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Day 1. Kraków

Arrival in Kraków. Dinner and overnight at the youth hotel.

Day 2. Kraków - Wieliczka

Sightseeing tour of the Old Town including The Royal Way which runs from the Barbican (Medieval defensive fortification) along Florianska Street to the Market Square. Visit the St Mary's church with its majestic, wooden altar carved by Veit Stoss and the medieval cloth halls at the very centre of the city. Then a guided tour of the Collegium Maius, the oldest building of the Jagiellonian University, housing among others original astronomical devices used by Nicolaus Copernicus. Tour ends on the Wawel Hill with a guided visit to the Royal Cathedral with tombs of Polish rulers. After lunch an excursion to the nearby salt mine in Wieliczka with the underground world of chambers, corridors, chapels and statues carved in salt by generations of miners - quite unique tourist attraction in the world. Return to hotel in Kraków. Diner and overnight

Day 3. Kraków

A panoramic tour of the quarter Nowa Huta on the outskirts of Kraków. The quarter was built just after the war for the working class in the typical socrealistic style. Guided visit to one of the largest steelworks in Europe from the communist time. A local representative gives a talk on environmental issues. Next school visit in Nowa Huta. Lunch. Free time. Guided tour of the Jewish quarter Kazimierz with the monuments of Jewish culture.

Day 4. Kraków - Auschwitz - Zakopane (200 km)

Drive to Oswiecim. Visit the former concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. Lunch. After lunch visit to the nearby Chamrmeze Monastery housing a moving expositon of drawings by Marian Kolodziej, one of the first Auschwitz prisoners, presenting in a unique way the camp life of prisoners. Departure to Zakopane in the Tatra Mountains. Dinner and overnight at hotel in Zakopane.

Day 5. Zakopane - Sromowce - Zakopane (150 km)

A short guided tour of the town. Next, a wandering in one of the Tatras National Park valleys. Lunch in Chocholow, a small mountain village with the unique wooden architecture. Arrival in Sromowce Nizne for the 10 km long raft trip on Dunajec river. The smoothly going wooden rafts led by highlanders, give you a chance to admire the scenic surroundings of Pienieny Mountains with limestone rocks and forests. Back in Zakopane for dinner and overnight.

Day 6. Zakopane

Departure after breakfast