About this tour
Day 1: July 15th, 2024 (Monday)Departure – Atlanta – Poland
• Depart for your overnight flight to Poland. Meals will be served on board!
Day 2, July 16th, 2024 (Tuesday): Krakow arrival – Divine Mercy – Krakow
- 11:10 AM Arrive at Krakow International Airport and meet our professional English-speaking tour escort
- Lunch on your own
- Board the coach and drive to Lagiewniki, the capital of Divine Mercy
Here, we enjoy a tour led by one of the sisters. It was here that the message of the Divine Mercy originated, which Christ Himself wished to pass on to our generation through the mediation of St. Faustina. The Sanctuary houses grace grace-working image of the Merciful Jesus and the relics of St. Faustina. As we visit the Shrine of Divine Mercy, we will see St. Faustina’s convent chapel and her Tomb. We visit the newly constructed Shrine of Divinity dedicated by Pope John Paul II on his last visit to Poland in 2002.
- Mass at Divine Mercy (subject to confirmation)
- After our Mass, we have time for prayers and devotions or even some shopping.
- Next, we visit the new center ‘Have No Fear!’ John Paul II Centre (the official name of which refers to his famous words during his inauguration speech). The primary highlights for visitors are the Sanctuary of Blessed John Paul II – a chapel with relics of the former pope, including a vial of his blood.
- Check into the hotel
- Dinner at the hotel
- Overnight at the hotel in Krakow (D)
Attention: Schedule on this day is subject to change depending on flight details.
Day 3, July 17th, 2024 (Wednesday): HD Krakow
- Breakfast at the hotel
- After breakfast, we have a sightseeing tour of Krakow, one of the oldest cities in Poland and its first capital city with the entire Old Town area listed on the Unesco World Heritage.
- Visit the amazing Wawel Hill with the first Polish royal residence The Wawel Castle (exterior views) and the Wawel Cathedral (entrance fee included). Walk to 19 Kanonicza street, now housing the Archdiocesan Museum with the reconstructed Pope’s room. Also see the famous ‘Pope’s window’ and the Collegium Maius (exterior views) where he was a student.
Continue with a walk along Grodzka street, on the way passing the beautiful churches of St. Andrew, St. Peter and Paul, and St. Francis of Assisi. Reach the Market Square (at two hundred meters squared, it became the largest marketplace in Europe) and hear the silver trumpet of the bugler from St. Mary’s Tower. We will visit the Church of St Mary (Mariacki) (entrance fee included), where we can see the extraordinary Europe’s largest wooden altar the work of Wit Stwosz. Attend the opening of the Wit Stwosz altar at the Mariacki Church (subject to confirmation).
- Lunch on your own in the market square
- Mass at St Stanislaw’s Church “on the Rock” (subject to confirmation)
- Afternoon for leisure activities
- Dinner at the local restaurant with folk show (included)
- Overnight at the hotel in Krakow (B, D)
Day 4, July 18th, 2024 (Thursday): Krakow – Kalwaria Zebrzydowska – Wadowice – Wieliczka – Krakow
- Breakfast at the hotel
- Depart for Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
- This morning we will visit Kalwaria Zebrzydowska which was a popular pilgrimage place for Pope John Paul II when he was a young man and where in the 17th century the Palatine of Krakow founded a Franciscan Monastery. On the slope of the hill and the valley is an architectural ‘Way of the Cross’ made up of 40 chapels set on the surrounding hills.
- Lunch on your own
- Continue to Wadowice – hometown of John Paul II and his childhood home which is now a museum and the Church of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary where he was baptized. Visit Pope’s home turned into a museum (entrance fee included).
- Celebrate Mass in the Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (subject to confirmation)
- Continue to Wieliczka
- Enjoy the tour of Wieliczka Salt Mine (entrance fee included), in the town of Wieliczka. From Neolithic times, sodium chloride (table salt) was produced there from the upwelling brine. The Wieliczka salt mine, excavated from the 13th century, produced table salt continuously until 2007, as one of the world’s oldest operating salt mines. This is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its attractions include the shafts and labyrinthine passageways, displays of historic salt-mining technology, an underground lake, four chapels and numerous statues carved by miners out of the rock salt.
- Continue to Krakow
- Dinner at your hotel
- Overnight at the hotel in Krakow (B, D)
Day 5, July 19th, 2024 (Friday): Krakow – Auschwitz – Czestochowa
- Breakfast at the hotel and check-out
- After our breakfast we drive to Oswiecim.
- Guided visit the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi Concentration Camp (included). Visit the cell of the martyred St. Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, who voluntarily surrendered his life so that another prisoner might live. Saint Maximilian Kolbe is known as the “Apostle of Consecration to Mary,” and he was canonized by Pope John Paul II in October, 1982. We will also drive by Birkenau, site of the martyrdom of Edith Stein, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross.
- Continue to Czestochowa
- Lunch on your own
- Visit Jasna Gora Monastery (entrance fee included)
- The Monastery is a famous Polish shrine to the Virgin Mary. The image of the Black Madonna of Czestochowa, also known as Our Lady of Czestochowa, to which miraculous powers are attributed, is one of Jasna Góra’s most precious treasures. Among the monastery’s other treasures and artifacts of interest is the medal from the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize received by Lech Walesa, the former Polish president and trade-union organizer. We will see the Treasury, the Knights Hall, the Refectory and the Basilica of the Holy Cross & the Nativity of the Virgin Mary.
- Celebrate Mass at a Shrine chapel (subject to confirmation)
- Check-in at the hotel
- Dinner at your hotel
- Overnight at the hotel in Czestochowa (B, D)
Day 6, July 20th, 2024 (Saturday): Czestochowa – HD Wroclaw
- Breakfast at the hotel and check-out
- Board the coach and travel to Wroclaw
- Celebrate Mass at the Church of Michael the Archangel (subject to confirmation)
- Lunch on your own
- Enjoy guided tour of Wroclaw including the Old town seeing Bernadine Church and Monastery, Cathedral, Town Hall then continue to Ostrow Tumski and Piasek Island with churches, bridges, Cathedrals and narrow alleys (exterior views). Visit also Panorama of Raclawice a monumental cycloramic painting depicting the Battle of Racławice, The painting is one of only a few preserved relics of a genre of 19th century mass culture, and the oldest in Poland (entrance fee included).
- Check-in at the hotel
- Dinner at the hotel
- Overnight at the hotel in Wroclaw (B, D)
Day 7, July 21st, 2024 (Sunday): Wroclaw – Malbork – Gdansk
- Breakfast at the hotel and check-out
- Lunch on your own en route
- En route we stop at the Fortress of Malbork, which was once the seat of power and a formal capital of the Teutonic Order. This Gothic Castle is the biggest brick fortress in the world and has been made a World Heritage Site (entrance fee included).
- Continue to Gdansk
- Celebrate mass at a local church
- Check-in at the hotel
- Dinner at the hotel
- Overnight at the hotel in Gdansk (B, D)
Day 8, July 22nd, 2024 (Monday): HD Gdansk – Gdynia – Sopot – Gdansk
- Breakfast at the hotel
- Celebrate mass at a local church
- After breakfast we have a half day guided tour of Gdansk to include the Gothic majesty that is the St. Mary’s Church (entrance fee included) – the largest brick church in the world. Proceed to the dark and threatening Jailing Tower before setting your feet upon the Royal Route. The Golden Gate and its proud statues and inscriptions, then we head down towards the water. German and Dutch-style townhouses flank you and hustle you towards the famed Neptune statue, a landmark here in Gdansk. Finally, get a feel for pre-war Gdansk on the charming and totally original Mariacka Street (known worldwide for its unique architecture) before completing your journey on Dlugie Pobrzeze, the street that runs alongside the calm Motlawa Canal (exterior views).
- Lunch on your own
- Pass through and watch Gdynia from the coach – a city which was only a humble Kaszubian fishing village less than 100 years ago, now has since become one of Poland’s economic miracles.
- The rapid rise of Gdynia has resulted in a massive shipyard, a proud maritime University (exterior views).
Continue on to Sopot to see and enjoy the walk and beautiful views on its pier (entrance fee included) considered longest on the Baltic Sea.
- Drive back to Gdansk
- Dinner at the hotel
- Overnight at the hotel in Gdansk (B, D)
Day 9, July 23rd, 2024 (Tuesday): Gdansk – Niepokalanow – Warsaw
- Breakfast at the hotel and check-out
- Depart for Warsaw
- Lunch on your own en route
- Visit Plock to see the convent where Sr. Faustina lived in 1931. It is here, that Jesus appeared to her bringing the wonderful message of Mercy for all of the mankind and asking her to “paint a
- picture according to the image that you see.” Faustina arranged to have the vision painted into the picture with the inscription “Jesus, I trust in You!”
- Stop en route at Niepokalanow
- Visit the Niepokalanow Sanctuary, the home of Maximilian Kolbe
- Celebrate mass at Niepokalanow Sanctuary (subject to confirmation)
- Continue to Warsaw
- Check-in at the hotel
- Dinner at the hotel
- Overnight at the hotel in Warsaw (B, D)
Day 10, July 24th, 2024 (Wednesday): FD Warsaw
- Breakfast at the hotel
- Mass at St. Stanislaw Kostka Church (subject to confirmation).
- Museum of Fr. Popieluszko. Visit a special exhibit dedicated to Fr. Jerzy Popieluszko. This priest was a great personality of the Catholic Church and killed by communists in 1984. In 1987, St.
- John Paul II visited here to pray in front of Fr. Popieluszko’s tomb (entrance fee included)
- Lunch on your own.
- Following this prayerful morning, your day of sightseeing with local guide begins. Your group will explore the Old Town, comprised of beautiful maze-like cobblestone streets and picturesque architecture that are symbols of Poland’s successful rebuild following its destruction during World War II. Some of the sites will include the Market Square (the center of the city filled with restaurants, cafes and shops), the Royal Castle (the official residence of the Polish monarchs) and the Barbican – defense-like structures that have been rebuilt following World War II and the Warsaw Ghetto monument that commemorates the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943 during World War II. You will also take in the Lazienki Park, a beautifully landscaped park, the Chopin Statue (a large bronze statue of musician, Frederic Chopin), and the Royal Castle (the official residence of the Polish monarchs) (all exterior views).
- Dinner at the hotel
- Overnight at the hotel in Warsaw (B, D)
Day 11, July 25th, 2024 (Thursday): Warsaw departure
- Breakfast at the hotel (breakfast boxes; subject to confirmation) and check-out
- Board the coach and transfer to Warsaw International Airport
- 6:00 Flight back home (B)
Attention: The schedule on this day is subject to change depending on flight details.
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