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EAST POLAND TOUR

FIRST DAY:

Arrival to Warsaw

afternoon
Arrival at Warsaw's airport, meeting with tour leader in the hall of the airport and transfer to the hotel. Arrival to the hotel and accommodation.

 

evening
Dinner in the hotel or at the restaurant.

SECOND DAY:

Visit of 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 the hotel.


 

THIRD DAY:

Warsaw – Kazimierz Dolny - Lublin

morning

Breakfast in the hotel. Departure for Kazimierz Dolny.

 

afternoon

Lunch at the restaurant in Kazimierz Dolny. Visit of the town: Market Square, the castle, the Small Market Square (Mały Rynek), the Church of St. Mary and monastery of the Order of Friars Minor, Kaminica Celejowska - fantastic palace in the Mannerist style. Once Kazimierz Dolny was famous for its trade, nowadays the town is a favourite place of painters. Departure for Lublin.

 

evening

Arrival to the hotel. Accommodation. Dinner.

FOURTH DAY:

Lublin – Zamosc

morning

Breakfast in the hotel. Guided visit of Lublin: the castle, the Castle Square (Plac Zamkowy), the Market Square, the Dominican Order Church and Monastery, the cathedral, the Cracow Gate.

 

afternoon

Lunch at the restaurant. Departure for Zamosc. Arrival and accommodation in the hotel.

 

evening

Dinner.

FIFTH DAY:

Zamosc - Warsaw

morning

Breakfast in the hotel. Visit of Zamosc, the town called the Padua of the North” thanks to its renaissance architecture. The historical center of Zamosc was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1992. The visit includes the Market Square, the Town Hall, and the Cathedral.

 

afternoon

Lunch at the restaurant. Departure for Warsaw. Arrival and accommodation in the hotel.

 

evening

Dinner in the hotel or at the restaurant.

SIXTH DAY:

Departure from Warsaw

morning

Breakfast in the hotel. Check-out. Transfer to Warsaw's airport.