Poland on the tracks

Welcome to Poland !
Arrival to Warsaw. Transfer to the hotel and check-in.

Dinner in a local restaurant or hotel.

Accommodation in a centrally located hotel in Warsaw.

Breakfast at your hotel.

Visit Warsaw – the capital city of Poland. During this tour, we will visit the most important spots in the city and will have an opportunity to become acquainted with the sometimes tragic past of Warsaw and the history of Poland. We will start our tour by visiting the Old Town, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the New Town. We will continue our journey to Krasinski Palace, the Supreme Court building and the Warsaw Uprising Monument. After that, we will go to the Lazienki Royal Park where we will see the famous monument dedicated to Frederic Chopin where we will have an opportunity to relax in the beautiful rose garden and among the dazzling natural elements of the park. You will truly forget that you are in a major European Capital City.

Who when they were young did not want to work on the railways? In Stacja Museum, you can fulfill this dream! The museum displays unique uniforms, railway models, old telephones, tickets from over a century ago and many other treasures. But the most impressive are the trains and locomotives – some of them are the only examples in the world.
The Station Museum is housed in the historic building of the former Warsaw Main Railway Station – until 1967 the most important station in the capital. The complex survived World War II almost unharmed and to this day it impresses with its original track layout, being the only existing memento in the capital of the Warsaw-Vienna Railway, which once connected the Russian Empire with Europe.

Dinner in a local restaurant or hotel.

Accommodation in a centrally located hotel in Warsaw.

Breakfast at your hotel.

Transfer to Warszawa Centralna train station.

Travel by train to Poznan.

Arrival to Poznan Glowny train station. Transfer to the hotel and check-in.

Poznan sightseeing. The tour starts from a visit to the Brama Poznania (Porta Posnania). Here you can discover the story of the beginnings of the Polish state and the Cathedral Island. This ineractive museum presents the history in a modern way, with multimedia and light.

Then visit to the gothic Cathedral on the Ostrow Tumski island, place of baptism of Poland in 966. Passing the Chrobry Bridge, we enter the splendid Old Town famous for the renaissance Town Hall dominating over the Market Square. Stroll along charming streets to discover the impressive baroque church and the Franciscan Church with a miniature model of medieval Poznan. Further walk to the Freedom Square surrounded by 19th century historical buildings: National Museum, Raczynski Library, Bazar Hotel and Arcadia.

Dinner in a local restaurant or hotel.

Accommodation in a centrally located hotel in Poznan.

Breakfast at your hotel.

Transfer to Gniezno – Poland’s first capital. With an impressive cathedral overlooking to the charming Old Town avenues, it holds an important place in the royal and religious history of the country.

Transfer to Biskupin – the best known archaeological reserve in Central Europe. When first discovered it was thought to be early evidence of a West Slavic settlement, but archaeologists later confirmed it belonged to the Biskupin group of the Lusatian culture from the 8th century BC. Visit to the oldest settlement in Poland. The undoubted advantage of Biskupin is showing “living history”. You can see not only reconstructions of houses from thousands years ago, but also learn about the habits of the people who used to live here, their work and craftsmanship. However, you do not gain this knowledge by listening to lengthy lectures, but by yourself participating in the daily activities of our ancestors.

After the sigtseeing we continue our trip to Wencja by narrow gauge railway! It has been a characteristic element of the Paluki landscape for over a century. Today it is used by tourists, but in the 19th and 20th centuries it was the main means of transport in the region. The railway transported agricultural produce, mail and various goods, it was also a means of passenger transport – the inhabitants of Paluki used it to travel to work, school and shopping. The funicular started its operation in 1894. The network of connections was about 80 km long. Regular passenger trains ran until 1968.

Visit to the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja (Polish Venice), an open-air museum collecting and exhibiting steam locomotives, passenger and freight cars, trolleys, railwaymen’s tools, signalling equipment, contents of an old waiting room, old maps. The Museum has collected numerous steam locomotives. One of the oldest is the German one made by Orenstein & Koppel in Berlin in 1900. The Tx-1116 locomotive made by Henschel & Son (Kassel, 1918) and the Tx4-564 locomotive made by Hanomag (Hannover, 1923) are also very interesting. A real rarity is the Belgian locomotive No.2179 made by Les Ateliers Metallurgiques Nivelles with the unique wheel arrangement 4-6-2 (“Pacific”), and the only one which has steam brakes. Transfer back to Poznan.

Dinner in a local restaurant or hotel.

Accommodation in a centrally located hotel in Poznan.

Breakfast at your hotel.

Transfer to Rogalin and sightseeing the splendid landscape gardens with the biggest oak trees collection in Europe. Nearby you can admire the rococo – neoclassical palace of Raczynski family dating from 18th century.

Visit to the Roundhouse in Wolsztyn. This is still an operational locomotive depot from which, each day, steam locomotives are sent out on scheduled services on the routes to Poznan and Leszno. The roundhouse was built in 1907 and continued to grow till the 1970’s. Currently there are about 30 items of rolling stock, unique locomotives and historic carriages. One of the most valuable is the “Beautiful Helena” locomotive, No. Pm36, dating from 1937 with a top speed of 130km/h.

Transfer to Wroclaw.

Dinner in a local restaurant or hotel.

Accommodation in a centrally located hotel in Wroclaw.

Breakfast at your hotel.

Welcome to magic Wroclaw – the city of 100 bridges. Its rich history and medieval character attracts millions of tourists every year. The sightseeing starts by the main entrance of the 13th century Cathedral of St. John the Baptist located on Ostrow Tumski island – the oldest part of Wroclaw. Walking along Odra river bank, we ascend the “Polish Hill” offering the splendid view over the city. Nearby there is the Panorama of the Battle of Raclawice Museum presenting one of the biggest 360o panoramic battle scenes in the world, nowadays one of the nation’s symbol. The next pearl on our route is Aula Leopoldina – representative baroque hall at the Wroclaw University. Stroll around medieval cobblestone streets leads to the Market Square, one of the largest in Europe, surrounded by old tenement houses with the gothic Town Hall in the centre.

Transfer to Wroclaw Glowny train station.

Travel by train to Krakow.

Arrival to Krakow Glowny train station. Transfer to the hotel and check-in.

Dinner in a local restaurant or hotel.

Accommodation in a centrally located hotel in Krakow.

Breakfast at your hotel.

Krakow is the cultural capital of Poland with Old Town listed as UNESCO Heritage. During the tour you would see Barbican and defensive walls with Florian’s Gate, the Main Market Square with Sukiennice Cloth Hall, St Mary’s Church and Town Hall Tower. We would proceed to the Jagiellonian University, pass by Archbishop Palace (where John Paul II used to live) as well as St Andrew’s Church and St Peter and Paul’s Church to reach the Wawel Hill.

We invite you to the culinary workshop of “obwarzanek, the traditional bajgle of Krakow. Perhaps “obwarzanek” will be the first thing you will try upon arrival to Krakow. In the Live Obwarzanek Museum you will attend a baking workshop in which you’ll bake your own Obwarzanek. These inconspicuous parboiled dough rings have been part of city’s history for over 600 years. Beloved by citizens, tourists and pigeons! It’s been known since medieval times – kings ate it, knights ate it, even Wawel’s dragon ate it! Learn more and discover what makes them unique during 1h long obwarzanki making workshop. Each participant gets a piece of dough and leaves with their very own obwarzanek.

Dinner in a local restaurant or hotel.

Accommodation in a centrally located hotel in Krakow.

Breakfast at your hotel.

Transfer to Oswiecim (Auschwitz-Birkenau)

All over the world, Auschwitz-Birkenau has become a symbol of terror, genocide and the Holocaust. It was established by the Nazis in 1940, in the suburbs of the city of Oswiecim (Auschwitz in German) which, like other parts of Poland, was occupied by the Germans during the Second World War. A visit to concentration and extermination camp museum might help you to comprehend what incomprehensible. Transfer back to Krakow.

Dinner in a local restaurant with folk music.

Accommodation in a centrally located hotel in Krakow.

Breakfast at your hotel.

Transfer to Balice airport in Krakow.
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