Weekend in Poland - (3 days)
If you decide to spend only a weekend in Poland choose this offer. 3 days is minimum to see at least Cracow, Warsaw and Auschwitz-Birkenau. The unique Unesco World Heritage salt mine of Wieliczka is also included in this tour.
Details
1st Day Cracow
09:00-13:00 Visit of Cracow- the former capital of Poland and Unesco World Heritage Monument.
The tour begins with the Wawel Castle- the Royal Residence with famous collection of Flemish tapestries, Italian paintings and the Cathedral where Polish king were crowned and buried- a mixture af various styles including one of the best examples of the Italian Renaissant style -the King Sigismundus' Chapel.
Visit continued by a walk along the Royal Way with stops at churches of St. Andrew, St. Peter and Paul; the Jagiellonian University with the Collegium Maius -Copernicus' college; the Main Market Square- the largest square of medieval Europe with the Sukiennice (the Cloth Hall) building and the Dormition of Virgin Mary Basilica holding a treasure of the North European late gothic-the Veit Stoss Altar.
13:00-14:30 lunch in a restaurant
14:30-17:30 Visit of Cracow continued- the Czartoryski Museum with famous paintings of Leonardo da Vinci (the Lady with Ermine) and Rembrandt (Landscape with the Good Samaritan); the Barbican with St. Florian Gate-remains of medieval city walls and visit to the Jewish quarter of Kazimierz – a famous Jewish cultural centre for the Central and Eastern Europe-sinagogues -Old Synagogue, Isaac's Synagogue, Remuh Synagogue , former market square, mykvas, cementaries.
17:30-19:30 free time
19:30 dinner at a restaurant with folk music concert
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2nd Day Warsaw
07:00-10:00 trip by train to Warsaw.
10:00-13:00 Visit of Warsaw-the capital of Poland
The tour starts with the visit of the Old City with its charming Market Square, the Barbican the St. John Cathedral and the Royal Castle with a collection of Italian and Dutch paintings.
13:00-14:30 lunch in a restaurant
14:30-18:00 Continuation of the visit: The Royal Way: Krakowskie Przedmiescie and Nowy Swait streets; Tha Palace of the President of Poland, with the church of the Holy Cross preserving heart of Frederic Chopin. Walk in Lazienki Park with a summer residence of the last Polish king, Stanislaw August Poniatowski. Visit of the former Ghetto area with the commemorative monument
18:00-21:00 return to Cracow by train

3rd Day Auschwitz-Wieliczka
07:30 departure for Auschwitz
09:00-12:00 visit of the extermination camps Auschwitz-Birkenau. Special tour of places where 1,5 mln people mainly Jews from all Europe lost heir lives. Place that shouldn't be forgotten
12:00 departure for Wieliczka
13:30-14:30 lunch in a restaurant in Wieliczka
14:30-17:00 visit of the salt mine in Wieliczka – one of the UNESCO World Heritage Monuments. Tour of a real underground city with miles of corridors and hundreds of chambers-the most bautiful included in the tour with underground lakes, chapels adorned with real works of art made by hands of miners!
18:00 return to the hotel
20:00 farewell dinner
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