XVI International Biodeterioration
and Biodegradation Symposium

photo by M. Mroczyńska-Florczak

The price includes:

• Transfer in a comfortable coach
• English-speaking tour leaders during the whole trip
• Entrance tickets and visiting the museum Poznanski’s Palace and Villa of Edward and Matylda Herbst with English-speaking tour guides
• Lunch at the Anatewka Restaurant

Warsaw – the capital of Poland also the largest city in our country situated in the middle course of the Vistula (Wisla) river. Through centuries the residence of many Polish kings. During the II World War 87% of city’s buildings were destroyed. 

Visit the Castle Square on the Old Town where you can see the first non-ecclesiastic statue in Warsaw King Sigismund’s Column and the originally Gothic castle dated to the 15th century expanded throughout the centuries. The New Town Market you can see the Church and Monastery of Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament and the house where Maria Sklodowska-Curie was born. At the Krasinski Place stop by the Monument of Warsaw’s Uprising. Afterwards, drive via Royal Route with its aristocratic residences, Tomb on Unknown Soldier, building of Warsaw’s Grand Opera and National Theatre House erected and church erected in the 17th century where is the urn with ashes of F. Chopin’s heart brought from Paris. Stop by the Monument of Ghetto Heroes by the new Museum of the History of Polish Jews. Drive via city center and take a round tour of National Stadium. At the end take a leisurely stroll in one of the most beautiful parks in Warsaw – Royal Łazienki Park (Monument of Frederic Chopin, Palace on the Isle).

The price includes:

• Transfer with a comfortable coach
• Sightseeing of Warsaw
• English-speaking tour leaders during whole trip
• Entrance fee & local guide in the Royal Castle
• Dinner
• Visit to Wedel Old Fashioned Shop
• Accommodation in Novotel Centrum Hotel **** or similar

Cracow, the former capital city of Poland, nowadays the second biggest city in the country with a very picturesque Old Town, the biggest in Europe Market Square, Royal Castle – the former residence of Polish kings, Cathedral – the burial church of Polish kings and national heroes, many medieval churches and palaces. The Cracow’s Old Town since 1978 is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The “Wieliczka” Salt Mine is one of the most valuable monuments of material and spiritual culture in Poland. Each year it is visited by more than one million tourists from all over the world. It is also a world class monument, featuring among objects on the UNESCO’s World Cultural and Natural Heritage List. Today, the “Wieliczka” Salt Mine combines many centuries of tradition and modernity, the history of several hundred years and an underground metropolis with extensive infrastructure. The mine is a product of work of tens of generations of miners, a monument to the history of Poland and to the Polish nation – a brand, present in Polish consciousness for centuries.

The price includes:

• travel with a comfortable coach from Lodz to Cracow and Wieliczka
• English-speaking tour leaders during whole trip
• night with breakfast at Campanile Hotel***
• lunch at traditional folk restaurant in the Cracow’s Old Town
• Entrance tickets and visiting the Salt Mine in Wieliczka, St. Mary’s Church, Royal Cathedral in Cracow with English-speaking tour guides

Cracow, the former capital city of Poland, nowadays the second biggest city in the country with a very picturesque Old Town, the biggest in Europe Market Square, Royal Castle – the former residence of Polish kings, Cathedral – the burial church of Polish kings and national heroes, many medieval churches and palaces. The Cracow’s Old Town since 1978 is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The “Wieliczka” Salt Mine is one of the most valuable monuments of material and spiritual culture in Poland. Each year it is visited by more than one million tourists from all over the world. It is also a world class monument, featuring among objects on the UNESCO’s World Cultural and Natural Heritage List. Today, the “Wieliczka” Salt Mine combines many centuries of tradition and modernity, the history of several hundred years and an underground metropolis with extensive infrastructure. The mine is a product of work of tens of generations of miners, a monument to the history of Poland and to the Polish nation – a brand, present in Polish consciousness for centuries.

Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau - all over the world, Auschwitz has become a symbol of terror, genocide, and the Holocaust. It was established by Germans in 1940, in the suburbs of Oswiecim, a Polish city that was annexed to the Third Reich by the Nazis. Its name was changed to Auschwitz, which also became the name of Konzentrationslager Auschwitz. The direct reason for the establishment of the camp was the fact that mass arrests of Poles were increasing beyond the capacity of existing "local" prisons. Initially, Auschwitz was to be one more concentration camp of the type that the Nazis had been setting up since the early 1930s. It functioned in this role throughout its existence, even when, beginning in 1942, it also became the largest of the death camps.

The price includes:

• travel with a comfortable coach from Lodz to Cracow, Oswiecim and Wieliczka
• English-speaking tour leaders during whole trip
• 2 nights with 2 breakfasts at Campanile Hotel***
• lunch at the 'Old Post' restaurant in Oswiecim
• dinner at traditional folk restaurant in the Cracow’s Old Town
• Entrance tickets and visiting the Auschwitz Birkenau Museum in Oswiecim, the Salt Mine in Wieliczka, St. Mary’s Church, Royal Cathedral, the Old Synagogue, and Remuh Synagogue in Cracow with English-speaking tour guides