poland travel

Poland in a week - the Southern face

                                               guided tour of Warsaw with Chopin's music concert
                                         pearls of Krakow, visit to Wieliczka Salt Mine and Auschwitz


Day 1st  
Your arrival at Warsaw airport or train station, where you are welcomed by our driver. Transfer to a hotel in city centre. Check-in and a time to relax. An overnight stay at your hotel.


Day 2nd
Breakfast and a half-day guided tour of Warsaw: the Old Town with the Royal Castle, The Royal Route and “Łazienki” – the Royal Park, are of former Jewish ghetto and the Monument to the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. Next time to your private arrangements like private walks or gift shopping.  Chopin music concert at evening time on request*. An overnight stay at a hotel. (B)


Day 3rd
Breakfast. Morning transfer to the Warsaw train station with our driver service. Your 2,5 hour ride by express - intercity train to Krakow. During your  journey, you will see many different Polish landscapes. Early afternoon your arrival to Cracow, where you will be welcomed by our driver. Transfer to a  hotel. Time to relax. An overnight stay at a hotel. (B)


Day 4th
Breakfast, a morning guided tour of Cracow, with the city highlights including the Main Market Square with famous St. Mary’s Basilica and historical trade pavilions of the Cloth Hall, the Royal Route, Wawel Hill with renaissance Royal Castle and Cathedral. Moreover a walk round the Old Jewish Quarter - Kazimierz, where Steven Spilberg came to shoot "Schindler’s List". Afternoon time for a gift shopping and private walks. Dinner with live music at a regional restaurant in centre of Cracow on request*. Next, an overnight stay at a hotel. (B,D*)


Day 5th
Breakfast, and a half-day tour, according to your private choice (Wieliczka or Auschwitz):
- Wieliczka Salt Mine - a visit to the famous Royal Salt Mine with a numerous underground chambers, chapels and salt sculptures. That place is inscribed in UNESCO World Heritage List, as well as Auschwitz – Birkenau Museum.
or
- Auschwitz – Birkenau - the biggest German Nazi concentration camp from the II World War. Next, return drive to Cracow and an overnight stay at a hotel. (B)
 
You can visit both Auschwitz and Wieliczka on the same day, but with  50 USD / person extra fee.


Day 6th
Breakfast, one of the whole day tour to chose:  
- Częstochowa and Jasna Góra – the Black Madonna monastery – Poland’s spiritual heart and one of the most important pilgrimage centre in Europe,
or
- Zakopane – “the winter capital of Poland” and the Tatra mountains with breathtaking views, unique folk culture and dishes  Afternoon drive back  to Cracow for an overnight stay at your hotel. (B)


Day 7th
Breakfast. Transfer by our driver to the Cracow airport or train station for your return flight / ride. Your tour ends. (B)
Your return ride by train to Warsaw, with an airport transfer to Warsaw airport on request (80 USD/ person)   

 
Tour start dates: any date withn 2011 - send you request now !

Price: 
- 870 USD / person (min. 2 person group)
- 780 USD / person - for 3 and more persons applying together !

Price includes:
- all necessary  transfers upon arrivals and departures,
- accommodation at first class, centrally located hotels in Warsaw and Cracow, in a dbl or twin bed room,
- buffet breakfasts at the hotels restaurants (B),
- guided in English tours as  in the tour program above, with transfers and entrance tickets,
- train ticket for Warsaw – Cracow journey at 1st class intercity train,


Excluded:
- single room supplementary fee - 440 USD,
- Chopin music concert – 50 USD / person,
- dinner with music in Cracow – 45 USD / person (D),
- any tour extension and return train journey to Warsaw available on request.