Kraków and Zakopane: Wawel, Wieliczka Salt Mine and the Tatra Mountains (8 days)

Day 1: Journey to Saxony

• Morning departure from the place of your choice.
• Regular breaks along the way: our drivers drive for 3 hours at most, then take a 30-minute break.
• Drive via Cologne and Erfurt, arriving in the Dresden area in the late afternoon.
• Overnight stop along the way, with dinner at the hotel.

Day 2: Arrival in Kraków

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive into Poland via Wrocław, with a lunch break on the way.
• Arrival in Kraków in the late afternoon and check-in at the hotel for 3 nights.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 3: Royal Kraków

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Guided tour of Wawel Hill: cathedral and Royal Castle courtyard (on request).
• Lunch booked at a restaurant (on request).
• Stroll around the Market Square, the Cloth Hall and St Mary’s Basilica, from which the hejnał bugle call sounds every hour.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 4: Wieliczka and Kazimierz

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Coach excursion to Wieliczka Salt Mine (about 30 minutes) and guided visit of the tourist route, including St Kinga’s Chapel.
• Lunch booked at a restaurant (on request).
• Commented tour of the Kazimierz district by electric cart (on request).
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 5: Journey to Zakopane

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Free morning in Kraków, then drive to Zakopane (about 2 hrs 30) and check-in at the hotel for 2 nights.
• Funicular ride up Gubałówka for the panorama of the Tatras, then a stroll along Krupówki Street.
• Highland dinner with Podhale folk music (on request).
• Overnight at the hotel.

Day 6: Free day in Zakopane

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Free day on foot in Zakopane (driver’s rest day): oscypek smoked cheese market, old wooden church and Pęksowy Brzyzek cemetery.
• Guided tour of the Tatra Museum (on request).
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 7: Journey to Saxony

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Morning departure westwards via Wrocław, with a lunch break on the way.
• Regular breaks along the way: our drivers drive for 3 hours at most, then take a 30-minute break.
• Overnight stop along the way, with dinner at the hotel.

Day 8: Return to Belgium

• Breakfast, then the last leg of the journey to Belgium.
• Regular breaks along the way: our drivers drive for 3 hours at most, then take a 30-minute break.
• Arrival back in your region in the evening.