JEWISH WARSAW and KRAKOW

Arrival to Warsaw, meet with your local guide and transfer to the hotel.
Check-in at the hotel.
Overnight at the hotel in Warsaw.

Breakfast at the hotel
Meet at the hotel’s lobby with your local guide for whole day
(up to 8 hours) city tour of Jewish Warsaw.
Go to Prozna Street and Grzybowski Square to walk around
former Jewish district and see its most important places like
Nozyk Synagogue (entrance). See the remains of Ghetto Wall
and Umschlagplatz (from where Jews were transported to
Nazis concentration camps).
Visit the Jewish cemetery (entrance), one of the largest Jewish
cemeteries in Europe that contains over 250,000 marked
graves, as well as mass graves of victims of the Warsaw Ghetto.
After break for lunch (lunch not included) visit to the POLIN
Museum – Museum of the History of Polish Jews.
The multiply awarded building of POLIN Museum is a gem of
contemporary architecture. Its symbolism touches upon Jewish
history while the building itself reflects the idea of a “museum
of life” that POLIN Museum promotes. POLIN Museum is a
modern cultural institution – a narrative museum which
presents a 1000-year history of Polish Jews. It is also a place for
meetings and conversations for all of those eager to learn
more about the past and present Jewish culture.
Transfer back to the hotel.
Overnight at the hotel in Warsaw.

Breakfast at the hotel
Meet at the hotel’s lobby with your local guide for half day (up
to 4 hours) classic city tour of Warsaw including Old Town with
Castle Square with King Sigismund Waza Column; the Royal
Route: Krakowskie Przedmiescie, Nowy Świat and Aleje
Ujazdowskie, with numerous churches (Holy Cross Church with
Chopin's heart kept in the pillar), monuments, historic buildings
and palaces, many of them housing embassies and ministries;
stop in front of the Parliament;
continue tour to Lazienki Complex & visit Lazienki Park as well
as the Royal Palace on the Isle, former Royal Residence, today
museum where 140 works of art from the King’s collection are
on display in the Palace, and are exhibited in line with
eighteenth-century principles. On the area of complex there is
also one of the last 18th century court theatres in Europe in Old
Orangery, famous Chopin's monument and Belvedere Palace.
After break for lunch (lunch not included) free time
Alternatively (additionally paid) we can offer tour to Treblinka
(approx. 100 kilometers from Warsaw), where you will visit
Museum of Fighting and Martyrdom.
Treblinka was an extermination camp, built and operated by
Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II. The
camp operated between 23 July 1942 and 19 October 1943.
During this time, it is estimated that between 700,000 and
900,000 Jews were killed in its gas chambers, along with 2,000
Romani people. More Jews were killed at Treblinka than at any
other Nazi extermination camp apart from Auschwitz.

Transfer back to Warsaw.
Overnight at the hotel in Warsaw

Breakfast at the hotel; check-out
Transfer to Warsaw Central Railway Station for train to Krakow
(approx. 2,5 h)

Arrival to Krakow
Transfer to the hotel

Meet at the hotel’s lobby with your local guide for half day city
tour of Jewish Krakow
Go to Kazimierz – ancient Jewish district. The old Jewish quarter
was included on the UNESCO World heritage List in 1978 and it
became an even more recognizable landmark on the
European following the release of the famous "Schindler's List".
It was here where the renowned philosopher Moises Isserles
(Remuh) taught and where Helena Rubinstein was born. See
the Remuh synagogue and Jewish Cemetery (entrance).
Visit to the Oscar Schindler’s Museum (entrance). You will learn
about the story of the extermination of Krakow's Jews, which
provided the backdrop for the events depicted in Spielberg's film.

Here, various stories illustrating the fate of Cracovians who had to live, fight and die during the
years of 1939-45 are presented in a unique way.

Overnight at the hotel in Krakow

Breakfast at the hotel

Meet at the hotel’s lobby with your local guide for half day
classic walking tour of Krakow (an ancient capital city of
Poland), including the Royal Wawel Hill (the Cathedral and
Wawel Castle from outside)) and the Old Town area with the
Old Town Market Square, the Cloth Hall, St. Mary’s Church and
Florianska Gate

Time at leisure
Overnight at the hotel in Krakow.

Breakfast at the hotel

Transfer to Auschwitz (ca. 70 km, ,51 h), the largest of the
German Nazi concentration camps from II World war where
over 1.1 million men, women and children lost their lives during
the Holocaust. To date, over 25,000,000 from all over the world
have visited the Museum and Memorial.

Transfer back to Krakow
Time at leisure
Overnight at the hotel in Krakow.

Breakfast at the hotel
Transfer to Wieliczka (ca. 20 km) - the world-class attraction
included in the UNESCO Human Heritage List.

The underground tourist route is almost 3 km long and consist of
winding corridors, 800 steps and a descend to a depth of 135
meters; this route leads through mysterious labyrinth of galleries
and caverns with unique sculptures, all carved in rock salt.

Transfer back to Krakow
Time at leisure

Overnight at the hotel in Krakow.

Breakfast at the hotel; check-out
Departure transfer to Krakow Balice Airport for your flight

In Krakow we can offer you 2 alternative tours:

1) Tour to Zalipie
Transfer to Zalipie (aprox. 1,5h) - the picturesque village, which is
famous for its cottages painted in colourful floral motifs. The
custom of decorating rural chambers with flowery paintings
comes from the late nineteenth century. We will continue our
tour to Lipnica Murowana, a village famous for its competition
for the highest palm held on Palm Sunday every year, and a
wooden church of St. Leonard, also included on the UNESCO
World Heritage List in 2003.
Return to Krakow (whole tour will take approx. 10 hours

2) Tour to Zakopane
Whole day tour to Zakopane
Early morning: meet with a driver/bus & English speaking guide
and drive to Zakopane (ca. 110 km/ ca. 2 h one way).
Experience the culture and fresh air of Polish highlands. From
the vigorous city centre to medieval churches and majestic
mountain views.
On the way to Zakopane go for rafting on Dunajec river. Admire
beautiful mountain landscapes from another perspective!
After you get to Zakopane, you can enjoy a funicular ride up
the Gubalowka Mountain (if time and weather permits). Take a
walk around the Old Town of Zakopane and visit an ancient
cemetery, Papal Sanctuary at Krzeptowki and the
Jaszczurowka Chapel. Visit Krupowki which is the main,
commercial street in Zakopane.
Late in the afternoon arrival back to Krakow (whole tour will
take approx. 10-11 hours)

Tours include: transportation, English speaking guide (and local guides, if necessary), entrance fees
(as per program).