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POLAND: BETWEEN CULTURE AND NATURE

FIRST DAY:

Arrival to Warsaw - Bialowieza

morning

Arrival at Warsaw's airport, meeting with the Cracovia Travel tour leader in the hall of the airport and departure for Bialowieza.

 

afternoon

Lunch at the restaurant near Warsaw. Departure for Bialowieza.

 

evening
Arrival to Bialowieza and accommodation in the hotel. Dinner in the hotel or at the restaurant.

SECOND DAY:

Visit of Bialowieza - Mragowo

morning

Breakfast in the hotel. Meeting with the guide at the reception desk of the hotel and visit of Museum of Nature and Forest and of the Bialowieza National Park.

 

afternoon

Lunch at the local restaurant. Visit of the Bison Show Reserve. Departure for Mragowo.

 

evening

Arrival and accommodation in the hotel in Mragowo. Dinner in the hotel.

 

THIRD DAY:

Mragowo – tour of the Masurian Lakes - Mragowo

morning

Breakfast in the hotel. Departure for Ruciane-Nida. Arrival to Ruciane-Nida. Boat departure for Mikolajki.

 

afternoon

Lunch at the restaurant in Mikolajki. Boat cruise on the Sniardwy Lake – the biggest lake in Poland. Departure for Gizycko.

 

evening

Arrival to Gizycko. Departure for Mragowo. Dinner in the hotel.

 

FOURTH DAY:

Mragowo – Ostroda – Milomlyn – Malbork – Gdansk

morning

Breakfast in the hotel. Check-out. Departure for Ostroda. Arrival to Ostroda. A boat cruise from Ostroda a Milomlyn along the Elblag Canal. The route is part of the itinerary of John Paul II, who has traveled there in the 1950s. In 1979 during his pilgrimage to Nowy Targ he asked Polish people to take care of the Masuri Lakes. Arrival to Milomlyn. Departure for Malbork.

 

afternoon

Lunch at the restaurant in the Malbork Castle. Meeting with the tour guide and visit of the castle: Malbork Castle was originally built by the Teutonic Knights and it was named Marienburg (Mary's castle – Mary is the patron of the Order). The city that grew around took on the same name, which has become today's Polish city Malbork. UNESCO designated the "Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork" and the Malbork Castle Museum a World Heritage Site in December 1997. Departure for Gdansk.

 

evening

Arrival and accommodation in the hotel in Gdansk. Dinner in the hotel.

FIFTH DAY:

Visit of Gdansk

morning

Breakfast in the hotel. Meeting with the city guide. Visit of Gdansk: Neptune's Fountain, Long Lane (Ulica Dluga), Mariacka Street, the medieval port crane, the Artus Court, the Main Town Hall, the St. Mary's Church, the European Solidarity Centre.

 

afternoon

Lunch at the restaurant. Departure for the Oliva quarter. Visit of the Oliva Cathedral with a twenty-minute organ recital. Free time in the center of Gdansk.

 

evening

Dinner in the hotel or at the restaurant.

SIXTH DAY:

Gdansk – Torun - Warsaw

morning

Breakfast in the hotel. Departure for Torun. Meeting with the city guide in the center of Torun. Visit of Torun: the Market Square, the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist, the Museum of Copernicus, (at first it was his house).

 

afternoon

Lunch at the restaurant in Torun. Free time. Departure for Warsaw.

 

evening

Arrival and accommodation in the hotel in Warsaw. Dinner in the hotel.

 

SEVENTH DAY:

Warsaw

morning

Breakfast in the hotel. Meeting with the guide at the hotel reception desk for the visit of Warsaw. In the 18th and 19th century Warsaw was known as the “Paris of the North”, thanks to its wide, tree-lined streets and classical architecture. However, during the Second World War, the city was almost completely destroyed and the following reconstruction changed its character and urban layout. Despite the reconstruction of the major monuments and historic parks, the aspect of Warsaw is indelibly marked by the architecture of socialist realism. It is clear from one of the symbols of the city and its most important landmark, the Palace of Culture and Science (Palac Kultury i Nauki), an example of socialist realism monumental architecture. This huge building, constructed between 1952 and 1955, situated beside the Warsaw Central Railway Station, is located in what is now the Warsaw's commercial and financial centre. The most picturesque part of the city is the Old Town (Stare Miasto) which roughly corresponds to the “Old Warsaw”, the first urban core of the city that dates back to the 13th century. The Barbican, built in 1548, leads us to the New Town (Nowe Miasto) located to the north, outside the medieval walls dating back to the 15th century. In the southern part of the Old Town, there is the "Castle Square" (Plac Zamkowy) with the Royal Castle (Zamek Królewski) towering above it. The Royal Castle was erected in the 14th century and then rebuilt after it was completely destructed by the Nazis in 1944. On the square, there is also the “Sigismund's Column” which commemorates King Sigismund III Vasa, who in 1596 had moved Poland's capital from Cracow to Warsaw. Among the places of artistic interest, we must mention the great “Lazienki Park”, established in the 18th century at the behest of King Stanislaw August Poniatowski. In the Park, we can admire the beautiful neoclassical buildings such as the "Palace on the Isle” (Palac na Wodzie) and the “Theatre on the Isle” built on the bank of the Lazienki Lake. In many places in the city, the Jewish culture and history resonate down through time. The tragic pages of Warsaw’s history are commemorated in places such as the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes, the Umschlagplatz, fragments of the Ghetto wall on Sienna Street and a mound in memory of the Jewish Combat Organization.

 

afternoon

Lunch at the restaurant. Visit of the Royal Castle (entrance). Free time.

 

evening

Dinner in a downtown restaurant with a Polish folklore concert.

EIGHTH DAY:

Departure from Warsaw

morning

Breakfast in the hotel. Check-out. Departure for the Warsaw's airport.