Don't have time for a full vacation due to too busy work schedule? But every person needs rest! And weekend tours to Poland are an excellent solution to the employment of the coming weekend. Short trips to this country are becoming more and more popular, as such short trips allow you not only to have a great time, but also to get to know its amazing history.
Tour operators offer tours of various types, but most often they are sightseeing tours, shopping tours and recreational trips. Sightseeing tours usually include transfers on a comfortable tourist bus, a paid night at the hotel, free breakfasts and the services of a Russian-speaking guide. Shopping tours, most often, fit into one day. Such a trip includes visits to shopping markets, galleries, etc.
Weekend excursion tours to Poland usually involve a trip to Warsaw and Krakow, since these cities are the most interesting program. If you wish, you can visit the nearby cities, which will also be interesting for walking and sightseeing.
Weekend tours in Krakow
A weekend tour to Krakow provides an opportunity to get acquainted with the most interesting sights of the city. It is imperative to include such places to visit as the Wawel Royal Castle, walk the streets of the Old Town and explore the Market Square in the walking map. You cannot ignore the Wawel Hill with the Cathedral located on it.
Not far from Krakow - just an hour and a half away - is the small town of Wieliczka. A huge number of tourists come here every year. Such a large flow of guests is attracted by the local salt mines, which were once considered the largest in all of Europe.
If desired, the tour program can include a trip to the town of Zakopane, located one hundred and ten kilometers from Krakow. Lovers of alpine skiing tend to get here, as the place offers excellent ski slopes.
Weekend tours to Warsaw
Weekends in Warsaw will be extremely busy in terms of sightseeing. Here you should definitely visit such places as the Old Town, explore the Castle Square, St. John's Cathedral.
If you wish, you can move to Zhelyazova Wola. Of particular interest here is the house - today it is a museum - where Frederic Chopin lived and worked.
Quite often, tour operators organizing weekend trips to Poland offer to combine an excursion to Warsaw and Krakow with a trip to Gdansk.
Not far from Warsaw there is another provincial town - Torun, which is of particular interest. This is not only the birthplace of the great Copernicus, which is interesting in itself, there is a perfectly preserved complex of buildings made in the Gothic style.
