8 Day Warsaw & Krakow 5 Star Experience Warsaw Kraków Get ready to be inspired. FROM $698 USD PER PERSON, TWIN SHARE Travelling with Inspiring Vacations allows you to explore the wonders of the world in a variety of different ways. We have partnered with a worldwide network of local travel experts to bring you culturally unique and delightfully unforgettable travel experiences. Whether it is meandering through narrow canyons by rail, cruising the idyllic waters of the Mediterranean or touring through t... Book Now TOUR ITINERARY The information provided in this document is subject to change and may be affected by unforeseen events outside the control of Inspiring Vacations. Where changes to your itinerary or bookings occur, appropriate advice or instructions will be sent to your email address. Call 1 888 356 2021 Email [email protected] www.inspiringvacations.com Page 1 TOUR ITINERARY DAY 1 Destination Krakow Meals included Hotel 4 Hotel Radisson Krakow, or similar Welcome to Krakow! Upon arrival at Krakow airport your transfer will drive you to your hotel for tonight. The rest of the day is free for you to explore Krakow at leisure or simply relax and make the most of your hotel's facilities. DAY 2 Destination Krakow Meals included Breakfast Hotel 4 Hotel Radisson Krakow, or similar Enjoy a lazy and easy start. After a hearty breakfast at your hotel you will joining a private tour of Krakow Old Town. Krakow is known as the cultural capital of Poland with Old Town listed as UNESCO Heritage. During the tour you will see Barbican and defensive walls with Florian's Gate, the Main Market Square with Sukiennice Cloth Hall, St Mary's Church and Town Hall Tower. You will then continue to the Jagiellonian University, pass by Archbishop Palace (where John Paul II used to live) as well as St Andrew's Church and Paul's Church to reach the Wawel Hill. DAY 3 Krakow Auschwitz Concentration Camp Museum Destination Krakow Meals included Breakfast Hotel 4 Hotel Radisson Krakow, or similar Today you will join a guided tour of Auschwitz concentration camp museum. All over the world, Auschwitz has become a symbol of terror, genocide and the Holocaust. It was established by the Nazis in 1940, in the suburbs of the city of Oswiecim (Auschwitz in German) which, like other parts of Poland, was occupied by the Germans during the Second World War. A visit to concentration and extermination camp museum might help you comprehend the incomprehensible. The information provided in this document is subject to change and may be affected by unforeseen events outside the control of Inspiring Vacations. Where changes to your itinerary or bookings occur, appropriate advice or instructions will be sent to your email address. Call 1 888 356 2021 Email [email protected] www.inspiringvacations.com Page 2 TOUR ITINERARY DAY 4 Destination Krakow Meals included Breakfast Hotel 4 Hotel Radisson Krakow, or similar Today is free for you to explore Krakow at your own pace and perhaps join any of the below optional activities. Wieliczka Salt Mine Transfer from Krakow to Wieliczka the most beautiful and the oldest operating salt mine in the world (UNESCO Heritage). From over 700 years it was a source of Polish fortune and a physical fundament of culture. Today, Wieliczka is the most willingly visited Polish tourist object with magnificent chapels, charming underground lakes and original tools and equipment. During this tour you will see a number of excavated chambers on 3 levels adorned with beautiful sculptures made of salt as well as a salt museum. Transfer back to Krakow. Price includes: hotel pick up and drop off, transportation, guided visit in the mine, entrance to the Wieliczka Salt Mine. Duration: 4hrs Tychy brewery & Pszczyna Castle Transfer from Krakow to Pszczyna Castle; a XIII century gothic castle, later rebuilt in a renaissance style and finally adorned from the outside in a baroque style. It was a residence of Polish Piast nobles. In 2009 it was voted as one of the ""Seven Architectural Wonders of the Silesian Voivodeship"" by the Silesian authorities and is often described as one of the most beautiful castle residences in Poland. Visit to the castle. Transfer to the brewery in Tychy. Discover the secrets of one of the largest polish breweries and taste the most typical Polish beer brand – Tyskie, which name comes from this city! Transfer back to Krakow. Price includes: hotel pick-up and drop off, transportation, English speaking guide-driver, entrance to the Pszczyna Castle Musem + audioguide in English (Monday closed), Entrance to the brewery in Tychy and a guided tour in English + beer degustation – one per person (Monday closed). * participants 15 yrs or younger are not admitted to visit brewery, those who are at least 16 yrs can visit brewery only with written permission of their parents. Duration: 6hrs Tatra Mountain + Zakopane The Tatra Mountain is a beautiful section of the Carpathian mountain range and the only one of Alpine character in central Europe. The whole Polish Tatras area constitutes the Tatra National Park (UNESCO Biosphere Reserve). During this tour you will walk through a village of Chocholow, take a trip by the cable and ground railway to Gubalowka The information provided in this document is subject to change and may be affected by unforeseen events outside the control of Inspiring Vacations. Where changes to your itinerary or bookings occur, appropriate advice or instructions will be sent to your email address. Call 1 888 356 2021 Email [email protected] www.inspiringvacations.com Page 3 TOUR ITINERARY Mountain and have a chance to stroll around streets of Zakopane, a town that is the heart of this tourist region. Transfer back to Krakow. Price includes: Hotel pick up and drop off, English speaking guide, transportation as described Duration: 8-9hrs DAY 5 Destination Krakow Warsaw Meals included Breakfast Hotel 4 Hotel Metropol Warsaw, or similar After a delicious breakfast you will be transferred to Krakow train station to board your express train to Warsaw. Upon arrival to Warsaw train station you will be transferred to your hotel. DAY 6 Destination Warsaw Meals included Breakfast Hotel 4 Hotel Metropol Warsaw, or similar This morning you will enjoy a private sightseeing tour of Warsaw. During this tour, you will visit the most important spots in the city and will have an opportunity to become acquainted with the sometimes tragic past of Warsaw and the history of Poland. Start the tour by visiting the Old Town, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the New Town. Then, continue your journey to Krasinski Palace, the Supreme Court building and the Warsaw Uprising Monument. After that, visit the Lazienki Royal Park where you will see the famous monument dedicated to Frederic Chopin and have an opportunity to relax in the beautiful rose garden and among the dazzling natural elements of the park. You will truly forget that you are in a major European Capital City. DAY 7 Destination Warsaw Meals included Breakfast Hotel 4 Hotel Metropol Warsaw, or similar Today is free for you to explore Warsaw at your own pace and perhaps join any of the below optional activities. Chopin’s concerts in a unique concert hall Nestled in the cobblestone streets of the Old Town of Warsaw stands a unique neoclassical concert hall with original The information provided in this document is subject to change and may be affected by unforeseen events outside the control of Inspiring Vacations. Where changes to your itinerary or bookings occur, appropriate advice or instructions will be sent to your email address. Call 1 888 356 2021 Email [email protected] www.inspiringvacations.com Page 4 TOUR ITINERARY “plaster stucco” walls, crystal mirrors, and stylish nineteenth century decorations. As you walk through the doors, you will step into the era of Chopin for a two-part ensemble of Chopin’s greatest pieces played by internationally recognized pianists. During the intermission, you will be invited to a glass of sparkling wine, orange juice, or water. This concert is both a perfect start and/or finishing touch to a romantic evening in the Old Town. If you are starting your night with the concert, you may choose to end it in one of the many restaurants that our beautiful old town has to offer. Price includes: 60 mins concert (including the break) in an air-conditioned room, a glass of wine/orange juice/water, presentation in English. Duration: 1hr Unique Polish Folklore Workshops - Boleslawiec Pottery Decorating Get to know famous ceramics from Boleslawiec. We will teach you how to decorate a ceramic vessel just as the Artists in Boleslawiec do. We provide lessons so that your work can become something really special. The workshop covers the basics of decorating with Boleslawiec stamps, painting with brushes, and the elements of composition. The workshop lasts 60 minutes, and then the vessel is sent for glazing. Glazing lasts from 3 to 7 days and only then the work is ready for pickup. It is also possible to send burnt works to any place in the world. There is a shop on site, where you can buy unique ceramics from Boleslawiec as a travel souvenir or a unique gift. Duration: 1hr Wilanow Palace & Garden Tour Wilanow Palace is one of the most beautiful architecture monument in Warsaw called "The Little Versailles". The typical baroque palace is remarkable for its original architecture, a blend of the European art with the Old-Polish building tradition. During this trip you could visit the royal summer residence of the King John III Sobieski on the outskirts of a city with a beautiful French style garden and a landscape park.