In Krakow - 5 nights dinner, bed and breakfast accommodation at 3* Hotel Chopin in Krakow, (or similar). All rooms have private facilities and the hotel has a restaurant and bar. All overnight stays will be in family run or city style hotels.
Overnight hotels will be city style or family run.
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Day 1 - Departure from your chosen pick up point and travel to the Channel port from where we take the short sea crossing to the Continent. We continue eastwards to Germany where we have overnight accommodation reserved on a bed and Continental breakfast basis
Day 2 - After breakfast we will continue our journey through Germany and into Poland and make our way to Krakow. Here the next 5 nights hotel accommodation is reserved at Hotel Chopin. Arrival will be in time for dinner.
Day 3 – today we explore Krakow with a guided walking tour. The city is packed with interesting sights including Montejko Square, Wawel Castle, St Mary’s Square – home to an important Basilica and the eye catching Cloth Hall in the main market square
Day 4 – today we take you Auschwitz. This was the most notorious of the wartime Concentration Camps. We begin at the Museum and we have included an audio guide to take you through the memorials and daily life of the prisoners
Day 5 – today we take you to the Wieliczka Salt mine. This was placed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1978. It is one of the world’s oldest operating salt mines. There are salt carvings and there is even a chapel entirely carved out of rock salt
Day 6 – today we head for the Tatra Mountains. We spend some time in the mountain resort of Zakopane – with its wide choice of bars, restaurants and cafes
Day 7 – today we bid a fond farewell to Poland and head for Germany for our overnight stopover
Day 8 – continue our journey home arriving back later on.
Important Note: PASSPORTS - Must be valid for at least six months after arriving home. Due to travelling distances our arrival at hotels may be during the very late evening. Excursion programme may operate on different days to that stated herein. If any aspect of the tour is missed there will be no compensation payable.