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Exploring The Traces Of Jewish Culture in Poland Tour
Tour ID:
1116
Tour Theme:
Historic and Cultural Tours
Countries:
Poland
Duration:
9 Days / 8 Nights |
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Day by Day Itinerary:
Option A: 9 Days / 8 Nights
Day 1:
ROUTING:
WARSAW
- Arrival to Warsaw
- transfer to a hotel
- Enjoy a drive through the city en route to dinner in the hotel restaurant.
- Overnight in Warsaw
Day 2:
ROUTING:
WARSAW - KRAKOW
- Guided city tour of Warsaw, with focus on places connected with Jewish culture
and religion (Ghetto Heroes' Monument, Umschlagplatz).
- Afternoon drive to Krakow and check in your hotel
- Dinner in the hotel restaurant
- Overnight in Krakow
Day 3:
ROUTING:
KRAKOW
- All-day city sightseeing of Krakow and its Jewish quarter, Kazimierz. Remuh
Synagogue and Cemetery in Miodowa Street; Poper, Ajzyk (Isaac), Tempel, and
Wysoka (High) Synagogues; Jewish Hospital and School; Mikvah ritual bath-house;
*possibility of program extension for the "Schindler's List" Route; Plac
Bohaterow Getta; "Apteka pod Orlem" chemists' shop; Lipowa street/Schindler's
Enamel Factory; Lasota Hill with view onto the site of former Plaszow labour
camp; dinner in a restaurant, concert of Jewish music;
- Overnight in Krakow
Day 4:
ROUTING:
KRAKOW - AUSCHWITZ - KRAKOW
- Departure for the town of Auschwitz, and visit to the former concentration
camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau; visit to the camp site.
- Afternoon free in Krakow to explore on your own.
- Dinner in the hotel restaurant
- Overnight in Krakow
Day 5:
ROUTING:
KRAKOW - NOWY SACZ
- Departure for Bobowa, town which once had a wealthy Jewish community, domicile
of Rabbi Halberstamm; 18th-century synagogue; followed by Nowy Sacz, with
l7th-century synagogue (now housing an art gallery), and 19th-century Jewish
cemetery with extant tombstone of Rabbi Bencjon Halberstamm.
- Dinner and overnight stay in Nowy Sacz.
Day 6:
ROUTING:
NOWY SACZ - SANOK
- Departure for Gorlice (Jewish cemetery, two synagogues); Dukla and Rymanow
(fortified synagogue) to Sanok.
- Dinner and overnight stay in Sanok.
Day 7:
ROUTING:
SANOK - RZESZOW
- Departure for Lesko (a synagogue and Jewish cemetery); Przemysl (a visit to
Jewish cultural exhibition in a local Museum, and to a Jewish cemetery).
- Arrival in Rzeszow for dinner and overnight in Rzeszow.
Day 8:
ROUTING:
RZESZOW
- Departure for Tyczyn (grave of Rabbi Szlomolajbele); return to Rzeszow to
visit two synagogues and a Jewish cemetery.
- Dinner and overnight stay in Rzeszow
Day 9:
ROUTING:
RZESZOW - WARSAW
- Return to Warsaw; farewell; return flight.
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Option B: 12 Days / 11 Nights
Days 1-8: as in Option A
Day 9:
ROUTING:
RZESZOW
- Departure for Sokolow Malopolski (Jewish cemetery), Leajsk (grave of
Elimelech, only object in Europe in its category to have survived intact).
- Return to Rzeszow for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 10:
ROUTING:
RZESZOW - LUBLIN
- Departure for Belzec (a site of the former concentration camp), arrival in
Lublin; sightseeing of synagogue; Synagogue of the Holy Brotherhood; old Jewish
cemetery and the site of former concentration camp at Majdanek;
- Dinner and overnight in Lublin.
Day 11:
ROUTING:
LUBLIN - WARSAW
- Departure for the site of Treblinka, a former concentration camp where the
Jews of Warsaw died.
- Arrival in Warsaw for dinner and overnight.
Day 12:
ROUTING:
WARSAW
Departure for the airport; farewell and return flight.
END OF TOUR SERVICES
**Further route variants available on request. A packed lunch is usually
supplied by the hotel providing breakfast. Restaurants in large towns will serve
kosher meals on request. Meeting with a local Jewish community is available.
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