We will meet at the airport at 11.30am for our Ryanair flight departing at 2pm and arriving in Krakow airport at 4.35pm. We will be transferred to Hotel Wyspianksi in Krakow for check-in, and afterwards we will join the tour leader for a short familiarisation walk in Krakow.

After breakfast we will start the day by going on a guided tour around Krakow old Town, visiting Wawel Hill & Wawel Castle (exterior) which are both built on the top of Wawel Hill. From here we will have panoramic views of the Vistula river. Later, we will walk up Grodzka Street which leads us into the heart of Krakow, the Rynek Gówny or Main Market Square, where the Easter Market will be held. We will also find the large Gothic Cloth Hall which is the perfect place for souvenir shopping. In the afternoon, free time for optional sightseeing or shopping.

Today, we will have an optional full-day excursion visiting Auschwitz and Birkenau. Here, we will witness one of the most memorable lessons of modern European history. During our visit we will see the flower strewn Death Wall, the national memorials, the rail line and remains of the hundreds of barracks, a testimony to the number of lives lost through Nazi activities across occupied Europe (entrance included).a.

Today, we will have an optional full-day excursion visiting Wadowice, the birthplace of Pope John Paul II. We will visit the Pope’s Museum (entrance included) where he was born and raised. We will also see the Pope’s monument erected in the front of the Baroque Basilica. In the afternoon, will proceed to Lagiewniki Hill where the Sanctuary of the Divine Mercy and the tomb of Suor Faustina are located.

After breakfast and check out from hotel, we will visit Chocholow, where one can admire the unique wooden houses and also visit a local workshop of a wood carving artist. We then proceed in the middle of the Tatra Mountains at Chocholow Thermal Baths (entrance extra and swimming caps are obligatory). These are the largest thermal baths in Poland with almost 3,000 m2 of water surface and 30 pool troughs. These thermal waters are rich in many micronutrients, a guarantee for a surge of vitality and full regeneration of the body. In addition to swimming pools and a jacuzzi with thermal water, you are invited to the treatment zone with sulphide and brine water. We then head to Krakow to our Hotel Logos in Zakopane for check-in.

Today, our full-day optional excursion is taking us to Morskie Oko the largest and fourth deepest lake in the Tatra Mountains, in southern Poland. It is located deep within the Tatra National Park (entrance extra). We will experience a horse drawn carriage ride (extra) that will take us most of the way up the mountain. Here, we will spend a relaxing afternoon, sounded with unreal nature of mountains, greenery and a crystal shining lake. On our way back we will also have the possibility to visit the Sanctuary of our Lady of Fatima.

After breakfast, our optional full-day excursion will take us across the border to Slovakia. We drive to Bachledova Valley, where we take a short cable car (extra) ride to Magura Spiska Mountain. Here, we shall have a Treetop Walk (extra). Bachledka Treetop Walk is situated in the heart of the majestic forests of the Pieniny National Park, providing the opportunity to admire the unique nature of the Belianske Tatras. On a more than 600-metres long route, you will go through the forest, enjoying the magnificent view from the 32-meter-high observation tower, within arm’s reach, you will have majestic trees some of which are even older than you. Later in the afternoon we will take a cable car all the way up to Gubalowka Mountain (extra) where we can admire the lovely views over the Tatra Mountains and Zakopane.

Breakfast and check-out, afterwards we will head towards the Wieliczka Salt Mines (entrance included) an incredible place which was once described as being ‘as remarkable as the Pyramids and more useful’! Today, this famous attraction is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Highlights of this tour include the stunning underground lake and the beautiful underground chapel of St Kinga. Late afternoon we will make our way to Krakow airport for our Ryanair flight departing at 5pm and arriving in Malta at 7.35pm.