Dates	Duration	Price	Highlights
September 2011	9 Days 4* Hotels	€1549pps inc €111 taxes	Krakow, Auschwitz Oskar Schindler Museum Zakopane, Wadowice Dresden, Berlin Checkpoint Charlie Beef and Dairy Farm Visits

Your Tour Price Includes:

• Return flights from Dublin to Krakow and Berlin to Dublin including flight / airport taxes & charges
• Professional English speaking tour manager and executive coach transfers throughout
• 3 nights in 4* hotel in Krakow including breakfast
• 1 night in 4* hotel in Wroclaw including breakfast
• 1 night in 4* hotel in Dresden including breakfast 
• 3 nights in 4* hotel in Berlin including breakfast
• Guided city tours of Krakow, Dresden and Berlin
• Entrance to Oskar Shindler's factory museum
• Guided tour of the emotive Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum
• Guided tour of the amazing Wieliczka Salt Mines, worked for over 900 years
• Full day visit to the famous alpine town of Zakopane and the scenic Tatra Mountains in Poland
• Visit to Wadowice, hometown of Pope John Paul II
• Visit to the Berlin Wall Documentation Centre near Checkpoint Charlie
• 5 evening meals served in a selection of restaurants
• Minimum of 3 farm visits
• All entrances and excursions as outlined in the itinerary

Itinerary

Day 1

Fly from Dublin to Krakow where you will be met by your tour manager. Transfer by executive coach. Guided sightseeing tour of the old city of Krakow including Wawel Castle which was home to Polish kings and was seat of Polish Royals till the 17th century. The nearby Cathedral which was the coronation place of Polish monarchs and a crypt is the final resting place of many of them. Also visit the famous Oskar Schindler’s factor, a business man who turned his factory into a refuge for Jews, saving many from the notorious Auschwitz Camp. He is remembered worldwide through the Stephen Spielberg movie ‘Schindlers List’.

Day 2
After breakfast visit Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest concentration camp established by the Nazi regime. Created formally as a concentration camp for Polish political prisoners, it became in fact a centre of extermination. Information regarding Auschwitz reached the Allies during 1941-1944, but the claims of mass killings were generally dismissed as exaggerations. This changed with the receipt of a detailed report given by two escaped prisoners, which finally convinced most Allied leaders of the truth about Auschwitz . A few years after World War II the Polish government decided to restore Auschwitz and turn it into a museum remembering the victims of Nazism.
The Wieliczka Salt Mine has been worked for 900 years. It used to be one of the world's biggest and most profitable industrial establishments when common salt was commercially a medieval equivalent of today's oil. Always a magnet, since the mid-18th century Krakow's Wieliczka salt mine has become increasingly a tourist attraction. On your visit, walk nearly 2,000 metres underground in the oldest part of the salt mine and discover its subterranean museum.

Day 3
Travel today to the famous alpine town of Zakopane which lies at the foot of the scenic Tatra Mountains, a natural border between Slovakia and Poland. Enjoy the majestic mountain scenery, the unique highland cultures and the charming old wooden cottages and homes built in the traditional folk style unique to Zakopane.
Farm visit will be arranged today.

Day 4
Travel from Krakow towards the German border to Wroclaw stopping en route to visit Wadowice, birthplace of Pope John Paul II. Born in 1920, the future Pontiff lived in Wadowice till 1938 when he moved to Krakow to study.
This afternoon visit a local farm for an educational farm visit.
Arrive Wroclaw.

Day 5
This morning visit another local farm to view current farming practises in Poland before travelling onto Dresden.
Enjoy a guided city tour of Dresden. Also called 'Florence on the Elbe', Dresden is one of Germany's most beautiful cities, with glorious buildings and countless art treasures. During the second world war parts of Dresden's historic centre was heavily bombed however many of its famous buildings were rebuilt.

Day 6
Following free time for sightseeing in Dresden continue on to the cultural capital of Germany, fabulous Berlin, passing wonderful countryside along the way.
There will be a farm visit in Germany en route to view local practises and developments.
Free time upon arrival in Berlin.

Day 7
Discover Berlin past, present and future on a guided sightseeing tour of this amazing city. Visit the West and East Berlin as well as the streets and squares made famous during WW2 and the Cold War. See Alexanderplats, a large public square and transport hub which was originally a cattle market named in honor of a visit by Russian Emperor Alexander I to Berlin. Also visit Kurfustendamm, one of the most famous avenues and considered the Champs-Elysees of Berlin.
Farm visit today.

Day 8
Visit to The Berlin Wall Documentation Centre which was opened on November 9, 1999, the 10th anniversary of the fall of the wall, and is one component of the memorial site ensemble at Bernauer Strasse. The Documentation Centre on the history of the Berlin Wall provides historical information and educates the public. Beginning with the historical, political events that occurred at Bernauer Strasse, an area situated at the border between East and West and hence a focal point of German postwar history, the center researches and presents the history of the division of Germany.
Free time to enjoy Berlin.

Day 9
Free time in Berlin.
Transfer by coach to Berlin Airport for your return flight to Dublin.

Booking Information:

• Inclusive of all airport and flight taxes and service charges
• Price is inclusive of 1 standard piece of luggage per person
• Price based on twin share. If you are travelling alone and are willing to share a twin room with another group member of the same sex, we will do our best to accommodate this request although it cannot be guaranteed.
• Single supplement €334
• Optional Insurance €25 (conditions apply)
• Deposit €350 per person
• Balance due 10 weeks before departure
• A minimum of 20 persons must book on the tour for it to proceed.
• Deposit refunded if tour does not proceed
• Flights, prices, taxes and itinerary are subject to change.