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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.
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