POLISH SPLENDORS - 7 DAYS
Krakow - Warsaw - Olsztyn - Gdansk
ITINERARY & PRICES
Day 1 (Tuesday): Arrival Krakow
Arrival in Krakow, optional transfer to Hotel Golden Tulip Krakow City Center or similar, check-in, welcome meeting.
Day 2 (Wednesday): Krakow
For half a millennium Krakow was the royal capital of Poland and for centuries the city walls have guarded its traditions and secrets. The morning sightseeing tour takes us to the Old Town with the St. Mary’s Church, the Jagiellonian University, the Cloth Halls and Wawel with the Wawel Castle and the Wawel Cathedral. The afternoon offers an optional excursion to the famous Wieliczka Salt Mine, an amazing labyrinth of tunnels going down as far as 327 meters. The evening offers an optional Polish dinner at Restaurant Hawelka.
Day 3 (Thursday): Krakow - Warsaw
The morning offers optional visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Museum or free morning to explore further city on your own. In early after transfer to Krakow railway station and departure by train to Warsaw. Arrival to Warsaw railway station and transfer to Hotel Radisson Blu Sobieski or similar for check in.
Day 4 (Friday): Warsaw
Warsaw is essentially a post-war city with a meticulously reconstructed Old Town. The morning sightseeing tour includes the Royal Route and the Old Town with the Royal Castle, St John’s Cathedral, the Old Town Market Square and the Barbican. In the afternoon is offered an optional excursion to the Royal Lazienki Park with the Palace on the Water. The evening offers an optional Polish dinner at Restaurant Gospoda Kwiaty Polskie.
Day 5 (Saturday): Warsaw - Gdansk
Leaving Warsaw, we depart by train bound for Gdansk. Like a mini-state all to itself, Gdansk has a unique feel, cultured, wealthy and cosmopolitan, that sets it apart from all other cities in Poland. Upon arrival to Gdansk, check in at Hotel Mercure Gdansk or similar. During the afternoon old town walking tour we see Dlugi Targ, or Long Market, St. Mary’s Church, St. Bridget’s Church, Artus Court and Gdansk Town Hall.
Day 6 (Sunday): Gdansk
In the morning is offered an optional tour of the so-called Tri-City – a conurbation uniting Gdansk with the lively coastal towns of Sopot and Gdynia. The tour along the 35 km gulf of Gdansk includes a visit to the famous pier in Sopot and a lovely organ concert at the Oliwa Church. In the afternoon we offer an optional tour out of Gdansk to Malborg Castle. Our first stop is at Elblag, a town with a bitter-sweet past and a seemingly bright future. After a short visit of the Old Town with the red bricked St. Nicolas Cathedral we continue to pay a visit to Malbork Castle – a massive fortress founded by the Teutonic knights in the 13th century and beautifully sat on the banks of the sluggish Nogat River. In the evening is offered an optional farewell dinner at the prestigious Restaurant Pod Lososiem.
Day 7 (Monday): Gdansk Departure
Optional transfer to the airport.
Single room supplement is extra & available upon request. Please contact us for Single travel alone and Single room supplement.
INCLUSIONS
• 6 overnights at centrally located 4 star hotels
• 6 x buffet breakfast
• Welcome meeting with champagne-cocktail or juice
• Personalized welcome package
• Entrances to Wawel Castle in Krakow, Jasna Gora Monastery in Czestochowa, St. John’s Cathedral in Warsaw Malbork Castle and Artus Court in Gdansk
• Service of English and German speaking tour escort on all tours
• Service of Italian and Spanish speaking tour escort on all tours
• Service of 1st class motor coaches or 1st class vans throughout the itinerary
• Portage at hotels
Optional:
• Transfer airport to Hotel Hotel Golden Tulip Krakow City Center: $70 per person for private car (1-3 persons) $70 per person
• 4-hour excursion to Wieliczka Salt Mine: $83 per person
• 5-hour excursion to Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Museum (incl. regular educational tour): [available only with pre-bookings] $102 per person
• 3-hour excursion to the Royal Lazienki Park and visit to Palace on the Water: $57 per person
• Polish dinner at Restaurant Gospoda Kwiaty Polskie: $57 per person
• 4-hour excursion of Tri-City with Sopot and Gdynia with organ music concert at Oliwa church: $64 per person
• Transfer Hotel Mercure Gdansk to airport: $83 per person for private car (1-3 persons)
• Half board at hotels (6 x 3 course dinner with coffee/tea): $310 per person
EXCLUSIONS
· Any Visa fee
· Any airfare
· Any airport tax.
· Any expenses of personal nature like tips, porterages at the stations, laundry, beverages, telephone calls etc.
· Any expenses caused by factors beyond our control like flight cancellation, road blocks, vehicle malfunction etc.
· Any medical or evacuation insurance
· Additional costs due to flight cancellation, road blocks etc.