DAY 1: ARRIVAL IN KRAKOW Arrival in Krakow, optional transfer to Hotel Novotel Centrum Krakow or similar, check-in, welcome meeting.

DAY 2: KRAKOW For half a millennium Krakow was the royal capital of Poland and for centuries the city walls have guarded its traditions and secrets. The morning sightseeing tour takes us to the Old Town with the St. Mary’s Church, the Jagiellonian University, the Cloth Halls and Wawel with the Wawel Castle and the Wawel Cathedral. The afternoon offers an optional tour tracing the sites of the movie “Schindler’s list” including the factory buildings, former ghetto area Podgorze, Plaszow labor camp area and the Jewish Kazimierz district with the Old Synagogue

DAY 3: KRAKOW The morning offers an optional excursion to the famous Wieliczka Salt Mine, an amazing labyrinth of tunnels going down as far as 327 meters. The afternoon is reserved for exploring more of Krakow’s secrets individually. The evening offer an optional Polish dinner at Restaurant Hawelka.

DAY 4: KRAKOW-WARSAW We leave for Czestochowa, the spiritual heart of Poland, where we visit the Jasna Gora Monastery with the Black Madonna. Through the flat low-laying plain of Central Poland we reach Warsaw in the early afternoon. Check-in at Hotel Novotel Centrum Warsaw or similar

DAY 5: WARSAW Warsaw is essentially a post-war city with a meticulously reconstructed Old Town. The morning sightseeing tour includes the Royal Route and the Old Town with the Royal Castle, St John’s Cathedral, the Old Town Market Square and the Barbican. In the afternoon is offered an optional excursion to the Royal Lazienki Park with the Palace on the Water. The evening offers an optional Polish dinner at Restaurant Pod wale.

DAY 6: WARSAW-VILNIUS We continue through the well forested North Poland along the eastern fiinge of the Masurian Lakeland, a myriad of postglacial lakes representing some of the most beautiful nature in the whole of Poland and continue into Lithuania to reach Kaunas, a genuine Lithuanian city. We take a stroll in the Old Town with its elegant Old Town Hall and Gothic cathedral.. We continue eastwards and arrive soon in Vilnius. Check in at Hotel Reval Lietuva or similar

DAY 7: VILNIUS Vilnius is known for its more than 1.200 medieval buildings and
48 churches. The morning sightseeing tour includes a panoramic tour of the city and a walking tour of the Old Town with Vilnius Cathedral, Gediminas Tower, Peter and Paul Church, St. Anne’s Church, Old University and the Gates of Dawn. The afternoon offers an optional excursion to Trakai, the medieval capital of Lithuania, with the well preserved Trakai Castle, beautifully located on an island in Lake Galve. In the evening enjoy an optional folklore dinner at Restaurant Marceliukes Kletis.

DAY 8: VILNIUS DEPARTURE Optional transfer to the airport.