2nd Day/Wed - WARSAW. After arrival at the Okecie Airport, you will be met and transferred to your hotel in the heart of the city. At 6:00 PM, meet the rest of the group in the hotel lobby. Dinner in your hotel. (D)
3rd Day/Thu - WARSAW. Today, city tour includes: the reconstructed Old Town, its colorful Market Square, St. Mary's Church, Royal Castle Square, the Ghetto Memorial, the beautiful Lazienki Park with Chopin's monument. After lunch in local restaurant, time at leisure do explore Warsaw on your own . (B,L)
4th Day/Fri - WARSAW/Czestochowa/Auschwitz/KRAKOW. This morning a road to Krakow leads via Czestochowa where you'll tour the Jasna Gora Monastery with the miraculous icon of the Black Madonna. After lunch, continue to Oswiecim, site of the former Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp, where unspeakable horrors occurred. Overnight in medieval city of Krakow. (B,L)
5th Day/Sat - KRAKOW. Krakow has more than one thousand monuments of historical and architectural interest. Your tour includes a walking tour of the Old Town and the magnificent Wawel Coronation Cathedral, final resting place of Polish royalty and famous Poles. (Entrance fees to Wawel Cathedral and St. Mary's Church are included) (B,D)
6th Day/Sun - KRAKOW/Wieliczka/ZAKOPANE. After breakfast you're off to Zakopane, a resort high in the Tatra Mountains, a great area for walking and hiking and shopping for local folk art. En route stop in Wieliczka Salt Mine, the oldest in Europe. On a 1.2 mile tourist route you will discover chapels, grottoes, lakes and magnificent Cathedral, all carved from rock salt. Overnight in Zakopane. (B,L)
7th Day/Mon - ZAKOPANE. Today you will enjoy a relaxing day. A funicular will take you to the Gubalowka Mountain for spectacular views and great shopping in local bazaar for local arts and crafts of the highlanders (Gorale). (B,D)
8th Day/Tue - ZAKOPANE/WROCLAW This morning your coach heads for Western Poland to the historic city of Wroclaw, called "Venice of the North". Overnight in Wroclaw. (B,D)
9th Day/Wed - WROCLAW/RYDZYNA. Start the day with a guided city tour of Wroclaw which includes its medieval monument, the 13th century Town Hall, the Gothic cathedral, and the awesome diorama depicting the Raclawice Battle. Afternoon drive to Rydzyna and settle-in in the Castle. (B,D)
10th Day/Thu - RYDZYNA/POZNAN/TORUN. After breakfast, depart for Poznan, first capital of Poland in the 11th century. Short tour of the city includes it's most important sites. After lunch, continue to Torun for overnight. (B,L)
11th Day/Fri - TORUN/GDYNIA. This morning you will get acquainted with Torun, the medieval town closely associated with the great Polish astronomer N. Copernicus. After lunch, continue to the Baltic Coast for overnight in Gdynia. (B,L)
12th Day/Sat - GDYNIA. After breakfast, depart on a sightseeing tour of the tri-city complex of Gdynia, Sopot and Gdansk with its stunning Town Hall, Neptune's Fountain, and Artus Court. In Oliwa, listen to a short concert on the world-famous pipe organ. In the afternoon, there's time to shop in the Gdansk's Old Town. Amber is a great buy here. (B,L)
13th Day/Sun - GDYNIA/Malbork/OLSZTYN. The road to Warsaw leads to Malbork on the Vistula River. Tour the fascinating brick fortress where mighty Teutonic Knights lived in the 15th century. After lunch continue to picturesque Mazurian Lake region and the town of Olsztyn for overnight. In the evening enjoy a folklore performance in the village of Gietrzwald. (B,D)
14th Day/Mon - OLSZTYN/WARSAW. After breakfast visit the open-air museum of Olsztynek which will introduce you to the 19th century village life. Continue to Warsaw for overnight. (B,D)
15th
Day/Tue
- WARSAW.
After breakfast,
termination of tour services. Transfer to the airport. (B)
YOUR HOTELS:
WARSAW -
Novotel Centrum;
KRAKOW -
Novotel Bronowice
or similar
ZAKOPANE
- Mercure Kasprowy; WROCLAW -
Wroclaw; RYDZYNA - Zamek
TORUN -
Mercure Helios; GDYNIA
- Gdynia, OLSZTYN - Novotel,
WARSAW -
Novotel Centrum
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