Krakow Tours
Please find below list of tours for the EuCAP 2019 participants.
Fo tickets please contact registration desk at the confeernce venue.
WALKING TOUR OF CRACOW
date: Monday, 1 April
time: 13:30-16:00
- See all the highlights of the Old Town area that made Cracow so famous - UNESCO site.
- The spectacular Main Market Square with the Renaissance Cloth Hall.
- Don’t miss the buildings of Poland’s oldest university, Jagiellonian University, where Nicolaus Copernicus studied.
- Wawel Cathedral used to be the scene of coronations and is the eternal resting place of the kings of Poland.
Price: 130 PLN (approx.30 EUR)
Price includes: English speaking guide
Note: Minimum number of participants: 15 persons.
WIELICZKA SALT MINE visit (lunch included)
date: Monday, 1 April
time: 09:30-15:00
- Visit Wieliczka Salt Mine – a world class tourist attraction and UNESCO site.
- Over 700-year-old, this monument of history has been created by many generations of Polish miners.
- We can see up to 20 excavated chambers on 3 levels: the main one is located 130 meters below the ground level.
- Exceptional in its beauty, with the rich interior decoration of the chapels – including the most beautiful of Blessed Kinga, the original linings of the galleries and workings, and the underground salt lakes.
Price: 320 PLN (approx.75 EUR)
Price includes:
- English speaking guide
- bus transfer
- admission fee
- light lunch
Note: Minimum number of participants: 15 persons.
AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU STATE MUSEUM VISIT
date: TBC
duration: 7-8 hours, incl.3,5 hours visit to museum and 2 x 1,5 hours bus transfer
time: TBC
- The death camp at Oświęcim, known as Konzetrationslager Auschwitz, was in fact a complex of camps, the largest Nazi death factory, where more than two million people, mostly Jews, perished.
- The Auschwitz camp consisted of several units, including the largest one at Brzezinka (Birkenau).
- Of the millions of people brought there in the period between 1940 and 1944, only 60 to 70 thousand utterly emaciated victims were alive at the time of liberation of the camp - at present, the National Museum of Oświęcim is situated on the site of the former camp.
Price: 230 PLN (approx.55 EUR)
Price includes:
- English speaking guide
- bus transfer
- admission fee
Note: Minimum number of participants: 15 persons.
VISIT IN STAINED-GLASS ATELIER
date: Wednesday, 3 April
time: 14:30-16:30
- In the stained-glass museum located in a townhouse constructed especially for the purposes of Kraków Stained Glass Company S.G. Żeleński, exhibition areas blend together with the premises of the atelier, which has been operating here since 1902.
- The Living Museum: this is where the atelier/workshop and the permanent exhibition with the historical collection are located.
Price: 150 PLN (approx.35 EUR)
Price includes:
- English speaking Guide
- admission fee
Note: Minimum number of participants: 15 persons.
JOURNEY INTO THE PAST: JEWISH DISTRICT
date: Thursday, 4 April
time: 09:30-12:30
- In the past, Kazimierz was a distinct town with its own Market Square and Town Hall, as well as thriving culture, which blossomed in the 16th century.
- Nowadays, Kazimierz with its authentic architecture and unique atmosphere was a setting of Steven Spielberg’s movie ”Schindler’s List”.
- That period witnessed the foundation of Poland’s oldest Judaic shrine, the Old Synagogue, now with the exhibition that shows the history of the Jewish community of Cracow, and then the Remuh Synagogue with the adjoining cemetery.
Price: 150 PLN (approx.35 EUR)
Price includes:
- English speaking Guide
- admission fee
Note: Minimum number of participants: 15 persons.
WAWEL HILL TOUR
date: Friday, 5 April
time: 10:00-13:00
- Wawel Castle is the most popular and the richest museum in Poland. Through a tall vaulted gate we enter the Renaissance arcades of the castle courtyard.
- The most valuable of all the works of art in the Wawel collection are the Arras tapestries and world famous „Lady with an Ermine” by Leonardo da Vinci. Wawel Cathedral used to be the scene of coronations and is the eternal resting place of the kings of Poland.
- Wawel hill is dominated by the Cathedral, the Castle and the defense towers. In the Sigismund Tower hangs the largest bell in Poland, called ”Zygmunt".
Price: 150 PLN (approx.35 EUR)
Price includes:
- English speaking guide
- admission fee
Note: Minimum number of participants: 15 persons.