Krakow city break

1st day thursday

Arrival to Cracow, welcome meeting with tour guide, transfer to the hotel and check in at the hotel in the centre of Cracow. Time at leisure. Dinner at the hotel

2nd friday

morning: "Cracow- the European and Polish city - among Rome, Vienna and Nuremberg" guided tour of the Old Town. The programme includes: one of the most beautiful squares in Europe (Rynek Glowny), the Cloth Hall, the museum of the Jagiellonian University, St. Mary’s Cathedral and the Royal Route - half day excursion tour with local guide, lunch at the restaurant at the Old Town

afternoon: Tour of Wawel Castle - the former royal residence of Poland from the 11th Century. Visit to the cathedral with its royal tombs and Sigismond’s Bell

evening: Dinner with folklore show

3rd day saturday

morning: Visiting the Wieliczka Salt Mine. In 1978 the Wieliczka Salt Mine was added to UNESCO´s 1st World List of Cultural and Natural Heritage. The historic underground chambers, shafts and caverns, decorated with sculptures and carvings, are connected by 2 kilometres of passage. The chapel of Blessed Kinga is the biggest underground chapel in the world.

afternoon: Transfer to the Auschwitz Concentration Camp symbol of terror, genocide and the Holocaust first of all for Jews, Poles and Gypsies, Auschwitz houses the biggest cemetery in the world, along with a memorial and State museum. Half day excursion in Auschwitz and Birkenau

evening: Dinner at the hotel

Optional:

option I: whole day trip to Zakopane

Originally a 17th Century forestry settlement, Zakopane is now a sprawling town, close to the Slovak border and on the edge of the Tatra Mountains National Park. It has been a centre for Polish intellectuals for the past century. The authentic folk culture of the Tatra Highlands' mountaineers (górale) coexists with the sophisticated repertoire of the "Witkacy" theatre or with frequent concerts of Szymanowski's music. A short excursion to the one of the Tatra valleys.

option II: Visit to Jasna Gora monastery in Czestochowa with its most valuable treasure - the miraculous painting of Our Lady. During your stay in the monastery, you can see the Basilica and the Chapel of the Mother of God, the Knight’s Hall, one of the most imposing treasuries, the arsenal and the 600th Anniversary Museum.

4th day sunday

morning: After breakfast transfer at the airport. Departure from Cracow.