Arrival to Cracow. Check in at your hotel. Overnight.
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. Welcome 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. Transfer to Oświęcim and sightseeing of Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi German Concentration Camp Museum. 3.5-4 h standard sightseeing with a guide. Transfer to Wieliczka (possible lunch break). Sightseeing of Wieliczka Salt Mine and Brine Graduation Tower. Transfer to your hotel in Cracow.
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 (...
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...
The graduation tower (Polish: Tężnia Solankowa, Wieliczka) is located in the Saint Kinia Park, near the Daniłowicz Shaft, which leads to the mine underground. It is one of the four largest graduation towers in the country and the largest in Małopolska. It has 7,500 sq m. area and is surrounded by a garden. At the same time, about 100 people will be able to stay in the graduation tower. Tourists will be attracted both by the health benefits of the facility and additional attractions, such as the 22-meter high observat...
Breakfast. Check-out from your hotel. Transfer to 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 the famous Warsaw's landmark Palace of Culture and Science to admire Warsaw's Panorama. Transfer to your hotel. Check-in.
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...
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. Check out from your hotel. Free time for souvenir shopping and your own exploration. Departure.
Local and museum guides
Viewing Terrace of Palace of Culture and Science, Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp Museum 3.5-4 h standard tour, Galicja Museum, Meeting with Holocaust Survivor, Klezmer live concert and dinner, Wieliczka Salt Mine, Wieliczka Brine Graduation Tower.
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