POLAND IN ONE WEEK

FIRST DAY:

Arrival to Warsaw

afternoon
Arrival to Warsaw's airport, meeting with tour leader in the hall of the airport and  transfer to the hotel.

evening
Dinner in the hotel or in the restaurant.

SECOND DAY:

Visit of Warsaw

morning
The breakfast in the hotel. Meeting with the guide and visit of Warsaw: in 18th  and 19th century Warsaw was know as „Paris of the North”, but architecture changed a lot after Second World War. First of all the communist built many tipical to this period buildings: Palace of Sience and Culture – socrealist skycraper located in the city centre, now next to this building you can find modern economic and trade centre of Warsa and MDM (Marszalkowska Dzielnica Mieszkaniowa – Marszalkowska Housing District) – one of tipical district built by communists in this period. From the historical point of view more important are other parts of the city: the Old City (Stare Miasto) with Royal Castle and situated just next to it the New City (Nowe Miasto) with his oldest building the Barbican. The 'must see' is as well Lazienki Park (Park Lazienkowski) with Palace on water (Palac na wodzie) and Polish famous composer Fryderyk Chopin monument.

afternoon
Lunch in the restaurant. Visit of Royal Castle.

evening
Dinner in the hotel or in the restaurant.

THIRD DAY:

Warsaw – Czestochowa – Cracow

morning
The breakfast in the hotel. Departure for Czestochowa.

afternoon

Lunch in Czestochowa's restaurant.Visit of Częstochowa shrine, one of the most important places of Catholic cult in Poland. Each year over four millions of pilgrims are visiting this place. On Ogni anno vi giungono oltre quattro milioni di pellegrini. In Jasna Gora monastery (lat. Mons Clara, eng. Luminous Mount) we can find the Black Madonna image which was so precious for Poles as they gave her the title of Queen of Poland. Departure for Cracow.

evening
Arrival to Cracow. Dinner in the hotel or in the restaurant.

FOURTH DAY:

Visit of Cracow, Kazimierz – Jewish district

morning
Breakfast in the hotel. Meeting with guide and visit of Cracow: Royal Castle Wawel (the visit of the cathedral and courtyard), the Market Place, The Clothmarket, Saint Mary's church, Jagiellonian University, Florian's Gate and Barbican.

afternoon
Lunch in Cracow's restaurant. Second part of the visit: former Jewish district Kazimierz. Free time.

evening
Dinner (optional proposal dinner with Jewish music concert).

FIFTH DAY:

Cracow – river Dunajec – Zakopane – Cracow

morning
Breakfast in the hotel. Departure for Sromowce Wyzne. Dunajec river rafting in Polish Mountains (in case of rain the trip by funicular railway to mount Gubalowka in Zakopane will take place). Arrival to Szczawnica. Departure to Zakopane.

afternoon
Lunch in Zakopane. Visit of Zakopane – th capitale of Polish mountains. The includes: main stree Krupowki, Santuary of Our Lady of Fatima (Krzeptowki) – built after Pope John II assassination attempt.

evening
Dinner.

SIXTH DAY:

Cracow – Oswiecim – Brzezinka (Auschwitz-Birkenau) - Wieliczka – Cracow

morning

Breakfast in the hotel. Departure for the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum. Visit of the former concentration camp Auschiwitz-Birkeanu. The Auschwitz concentration camp was one of tree camps which were the part of the whole complex based near Auschwitz (in Polish Oswiecim). The second part of the complex was the extermination camp based in Birkenau (in Polish "Brzeiznka") and the third - the labor camp Monowitz (in Polish "Monowice"). In 1979 the whole camp was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Departure for Cracow.

afternoon

Lunch at the restaurant. Departure for Wieliczka. Guided visit of the salt mine: the Wieliczka Salt Mine, located about 13 km from Cracow's city centre, was opened in 13th century. It is one of the oldest salt mines in the world (the table salt was produced until 2007). The main attractions of the mine are the cathedral carved by local miners, three chapels and dozens of statues. In 1978 the mine was inscribed on UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites. Wieliczka Salt Mine is one of the most popular attractions in Poland - each year over 1 million tourists visit this place.

evening
Dinner (optional: dinner with folclore concert).

SEVENTH DAY:

Departure form Poland

morning
Breakfast in  the hotel. Check-out. Transfer to the airport.