4 nights in Warsaw. Chopin Concerts & ballet performance.
Meals: Breakfast daily,
1 lunch,
2 dinners
Tours: Extensive sightseeing as per itinerary, including entrance fees. Chopin Concerts & ballet performance.
Transportation: Private deluxe
motorcoach or
minivan (depending on size of group).
Transfer: Arrival and departure transfers.
* Professional English speaking Tour Director
* Luggage Handling
* Tax and Service Charge
Guaranteed tour departures
Day by Day Itinerary
Day 1
WARSAW
After arrival, you will be met and transferred to your hotel in the heart of the city.
Orientation walk through the Old Town. See the Castle’s Square where between 1826-1831 a building stood belonging to Sisters Bernadine’s with a music school lead by Joseph Elsner, Chopin’s music teacher. Walk along the Krakowskie Przedmiescie street with stop by the building of Res Sacra Miser. It was here where young Chopin was giving his first public concerts, at Namiestnikowski Palace and the Church of Nuns of the Visitations, as well. Chopin concert in the Museum of Archdiocese and welcome dinner. (D)
Day 2
WARSAW
See the Krasinski Palace with the Chopin Drawing Room. Visit the Holy Cross Church where the urn with Chopin’s heart is places, brought by his sister secretly from France
where Chopin died and before that asked for his heart to be taken back to his homeland.
Drive to Ostrogski Castle, a seat of the Chopin Museum. The visitors will hear the noise
of 19th Parisian street, sounds from the kitchen at Nohant mansion, smell the aroma of Chopin’s favourite violets etc. Viewers will be able to see Chopin’s personal belongings, including his clothes, coffee cup, handkerchief, pens and jewelry. (B)
Day 3
WARSAW
Morning visit to one of the most splendid residence of Warsaw, the Wilanow Palace and Royal Gardens. The palace is surrounded by magnificent park and gardens in a number of styles: a two-level Baroque garden, a neo-Renaissance rose garden, an English landscape park and an English-Chinese landscape park. Afterwards, optional visit to Museum of the History of Polish Jews. Evening at the Warsaw Opera House to attend the opera or ballet performance. (B)
Day 4
WARSAW
Drive to Zelazowa Wola. This is where on February 22, 1810 Frederic Chopin was born to his French father and Polish mother A museum devoted to great composer is located in the preserved annex of the former manor. Lunch in Restaurant Przepis na Kompot. Afterwards, drive to Brochów to see the parish church where young Chopin was baptized. Continue to Nieborow to see the former residence of the aristocratic family of Radziwill. Farewell dinner to be served by the local family in their charming house set by the ruins of the former Lowicz Castle. It was the Dutchess of Lowicz who invited Frederic Chopin for his first concert in Warsaw. (B,L,D)
Day 5
WARSAW
After breakfast, get ready for your departure. (B)
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