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Varsavia - Warsaw

Sobieski ordered to build for his wife. The Vistula place of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. Business Proposals in Poland
River runs through the city of Warsaw and on one The bronze Copernicus Monument stands in the
The magical North of Poland of its shores is placed the Praga district, which is Old Town’s Marketplace and it presents the as-
6 days really beloved by artists and is becoming one of tronomer in an academic robe. In his left hand
the most popular underground culture reference he is holding an astrolabe, while the right hand
points, with its trendy clubs and the street art ex- is pointing at the sky. It symbolizes the link be-
1st Day: Warsaw positions. Dinner and overnight. tween the astronomer and his studies and his lat-
Arrival in the capital of Poland, in the central-east- 3rd Day: Warsaw - Poznan (Km. 315) er discover (Copernican Revolution). The plinth
ern part of the country. In the late 13th century Breakfast and departure for Poznan, large histor- holds a Latin inscription which reads: “Nicolaus
Warsaw was a small fishermen town. In 1569, Si- ic and industrial metropolis in western Poland. Copernicus, from Toruń, moved the Earth and
gismund III moved the royal court and the Polish After lunch in restaurant, meeting with the guide stopped the Sky and the Sun”. With the passing
capital from Krakow to Warsaw. Also known as for a city guided tour. Centermost in the city is of time, the statue became the symbol of the city.
the “Paris of the North”, Warsaw was considered the Old Town (Stare Miasto), with the Old Mar- Lunch at restaurant, early in the afternoon de-
one of the most beautiful cities in the world until ket square (Stary Rynek) and the imposing Town parture for Gdańsk. Dinner and overnight.
the World War II. The city was bombed in 1939 Hall, a Renaissance masterpiece and landmark of
and the 85% of its buildings was destroyed. The the city. 5th Day: Gdańsk
historical Old Town of Warsaw was designated as Curiosity: in the eastern side of the Town Hall Breakfast and guided tour of Gdańsk, the largest
a UNESCO World Heritage Site. there is a clock with 2 openings that every day thousand-year old port seaside town in Poland.
Hotel accommodation, dinner and overnight. at twelve reveals two metal goats butting each Its architecture is the result of the heritage left
other with their horns 12 times. The legend has from the many cultures established in the city
2nd Day: Warsaw it that on occasion of the clock’s inauguration 2 over the centuries, featuring some of the great-
Breakfast and full day guided tour of Warsaw, animals sorted for slaughter hit each other in the est examples of both Gothic-Baltic architecture,
starting from the Old Town (Stare Miasto), re- middle of the square, entertaining the visitors. It such as the St. Mary’s Church, and Dutch Man-
minding of the “old Warsaw”. was thus established to insert this mechanism in nerism, such as the Golden Gate, since many
Seriously damaged by the war, the district was the clock in order to remember what happened artists and architects leaving in the city belonged
accurately rebuilt in the 1950s and 1960s, basing on that day. to these trends. The majority of the city attrac-
on the famous landscapes painted by Canaletto. Visit of the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul, in tions can be found in the city centre and in the 403
old town, and above all along the Royal Route.
The cornerstone of the Old Tow is represented Gothic style, the most ancient church in Poland. Lunch in restaurant.
by the Rynek Starego Miasta, around which de- Hotel accommodation, dinner and overnight.
velops a network of evocative alleys, including A precious resin: even today Gdańsk is the
Piwna street (ulica Piwna), along which over- 4th Day: Poznan - Torun - Gdańsk (Km 330) world’s capital of amber, a gem used in jewelry
look many Neoclassical and Baroque buildings. Breakfast and departure for the hometown of making that takes its origins from tree’s fossil res-
The Royal Route is a long road that starts from Nicolaus Copernicus, Torun. The medieval town in. Amber is collected along the Baltic’s shores.
the castle and extends up to the Lazienki Park, was inserted in the UNESCO list as a World Her- Dinner and overnight.
one of the biggest parks in Europe, with the re- itage Site and is one of the Seven Wonders of
markable Palace on the Water, royal residence Poland. Meeting with the guide and city guided 6th Day: Return trip
of the last Polish king. The Route ends with the tour. The Copernicus House is probably the birth- After breakfast time at leisure for some shopping
Wilanów Palace, the royal palace that king Jan III and afterwards return trip.
Eno-Gastronomia, il meglio della regione Wines & Gastronomy, the best of region