Planned travel itinerary:

DAY 1. DEPARTURE CITY – WARSAW

Welcome to Poland. Transfer to the hotel and free time. In the afternoon, you will receive information about the start of your tour through the notice boards located at the hotel reception.

Accommodation.

DAY 2. WARSAW

In the morning, we include a panoramic tour of Warsaw with a local guide. The city, with almost two million inhabitants and the political and economic centre of Poland, is classical and modern, traditional and cosmopolitan, reborn.

We will stroll through the charming Old Town, with its historic buildings, the Royal Castle and its cobbled streets, all restored after being destroyed during the Second World War and now declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We will see the symbolic Palace of Culture, a skyscraper gifted by the Soviet Union, remember what was once the largest Jewish ghetto in Europe, and walk through Łazienki Park, where the Chopin Monument is located.

Free afternoon, during which you may visit its museums (the National Museum and the Warsaw Uprising Museum stand out) or stroll through its lively commercial centre.

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DAY 3. WARSAW – KIELCE – TARNÓW – KRAKÓW

We will depart for the forested hills region of Lesser Poland, also known in Polish as Małopolska. We will visit KIELCE, a lively city founded in the 11th century, with its elegant centre built around the cathedral, the episcopal palace and its landscaped areas. Time to explore the city and have lunch. Travelling along small roads that allow us to better appreciate the villages and scenery, we will continue through Lesser Poland.

TARNÓW, with time to discover this magnificent small city founded in the 14th century, with its great central square, medieval streets and Renaissance and Gothic buildings with Polish, Jewish and Hungarian influences. Before the Second World War, the Jewish population represented around half of the city’s inhabitants; its ethnographic museum also recalls the Roma community that was likewise exterminated during this European conflict. We will continue to KRAKÓW, arriving at the end of the afternoon. We recommend a walk through the always lively Market Square.

Accommodation.

DAY 4. KRAKÓW

In the morning, we include a panoramic tour of Kraków with a local guide, the capital of Lesser Poland founded in the 7th century, whose Old Town has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. During our visit, we will discover its beautiful medieval streets, the Market Square, one of the largest in Europe and the heart of the city, and Wawel Castle Hill, former residence of the Polish kings.

Free afternoon. If you wish, you may take the optional excursion to the Wieliczka Salt Mines, also a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with carved galleries, underground chapels and 300 km of tunnels. At the end of the day, traditional dinner included.

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DAY 5. KRAKÓW – KALWARIA ZEBRZYDOWSKA – BARWAŁD DOLNY – WADOWICE – AUSCHWITZ – KATOWICE

After breakfast, we will depart for KALWARIA ZEBRZYDOWSKA, a small town in a beautiful landscape setting, famous for its complex of monasteries and chapels known as the “Calvary,” which has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

We are in a place of pilgrimage. Afterwards, we will make a short stop by the wooden church of Barwałd Dolny before continuing to WADOWICE, known as the birthplace of Karol Wojtyła, Pope John Paul II. You may visit the Pope John Paul II House Museum or the basilica where he was baptised. Time to stroll and have lunch.

We then arrive at AUSCHWITZ, the Nazi concentration and extermination camp during the Second World War where more than one million people died. Today it is a museum and memorial, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We visit Camp II – Birkenau, where trains arrived from all over Europe.

We will continue to KATOWICE and, before arriving, visit the Nikiszowiec district, built for miners and their families at the beginning of the 20th century. This site is pending inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage list because of its unique architecture and neighbourhood life. Once in Katowice, the capital of Silesia, free time to explore this modern city and important economic centre.

Accommodation.

DAY 6. KATOWICE – OPOLE – WROCŁAW

We will continue our journey to OPOLE, where you will have time to enjoy a coffee in this lively small city with its well-preserved Old Town, known for the National Festival of Polish Song. Leaving the city, entrance is included to the Village Museum, an open-air museum showing life in rural Poland at the end of the 19th century and the region’s wooden architecture, with its mills, church and farmhouses.

We will continue to WROCŁAW, a city founded in the 10th century and capital of Lower Silesia, reflecting Polish, Czech, Austrian and German influences. Its Old Town, rebuilt after the Second World War, has one of the most beautiful market squares in Poland. The city is also known for its many bridges and canals. In the afternoon, we include a boat ride through its canals. Free time to explore the city.

Accommodation.

DAY 7. WROCŁAW – POZNAŃ – TORUŃ – GDAŃSK

We will travel towards the Greater Poland region. We will arrive in its capital, POZNAŃ, one of the oldest cities in the country. Its Old Town is home to the impressive Market Square, where, flanking the main building, the Town Hall, stand colourful Renaissance buildings whose variety makes the square cheerful and pleasant. At midday, in this square, to the sound of the clock, two mechanical goats clash horns following an old 16th-century tradition. Time for lunch and a walk.

We will continue our journey to TORUŃ, a walled Gothic city with a magnificent historic centre declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and birthplace of Copernicus. If you wish, you may visit his house museum. After that, we will travel to GDAŃSK, the former Danzig, arriving in the late afternoon. Its historic centre is charming and full of life and atmosphere. We suggest not missing an evening walk.

Accommodation.

DAY 8. GDAŃSK

After breakfast, with our guide and coach, we will go to the European Solidarity Centre, an immense contemporary building that recalls the history of the Solidarity trade union, which marked the beginning of the fall of the Soviet Union, and where the monument to the fallen workers stands out. After that, we will pass by the exterior of the Museum of the Second World War (the interior is closed on Mondays). We will then head to nearby SOPOT, an elegant seaside resort with a large beach on the Baltic Sea and plenty of life, whose wooden pier, offering great views, is one of the longest in Europe. You will have time to walk around and have lunch. We will return to GDAŃSK and enjoy free time in this magnificent city.

Accommodation.

DAY 9. GDAŃSK – MALBORK – FROMBORK – ELBLĄG – WARSAW

We continue to MALBORK, where we will visit its impressive castle (entrance included, green route), one of the largest medieval castles in Europe, built in the 13th century by the Teutonic Order and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Afterwards, we continue to FROMBORK, at the northeastern end of the Polish coast, a peaceful town with an impressive walled complex where Nicolaus Copernicus is buried. You will have time to stroll and have lunch.

We will then head to the Elbląg Canal, the longest navigable canal in Poland, a jewel of 19th-century industrial heritage, and visit the museum of this engineering marvel located in an area where boats are pulled over land on rails to overcome differences in elevation. We continue our journey to the capital of Poland: WARSAW, arriving at the end of the day.

Accommodation.

DAY 10. WARSAW – DEPARTURE CITY

After breakfast, transfer to the airport to return to your departure city, if this service has been booked through us.

• Optional excursions can be booked in advance of the trip. Please contact us.
• Add stops of between 1 and 7 nights (depending on the itinerary) in different cities before continuing the route.
• You may share a room with another traveller, which makes the price more advantageous for you. If, in the end, the room is occupied only by you, the price will not be affected and you will have the room to yourself.
• Depending on the number of passengers, the panoramic tour may be operated as a regular sightseeing service.
• EXTEND YOUR TRIP: complete your journey in POLAND with an extension to other European cities or a stay at a beach destination (Sardinia, Albania, Croatia, etc.).

• Transportation from/to your departure city. Please contact us.
• Tips.
• Departure transfer. Please contact us.
• Personal expenses.
• Medical insurance with cancellation coverage.
• Any service not mentioned in the “included” section.

Scheduled departures 2026:

05 and 19 May

02, 16 and 30 June

14 and 28 July

11 and 25 August

08 and 22 September

06 and 20 October