Itinerary

1. Day 1: Transfer from Balice airport/Main Station and city tour

   • Transfer from Balice Airport/ Main Station to the apartment.

   • Check-in the apartment near the city centre.

   • Go on a 1-hour city tour by electric car (Old Town+ Jewish District). Get an opportunity to see Krakow's most exciting tourist attractions such as Barbakan, Floriańska Gate, Mary's Church, Main Market Square, University Quarter, Planty Park, Grodzka Street and Wawel Castle.

2. Day 2: Tour to Auschwitz-Birkenau and Salt Mine in Wieliczka with English-speaking Guide

   • Get picked up from your accommodation in Krakow, be prepared that this tour takes 11-12h. Oświęcim is located some 31 miles (50 km) west of Krakow. The former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau is located and has become known as a place of martyrdom, suffering, and death.

   • Be taken to visit Auschwitz I, where you will join an English tour – provided by the Museum's guide – for about 2,5 hours.

   • After that, you will transfer to Auschwitz II – Birkenau, about 2 km away. You will spend 1 hour with the same guide.

   • Head to Wieliczka, one of the most beautiful places close to the city. The famous UNESCO World Heritage Site, the salt mine, is visited by thousands of tourists every year.

   • Be transferred to the Salt Mine in Wieliczka, which happens to be one of the oldest working Salt Mines in the World – it has been producing table salt for over 700 years! You will be attending the English language guided tour. Your Wieliczka guide will take you up to 140 meters underground for a 2.5-hours journey through over a 2.5-kilometres long tourist route full of chambers with unique carvings and statues, where everything is made of salt.

3. Day 3: Tour to Choose

   Please choose one tour:

   • Zakopane: 

     • Take a break from the city and head to Zakopane and the spectacular Tatra Mountain landscape on a guided day trip from Krakow. Discover the highland culture and get a taste of local cuisine, including the famous and EU-protected oscypek cheese. Zakopane is known as the capital of the Polish mountains. Its stunning alpine scenery and priceless views from up high attract tourists year-round. Zakopane is also well worth visiting because of the excellent ski jump Wielka Krokiew, Jaszczurówka Church, Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, and Pęksowy Brzyzek cemetery. You additionally go to Gubałówka, with its funicular railway and alpine slide, for a bit of mountaintop adventure! Duration: 8 hours 

   • Dunajec Gorge:

     • The Dunajec raft ride through the Pieniny Gaps is one of Poland's most fantastic tourist attractions. The tour operators can assure you that this time will be full of excitement. You will be impressed by mountain peaks' views and vertical rocky slopes next to the river, which takes unexpected turns. These will be lasting sensations. You will also see St. Michael Archangel's Church in Dębno Podhalańskie. Duration: 9 hours

   • Zalipie:

     • This colourful village is famous for decorating its houses, with cheerful paintings on the walls and stoves, crepe-paper flowers, paper-cut designs and hay spiders. A small ancient town in South-Eastern Poland is one of the country's top tourist attractions. Not because it has five-stars hotels or massive glass buildings, but on the contrary, due to its small wooden cottages, which are painted in the most vibrant colours. Duration: 6 hours 

   • Join a trip to some selected sites located in the Eagles' Nests Landscape Park. During our one-day trip, you will have a chance to see some fantastic mediaeval buildings as well as some picturesque landscapes of the Krakow-Czestochowa Upland. The Trail of the Eagles' Nests is a tourist route running through the Małopolskie and Śląskie Voivodeships. It starts in Krakow, terminates in Częstochowa, and spans 164 kilometres. The route's name comes from the ruins of the castles and strongholds lying along with it. They are called "Eagles' Nests" due to their location on rocks, some of which are 30-meters high. Itinerary: Kraków - Korzkwiew - Pieskowa Skała - Błędowska Desert - Ogrodzieniec - Mirów - Bobolice - Kraków Duration: 10 hours 

   • Family Home of John Paul II:

     • Invite you to discover the history of an exceptional man whose pontificate has a unique place in the world's recent history, previously the Krakow archbishop Karol Wojtyla, more commonly known as Pope John Paul II. His timeless message sent to people all over the globe is an expression of incredible wisdom and understanding of contemporary issues. Pope John Paul II gained widespread respect by stressing the role of valid values – common to different cultures, religions, and beliefs and calling up to reconciliation, cooperation, and solidarity. He became a moral authority for millions of people. Duration: 7 hours 

   • Ojcow National Park:

     • The Ojców National Park is the smallest national park in Poland. This beautiful place is located only several kilometres away from the city of Krakow. It is made up of a fantastic mixture of mountains, forests, rivers, caves, gorges and rocks. There are two historical gems here, too: the castles of Ojców and Pieskowa Skała. A distinctive landmark found in the park is a rock in the shape of a massive club. Due to its unique shape, it is called Maczuga Herkulesa (Hercules Club).

     • Another thing that makes Ojców unique is a legend connected with King Łokietek (Władysław I the Elbow-high). He has been hiding from king Wenceslaus II of Bohemia's pursuit in Ojców's caves. One of them, called King Łokietek's Cave, with an exciting layout and featuring beautiful karst forms, is one of the most famous caves in Poland. Duration: 6 hours 

   • The wooden monuments are a significant part of Polish cultural heritage. Most of them in Lesser Poland is Catholic and Orthodox churches, whose domes and turrets adorn the country and city landscape. Other wooden monuments include manors, palaces, and other rural and municipal buildings. During the tour, the tour guide will do their best to bring you closer to the gems of Polish wooden architecture inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The tour starts at 8:00 am and lasts around 10 hours. The transport lasts 4,5 hours. The first town you will visit is Lipnica Murowana, with the St. Leonard's church, built at the end of the 15th century. One of the six wooden churches in southern Lesser Poland belongs to UNESCO World Heritage Site. The alternate stage of the tour is St. Michael Archangel's church in Binarowa. It is one of the most valuable occurrences of late Gothic architecture in Poland. The next stop on the route is a village, Sękowa, where there is another example of Gothic wooden architecture - St. Philip's and St. James's church, built at the beginning of the 15th century. This church is named "Pearl of Beskid Niski". The last point of the tour is a visit to Owczary, where an Orthodox church of the Protection of The Holy Virgin is located. It is one of the oldest Lemko orthodox churches erected in the half of the 17th century. Invite you to take part in the tour! Meet the pearls of Polish architecture! Itinerary: Kraków- Lipnica Murowana- Binarowa- Sękowa- Owczary- Kraków

4. Day 4: Transfer from Krakow to the Airport

   • Check out from the apartment and transfer to the airport/train station.