ALPS, CENTRAL TRIP PLANNER - 10 DAYS & EASTERN EUROPE REGIONAL JOURNEY EARLY PAYMENT DISCOUNT SAVE UP TO $253 pp TRIP CODE: E975 HIGHLIGHTSƓ OF STARTSENDSTWIN STARTS ENDS TWIN Fri 17 Apr Sun 26 Apr $2425 Fri 10 Jul Sun 19 Jul $2425 ª Fri 24 Apr Sun 03 May $2425 Fri 17 Jul Sun 26 Jul $2425 œ7KHOHVVIDPRXVGHVWLQDWLRQVDUHWKHRQHVWKDW Fri 24 Jul Sun 02 Aug $2425 EORZSHRSOHDZD\:URFODZDQG*GDQVNDUH Fri 01 May Sun 10 May $2495 Fri 31 Jul Sun 09 Aug $2425 Fri 08 May Sun 17 May $2495 DPRQJVWWKHPRVWXQGHUUDWHGFLWLHVLQ(XURSH Fri 15 May Sun 24 May $2495 Fri 07 Aug Sun 16 Aug $2425 Fri 22 May Sun 31 May $2495 Fri 14 Aug Sun 23 Aug $2425 - Stephen, Travel Director ± Fri 29 May Sun 07 Jun $2495 ± Fri 21 Aug Sun 30 Aug $2495 Fri 28 Aug Sun 06 Sep $2495 Fri 05 Jun Sun 14 Jun $2495 Fri 12 Jun Sun 21 Jun $2495 Fri 04 Sep Sun 13 Sep $2525 Fri 19 Jun Sun 28 Jun $2495 Fri 11 Sep Sun 20 Sep $2525 Fri 26 Jun Sun 05 Jul $2450 Fri 18 Sep Sun 27 Sep $2525 Fri 25 Sep Sun 04 Oct $2495 Fri 03 Jul Sun 12 Jul $2425

NOTES: Twin prices are per person. ª $is departure will stay at a hotel of similar standard in Gdańsk. ± $ese departures will stay at a hotel of similar standard in Poznán. FURTHER SAVINGS UP TO: Young Traveller $240 | Triple Room Reduction $10 | 2nd Trip $63 | Past Guest $126 ROOMING OPTIONS: Single Supplement from $660 p.p. to $730 p.p. PREPAID GRATUITIES OPTION: For your Travel Director and Driver $111 p.p.

n INSIGHT EXPERIENCES Poznań: Meet a resident of Poznán who will share insights into local life on a walk through the . Visit Ostrow Tumski and Cathedral Island, the birthplace of Polish Catholicism and a fascinating place often overlooked by visitors. @travelling_insighttim sharing one of many Caption here TOP RATED HIGHLIGHTS #InsightMoments from o Gdansk, Poland Visit in Kraków Sopot • Auschwitz • Cathedral • Malbork 2 GDA SK Castle • Historical Museum in . (Days 6 & 7) Pomerania ġ City tours of Kraków, Toruń, Gdansk and Warsaw, all with Local Experts. Masuria See Rynek Główny, Sukiennice Cloth Hall

and St. Mary's Basilica in Kraków • Palace Toru of Culture and Chopin Monument in Ģ Gniezno 2 Warsaw. POZNÁN 1 WARSAW (Day 5) (Days 8, 9 & 10) Enjoy the scenery as you travel past the Tatras Mountain ranges, along Oder River, Polish Plains

through Wielkopolska, along River River Oder POLAND and through Masuria Lake District.

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Welcome Dinner in Krakow • Dine Join/Leave Options KRAKÓW Ɓ UNESCO Heritage Site (Days 1 & 2) with Goral Highlander entertainment in 2 Zakopane • Celebration Dinner in Warsaw. 1 Central Hotels + Nights Auschwitz 1 Scenic Hotels + Nights ZAKOPANE Taste St. Martin's Croissants in Poznán. 1 Tatra Mountains Place Visited (Day 3)

FROM $243 PER DAY COACH WITH EXTRA LEGROOM SMALLER GROUPS

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DAY 1 o With a local historian, experience a moving DAY 7 · RELAXED START WELCOME TO KRAKÓW. visit to the memorial and museum and stop at Ɠ Transfers to your hotel depart Kraków airport Birkenau. o 7+(%$/7,&%(//(62)*'$ġ6.Spend the morning with a Local Expert. See Ƙ at 12:30 and 15:00. o Travel along the Oder River to the city of the Westerplatte, the scene of the rst ghting o Meet your Travel Director at 18:00 for a walk Wrocław and see the brightly coloured facades between Polish and German troops in 1939, around the Rynek Główny, Europe's largest of noble mansions, the "ower markets on and the Gdańsk Shipyards where Lech and most beautiful town square. See the the Plac Solny, the splendour of the Wałęsa formed the anti-Soviet Solidarność in famous Sukiennice Cloth Hall, St. Mary's Rynek and be introduced to Wrocław's cheeky 1980. Continue through the medieval city, Basilica and the many historic townhouses, gnomes. (B) where buildings date back to the time of the palaces and churches. Hanseatic League. Enjoy a free afternoon and perhaps choose to Enjoy getting to know your fellow guests over a Ý 'RXEOH7UHHE\+LOWRQ+RWHO:URFĠDZ fabulous Welcome Dinner. (DW) _&RQWHPSRUDU\_Ü visit the elegant seaside town of Sopot? (B) DAY 5 · RELAXED START Ɓ Mercure Kraków Stare Miasto. POZNÁN, CRADLE OF THE POLISH DAY 8

Ý NATION. MALBORK CASTLE AND WARSAW. _&RQWHPSRUDU\_Ü DAY 2 · RELAXED START With a relaxed start to the day, perhaps join o With a Local Expert, visit the Castle of the THE DAMSELS AND DRAGONS OF a Local Expert on an Optional Experience to in Malbork, founded in 1274 KRAKÓW. ride a historic 1900s Breslauer tram? by the Teutonic Knights on the banks of the In the morning, why not join an optional to Visit Ostrów Tumski, known as Cathedral Nogat River. !e castle is a stunning example visit the Wieliczka Salt Mine? Island, a fascinating place of legend, often of a medieval fortress and the largest brick o Alternatively, relax until your ascent of Wawel overlooked by other visitors. Gothic castle in the world. Hill to see the Renaissance castle and visit the n Your travels continue to Poznán where you o Next travel south, passing Iława on the way to cathedral with a Local Expert. Head across will meet a local resident who knows every the capital of Warsaw. (B) the former Jewish Quarter of Kazimierz to nook and cranny of the Old Town. The Westin, Warsaw.

Podgórze to see Ghetto Square. Learn the secrets behind the St. Martin's Ý !e rest of the day is at your leisure. (B) croissant, a local delicacy of Poznán with a _7UDGLWLRQDO_Ü DAY 9 · RELAXED START special history, and enjoy a tasting. EXPLORING THE PROUD POLISH DAY 3 (B) (DW) CAPITAL OF WARSAW. ACROSS THE HIGH TATRAS Sheraton Poznán Hotel. o See the Palace of Culture and the Chopin MOUNTAINS TO ZAKOPANE. Journey into the Tatras, the highest range Ý Monument in Łazienki Park with a Local _7UDGLWLRQDO_Ü of the Carpathian Mountains. Arrive in at DAY 6 Expert. Visit the Monument to the Ghetto the resort town of Zakopane, famous for its Heroes and the Historical Museum, followed wooden houses and winter sports, and explore 7258ġ7+(*27+,&*/25<217+( by a walk through Warsaw's Old Town, on a city orientation. o Stop9,678/$$1'*'$ġ6. at Gniezno to visit the cathedral and see entirely rebuilt since World War II. Enjoy a rousing Highlight Dinner the famous winged bronze doors. !e afternoon is yours to enjoy at leisure. accompanied by Goral Highlander folklore Continue to Toruń, founded by the Teutonic At your Celebration Dinner, enjoy a ne Ɓ entertainment at a local restaurant. (B) (DW) Knights in 1233. selection of local dishes with wine at a cosy Radisson Blu hotel & Residences, o Join a Local Expert to discover this Ɓ Warsaw restaurant. (B) (DW) Zakopane. outstanding example of medieval architecture, DAY 10 Ý now a living museum and UNESCO World DEPART WARSAW. _7UDGLWLRQDO_Ü Heritage Site. DAY 4 Spend time exploring at your own pace. Why Your journey comes to an end with your REFLECT ON AUSCHWITZ THEN not shop for traditional gingerbread? Û departure transfer arriving at Warsaw airport Follow the Vistula River to the Baltic Sea at 07:30 or 10:00. (B) 2172:52&ğ$:7+(9(1,&(2)POLAND. and Gdańsk, a beautiful seaside town, with a Travelling past the birthplace of Pope John lovingly restored historic district. (B) Paul II, your rst stop will be the city of Oświęcim, better known by its German 5DGLVVRQ%OX+RWHO*GDĢVN name, Auschwitz. Ý _7UDGLWLRQDO_Ü

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