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KTA DECEMBER 22, 2007 167 DESCRIPTION OF THE TOURS IN WARSAW: REGULAR CITY TOUR INCL. WILANOW CASTLE (4.5 HRS) MORNING CITY TOUR INCLUDES ALL THE MAIN MONUMENTS AND SIGHTS OF WARSAW: OLD TOWN AND NEW TOWN - THE CASTLE SQUARE, KING SIGISMUND’S COLUMN, ST. JOHN CATHEDRAL, THE OLD TOWN MARKET SQUARE AND THE BARBICAN ROYAL ROUTE - ARISTOCRATIC RESIDENCES AND FAMOUS STATUES, THE UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW AND HISTORIC CHURCHES HISTORIC SIGHTS - THE GHETTO MEMORIAL, THE MONUMENT OF THE WARSAW UPRISING, THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER, THE GRAND THEATER, CHOPIN’S MONUMENT, PILSUDSKI PLACE, LAZIENKI PARK AND THE BELVEDERE PALACE. WILANOW PALACE - PLACE OFTEN CALLED "SMALL VERSAILLES", SUMMER RESIDENCE OF KING JOHN SOBIESKI, THE ONE WHO DEFEATED TURKS AT THE GATE OF VIENNA IN THE 17TH CENTURY. MAGNIFICENT INTERIORS INCLUDE FURNITURE AND CHINA FROM THE PERIOD, AND GALLERY OF POLISH PORTRAITS. OPERATING: - DAILY AT 09:00 AND 14:00 FROM APRIL 1 TO OCTOBER 31 - DAILY AT 09:00 FROM NOVEMBER 1 TO MARCH 31 - NO TOUR ON JANUARY 1, APRIL 16, NOVEMBER 1 & DECEMBER 25 PRIVATE JEWISH HERITAGE TOUR (4 HRS) SEE THE SITE OF THE FORMER WARSAW GHETTO AREA WITH UMSLAGPLATZ AND GHETTO HEROES MEMORIAL. VISIT THE NOZYK SYNAGOGUE, THE JEWISH HISTORICAL INSTITUTE, THE GENSCHER CEMETERY AND VIEW THE YIDDISH STATE THEATRE. OPERATING: - DAILY, EXCEPT JEWISH HOLIDAYS FREDERIC CHOPIN CONCERT (2.5 HRS) VIEW THE PLACES ASSOCIATED WITH FREDERIC CHOPIN. LISTEN TO PIANO RECITALS PERFORMED BY THE BEST LOCAL PIANISTS AND ORGANIZED AT THE LAZIENKI “PALACE ON THE WATER” OR THE “MYSLEWICE PALACE”. ENJOY A GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE DURING THE INTERMISSION. OPERATING: - DAILY AT 20:15, EXCEPT SUNDAY - NO TOUR ON APRIL 16 & NOVEMBER 1 POLISH DINNER & FOLKLORE SHOW (3 HRS) SPEND A PLEASANT EVENING IN A TRADITIONAL RESTAURANT WHILE ENJOYING A 3-COURSE DINNER ACCOMPANIED BY A VARIED FOLKLORE SHOW PROGRAM. ONE WAY TRANSFER IS INCLUDED. OPERATING: - EVERY TUESDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY AT 19:00, FROM JULY 1 TO AUGUST 30 KTA DECEMBER 22, 2007 168 DESCRIPTION OF THE TOURS IN WARSAW: NIOBE – COUNTRYSIDE WITH LUNCH (10 HRS) THE TOUR INCLUDES A TRADITIONAL PIANO RECITAL IN ELAZOWA WOLA, FREDERIC CHOPIN'S BIRTHPLACE, AND A POLISH STYLE LUNCH SERVED IN NIEBORÓW PALACE. TRAVEL WEST OF WARSAW PASSING BY CHARMING VILLAGES DECORATED WITH HUNDREDS OF LITTLE SHRINES, CHURCHES, FARMS, MANOR HOUSES AND PALACES, FAMOUS BATTLEFIELDS; THE BZURA RIVER (WORLD WAR II) AND BOLIMÓW (WORLD WAR I) TO THE FAMOUS SITES: ELAZOWA WOLA, BROCHÓW, NIEBORÓW AND TUOWICE. NIOBE TOUR UNCOVERS THE HISTORIC DRAMA BENEATH THE PEACEFUL SURFACE OF THE MAZOVIAN LANDSCAPE. TUOWICE - PRIVATE MANOR HOUSE LOCATED BY THE BZURA RIVER, IN THE VICINITY OF BROCHÓW VILLAGE. THIS 18TH CENTURY MANOR HOUSE, DESIGNED BY HILARY SZPILOWSKI FOR FRANCISZKA LASOCKA AND HEAVILY DAMAGED AFTER BEING CONVERTED TO A STATE FARM, WAS PAINSTAKINGLY RESTORED BY ITS PRESENT OWNERS. DURING THE VISIT YOU WILL ALSO SEE A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF OLD POLISH CARRIAGES. ELAZOWA WOLA - CHOPIN'S BIRTHPLACE, HIS MANOR HOUSE IS A WORLD-FAMOUS SANCTUARY DEDICATED TO HIS MUSIC. YOU WILL SEE THE HOUSE AND GARDENS AND LISTEN TO A TRADITIONAL PIANO RECITAL. BROCHÓW VILLAGE - IN ITS 16TH CENTURY PARISH CHURCH BY THE BZURA RIVER, CHOPIN'S PARENTS WERE MARRIED (1806) AND FREDERIC WAS BAPTIZED. THIS FORTIFIED GOTHIC CHURCH IS AN ARCHITECTURAL TREASURE. NIEBORÓW PALACE - RESIDENCE OF THE RADZIWI FAMILY. THE ANTIQUE HEAD OF NIOBE, A GIFT FROM CATHERINE THE GREAT OF RUSSIA, WILL GREET YOU AT THE ENTRANCE. THIS DRAMATIC SCULPTURE INSPIRED POLISH POET KONSTANTY I. GACZYSKI TO WRITE ONE OF HIS BEST KNOWN POEMS. LUNCH IS SERVED IN NIEBORÓW. OPERATING: - EVERY SUNDAY AT 09:00, FROM MAY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30 DESCRIPTION OF THE TOURS IN KRAKOW: REGULAR CITY TOUR INCL. WAWEL CATHEDRAL AND ST. MARY’S CHURCH (4 HRS) THIS TOUR IS INCLUDING ALL THE IMPORTANT HISTORICAL SIGHTS OF THE OLD TOWN, THE ATTRACTIVENESS AND UNIQUENESS OF THE “CITY-AND-CASTLE” COMPLEX, WHICH IN 1978 UNESCO PUT ON THE LIST OF THE 12 MOST PRICELESS MONUMENTS IN THE WORLD: WAWEL HILL WITH A VISIT TO THE CATHEDRAL (EXCEPT MONDAY), ROYAL ROUTE, COLLEGIUM MAIUS (THE COURTYARD), MAIN MARKET SQUARE, ST. MARY’S CHURCH (INTERIOR VISIT) AND FORMER JEWISH DISTRICT KAZIMIERZ. OPERATING: - DAILY AT 09:00 - NO TOUR ON JANUARY 1, APRIL 16, NOVEMBER 1 & DECEMBER 25 KTA DECEMBER 22, 2007 169 DESCRIPTION OF THE TOURS IN KRAKOW: PRIVATE JEWISH HERITAGE TOUR (4 HRS) A TOUR OF THE KAZIMIERZ DISTRICT AND SCHINDLER’S LIST ROUTE; SEE BOHATEROV GETTA SQ., PLASZOW FORMER NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMP, THE OLD SYNAGOGUE (INTERIOR VISIT) WITH ITS EXHIBITION AND REMUH SYNAGOGUE (INTERIOR VISIT) WITH THE ADJOINING RENAISSANCE CEMETERY AND WOLNICA SQUARE. OPERATING: - DAILY, EXCEPT JEWISH HOLIDAYS AUSCHWITZ (4 HRS) VISIT THE BIGGEST NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMP, WHERE APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE WERE EXTERMINATED. A MARTYRDOM MUSEUM WAS SET UP HERE IN 1947. IN 1979 UNESCO INCLUDED OSWIECIM-BRZEZINKA IN THE LIST OF THE WORLD HERITAGE. OPERATING: - DAILY AT 09:00 - NO TOUR ON JANUARY 1, APRIL 16, NOVEMBER 1 & DECEMBER 25 WIELICZKA SALT MINE (4 HRS) VISIT ONE OF THE OLDEST MINES IN EUROPE HOUSING UNIQUE MUSEUM OF SALT WORKS. IN 1978 UNESCO PLACED IT ON THE LIST OF THE 12 MOST PRICELESS MONUMENTS OF THE WORLD; THE OLDEST PART OF THE MINE IS OPEN FOR VISITORS. THE 4.5 KM LONG ROUTE LEADS YOU THROUGH THE GALLERIES AND CHAMBERS ON THREE MINING LEVELS. HERE ONE CAN SEE 17TH AND 19TH CENTURY’S CHAPELS, AMONG THEM THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ST. KINGA’S CHAPEL, CARVED OUT OF A HUGE BLOCK OF SALT. OPERATING: - DAILY AT 09:00 AND 14:00 - NO TOUR ON JANUARY 1, APRIL 16, NOVEMBER 1 & DECEMBER 25 ZAKOPANE (9 HRS) ENJOY A FULL DAY EXCURSION TO ZAKOPANE, THE CAPITAL OF POLISH TATRA MOUNTAINS AND THE CENTER OF POLISH MOUNTAIN TOURISM. A VISIT TO THE RESORT WILL INCLUDE FUNICULAR RIDE TO THE GUBALOWKA HILL. OPERATING: - DAILY AT 09:00 CZESTOCHOWA (10 HRS) TAKE THIS PILGRIMAGE TOUR TO JASNA GORA MONASTERY WHERE A MARVELOUS PICTURE OF “BLACK MADONNA”, A GOTHIC PAINTING OF OUR LADY, IS DISPLAYED. THE TOUR WILL INCLUDE THE BASILICA WITH BLACK MADONNA SHRINE, THE EXHIBITION DEVOTED TO THE 600 YEARS OF THE MONASTERY (THE ARMORY AND TREASURY ROOMS ON YOUR OWN). SHORT VISIT TO PIESKOWA SKALA, A WELL PRESERVED RENAISSANCE CASTLE ON THE WAY BACK. OPERATING: - DAILY AT 08:00
