Warsaw - Czestochowa - Zakopane - Auschwitz - Krakow

Land only:  $ 1350 USD ($1640 CAD)  per person in dbl room land only
Single room: $ 1675 USD ($ 2035 CAD)

Starting in Warsaw:
May 6, Jun 10, Jul 15, Aug 19, Sep 9, Oct 7, 2023

INCLUDED SERVICES:

• Transportation within Poland by air-conditioned motorcoach / mini-bus / car (depending on group size)
• English speaking tour escort assistance throughout
• English speaking local guides where required
• Sightseeing and entrance fees as per itinerary
• Meals: breakfast daily at hotel & 1 lunch, 1 dinner
• Hotels: All rooms with private bath or shower, based on two person sharing a room.
• A limited number of single rooms are available at a supplement. 
  We reserve the right to substitute hotels of similar category, when and if necessary. 

YOUR HOTELS:

• 2 nights at Novotel Warszawa Centrum or similar
• 1 night at Mercure Kasprowy in Zakopane or similar
• 3 nights at Novotel Krakow City West in Krakow or similar
  

DAY 1 - WARSAW (Welcome dinner)

Meet your guide and the rest of the group  this evening at 6 pm in the hotel lobby. Drive along the beautifully renovated Royal Route with its historical monuments and residences. Stop at Castle Square for a short walk through Old Town, and then join us for welcome dinner at a local restaurant. Your meal will include typical Polish dishes and famous Polish vodka, “Zubrowka”.

DAY 2 - WARSAW ( B )

This morning we introduce you to the highlights of Warsaw. A half-day sightseeing tour includes the Old Town, beautifully rebuilt after World War II, with the impressive Royal Castle, seat of the kings of Poland. Here the Constitution of May 3rd was proclaimed in 1791, the second oldest constitution, after the US Constitution, in the world. You will admire some of its 300 rooms and see the Canaletto Room with 23 of his paintings, the Throne Room, the magnificent Knight’s Hall with six large paintings by Marcello Bacciarelli, the Marble room with its 22 portraits of Polish kings and the largest and most impressive of all the castle’s chambers, the Ballroom. Continue our tour with a drive to the area of the former Warsaw Ghetto. Enroute you will see the building of the National Opera House and Town Hall. Following lunch on your own, we will invite you to the famous Warsaw chocolate factory “Wedel” to taste the delicious hot chocolate at the “Wedel Old Fashioned Shop”.  In the evening you will take an unforgettable musical journey through the world famous compositions of our greatest composer, Frederic Chopin, at a two-part piano recital.

DAY 3 - WARSAW – CZESTOCHOWA – ZAKOPANE ( B, L )

After breakfast we depart for Zakopane – one of the most popular vacation resorts in the Tatra Mountains. Enroute we stop in Czestochowa to visit the Jasna Gora Monastery and the Black Madonna Shrine with its miraculous icon. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant. In the evening we arrive in Zakopane beautifully situated at the foot of the Tatra Mountains, in the valley between Gubalowka and Giewont. It is the most popular resort in Poland and one of the most beautiful places in all of Poland, owing to its picturesque location. Once, a small mountain village, Zakopane became a fashionable artist’s retreat at the beginning of the 20th century.

DAY 4 - ZAKOPANE – KRAKOW ( B , D )

In the morning you will have a sightseeing tour of Zakopane, whose wooden architecture blends with the natural landscapes and it is copied in other parts of Poland - known as Zakopianski Style. You will visit the Jaszczurowka Chapel, a great example of the wooden architecture in Zakopane, and the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima at Krzeptowki, which was built by the people of Zakopane to thank the Lady of Fatima for saving the Pope after an attempt on His life. Admire the breathtaking views of the Tatras from the top of Gubalowka* Mountain and shop for souvenirs of arts and crafts of the Highlanders (Gorale) in the local shops. After lunch on your own, we continue on to Krakow. Enroute we take a spectacular rafting trip on the Dunajec River** in Pieniny National Park. Tonight’s dinner will be served upon arrival at the hotel.

Important notes:
*Funicular to Gubalowka Mountain (subject to confirm on spot; service depends on the weather and funicular technical conditions)
**Dunajec Raft Trip (subject to confirm on spot; service depends on the weather and the level of the river)

DAY 5 - KRAKOW – AUSCHWITZ – KRAKOW ( B )

The morning sightseeing tour will feature Wawel Hill with its impressive Royal Castle and Wawel Royal Cathedral - the place of the cult of St. Stanislaw and St. Jadwiga, Queen of Poland.  Its 18 chapels are true architectural masterpieces. The giant bell, Zygmunt from 1520 ranks with the world’s largest. This is the place where Polish kings were crowned and buried. Continue the tour with the walk to the Old Town with its restored Main Square of magnificent houses and palaces. There, you stop at St. Mary’s Basilica, where to see the magnificent wooden altar by Wit Stwosz. In the middle of the square is Cloth Hall built before 1349, but renovated in the 16th century with many shopping stalls inside. After lunch on own we drive to Auschwitz-Birkenau, to visit the Martyrdom Museum of the former Nazi concentration camp.

DAY 6 - KRAKOW ( B )

Coffee and cake at a famous Krakow café and a visit to the Czartoryski Museum which houses one of the most valuable art collections in Poland including “The Lady with an Ermine” by Leonardo da Vinci, the “Landscape with the Good Samaritan” by Rembrandt van Rijn, as well as many other masterpieces .  Evening and dinner on your own.

DAY 7 - KRAKOW ( B )

Breakfast  - end of tour.

Airport transfers are optional – pricing upon request.
**  itinerary is subject to minor changes that may be required due to unforeseen circumstances & restrictions **

B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner