Informazioni generali
| Destinazione |
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| Cracovia, Polonia |
Il programma nel dettaglio
Walk around the atmospheric Kazimierz, admire the salt wonders of Wieliczka, visit the Schindler's Factory Museum and authentic memorials - the camp in Płaszów and the most famous one in Auschwitz.
Itinerary*
• Day 1
- 10am - 12pm: Jewish Krakow - Kazimierz district.
The guide will be waiting on the steps of the Old Synagogue (ul. Szeroka 24).
Kazimierz is a fashionable artistic part of Krakow, located in the place of the former Jewish district, where there are now independent galleries, unusual shops, vintage fashion boutiques. Feel the atmosphere of this unique place. Excursion on the Jewish Kazimierz (UNESCO monument) is devoted to history and traditions of the Jewish people, since XIV century up to now: the closed life of the first settlements, assimilation of XIX century, tragic death during the Second World War, history of filming of Steven Spielberg`s film "Schindler`s List".
- 12pm - 2pm: Lunch.
- 2pm - 6pm: The salt wonders of Wieliczka.
Meeting/boarding point: the bus park at 7 Powisle Street, across from the Sheraton Grand Hotel).
The Salt Mine in the town of Wieliczka, located nearby Krakow, was opened in the 13th century as one of the oldest salt mines in the world. It reaches almost 327 meters underground and is over 287 kilometers. Walk through 20 chambers and countless corridors and steps on the tourist route, breathe the healing air fully and admire the magnificent wooden structures, natural lakes, chambers and majestic salt sculptures.
• Day 2
- 12pm - 1:30pm: Schindler's Factory
Meeting point: ul. Lipowa 4 (in front of the entrance to the Museum).
One of the most popular museums in Krakow - the former Enamel Factory, where a German entrepreneur employed Jews to save them from deportation to camps and death, there is an exhibition "Krakow under Nazi occupation". The modern arrangement of the exhibition is rather a theater and a film telling the history of the city, its inhabitants and occupants, rather than an ordinary museum.
- 1:30pm - 3pm: Lunch
-3pm - 5pm: Plaszow Concentration Camp
Meeting point: in front of the “Pod Orłem” Pharmacy (18 Bohaterów Getta Square).
Plashow is a Nazi concentration camp in the southern suburbs of Krakow, founded by the Nazis shortly after the German invasion of Poland. Originally, Plashow, opened in 1940, was planned as a forced labor camp, but in 1941 the camp was expanded and subsequently converted into a concentration camp, where from October 28, 1942, deportation of Jews from the Krakow ghetto began. The camp and life in it are shown in the Schindler's List movie (1993) about the life of Oskar Schindler.
• Day 3
- 9am - 4pm: Auschwitz-Birkenau
Meeting/boarding point: the bus park at 7 Powisle St. Duration: 7 h.
Around 60 km to the west of Krakow is the small town of Oswiecim, where in 1940 a set of German concentration camps was established. In this largest German concentration camp more than 1.5 million prisoners were tortured and murdered during the WWII.
Auschwitz-Birkenau is preserved intact as a reminder of the crime committe against humanity here. The museum includes the ruins of crematoria, gas chambers, the railway platform and other objects of the former concentration camp.
*Please note that the itinerary order, times and duration may be subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances such as heavy traffic, accidents, diversions, severe weather, etc.
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