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HISTORICAL EUROPE / VIEMOWE

(Vienna - Prague - Cracow - Warsaw - Vilnius - Riga - Tallinn - St. Petersburg - Moscow)

DAY 1 VIENNA DAY 3 VIENNA – PRAGUE DAY 5 PRAGUE – BRNO – OSTRAVA
Arrival at Vienna Int. Airport and transfer After having breakfast at the hotel we will – CRACOW
to the hotel. depart to Prague, capital of the Czech We continue our tour to Poland with
Republic. stops on the way in the historical Czech
DAY 2 VIENNA In the afternoon, we will visit the city cities of Brno and Ostrava.
In the morning we will go for a starting in the castle district, located Arrival in Cracow and accommodation.
sightseeing tour in Vienna. Driving up on a hill. Its main highlights are St. DAY 6 CRACOW
around the Ringstrasse we will see the Vitus Cathedral, the Royal Palace, St. Discover this dream city with a
most outstanding buildings of the city, George’s Chapel and the Golden Street. panoramic tour through the historic
such as the Opera House, the Hofburg Going down we will reach the Mala center, the Wawel Castle and the Rynek
or Winter Palace, the Museum of Fine Strana district (small town in its Glowny, the largest market square in
Arts and its twin Museum of Natural translation), which stands out for the Europe. Be thrilled in the Jewish Quarter,
History, the Parliament, the City Hall or narrow streets and typical buildings of where up to 3 million people lived before
the Votive Church, among others. the area. World War II and where only 10,000
We will continue with a pleasant walking This leads us to the Charles Bridge, from inhabitants returned after the war. Today
tour through the center that will take us which we will admire breathtaking views the Jewish community has regained its
to St. Stephen’s Cathedral, the narrow of the city while it takes us to the historic cultural identity and life in the quarter
streets of the Jewish quarter, the house center to visit the Astronomical Clock, again.
where Mozart lived or the Danube Canal, the Jewish Quarter, Wenceslas Square, Free afternoon. Optionally you can enjoy
an area of street artists. among other monuments. a visit to the salt mines of Wieliczka.
We will finish the visit with one of the Rest of the day at leisure and overnight.
most Viennese customs: having a coffee DAY 7 CRACOW - CZESTOCHOWA
with a Sacher cake at one of popular DAY 4 PRAGUE - WARSAW
coffee houses. Free day for personal activities or take After breakfast, we go ahead to
Afternoon at leisure and overnight in a beer tour (optional) or try a cooking Czestochowa, the spiritual center of the
Vienna. course. country and one of the main pilgrimage
sites in Europe. We will visit the Jasna
Gora Sanctuary, including the chapel
and the basilica, where we will see the
Black Madonna, the largest Catholic
St. Petersburg image venerated in Poland and where
Tallinn the Virgin Mary was declared Queen of
Poland in 1657.
ESTONIA Continue to Warsaw, the capital of
Moscow Poland. Arrival and accommodation.
Sigulda
Riga DAY 8 WARSAW
Rundale LATVIA RUSSIA In the morning we will enjoy a tour
Siauliai around this city. Its historic center is the
LITHUANIA only center recognized as such on the
Vilnius UNESCO World Heritage List despite
having been completely rebuilt in the
years after the war.
POLAND A great deal of precision work has given
Warsaw
Warsaw back its medieval architectural
center, the main points of which are the
Czestochowa Market Square, the ramparts, barbican
Cracow and St. John’s Cathedral. A bus ride will
Prague
Ostrava show us the most modern part of the
CZECH REPUBLIC city, the Wilanow Palace and Lazienski
Brno
Park.
Vienna Free afternoon and overnight.
AUSTRIA

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