Day 1 Cracow

Arrival in Cracow. Check-in at the hotel. Meeting with guide and departure for Wawel Hill. Sightseeing includes a visit to the Cathedral and the Royal Chambers and a stroll around the castle courtyard.

Optionally: The Vistula river cruise
An evening stroll around the beautifully illuminated Market Square. Dinner at a restaurant in the Old Town. Return to the hotel for overnight stay.

Day 2 Cracow - Wieliczka - Cracow

Breakfast. A day to discover the charms of Cracow’s UNESCO listed Old Town. Sightseeing continues along the Royal Route: Kanonicza street and Grodzka street which include architectural gems such as the Church of Saints Peter and Paul and the Church of St. Andrew. Then, on to the Main Square and Collegium Maius - the oldest building of the Jagiellonian University - for a stroll around the courtyard with its picturesque galleries. Sightseeing ends with a visit to St. Mary’s Church and a chance to see the famous altar by Veit Stoss. In the afternoon departure for Wieliczka. A guided tour of the Unesco-Listed salt mine, that has been in operation since the Middle Ages. For sightseers, there is a special route leading through an extraordinary fairytale world of corridors, chambers and galleries. Among Wieliczka’s treasures are amazing chapels carved into the salt. The most famous is the stunningly beautiful Chapel of St. Kinga decorated with salt sculptures and chandeliers made of salt crystals. Return to Cracow.
Evening in Kazimierz. A stroll around the mysterious streets of this historic Jewish district, and dinner at one of the restaurants serving Jewish cuisine accompanied by a concert of klezmer music. Return to the hotel. Overnight stay.

Day 3Cracow - Auschwitz - Warsaw

Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi extermination camp

Breakfast. Departure for Auschwitz. A tour of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, a symbol of martyrdom and a site on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Almost 1.5 million prisoners lost their lives in the camp, most of them Jews from Poland and Central Europe, as well as Poles. The Monument of the Martyrdom of Nations was erected here in memory of Holocaust victims. After the tour departure for Warsaw. Arrival at the hotel in the evening. Dinner and overnight stay.

Day 4 Warsaw

After breakfast departure for a Warsaw city tour. Sightseeing program includes the UNESCO listed Old Town: the Castle Square with the column of King Zygmunt III Vaza who moved the capital of Poland from Cracow to Warsaw, the majestic Royal Castle (a visit to the Royal Apartments) housing numerous art pieces; St. John’s Cathedral, the Old Town Square with the statue of the city’s symbol Mermaid, the Barbican, a former entrance gate to the city. Sightseeing continues in the Royal Łazienki Park-and-Palace Complex. A visit to the Palace on the Water and a stroll around the picturesque park,
Dinner in the Old Town followed by entertainment at a local pub, dance revue and music. Overnight stay at the hotel in Warsaw.

Day 5Warsaw

Wilanów Palace

Breakfast. Departure for Wilanów. A guided tour of the Wilanow Palace-and-Park Complex - the baroque summer residence of King Jan III Sobieski often called “the Little Versailles”. The architecture of this site is the only of this kind in Poland. Visitors can admire interiors lavishly furnished with period furniture, portraits, sculptures and suits of armour. After sightseeing departure from Warsaw.