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Discovering Poland
Warsaw, Gdansk, Wroclaw & Kraków
11 DAYS
$3,499
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*Rate is per person, land only, double occupancy.
On an all-encompassing tour of Poland, uncover the country’s poignant past and engaging present. Tour the thriving capital city of Warsaw, reborn after World War II. See Wawel Castle, the former home to the kings of Imperial Poland. Behold the Black Madonna whilst visiting the Jasna Góra Monastery. During a moving visit to Auschwitz, unveil its somber history and tragic reality. Discover Polish culture at a folklore dinner and show in Kraków. From the thriving capital city of Warsaw to the coastal city of Gdansk, experience Poland at its best.
Your Tour Includes
- 4 Handpicked Accommodations
- 15 Meals
- 2 Choice on Tour Options
Included Highlights
- Warsaw
- Malbork Castle
- Gdansk
- Solidarity Shipyards
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Accommodation
Mercure Grand Warszawa Hotel
Nights 1-2
Radisson Blu Hotel Gdansk
Nights 3-4
The Bridge Wroclaw MGallery
Nights 5-7
Holiday Inn City Center Krakow
Nights 8-10
Trip Reviews
Live, Unedited, & Independent Traveler Reviews
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We toured much of Poland and from friends who lived in Poland came the assessment that we were visiting all of the most important places. The most memorable experience was Old Warsaw to experience how the area was rebuilt according to the style and structure before being destroyed in the Second World War. It was like being in a time travel capsule.Thaddeus Pijacki
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Great tour overall and going to the salt mine was most memorable.Susan Phillips
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I saw lots of places and learned a lot of things. A good overview view of Poland. The Salt Mines was my favorite place to visit
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Loved walking the streets in all of our stops. Felt safe and found it easy to communicate with the Polish people. The hotel in Torun was not up to par with all the other hotels we stayed in. Found the hotels in other cities to be friendly, comfortable and the food delicious and plentiful.Isabelle Bombolevicz
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My favorite was the final day with the meal & entertainment in Krakow. It was outstanding.Mary Palacz
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Very informative and over all a fantastic experience.
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The tour manager, as mentioned, was excellent. I don’t know if I can pick a single best thing on the trip...each city was so very different and all had so much to offer.
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The Poland trip was enjoyable from the moment we landed in Poland. The tours were great, our tour guide Monika was excellent, the food and the Polish people were terrific. Yes, I would recommend Collette tours to friends and yes I will use Collette again for a European tour.
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I think every day was my favorite day! Visiting Malbork Castle, the town of Tourun, and seeing the Black Madonna were probably the highlights for me. Although I did enjoy seeing the Baltic Sea where I was amazed to see swans swimming! Oh, and the Salt Mine trip - you have never seen anything like this.Lorraine Miller
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Every city and tour was perfect . Loved them all. Just the right amount of churches and castles . Our Lady of Czestochowa was special to me. That was my parish growing up in New Jeesey.
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Enjoyed everything from the sites visited to Hotels, food and fellow passengers.Barbara Gayer
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Tour manager & bus driver excellent. Monika provided history & local culture flavor. She accomodated anyone needing assistance.Stanley Blondek
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Enjoyed the country sights.
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Had great free time at a beach on the Baltic Sea. Enjoyed historical venues.
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Collette provided my wife and myself a great ten day experience.Leo Bruseker
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Aushwitz and the salt mines! Funding the dwarfs in Wroclaw! Our tour manager was the best ever! Anna went out of her way to make sure we saw and did everything we wanted! She went over and above the normal tour managers we’ve had in the past! !James Blanarik
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Anna teaching us the national dance at a rest stop to give us some much needed exercise after sitting on the bus for an extended time. Also enjoyed the interactive Gingerbread demonstration in Torun.Donna Carretta
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The dinner and entertainment in Krakow were the most memorable. I'm ready to go again.Carl Dennis
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A friendly, clean, safe country. Learned more history in 12 days than in 12 years of school.
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Bring in the squares of each city and feeling part of everyday life of urban living in Poland.Kathleen Furlong
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Nice pace to entire tour, nice blend of history and culture. Comfortable bus. Tour manager kept us updated with necessary information. If she said we were leaving at 9 AM, we left at 9 AM. Also very helpful and willing to answer our questions.
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Every single city and tour was spectacular. I think my favorite city was Krakow and Wawel Castle. Malbork Castle was incredible too! My favorite experience was our first welcome to Poland dinner where we were served a traditional Polish meal and had wonderful entertainment from a Polish Folk Group called Lajk Folk. This trip had a good deal of walking but worth every step!Francine Kane
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Very long list of favorites - Old Town areas of the towns were very lively during our tour. Czenstochowa, The Salt Mines and Auschwitz were most memorable.Theresa Fitzpatrick
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Our tour director, Damien, was pleasant and efficient. Each tour was well directed. We really enjoyed all of the tours. Please give our tour director a special thanks for a job well done.
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All local guides but the salt mine guide were excellent. The bus was almost over loaded. The groups should be smaller. Why are we restricted to one drink at a dinner?John Diglio
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All I wanted to see and more.Jerome Przystup
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It's been 3 months since our trip. It was all good. Favorite memorable experience? I can't recall right now. If you want feedback, it's got to be done very soon after the trip. Three months later is too late.
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This was my second trip to Poland with Collette. Most favorable experience would be in Krakow because it was my mother's home town. The entire trip provided daily memorable experiences.Theresa Hardin
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Great tour, the price was reasonable
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See prior information left about missing our connecting flight on the day of departure.
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Our Discovering Poland tour with Collette was a wonderful experience. The itinerary enabled us to make a circle of the county and visit its varied regions. The schedule of two days in each city (one in Torun) allowed time for guided sightseeing and a bit of free time. I was impressed by the beauty of the Polish cities, each one containing its own surprises. Too, we were able to visit eight UNESCO World Heritage sites in this one tour. Highlights were the visits to the Częstochowa monastery, the Wieliczka Salt Mine, Malbork castle and discovering unfamiliar Gdansk. The camps at Auschwitz were unforgettable and thought-provoking, outside the bounds of any other travel experience. I must make special mention of our tour director, Monika Slupkowska. She is very knowledgeable about her country, always ready to answer questions or find the answers to them, and a very personable tour leader. The hotel accommodations were excellent and centrally located. We very much enjoyed the meals of local Polish cuisine. I really gained a great deal of knowledge about Poland through this tour. I would certainly consider a Collette tour for future travel.Andrew Lisowski
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The soul of Poland was reflected in its history, architecture, people and cuisine. As I reflect back, I enjoyed the marketplaces, churches and castles.Janet Jacobs
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well organized, fascinating cities visited, good food and accommodations and great weatherLinda Blenis
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I particularly liked the market squares and the amber shopping.
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Outstanding services and schedule.Frank Mccarthy
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There are so many great memories it is too difficult to pick just one. Each destination was a special and unique experience
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It was a very good trip and the tourist guide is great.Winnie Lu
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great tour guide. salt mines favoriteFrancis Piech
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A very good value for money tour and the single supplements were acceptable valueChristopher Dyson
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My tour guide Marta was excellent.Donald Fenn
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Tour sites well spaced, staying 2 nights in most made the tour more leisurely. Quality of food served in hotels really superb.i really loved all the places we visited. Employees in hotels most helpful and townspeople very nice.Kathleen Nadolny
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Gdansk was my favorite city. The salt mines were a wonderful. Marta made the tour!Dawn Kiritsy
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Salt mine and Auschwitz were experiences like no other.Kenneth Campbell
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Have already done this above.James F.
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Our guide, ***********, was excellent. Hotels were in good locations, but the rooms were not comfortable. Our time in Czestochowa was much too long and our guide useless. Because we were there so long, our time in Krakow was limited. There should have been an additional day in Krakow. We wasted a lot of time at lunch after visiting Auschwitz. The city guides were good, in particular, ****** in Krakow The bus was very comfortable. The gingerbread baking could have been eliminated Breakfasts in all hotels were very goodPatricia Mackay
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Our guide was fantastic; we learned so much about the country and its history. I wish we could have stayed longer! I'd never been to Poland before, and this was a great tour/overview of the entire country. I would have liked to spend more time in Krakow and in Auschwitz, but I guess I this just means that I need to go back.
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Visiting the beautiful cities, especially Krakow. The salt mines and Auschwitz was numbingly profound.Patricia Sullivan
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Fabulous tour and itinerary. Not enough time in each of the cities, there is so much to see. The tour manager was one of the best I've ever had. Krys was awesome! Did not like 3 of the 5 hotels because beds too small, rooms too small (even for Europe), and not user friendly. Too high tub walls to get over for shower, etc etc. Poland is an undiscovered gem! Just loved it - fab food, so much history to learn and hear about, just terrrific! Every city has something unique to offer visitors.
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It seems you can't get a tour that actually gives you extra days in some if not all cities just for some real on your own time or free days. It's too rushed and you don't have the free time that you think you have.Irene Russo
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All hotels were better than expected except for the Art Hotel in Krakow. Although this hotel had a very favorable location, its customer service was inadequate. CNN was not available and the A/C was not functioning at all when the weather was unusually hot. When a complaint was registered with the hotel staff regarding the non-functioning A/C, we were told it was performing as expected. That meant that they did not intend to do anything about it.Robert Wilson
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I had looked forward to Malbork and was not disappointed!Renate Mclaughlin
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We use and recommend Collette.Geraldine Monnelly
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All the hotels, except Art Hotel, made us feel pampered after a long day touring. The salt mine tour was extraordinary.
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Concentration camps need to be seen by everyone. Very historic cities. Teutonic knight castles were amazing.Randall Nemerovski
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Concentration camp tour should be experienced by everyone. Gdansk was a real surprise, as well as the Teutonic knight castles.Cathy Nemerovski
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Tour of Auschwitz; our visit to the National Museum in Warsaw; on our own, we went to a church in Krakow to see an ensemble play Vivaldi;Lawrence Gardner
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Poland is an undiscovered gem! Everything you could wish on a European tour in one medium-size country. Best part was the friendly, knowledgeable, tour guide, the excellent local guides, and the fellow travelers. Good choices for the included dinners.B A Schuster
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It was better than what I had anticipated. However it would be better if the tour manager was more considerate. The tour manager let one particular couple seated at the same seat (first row up front) in the bus thru the whole tour. There were no physical disability on this couple -- (being selfish not to share its seat) not letting anyone else sit of where they sit! My favorite was Krakow -- lots to see and do!Christine Turcol
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Krakow is outstanding but all of the cities are beautiful and far exceeded our expectations.Clinton Sampson
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Poland is a wonderful country just lifting itself from the yoke of Communism. The last of the combatant countries from WW2 to start to rebuild itself it is alive with memories of that conflict. It has a much greater history than that and this now being portrayed sympathetically.Dudley Howard
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This was my favorite trip with any travel company. It was well planned and coordinated. The guide was excellent as were the city tour guides and the bus driver. The guide was well informed and provided information regarding the country's history and current events. My most memorable experience would have to be the continuous beauty of the country as we traveled through it. That being said, I would also say seeing how much this country has been through and recovered from is absolutely amazing.Marilyn
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Our favorable experience was our tour guide, She was born in Poland and was involved with the solidarity movement. She was outstanding. Her description of her personnel experiences and knowledge of that period of history added immensely to the overall tour. Being of Polish heritage, I became even more proud of my background. Several tour stops stood out. We especially loved each city square, the solidarity museum and the salt mine. The tours of the concentration camps were also memorable, if only to keep us aware of this period of history, so that nothing like this ever happens again.
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The optional trips to the Salt mines and the Black Madonna at the church of Peace were very special.Betty
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The local tour guides, with the exception of Mikhail and Anna were not of the quality I have become accustomed to. And although they spoke English it was quite difficult to understand them. But then again Anna who led us through Auschwitz was truly remarkable.
