Poland Tour

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country located in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces, covering an area of 312,696 km² (120,733 sq mi), and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. Poland has a population of nearly 38.5 million people, and is the fifth-most populous member state of the European Union. Warsaw is the nation's capital and largest metropolis. Other major cities include Krakow, Lodz, Wrocklaw, Poznan, Gdansk and Szczecin.

Day One: Arrive Warsaw                                                                                                                                                                  (flight not included)

After clearing Customs and Immigration, and collecting your baggage, please look for our local representative holding a placard in your name to assist and transfer you to the hotel.

Overnight: Novotel Centrum Hotel (Standard Room)

Meals: None

Day Two: Warsaw

Early breakfast at the hotel.

Pick up from the hotel lobby and proceed for a half day tour of Warsaw, including the Royal Route with all its famous statues, buildings and churches, the Royal Lazienki Park with F. Chopin’s monument and the Old Town area with the Royal Castle Square, St John’s Cathedral, the Old Town Market Square.

Rest of the day at leisure

Overnight: Novotel Centrum Hotel (Standard Room)

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day Three: Warsaw / Gdansk

Pick up from hotel in Warsaw and make your fascinating trip to Gdansk.

Arrive Gdansk and check into the hotel.

Rest of the day at leisure

Overnight: Mercure Old Town (Hevelius) Hotel  (Standard Room)

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day Four: Gdansk 

Pick up from the hotel lobby and proceed for a half day sightseeing tour of Gdansk. Visit the Old Town in Gdansk: Dluga Street, Neptun Fountain, Artus Court.

Drive to Oliwa to visit the Oliwa Cathedral famous from Rococo pipe-organ.   

Rest of the day at leisure

Overnight: Mercure Old Town (Hevelius) Hotel  (Standard Room)

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day Five: Gdansk / Malbork / Torun  - Drive

Early breakfast at the hotel.

Check out and proceed on your drive to Torun via Malbork. Visit of imposing Teutonic Knights’ Castle in Malbork.

Afternoon sightseeing of Torun – guided tour of the Old Town, unique example of Gothic architecture: churches, burgher’s houses, defensive walls. Statue of Nicolaus Copernicus and Town Hall in Old Town Market Square. 

Overnight: Mercure Centrum (Helios) (Standard Room)

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day Six: Torun / Wroclaw - Drive

Breakfast at the hotel.

Check out of the hotel and proceed on your drive to Wroclaw.

Arrive and check into the hotel.

In the afternoon sightseeing of  Wroclaw – guided tour of Old Town with the tenement houses and Town Hall on the Market Square, visit to Ostrow Tumski – the oldest part of the city.

Overnight: Park Plaza or Novotel Centrum (Standard Room)

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day Seven: Wroclaw / Czestochowa / Krakow - Drive

Breakfast at the hotel.

Check out of the hotel and proceed on your drive to Krakow via Czestochowa. Visit to Jasna Gora Monastery in Czestochowa with the Black Madonna

After the visit, proceed on your drive to Krakow

Arrive and check into the hotel

Rest of the day at leisure

Overnight: Novotel Centrum (Standard Room)

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day Eight: Krakow

Pick up from the hotel lobby and proceed on your half day tour of Krakow including the Old Town area with the Barbican, Florianska Gate and Collegium Maius courtyard (Jagiellonian University, one of the oldest in Europe), Old Town Market Square with the Cloth Hall (Sukiennice) and entrance to St Mary’s Church 

Excursion to Wieliczka Salt Mine - a unique world class attraction  included in the UNESCO “Human Heritage” list.

Wieliczka Salt Mine is a unique world-class attraction, included in the UNESCO "Human Heritage" List. According to a legend, salt resources were brought here from Hungary by Blessed Kinga, who married a Polish king. She dropped a ring to a Hungarian salt mine shaft to say "farewell" to her homeland. Salt recourses were soon discovered in Wieliczka. When excavation started - Kinga's ring was found in a first salt lump. A tour of the Mine includes beautiful chapels sculpted in salt (Blessed Kinga's chapel is the most beautiful one), spacious chambers, crystal grottoes and underground ponds. All this at average depth of 250 m below the ground level.

Overnight: Novotel Centrum (Standard Room)

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day Nine: Krakow

Breakfast at the hotel.

Pick up from the hotel lobby and proceed on your half day tour of Auschwitz - visit former Nazi concentration camp of WWII

Auschwitz – in the years 1940-1945 - the biggest Nazi concentration and death camp in occupied Europe. Situated at a distance of 70 km from Cracow in the town of Oswiecim. The Auschwitz Memorial Museum (founded in 1947) was included in the UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1979.

Overnight: Novotel Centrum (Standard Room)

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day Ten: Depart Krakow                                                                                                                                                     (flight not included)

Breakfast at the hotel.

12:00 noon check out of the hotel and transfer to the Balice airport to board your onward flight.

Meals: Breakfast

End of our services

 

Poland Registration

 

     Your tour includes:

•           ·          All services as mentioned in the itinerary
•           ·          Local English speaking tour guide services during sightseeing only
•           ·          Accommodation at the hotels mentioned above or similar to include currently applicable taxes
•           ·          Meals per itinerary
•           ·          Transfers and sightseeing by standard private, air-conditioned vehicles.
•           ·          Drinking water and cold towels during sightseeing

 

      Excludes:

•           ·          Airfare and taxes on international and domestic sectors
•           ·          Insurance
•           ·          Personal expenses like baggage porterage at airports/hotels, tips, gratuities, laundry, telephone calls, etc.
•           ·          Any item not mentioned above

 

**Times may vary according to traffic and weather

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