Warsaw Krakow Tour

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Itinerary

Arrival to Krakow, transfer to hotel with private car, check in at the Novotel Centrum Hotel or similar. Welcome meeting with champagne cocktail or juice.

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 St. Mary's Church, the Jagiellonian Univeristy, the Cloth Halls and Wawel with the Wawel Castle and the Wawel Cathedral. The afternoon offers an excursion to the famous Wieliczka Salt Mine, an amazing labyrinth of tunnels going down as far as 327 meters. In the evening a Polish dinner at Restaurant Hawelka.

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 Novotel Centrum Warsaw or similar.

Warsaw is essentially a postwar city with a meticulously reconstructed Old Town. The morning sightseeing tour includes the Royal Route and the Old Town with the Royal Castle, St Johns Cathedral, the Old Town Market Square and the Barbican. In the afternoon there is an excursion to the Royal Lazienki Park with the Palace on the Water.

The morning offers an excursion to Zelozawa Wola, the romantic birthplace of the Polish composer and pianist, Frederyk Chopin, who played an exceptional role in shaping Polish national identity. The afternoon is reserved for exploring more of Warsaw's secrets individually. The evening includes a Polish dinner at Restaurant Podwale.

Departure transfer to the airport.