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Krakow & Auschwitz Tour

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Krakow & Auschwitz Tour sample tour 4 Nights

DAY 1
A coach will meet the group at Krakow Airport transfer to the city centre. Time to settle in & explore the local area before dinner in the hotel restaurant.

Day 2
Breakfast followed by a morning sightseeing tour with professional guide visit the Main Market Square, the Cloth Hall, St Mary's Basilica, Wawel Hill with Royal Castle & Catherdral.Tour Includes entrances to Wawel Castel, Royal Tombs, Sigimonds Bell & St. Marys Church. After lunch (not included) the group will take a relaxing cruise along the River Vistula. Evening meal at the hotel restaurant.

Day 3
After breakfast the group will then go on to visit the Plaszow Camp, originally designed to be a forced labour camp but in 1941 was extended & developed into a concentration camp. Evening meal at the hotel restaurant. After lunch (not included) the group will visit the Wieliczka Salt Mine for a guided tour of Europe's oldest still operating salt mine which is also recognised by UNESCO as a World Heritage Monument. A 3 mile walk with a special guide through chambers & corridors is an unforgettable attraction. Evening meal at the hotel restau-rant.

Day 4
After breakfast, the group will depart for a fully guided tour of the Kazimierz quarter, the historical centre of Krakow's Jewish religious & social life before World War II; the tour takes in the area's most important monuments, including the sites which featured in Stephen Spielberg's Oscar winning film ‘Schindlers List'. After lunch (not included) the coach will take the group to Auschwitz, the death camps made notorious during World War II by the Nazis. The trip actually entails a visit to both the Auschwitz & Birkenau camps, where students can see the gas chambers & the furnaces, as well as the cells which held the detained. As part of the exhibition, visitors get to see samples of the items taken from the prisoners, including hair, shoes, glasses & other possessions. Evening meal at the hotel restaurant.

Day 5
After breakfast the group can spend the morning sightseeing or before transfer-ring to the airport to pick up your return flight.

Selection of tours that can be included.

Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp
6 million Poles, including 3 million Jews, perished in Nazi concentration camps between 1940-45 over 1,5 million at Auschwitz alone. Many of the original buildings stand to this day in Auschwitz as a bleak reminder of the camp's history.

Wieliczka Salt Mine
Wieliczka is one of the oldest salt mines in Europe, which has been working for over 700 years. The oldest part of the mine has been opened to the public as a museum. A tour of the mine takes in the galleries, chambers and chapels on three upper levels, between 64 and 135 metres below ground.

Plaszow Concentration Camp
The Plaszow camp established in 1942, was initially a forced-labour camp for Jews. The original site of the camp included two Jewish cemeteries. It reached its maximum size in 1944, the same year that it became a concentration camp. This can be combined with a visit to the glazery established by German industrialist Oskar Schindler

Lecture on History of the City
An experienced English speaking guide will give a lecture about the history of Krakow and the Jewish population.

Kazimierz: Jewish Quarter
Kazimierz was the historical centre of Krakow's Jewish religious and social life and was incorporated into Krakow in the 18th century. The tour takes you to the most important monuments in this area including the Old Synagogue, the Remuh Synagogue and Remuh Cemetery

Jewish Museum
Housed in a renaissance synagogue this museum is a rich collection of Judaica dedicated to Jewish heritage and is one of the best in Central Europe.

Barbican
This round bastion was constructed in the 15th century as a defense against Turkish incursions. It was originally surrounded by a moat and linked to St Florian's Gate by a corridor.

Wawel Castle
The Royal Castle of Wawel towering over the Old Town was the site of Polish Royalty until the beginning of the 17th century. In the Wawel Cathedral Polish kings were crowned and their remains are buried in its vaults. St. Mary's Church has the famous medieval altar of Veit Stoss.

Krakow History Musuem
The first floor houses a large and varied collection relating to the historical development of the city. Interspersed among the historical exhibits is an interesting spread of paintings by artists with connections with the city

 

Other tours, please ask for details.

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Berlin Art Tour

 

 

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