Poland

11 days / 10 nights

Day 1 – Kraków
Upon arrival, after baggage claim meet your local travel assistant, have a welcome photo and proceed to the bus embarkation. After heading to your hotel you will have some free time to relax after the journey. In the evening, welcome dinner will be served.
Overnight in Kraków 4* Hotel

Day 2 – Kraków
In the morning, after breakfast you will meet your local guide and start a walking tour in Krakow during with you will see the most emblematic sites of this royal city: Old Town, St. Mary’s Church, Wawel Hill, Royal Route, Jagiellonian University. At the Wawel hill you will see the most famous Polish castle and feel the special, atmosphere of the Renaissance spirit hidden in the walls of the castle. After the tour there will be free time.
Overnight in Kraków 4* Hotel

Day 3 – Kraków
In the morning, after breakfast, you will depart to Wieliczka, to visit the Salt Mine, enlisted on UNESCO heritage. Then you will have a lunch on the way to Auschwitz, where you will visit the former German Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz. On the way back to the hotel, you will stop in Wadowice, place where John Paul II was born.
Overnight in Kraków 4* Hotel

Day 4 – Kraków – Częstochowa – Poznań
After breakfast, you will depart to Poznań. On the way there, you will visit Jasna Góra Monastery and the Black Madonna Shrine with its miraculous icon in Częstochowa. In the afternoon, you will arive to Poznań, where you will be able to enjoy free time at the Old Market Square.
Overnight in Poznań 4* Hotel

Day 5 – Poznań – Gniezno – Biskupin – Gniew
After breakfast, you will depart to Gniew Castle. On the way, you will visit first historical capital of Poland – Gniezno, have a stroll around Gniezno Old Town and see The Gothic Gniezno Cathedral. Then you will go to Biskupin, where you will be able to experience history of the buildings from Stone Age. In the afternoon, you will arrive to Gniew Castle where dinner will be already waiting for you.
Overnight in Gniew Castle Hotel

Day 6 – Gniew – Gdańsk
After breakfast, you will depart to Gdańsk. That day you will have a chance to relax at the Baltic seacoast and enjoy free time in the afternoon.
Overnight in Gdańsk 4* Hotel

Day 7 – Gdańsk/Gdynia/Sopot
After breakfast, you will meet the guide and start the walking city tour: beautiful Royal Route with Długa Street and Długi Targ, Gdańsk houses, Town Hall, Artus Court, Gold House, the Lady in the Window, Golden Gate, Green Gate, Crane, Museum of World War II, Westerplatte Monument, Mariacka Street and Motlawa boulevard – an atmospheric promendade with beautiful architecture. Free timein the afternoon.
Overnight in Gdańsk 4* Hotel

Day 8 – Gdańsk – Warsaw
After breakfast you will check out, meet your tour assistant and pack your luggage into the bus that will take you to Warsaw. On the way, you will stop in Malbork to see The Malbork Castle. In the afternoon, after arriving, you will have free time.
Overnight in Warsaw 4* Hotel

Day 9 – Warsaw
After breakfast you will meet your local guide. You will see the Old City, the Main Square, the Royal Castle, the Warsaw Barbican and defensive wall, Miodowa Street, Krakowskie Przedmieście Street – the most representative street of the city, Warsaw Uprising Monument, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, remains of ghetto walls, Chopin Concert at Chopin Point Warsaw (if available)..
Overnight in Warsaw 4* Hotel

Day 10 – Warsaw
After breakfast, you will have time for shopping and local experience on your own. Dinner at the hotel will be served.
Overnight in Warsaw 4* Hotel

Day 11 – Warsaw
This is the last day in Poland! Time to say good bye to the country, after breakfast your driver will take you to the Warsaw airport.
Departure to the US

Tour includes:
10 overnights, accommodation in double occupancy room:
3 nights in Kraków Park Inn by Radisson 4* – or similar
1 night in Poznań Novotel 4* – or similar
1 night in Gniew Castle Hotel (may subsitute if not available)
2 nights in Scandic Gdańsk 4* – or similar
3 nights in Warsaw Radisson Blu Sobieski 4* – or similar

Meals:
breakfast at the hotels daily
3 dinners (arrival, departure and a feast at the Castle Gniew)
1 lunch

Entrance tickets:
Wawel Royal Castle
Auschwitz Museum
Wieliczka Salt Mine
Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa
Gniezno Cathedral
Biskupin Museum
Artus Court
II World War Museum in Gdańsk
Malbork Castle
Royal Castle in Warsaw
Chopin Concert in Warsaw

Sightseeing walking tours with guides in Krakow, Gdansk, Warsaw
Tour leader
Transportation by air–conditioned vehicle throughout the tour