Gate 1 Travel Classic 11 Day in Poland
11 Twenty-four hour period Poland Tour: Bridging East & West Bout
xi Days
TOURCODE: PL3
Torun, dwelling house of Copernicus; Warsaw: Old Boondocks tour; Vibrant Gdansk; Well-preserved Cracow; Wieliczka common salt mines tour;
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Countries Visited: i Activity Level: ii Bout Style: Cultural
In that location exists immaculate beauty and timeless history inside the borders of Poland.
On this Poland tour, we are embarking on a journeying that will expose united states of america to a world that is usually only experienced through travel guides or history books. It is an essential feel for anyone who wants to meet the most important locations in the globe.
The tour of Auschwitz is an eye-opening lesson that is better learned up-front rather than reading about information technology in the chapters of any textbook.
Poland offers something to learn and something to capeesh around every corner; this analogy can exist taken quite literally when we step foot along the labyrinthine, cobblestone streets of the uppercase city, Warsaw.
The history of this urban center alone spans from the 13th to the 20th centuries and nosotros tin can surely appreciate how the history books remain broad-open up for the vibrant futurity of this spectacular land.
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Day i Arrive in Krakow Krakow is ane of the most beautiful cities in Europe. Information technology was originally the habitation of the Polish royalty (between 1038 and 1596), before the capital was moved to Warsaw. The asphalt streets, majestic churches (nigh 100!), and sometime globe charm make Krakow an unforgettable destination. PLEASE Note: Our Poland program will operate slightly differently depending on the date selected. Because of closures on certain days of the week, the sightseeing guild volition vary from Spring to Fall (our overnight points, however, remain the aforementioned). This itinerary reflects the order of sightseeing for the immediately upcoming departure; once that trip departs, this itinerary volition be updated for the following date. Overnight in Krakow.
Inflow in Krakow.
Included Meal(due south): Dinner
Day 2 Krakow: City Walking Tour We and then stroll down the colina from the castle complex and enter the Old Town, one of the near famous old districts in Poland and the heart of Poland's political life from 1038 until King Sigismund III Vasa relocated his courtroom to Warsaw in 1596. The entire medieval old town is amongst the offset sites chosen for the UNESCO'south World Heritage Listing. The district features the centrally located Rynek Glowny, or Master Foursquare, the largest medieval boondocks square of whatsoever European city. There is a number of historic landmarks in its vicinity, such as St. Mary'due south Basilica (Kosciol Mariacki), Church of St. Wojciech (St. Adalbert'south), Church building of St. Barbara, as well as other national treasures. While in Krakow, we'll also have a walking visit of Kazimierz, once an independent boondocks governed separately from Krakow until the late centre ages. After, information technology became known as the Jewish Quarter of the urban center and was finally transformed into a heart for Krakow's crackpot confined and buffet culture. Overnight in Krakow.
Krakow is very meaty, and the whole primal region with its asphalt streets is full of well-preserved architecture, Gothic churches and fantabulous museums. On our sightseeing tour (largely on foot at a leisurely footstep) we visit Wawel Hill with the Royal Castle, Market place Foursquare, and the 16th century Renaissance Textile Hall. Nosotros continue onward to Jagiellonian University and St Mary's Church with the Wit Stwosz chantry. This was designed in 1489 by Wit Stwosz of Nuremburg and is the finest sculptural work in Poland.
Included Repast(s): Breakfast and Dinner
Day 3 Oskar Schindler Museum & Wieliczka Salt Mines Nosotros'll then break for lunch* after which we'll caput to the Wieliczka Salt Mines. On our 5km (iii mile) journeying below the world's surface nosotros will see the table salt-formed caves and grottoes, a subterranean lake and a chapel with statues carved from salt. The mines' 11 levels of galleries stretch 300km (186 miles), and some 20,000,000 tonnes (22,000,000 tons) of rock salt were extracted over 700 years. According to local fable, the deposits were discovered in the 13th century by a Hungarian princess named Kinga, whose lost ring was plant in a block of salt extracted here. * Considering of the fullness of our twenty-four hour period, and because past travellers indicated a want for some independence for dinner while in Krakow (and an earlier night), we include a low-cal lunch instead of dinner today. Overnight in Krakow.
This morning we visit the Oskar Schindler'due south Manufactory Museum. The story of Oskar Schindler and his employees is one which has been well-known since the volume and pic past Thomas Keneally and Steven Spielberg (whose film 'Schindler'due south List' was shot about entirely in Krakow). Individual histories of Cracow'south wartime inhabitants guide visitors through the exhibit which covers the war of 1939, everyday life under occupation, the fate of the Jews and the urban center's cloak-and-dagger resistance using vast archival documents, photos, radio and pic recordings, flow artifacts and multimedia.
Included Repast(southward): Breakfast and Lunch
Day 4 Cracow - Oswiecim (Auschwitz) - Czestochowa - Lodz We keep to Czestochowa, the "spiritual dwelling" of Poland, where pilgrims from every corner of the country come to Jasna Gora (Luminous Mount) Monastery to revere the image of the Black Madonna, Poland's most important icon. Legend says that the icon was painted by St Luke the Evangelist on a piece of cypress wood from the tabular array used past Mary in Nazareth. The icon was brought from Jerusalem and installed in the monastery effectually 1384. We finish our day in Lodz (pronounced: Wooj). A small settlement, that in 1423 was granted civic rights, was thriving at the get-go of the 19th century. Lodz became one of the Europe's biggest and fastest growing textile industry centre. At that fourth dimension, a new identity of the city - "a promised country" and "a city of many cultures" was created. In Lodz people of different nationalities and religions shared the same dream of a success. Despite the differences they were able to build the metropolis together. Nosotros go far in time for dinner. Overnight in Lodz.
Our beginning stop today is the Oswiecim (Auschwitz) and Brzezinka (Birkenau) Nazi concentration camps preserved as memorials to the 1.five million people of 28 nationalities who perished here, the overwhelming majority of whom were Jewish. Our guided walking tour of the site reveals the compelling history of this region and the very human aspect of this particular celebrated location.
Included Meal(southward): Breakfast and Dinner
Day 5 Lodz - Warsaw: City Tour After WWII, a reconstruction campaign past its citizens resulted in today's meticulous restoration of Warsaw's Old Town with its churches, palaces and market-place. Information technology is an outstanding example of a about-total reconstruction of a bridge of history covering the 13th to the 20th century. Warsaw has shrugged off its dour Eastern Bloc prototype, and is finally showing its true colours. The vibrant centre of the largest country in "New Europe", Warsaw is now poised to make is presence felt every bit a business and cultural hub. We begin our sightseeing with a bulldoze along the Royal Route and a brief orientation drive around the city before beginning our walking tour of the Old Town, a UNESCO protected site. We visit Castle Foursquare, the Insurgence Monument, and so drive over to the Praga area for a view of the river. From there go to the Jewish Ghetto surface area and to Umschlag Platz where nosotros visit the Museum of History of Polish Jews. The museum features a multimedia narrative Overnight in Warsaw.
This morning we travel to Warsaw, arriving in time to embark upon a total city tour.
exhibition about the vibrant Jewish community that flourished in Poland for a thousand years.
Included Meal(s): Breakfast and Dinner
Mean solar day half-dozen Warsaw Sightseeing - To Torun We then continue our journeying to the picturesque medieval town of Torun, a cute medieval city in northwestern Poland, situated on the Vistula River. Torun'due south architecture managed to escape bombing, and equally such represents one of the simply examples of true Gothic architecture in Poland. At warm times of year Torun'south old town is full of street cafes and restaurants where you can eat and drink outdoors and enjoy the medieval temper. Overnight in Torun.
Earlier leaving Warsaw, we'll visit the Warsaw Insurgence Museum, defended to the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 (nosotros visit today instead of yesterday as the museum is closed for group visits on Sundays). The museum sponsors research into the history of the Insurgence, and the history and possessions of the Smoothen Underground State. It collects and maintains hundreds of artefacts, ranging from weapons used by the insurgents to love messages, in order to present a full movie of the people involved. The museum'south stated goals include the creation of an archive of historical information on the Uprising and the recording of the stories and memories of the withal living Uprising participants.
Included Meal(s): Breakfast and Dinner
24-hour interval 7 Torun: Nicolaus Copernicus Museum - Gdansk We go along to Gdansk, an absolutely charming place with its tall, narrow buildings, peaked roofs and decorative facades that combine perfectly with the cobblestone streets. The famous Gdansk Shipyards are visible from nigh parts of the city. During our time in Gdansk we'll visit the marvellous Erstwhile Town and its main street -- Dlugi Targ (Long Marketplace). Overnight in Gdansk.
This morning time we enjoy the sights of Torun. Its Old Boondocks has been included in UNESCO's list for its impressive 13th century Town Hall, superb churches and celebrated streets preserving Torun's by celebrity. Nosotros will visit the Nicolaus Copernicus Museum, Copernicus House, which collects materials about the life and work of Copernicus: a library, old prints and books from the time of Copernicus, diverse editions of his work, "Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres," and models of the astronomical instruments he used.
Included Meal(s): Breakfast and Dinner
Day 8 Gdansk Area Tour This forenoon we head out of boondocks a short distance to visit the Oliwa Cathedral. This Holy Trinity, Blessed Virgin Mary, and St Bernard's Church was first erected as a Cistercian shrine dorsum in the 13th century. Reconstructed in 1350 later on a great fire, it re-emerged in the Gothic fashion, but many of the new fixtures were to exist relatively short lived. The Gothic interior was extremely damaged in a 1577 fire and was replaced with the Bizarre fixtures we admire today for their beauty and intensity. The Oliwa Cathedral is perhaps best known for its massive, splendid organ. The organ is comprised of over vii,000 pipes and is busy with movable angels and brightly painted stars. When built, the musical instrument was the largest in Europe. The main alter is also very impressive, and if the organ is in use, you lot're certain to be riveted by its magnificent audio! While in Gdansk we'll also visit the European Solidarity Centre, a museum and library devoted to the history of Solidarity, the Polish trade spousal relationship and ceremonious resistance movement, and other opposition movements of Communist Eastern Europe. The balance of the day is complimentary to relish Gdansk. Gdansk is sometimes called the Amber Majuscule of the World; the surrounding expanse is the richest known source of this semi-precious stone, and the production can exist viewed (and purchased, of course) in many shops in town. In guild to maximize your free fourth dimension in this interesting identify, we exercise non include dinner this night. Overnight in Gdansk.
Its position on the Baltic has historically made Gdansk one of the well-nigh important port cities in Northern Europe, and tragically also the scene of a rather disturbing by. World War Two was ignited past a dispute over the control of the city. By the end of the war the city lay nearly completely in ruins. The High german population was expelled and replaced past Poles equally the city came under Polish rule and inverse its name to Gdansk. However, the impact of its one-time
High german ties is all the same axiomatic. Although most of the sometime buildings were damaged or destroyed in WWII, they have been painstakingly restored or rebuilt.
Included Meal(s): Breakfast
24-hour interval ix Gdansk - Malbork - Olsztyn In the afternoon, we continue to Olsztyn, a town located in a region of lakes and forests. The most attractive part of the city is the erstwhile boondocks, encircled by a set of fortified walls. Overnight in Olsztyn.
After breakfast, we bulldoze to Olsztyn. En route, we end at the Teutonic Knights Castle in Malbork, the largest brick building in Europe and i of Poland'southward greatest tourist attractions.
Included Meal(s): Breakfast and Dinner
Twenty-four hours x Olsztyn - Olsztynek - Warsaw Continue to Warsaw. Overnight in Warsaw.
After breakfast, we render to Warsaw. On the fashion, we visit the Ethnographic Park in Olsztynek, site of the Museum of Folk Architecture, one of the oldest open-air museums in Europe. The museum contains many interesting examples of folk architecture, including houses, barns, windmills and other traditional buildings. A particular attraction of the park are the interiors of one-time houses, the evangelical church building, a blacksmith, a pottery stand, a windmill
besides as various temporary displays representing items of traditional craftsmanship and mod folk fine art and handicraft from the region.
Included Repast(s): Breakfast and Dinner
Mean solar day xi Departure SZEROKIEJ DROGI!
Deviation from Warsaw, or go on to our tour of the Baltic States.
Included Meal(s): Breakfast
Trip Info
Inclusions
Breakfast and dinner (hotels & local restaurants) daily. All accommodation, ship, sightseeing and entrance fees for sites noted as 'visited' in the detailed itinerary. Gratuities for local guides, drivers, restaurant staff, porters. Airport transfers for country & air customers and for early arriving / late departing land & air customers who volume their extra hotel nights through united states of america.
Exclusions
International airfare to/from the bout. Tour Leader gratuities, lunches, drinks, personal items (phone, laundry, etc), international air taxes (if applicable), excursions referenced equally 'optional'. Airport transfers for Land Just customers. Our post-reservation trip notes offer further guidance on optional repast costs and shopping.
Seasonality and Atmospheric condition
This tour is offered in spring, summertime and fall the almost popular of which is are spring and fall when temperatures are relatively balmy and crowds thinner. Showers quite possible in spring and fall, somewhat less then in summer though can occur whatever fourth dimension. Summers can be humid.
Transport and Travel Conditions
Land transport throughout by individual air-conditioned motor coach, 24-36 seats depending on ultimate grouping size (encounter 'grouping size'). Though nosotros volition accept a couple of full bus days there are enough of stops of interest.
This trip is typical of almost of our European tours, which are ambitious and involve full days of travel and sightseeing. While we don't have whatsoever bodily strenuous activeness (ie hiking) built into the program, you will do a lot of walking on this trip. These walks volition generally be in the form of walking tours of towns and cities and short walks to dinner. Being Europe, and a hilly/mountainous area, cobbles, uneven surfaces, and slopes/stairs are common. If you are accustomed to typical "bus tours," which rely heavily on vehicular transport for all sightseeing activities, yous should be aware that this tour is considerably more than agile.
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Adaptation
Well-located, air- conditioned, mid-range hotels (3-star) throughout. Many are smaller properties (3-4 story) that may not have elevators. All hotels accept en suite bath, though virtually have shower simply. Porter service is rarely available; you MUST exist independent with your baggage. Single rooms are limited and probable smaller than twins.
Staff and Support
Tour Leader throughout, driver, local pace-on guides in various locales.
Group Size
Maximum eighteen plus Bout Leader
Map & Hotels
*The red tour trail on the map does not correspond the actual travel path.
The following is a listing of sample hotels at some locations included on this bout. The hotels shown here are meant to provide a full general sense of the standard of hotel nosotros commonly aim for; they are non necessarily confirmed for your chosen divergence.
Hotel Ascot Premium
Location: Cracow
State: Poland
The mod hotel is located in the heart of Cracow. Standard room equipment includes: Cable TV and radio, gratuitous wireless internet, telephone, condom, bathroom with shower, hairdryer, air- conditioning.
Radisson SAS Warsaw
Location: Warsaw
Country: Poland
Conveniently located in the heart of the business concern district and tourist quarter of Warsaw, Radisson SAS Centrum Hotel welcomes both business organisation and leisure travellers. The hotel is shut to the ... of Science and Civilization and the Warsaw Fundamental Station, and just a 20-infinitesimal drive from the airport.
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Mercure Helios Torun
Location: Torun
State: Poland
The Mercure Helios Torun is located in the city heart, very close to the erstwhile boondocks and the birthplace of Nicolaus Copernicus. Hotel offers 105 mod single and double rooms ... five suites. All rooms are equipped with Sabbatum Idiot box, pay Boob tube, radio, telephone, minibar and fast Internet admission.
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Mercure Hevelius Hotel
Location: Gdansk
Country: Poland
The Hotel Mercure Gdansk Hevelius is merely a stone'southward throw away from the Quondam Town. The hotel likewise offers a unique view of the picturesque Former Town or the celebrated ... Shipyard.
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01. What is the maximum number of participants on a trip?
Nearly of our tours behave a maximum of 18 participants; some tours (ie hiking tours) tiptop out at 16. In the event that we exercise not achieve our minimum complement by our lx-day deadline, we may offering group members the option of paying a "modest-grouping surcharge" as an culling to cancellation. If all group members agree, nosotros will confirm the trip at existing numbers; this surcharge is refundable in the event that we ultimately achieve our regular minimum. If the small group surcharge is not accepted, we will offer a refund of your deposit or a different trip of your choice.
02. Can I extend my bout either at the first or terminate? What about stopovers?
Yes, yous can extend your tour either at the beginning or the cease and we tin book accommodation in our tour hotel. Stopovers are often permitted, depending on air routing. Stopovers commonly carry a "stopover" fee levied by the airline.
03. How do I brand a reservation? How and when do I pay?
The easiest way to brand a reservation is to contact us by telephone. You tin can besides book online through our website. A not-refundable deposit is payable at the time of booking; if a reservation is made within 60 days, full payment is required. Some trips crave a larger deposit. If international airline bookings require a non-refundable payment in order to secure infinite or the lowest available fare, nosotros will require an increment in deposit equal to the cost of the ticket(s). Early enrolment is ever encouraged as group size is limited and some trips crave greater preparation time. Once nosotros accept received your deposit, we volition confirm your space and send you a confirmation bundle containing your trip itinerary, any visa/travel permit related documents, invoice, clothing and equipment recommendations, general data on your destination(s), and forms for you to complete, sign and return to united states. Your air eastward-tickets (if applicative), final hotel list, terminal trip itinerary, and instructions on how to join your tour, volition be sent approximately 2-iii weeks prior to departure.
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Should you demand to abolish your trip, you must notify us in writing, by letter, eastward-mail, or by fax immediately. Deposits are non-refundable, though if you abolish more than 90 days prior to tour departure date, the deposit is transferable to any other tour taken inside 12 months of the original bout get-go date, minus a per person transfer fee (some tours have a 100% nonrefundable/ nontransferable eolith; you lot will be informed of this at the time of booking). Less than xc days prior to difference, all monies paid are 100% not-refundable, nontransferable. Name changes are not permitted. Insurable risks may exist covered under trip counterfoil insurance policies, if purchased. We will non grant partial refunds for whatever unused trip arrangements—voluntarily missed meals, sightseeing, transport, etc—after the trip has commenced, or any refunds to trip members who do not complete any portion of the itinerary for whatever reason. All air tickets are non-refundable and valid only for the flight(s) indicated. Nosotros may abolish departures if forced to exercise so by circumstances such equally state of war, civil or political unrest or what is usually referred to as forcefulness majeure. In these instances we will refund all passengers in full if cancellation takes place more than threescore days prior to bout start appointment. If cancellation occurs inside the 60 day menses, we volition offering to postpone your trip to another divergence of the aforementioned tour lawmaking within 12 months of the original bout start date; or, if circumstances do not allow, an alternative volition be offered at that fourth dimension. Nosotros volition non be responsible for costs associated with re-issuance or extension of visas, airline change fees, or for any compensation. We strongly recommend that all travellers purchase trip cancellation insurance, either through Adventures Abroad or elsewhere, as this may provide coverage under such circumstances. If we cancel your tour due to insufficient enrolment, we will endeavour to find an alternative tour for you. If this is not adequate, all monies paid will be refunded in full and will establish full settlement. Nosotros volition not be responsible for whatever expenses incurred, such as visas, vaccinations, independently purchase airfare, or whatever bounty. Notice of cancellation due to bereft enrolment in any program volition be given approximately 60 days prior to departure.
05. I am a single who prefers my own room. What is a unmarried supplement?
All of our tours accept a unmarried supplement for those who desire to be guaranteed their own room at each location. This supplement is a reflection of the fact that nigh hotels effectually the earth do non discount the regular twin-share rate for a room by 50% for only one person occupying a room. Near hotels will requite a break on the cost, but usually in the range of 25-thirty% of the twin-share rate. This deviation, multiplied by each night, amounts to the unmarried supplement. The conventional amount tin can as well vary from land to country and some destinations are more expensive than others for single occupancy. In social club to be "single friendly," the supplements we apply are not a profit centre for us and we do our all-time to keep them as reasonable every bit possible. On most tours we limit the number of singles available, not to be castigating, but rather because many hotels allow for just a limited number of singles; some smaller hotels at remote locations too take a express number of single rooms available. Please note that most single rooms around the world are smaller than twin-share rooms and will likely have only one bed.
06. Do you lot accept a shared adaptation program?
Yes! If y'all are single traveller and are willing to share, we will do our all-time to pair you with a same-gender roommate. On well-nigh of our tours, if we fail to pair you, we will absorb the unmarried supplement fee and yous will default to a single room at no extra charge. At some destinations, however, where single rooms are not significantly discounted, or not at all, we may utilize a "mandatory" single in the event that we cannot observe you lot a share partner. This is commonly l% of the usual supplement, but can be as much equally 100%. If applicable, this proviso will exist noted on each bout page on this website, on your invoice, and in our bout engagement/price book (available for download under "Resources").
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