Day 1 - Warsaw
Arrive in Warsaw and check-into your hotel. Overnight in Warsaw.
Arrive in Warsaw and check-into your hotel. Overnight in Warsaw.
Explore the Polish capital and its main sights. Stroll through Lazienki Royal Park with its monument of the famous composer Frederic Chopin, Island Amphitheatre and the neoclassical Palace on the Water. See the remnants of the former Jewish Ghetto and Holocaust memorials like Umschlagplatz and Ghetto Heroes Monument. Overnight in Warsaw.
Transfer to Kazimierz Dolny, a picturesque artists’ town. Visit the Market Square, gothic Parish Church, remaining fragments of a XIV century castle and Three Crosses’ Mountain, from where you can take in the astonishing views of the Vistula valley, Kazimierz and the Janowiec Castle.
After breakfast take in the fine views of Polish countryside en route to the village of Zalipie. Visit the Painters’ hut–museum to find various examples of traditional folk art of the area. After a stroll through the village enjoy a traditional homemade lunch.
Visit the Wawel Hill with the XIV century cathedral and the Wawel Royal Castle with an arcaded courtyard – the former seat of Polish kings. Walk through the Main Market Square in the Old Town with the Renaissance Cloth Hall as its centerpiece and sightings of the famous Mariacka Basilica and the Town Hall Tower.
In the morning transfer to the Auschwitz – Birkenau Museum in Oswiecim. Visit the Monastery of Jasna Gora famous for the painting of Black Madonna. Visit the basilica, the Chapel of Our Lady with the revered Black Madonna, the Treasury and the Armory. Return to Warsaw. Overnight in Warsaw.
After breakfast departure from Warsaw.