• 4 Dinner (D)
• 10 Breakfast (B)
• 1 Lunch (L)

• Visit the Old Town in Warsaw, the European Solidarity Center, Aula Leopoldina in Wroclaw, the former concentration camp of Auschwitz and the Cloth Hall and St. Mary’s Church in Kraków 
• Warsaw: See the Old Town, Palace of Culture and visit the Chopin Memorial in the Lazienki Park before paying your respects at the Ghetto Heroes Memorial.
• Gdansk: Gain incredible insights into a turbulent time in Poland’s history and the importance of freedom, citizenship, democracy and solidarity at the state-of-the-art European Solidarity Center in Gdansk.
• Gdansk: Spend the day exploring Gdansk, one of the oldest cities in Poland.
• Torun: Discover Torun on a guided city tour with a Local Specialist, exploring its UNESCO-listed Old Town and Gothic brick streets along the Vistula. See the house linked with Nicolaus Copernicus and former merchants’ homes, then learn why the city is famous for its spiced gingerbread, still sold in shops and stalls around the historic center.
• Wroclaw: Visit the Aula Leopoldina at Wroclaw University, the beautiful Baroque ceremonial hall of this ancient place of learning.
• Wroclaw: Discover the rich history of the city of Wroclaw. 
• Auschwitz: Bear witness to the horrors/atrocities of the Holocaust at Auschwitz.
• Kraków: Walk around the beautiful town square, Rynek Glówny. See the famous Sukiennice Cloth Hall, St. Mary’s Basilica and the many historic townhouses, palaces and churches.

Explore Kraków’s Rynek Glówny to see the Rynek Glówny and Cloth Hall, where traders once bartered silks and salt. Listen for the hourly bugle call from St. Mary’s Basilica, then admire facades that have framed monarchs and market life for centuries.

Gaze up to Wawel Royal Castle and Cathedral crowning the city, and step inside St. Mary’s to view the shimmering Veit Stoss altarpiece. Medieval piety, Renaissance elegance, and café culture blend in Poland’s cultural capital.

Explore the distinctive Zakopane Style wooden architecture, where steep gables, carved verandas, and shingled roofs reflect mountain craft. Visit the delicate, pine-scented Jaszczurówka Chapel, a jewel of the style.

Hear stories of Górale highlander heritage, from music to woodworking and seasonal shepherding, set against Tatra foothills. Optional Experience; additional cost applies and is bookable on tour.

• Deluxe coach travel
• Selected hotel dinners plus a locally hosted meal
• 4-star stays

Visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum for a solemn, expertly guided experience. Walk past the Arbeit Macht Frei gate, through exhibitions in preserved blocks, and along the grounds where original barracks and watchtowers endure as stark witnesses.

Learn about the lives torn apart during the Holocaust and the efforts to preserve memory and educate future generations. This powerful visit invites a pause for reflection on dignity, resilience, and the responsibility to remember.

Explore the creative edge of Warsaw in the Praga district, where pre-war tenements and murals frame ateliers, indie cafés, and studios. A guided visit to the Polish Vodka Museum traces centuries of distilling craftsmanship and regional styles.

Sample curated tastings of Polish vodkas and local bites, then enjoy a scenic drive past illuminated landmarks glowing along the Vistula. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour with your Travel Director.

Venture to Malbork Castle, the red-brick stronghold of the Teutonic Order. Explore courtyards, refectories, and chapels that anchor one of medieval Europe’s most formidable fortresses, meticulously restored after wartime damage.

Learn how this UNESCO World Heritage complex controlled river trade and power across the Baltic. The scale—often cited as the world’s largest brick fortress—impresses at every turn. Optional Experience; additional cost applies and can be booked on tour.

Ride the Kasprowy Wierch cable car to nearly 2,000 meters for sweeping panoramas of the Tatra Mountains. Granite ridgelines and glacial cirques stretch to the horizon where Poland meets Slovakia.

With a Local Specialist, amble to viewpoints for photographs and crisp, high-altitude air on the border of Poland and Slovakia. This Optional Experience is at additional cost and can be booked on tour.

Descend into the Wieliczka Salt Mine to discover halls, tunnels, and mirror-like lakes carved from rock salt. Stand in the Chapel of St. Kinga, where chandeliers and reliefs glimmer in a subterranean sanctuary.

Learn how centuries of miners created salt-carved chambers that earned the site UNESCO World Heritage status. This Optional Experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Experience a traditional folklore dinner with live Polish music and dance in a cosy Kraków venue. Taste regional dishes like pierogi and bigos, and raise a toast as performers whirl in embroidered costumes.

Stories, songs, and rhythms reveal highlander and Lowland traditions in an evening of convivial hospitality. This Optional Experience takes place on one evening, at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Taste northern Poland at a family homestead as you enjoy a Be My Guest lunch with host Marcin. Wander orchard rows and sip orchard cider pressed from heritage apples before sitting down to a seasonal table featuring local cheeses and slow-cooked Mangalica pork.

Learn how this family-run farm champions sustainable organic methods, from raspberries to free-range hens. Framed by lakes and birch woods, Warmia–Masuria’s rural landscape sets a serene backdrop for honest flavours and stories passed down through generations.

Trafalgar

Discover Poland’s capital with a Local Specialist as you join a guided panoramic tour to see the Palace of Culture and Science and the elegant Royal Route before strolling the UNESCO-listed Old Town and Castle Square. Soak up the reborn city’s café-lined squares, pastel facades, and the statue-crowned Sigismund’s Column.

In leafy Lazienki, pause by the Chopin Monument in Lazienki Park, then continue to pay respects at the Ghetto Heroes Monument. Hear how wartime destruction gave way to meticulous post-war reconstruction, shaping a city where history and modern life meet at every corner.

Explore merchant Gdansk on foot along the Long Market and Long Lane, passing burgher houses, the Neptune Fountain, and Artus Court. Trace the amber trade’s legacy in facades trimmed with gables and ornament, where Hanseatic wealth once flowed.

Stroll the riverfront beside the Medieval Crane on the Motlawa and granaries, and admire the towering silhouette of St. Mary’s Basilica, among the world’s largest brick churches. This is a city of shipyards and seafarers, where cobbles echo with centuries of Baltic stories.

Visit the European Solidarity Centre for an immersive look at Poland’s path to freedom. Interactive galleries trace the Solidarity movement from clandestine organizing to mass strikes that reshaped European politics.

Step out by the iconic Gdansk Shipyard Gate No. 2 and reflect on the courage of workers led by Lech Walesa. Exhibits and testimonies reveal how civic resolve helped secure freedom and citizenship across the region at the close of the 20th century.

Walk the UNESCO-listed Old Town of Torun with its Gothic brick streets along the Vistula. See the merchant houses and granaries that funded medieval prosperity and inhale the warm notes of spice from traditional gingerbread shops.

View the house of Nicolaus Copernicus, learn the city’s astronomical legacy, and see the quirky Leaning Tower. Stories of trade, science, and spiced gingerbread mingle in facades that have watched the centuries pass unhurriedly by.

Discover Wroclaw’s layers of Bohemian, Prussian, and Polish history. Visit Wroclaw Cathedral on Ostrów Tumski, then wander the Main Market Square and Old Town Hall among candy-colored facades. Pause in the Salt Square flower market, fragrant with seasonal blooms.

Enter the Baroque ceremonial hall of Aula Leopoldina at Wroclaw University. Stucco, frescoes, and allegorical sculpture celebrate learning and culture, revealing the city’s scholarly heart beneath its lively riverside streets and bridges.

Discover Baltic “gold” at the Amber Museum, where inclusions, colors, and craftsmanship reveal a trade that linked Gdansk to faraway shores. Meet carvers’ traditions before visiting St. Bridget’s Church, famed for its radiant amber altar.

Conclude with a gentle stroll along the Motlawa, as cranes and granaries reflect on the water. This Optional Experience unfolds after dusk’s glow—an atmospheric perspective at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Explore hilltop Ksiaz Castle, a romantic maze of salons and terraces overlooking forested gorges. Hear tales of aristocrats, wartime intrigue, and Silesian estates while admiring landscaped gardens and grand interiors.

Continue to the timber-framed Church of Peace in Swidnica, a rare Lutheran sanctuary and UNESCO-listed masterpiece with painted galleries and baroque detail. This Optional Experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.