Pearls of the South
Pearls of the South Poland is a programme of an excursion which will allow you to visit in a short time some of the most beautiful and valuable places in Poland. Cracow, Wieliczka or Zakopane are exceptional places worth experiencing closer. An accumulation of cultural attractions, concerts, exhibitions and parades make them a popular vacation target for tourist from all over Europe.
Places worth seeing
Cracow - a city which is called the cultural capital of Poland and Europe, and was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage list. Cracow, a former capital of Poland, is a city over 1000 years old. Most of the monuments have been preserved intact, for example the medieval buildings in the Old Town. The heart of the city is its Market Square, where artists, painters, musicians and students gather, making hundreds of pubs and joints teem with activity day and night. Also, no less famous is the Kazimierz district, where the world's second largest complex of Judaic monuments can be found, with its unique atmosphere.
Oświęcim - it's a place that has to be seen during a visit in Poland. A museum of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where the Nazis have murdered millions of Jews, Poles, Gypsies and Russians.
Częstochowa - one of the biggest Marian Sanctuaries in Europe - Jasna Góra. The famous icon of Virgin Mary can be found here. Yearly the Jasna Góra shrine is visited by approximately 5 million pilgrims. One can see here, among other things, the Basilica, the Chapel with its miraculous Painting of the Virgin Mary, the Treasury, the Museum, the Arsenal or the Stations of the Cross.
Wieliczka - an underground salt mine attracts tourists with its 3,5 km long tourist route, passing by lakes, original mining equipment, exquisite chapels, salt carvings and great halls hollowed out within the ground. The mine is also a place of many interesting events. That is where the first underground balloon flight took place, as well as the underground bungee jump, and the underground windsurfing took place, 104 meters under the surface of the Earth (on a salt lake).
Zakopane - Zakopane is one of the best known tourist towns in Poland. The town also attracts with its unique climate, where authentic folk culture of Polish Tatra Highlanders coexists in harmony with many cultural events. It also attracts with the charm of its pubs, the concerts in cellars, the fleeting look at the mountains, and the lazy, colourful crowd on Krupówki, the main street of Zakopane.
Day by day itinerary
1st day Cracow
Arrival to Cracow, sightseeing.
2nd day Cracow
In the evening passage from Cracow to Zakopane.
3rd day Zakopane
Sightseeing in the city, riding a cable car onto Kasprowy Wierch (1987 m asl).
4th day Cracow
Return to Cracow, sightseeing.
5 th day Wieliczka
An all-day excursion to the Salt Mines in Wieliczka.
6 th day Oświęcim and Częstochowa
An all-day excursion to Częstochowa and the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp.
7th day Cracow
Return to Cracow. Departure.
We provide the following services:
Room and board, programme, instructors, guides, equipment, insurance, transport.
Room and board options:
Room: pension **, pension ***, hotel **-***.
Board: BB, HB, FB
Price: from 290 EUR
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