Sample Day-by-Day Itinerary:
Day 1 - USA - Warsaw
Board a transatlantic flight bound for Poland. Dinner served
on board.
Day 2 - Warsaw
Your tour director is at the airport to warmly greet you and
soon you're comfortably settled at your hotel. Upon arrival
Mass at St. James Church, the church St. Faustina went when
she arrived in Warsaw. The rest of the day is to relax. This
evening enjoy welcome dinner and a show at a local
restaurant.
Day 3 - Warsaw
After breakfast we visit all the landmarks of Warsaw: Old
Town, Market Square, the Barbican, the Warsaw Ghetto
monument, Lazienki Park, the Chopin statue, and the
magnificently restored Royal Castle. Visit and Mass at
Visit 3-9 Zytnia Street where Faustina entered the convent.
Dinner and overnight.
Day 4 - Warsaw - Swinice Warckie - Niepokalanow -
Czestochowa
After breakfast, we travel to Czestochowa, with a stop in
Swinice Warckie to visit the parish church St. Casimir where
St. Faustina was baptized Helen Kowalska. Continue to
Niepokalanow, see a franciscan Monastery founded by St.
Maximillian Kolbe and home of Basilica of Virgin Mary. Next
stop is the site of Poland's greatest pilgrimage shrine, Our
Lady of Czestochowa. Dinner and overnight.
Day 5 - Czestochowa - Wadowice - Zakopane
Mass and Visit Jasna Gora Monastery with the Black Madonna
picture. One of the most important places of religious
worship in the Christian world, with tradition of
pilgrimages that goes back to the 14th century. Our Holy
Father has frequently visited Jasna Gorna Monastery, known
as the Shrine of the Black Madonna. We celebrate Mass at the
Pauline Monastery and venerate the priceless treasures
contained within, including the Miraculous Icon. Next
travel to Zakopane, with a stop along the way in Wadowice,
the birthplace of Karol Wojtyla. Visit the church he was
atevatended and was baptized as a child. Next we continue on
to Zakopane, a resort village nestled in the splendor of the
Tatras region. This afternoon we take a cable car ride to
the nearby mountaintop for extraordinary views. Dinner and
overnight.
Day 6 - Zakopane - Krakow
Before we leave beautiful Zakopane, for the great city of
Krakow, we invite you to follow a short distance on one of
John Paul II's walking trails of the Zakopane region, a
beautifully situated place within Tatras Mountains in the
valley between Gubalowka and Giewont. Zakopane and its
vicinity is something of a mountain folklore reserve, with
many pearls of typical wooden architecture. Horse-drawn
carriages will take you to Kalatowki (optional). Admire
picturesque landscapes of Polish highest mountains and
visits the Hermitage of St. Brother Albert, founder of the
Albertines Order. A short walk along colorful Krupowki
Street for some last minute shopping in the local bazaar.
On route to Krakow we will stop at the Tieliczka Salt Mines.
Upon arrival in Krakow, settled in, then perhaps a short
stroll in the old city before or after your dinner.
Day 7-Krakow - Auschwitz - Krakow
After breakfast we explore Market Square and hear the silver
trumpet of the bugler from St. Mary's Tower. Within the
Cathedral you may pray before the extraordinary Wit Stwosz
altar. The surroundings of the square have remained
unchanged for almost 700 years and contain buildings of
historic value such as St. Mary’s Church with the famous
wooden altar, the Town Hall Tower, the Cloth Hall and the
burgher’s houses. Tour the Cathedral, Coronation Chapel and
the Royal Chambers where a superb collection of Arras
tapestries is on view. In the afternoon we go to Auschwitz,
the notorious Nazi concentration camp. We will see the cell
that imprisoned St. Maximillian Kolbe and the Martyrdom
Museum recalling the horrors of the Holocaust. Return to
Krakow for dinner and overnight.
Day 8 - Krakow - Full Day Visit to Lagiewniki
After breakfast we depart for our day's excursion to
Lagiewniki. The capital of the Divine Mercy. It was here
that originated the message of the Divine Mercy, which
Christ Himself wished to pass on to our generation, through
the mediation of St. Faustina. The Sanctuary houses
grace-working image of Merciful Jesus and the relics of St.
Faustina. We will visit the Shrine of Divine Mercy, St.
Faustina's convent chapel, and we will visit St. Faustina's
Tomb. Return to Krakow for our farewell dinner.
Day 9 - Krakow - USA
We leave Krakow for the return flights home to USA.
Additional Information & Travel Tips:
What to Know Before You Go to Poland
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$2,749 |
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$2,749 |
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$1,849 |
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