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SIGHTSEEING TOURSAll tours are based on a minimum number of participants. If a tour has to be cancelled due to a low attendance, the tour fee will be refunded in full. There is no cancellation fee for cancellation received before June 10, 2008. Cancellations received after this date will not be refunded. Krakow Old Town June 19, 2008 - 9 a.m. 
Krakow, the former capital of Poland, and a European centre of culture, art and science, is a city which offers a wide range of tourist
attractions. Krakow's Old Town, with its unique architecture, was labeled World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1978. The heart of the
city is located in the Main Square, the biggest market square of medieval Europe, with its remarkable 16th-century Sukiennice (Cloth Hall),
the example of Gothic-Renaissance architectural style. Our visit to Old Town will include a walk across the Main Square, the Church of the
Virgin Mary (Kosciol Mariacki), which boasts one of the greatest Gothic altars in Europe, carved by the great Veit Stoss (Wit Stwosz).
Afterwards, we will continue along the Royal Way from the Barbican (city gates) and the St. Florian's Gate to the Wawel Hill with the
Royal Castle and Cathedral. Walking tour, English speaking guide. Time: 3 hours Price per person: 12 EUR The Royal Wawel Castle June 20, 2008 - 10 a.m. 
The Wawel Hill, called the "Polish Acropolis" by Poles, is the site of the Royal Wawel Castle, which was a royal residence since the 1
2th century. The arcade courtyard represents the architecture of the so called "golden age of Polish culture." The castle is home to one
of the greatest and most precious collections of tapestries in the world, which today consists of 136 works. There is also a praiseworthy
collection of Oriental art, with Turkish tents and banners, Persian carpets, and armoury. Next to the castle there is the Royal Cathedra
l, where kings were crowned and then buried, alongside cardinals and bishops, national heroes, and poets.Our visit will include: Royal Private Apartments, Crown Treasury and Armoury, and the Cathedral. Walking tour (transfer to the Wawel Hill will be provided), English speaking guide. Time: 3 hours Price per person: 21 EUR The Jagiellonian University grounds June 20, 2008 - 10 a.m. 
Krakow is the city of one of the oldest European universities, the Jagiellonian University, founded in 1364. Among the most prominent
students of this university were Nicolaus Copernicus, whose heliocentric theory of the universe revolutionized our vision of the world,
and Karol Wojtyla, later elected to become Pope John Paul II. The oldest preserved building of the university is Collegium Maius, dating
back to the 15th century. Now welcoming visitors as a university museum, it offers numerous Copernicus memorabilia, old Arabian astronomical i
nstruments and a famous globe with the map of America from the beginning of the 16th century. Our visit will include the university quarter and Collegium Maius. Walking tour, English speaking guide. Time: 3 hours Price per person: 16 EUR The Krakow Jews Trail June 20, 2008 - 2 p.m. 
Jews lived in the Krakow district of Kazimierz since the Middle Ages. There are seven remaining synagogues, including the oldest one located in th
e Szeroka Street, which today is home to the Museum of Judaism. On the same street, there is a Jewish cemetery, a pilgrimage site for Jews from al
l over the world. Nearby, on the other bank of the Vistula River, where the Jewish ghetto was located during World War II, there is a commemorative
museum, "Apteka pod Orlem," and not far away, in Plaszow, there are the grounds of the war-time concentration camp, whose site has been turned into
a commemoration park with an impressive monument. It is worth mentioning that Kazimierz provided the scenery for Steven Spilberg's film, "The Schindler`s
List." Since then, this district of Krakow has gained even larger interest, and increasing numbers of guests have arrived to the annual Je
wish Culture Festival, held at the end of June. However, it could be said that festival never ends in Kazimierz, thanks to its myriad charming res
taurants, cafes, and pubs.Our sightseeing trip will include visiting the Museum of Judaism and "Apteka pod Orlem" Museum. Tour by coach, English speaking guide. Time: 3 hours Price per person: 24 EUR Auschwitz-Birkenau June 21, 2008 - 9 a.m. Site of World War II genocide, Auschwitz-Birkenau was founded by the Nazis in 1940 as a concentration camp for Polish political prisoners, and later became the place where approximately 1,5 million Jews, Poles, Roma, Russians and people of other nationalities were exterminated. Today it hosts the Museum of Martyrology. Our visit will start with a 15-minute documentary about the liberation of the camp, and will include exhibitions in some of the surviving prison blocks, as well as the gas chamber and the crematorium. Tour by coach, English speaking guide. Time: 6 hours Price per person: 27 EUR Transfer a/p - htl or htl- a/p - 22 EUR per car |
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