Cracow - Warsaw

Individual arrival in Cracow.

In the morning, tour briefing in your start hotel in Cracow. After breakfast a 3-hour city sight-seeing tour in Cracow. Visit Wawel Hill with the Royal Castle where the Polish kings lived since the 11th century and the cathedral where the Polish kings are burried. Afterwards, aou can visit St. Mary's church with a beautifully carved altar made by Veit Stoss, the Cloth Hall, and the biggest Market Square in this part of Europe. Optional: lunch in the Old Town in Cracow. Afterwards a short transfer to Niepołomice. In the afternoon bike tour through the Forest Niepołomice to Nowe Brzesko.

Today you cycle from Nowe Brzesko through the countryside, where life goes slowly. You can enjoy a picnic on the riverside and observe wide range of the bird species. In the afternoon cycling through small villages to Zalipie where you can visit the Museum of the painted houses. During a coffee and cake break you have a meeting with a local artist (painter). Finally a bus transfer to Baranów Sandomierski where the castle complex represents the Renaissance architecture in Poland and thanks to its rectangular inner courtyard beautifully ornamented with bas-reliefs is called "little Wawel". Dinner in the castle. In the evening, a stroll through a beautiful park complex.

After breakfast you can visit the Castle in Baranów Sandomierski. Afterwards you cycle along the Vistula River to Sandomierz, one of Poland's oldest cities which was built like Rome on seven hills. Sandomierz is situated in a vineyard. You can visit a ttraditional winegrower or take part at a sightseeing tour in Sanomierz.

After breakfast you cycle through small villages along the Vistula River to Annopol. On the way you can relax on the Vistula banks. Interesting observations of nature are possible thanks to many nature birds wildlife sanctuaries. In the afternoon you continue by bike through fields towards Piotrawin or Józefów. The hotel is located near the Vistula River.

After breakfast you go by bike along the Vistula River to Kazimierz Dolny. In the afternoon you can visit Kazimierz - a beautiful town on the Vistula River. The town was an important city for export of the Polish corn especially in 17th and 18th century. Many of the former granaries are now hotels and pensions. Kazimierz is a former Jewish city called "stetl" by the Jewish.

After breakfast a transfer by bus to Góra Kalwaria. In the afternoon you cycle along the Vistula River to Warsaw to your booked hotel. Afterwards a one-hour city tour with guide through the lively Old Town in Warsaw. Finally the last farewell dinner at a nice restaurant in the old town in Warsaw.

After breakfast departure home or individual additional stay in Warsaw.