Podlasie: Białowieża Forest, European bison, Tykocin and villages with painted shutters (11 days)

Day 1: Journey into Germany

• 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 to eastern Germany via Hanover, arriving in the Berlin area in the late afternoon.
• Overnight stop along the way, with dinner at the hotel.

Day 2: Journey to Warsaw

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Regular breaks along the way: our drivers drive for 3 hours at most, then take a 30-minute break.
• Drive into Poland via Poznań, with a lunch break along the way.
• Overnight stop in the Warsaw area, with dinner at the hotel.

Day 3: Tykocin and Białystok

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive to Tykocin (about 2 hours 30 minutes) and visit to the great baroque synagogue, now a museum.
• Lunch booked at a restaurant (on request).
• Drive to Białystok (about 40 minutes) and check-in at the hotel for 3 nights.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 4: Białystok and Supraśl

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Guided tour of Białystok: the Branicki Palace and gardens, Kościuszko Square and St Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral (on request).
• Lunch booked at a restaurant (on request).
• Drive to Supraśl (about 25 minutes) and visit to the Orthodox monastery and its Icon Museum.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 5: Free day in Białystok

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Free day on foot in Białystok (driver’s rest day): palace gardens, pedestrian centre and cafés.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 6: Kruszyniany and arrival in Białowieża

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive to Kruszyniany (about 1 hour) and visit to the wooden Tatar mosque, presented by a member of the community.
• Lunch of Tatar specialities (on request).
• Drive to Białowieża (about 1 hour 30 minutes) and check-in at the hotel for 3 nights.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 7: The primeval forest of Białowieża

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Guided walk in the national park’s strict reserve, on flat paths (on request).
• Lunch booked at a restaurant (on request).
• Visit to the national park’s Nature Museum and a stroll in Białowieża Palace Park.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 8: Bison and villages with painted shutters

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Visit to the bison show reserve, where elk, deer and tarpans can also be seen.
• Lunch booked at a restaurant (on request).
• In the afternoon, drive to the villages of Trześcianka and Soce, in the “land of open shutters”, with their decorated wooden houses.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 9: Journey to Warsaw

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Regular breaks along the way: our drivers drive for 3 hours at most, then take a 30-minute break.
• Drive to Warsaw (about 3 hours 30 minutes), arriving in the early afternoon, with free time in the old town.
• Guided tour of Warsaw’s old town (on request).
• Overnight stop in the Warsaw area, with dinner at the hotel.

Day 10: Journey into Germany

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Regular breaks along the way: our drivers drive for 3 hours at most, then take a 30-minute break.
• Drive west via Poznań, with a lunch break along the way.
• Overnight stop in the Berlin area, with dinner at the hotel.

Day 11: 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.