Polish Splendours Tour June-August, Krakow, Warsaw & Gdansk

Day 1 (Tuesday): Arrival Krakow

Arrival inKrakow, optional transfer to Hotel Novotel Krakow Centrum**** or similar, check-in, welcome meeting.

Day 2 (Wednesday): Krakow

For half a millennium Krakow was the royal capital of Poland and for centuries the city walls have guarded its traditions and secrets. The morning sightseeing tour takes us to the Old Town with the St. Mary’s Church, the Jagiellonian University, the ClothHalls and Wawel with the Wawel Castle and the Wawel Cathedral. The afternoon offers an optional excursion to the famous Wieliczka Salt Mine, an amazing labyrinth of tunnels going down as far as 327 meters.The evening offers an optional Polishdinner at Restaurant Hawelka.

Day 3 (Thursday): Krakow-Warsaw

We leave for Czestochowa, the spiritual heart of Poland, where we visit the Jasna Gora Monastery with the Black Madonna.Through the flat low-laying plain of Central Poland we reach Warsaw in the early afternoon. Check-in at Hotel Radisson Blu Sobieski **** or similar.

Day 4 (Friday): Warsaw

Warsaw is essentially a post-war citywith a meticulously reconstructed Old Town. Like amini-state all to itself, Gdansk has a unique feel, cultured, wealthy and cosmopolitan, that sets it apart from all other cities in Poland. The morning sightseeing tour includes the Royal Route and the Old Town with the Royal Castle, St John’s Cathedral, the Old Town Market Square and the Barbican. In the afternoon is offered an optional excursion to the Royal Lazienki Park with the Palace onthe Water. The evening offers an optional Polish dinner at Restaurant Dawne Smaki.

Day 5 (Saturday): Warsaw-Gdansk

Breakfast at hotel. We depart from Warsaw, taking the train to Grandsk. Gdansk is unique Polish city, located on Baltic Sea. Gdansk popularity had been growing amongst tourists over the years. Check in Hotel Mercure Gdansk**** on check in or similar standard hotel. Afternoon Gdansk Old Town walking tour, we will see such sights as Dlugi Targ, Long Market, St Mary's Church, St. Bridget's Church, Artus Court and Gdansk Town Hall.

Day 6 (Sunday): Gdansk

Breakfast in hotel.

In the morning we offer to take part in an optional tour of the so-called Tri-City – a conurbation uniting Gdansk with the lively coastal towns of Sopot and Gdynia. The tour along the 35 km gulf of Gdansk includes a visit to the famous pier in Sopot and a lovely organ concert at the Oliwa Church.

In the afternoon there is an optional tour of Gdansk & Malbork Castle. We stop at Elblag. Elbląg is a city in Poland’s lovely Masuria, a part of country famous for its lakes and beautiful stretching landscapes.In Elbrang we will see the Old Town and St. Nicolas Cathedral, after which we continue the tour to The Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork. This 13th-century fortified monastery belonging to the Teutonic Order was improved and reconstructed in 1309, when the seat of the Grand Master moved to Malbork Castle from Venice.

In the evening you are offered to book an optional farewell dinner at the popular Restaurant Pod Lososiem in Gdansk.

Day 7 (Monday): Gdansk Departure

Optional transfer to the airport of Gdansk can be arranged on request.