Excursion Mid-voyage land adventure: easter in kraków: from medieval to metropolis tour at Amsterdam

Explore the evolution of Kraków, from medieval city to its place as a stunning modern metropolis, during this immersive, three-night overland journey during the Easter weekend. Your bespoke excursion to Kraków, the old ‘Capital of Kings’, begins with a tour of the Old Town and Old Town Market Square, one of the largest town squares in Europe. Continue on to Wieliczka for lunch at a local restaurant, then visit the Wieliczka Salt Mine, an UNESCO World Heritage Site. Explore chapels, galleries, underground salt lakes, excavated chambers, salt statues, and the Salt Works Museum. Discover Kraków’s bustling Kazimierz District, a bohemian neighbourhood with historical sites, atmospheric cafes, and art galleries. After lunch at a local restaurant in Oswiecim, visit the Auschwitz Concentration Camp for a guided tour of the National Museum of Oswiecim. Your Mid-Voyage Land Adventure concludes on Day 4 with a flight to Hamburg, and a transfer to the pier and ship.

03MIDAMS-B Easter in Kraków: From Medieval to Metropolis

Duration: 4 Days/3 Nights

Departs from: Amsterdam at approximately (TBA)

Re-join ship: Hamburg at approximately (TBA)

Reserve by: At least 90 days prior to sailing

IMPORTANT NOTE

This Silver Shore Mid-Land Adventure requires advance booking through Silversea Reservations no later than 90 days prior to the sail date. Requests received after this date may be accommodated on a space-available basis. Tickets are available in limited quantities, and participation cannot be guaranteed for those guests not booking well in advance. A minimum number of participants is required to operate this programme. If this minimum number is not met, Silversea reserves the right to offer the programme at a different rate based on private arrangements, or to cancel the specific departure. Cancellation fee, unless otherwise advised, 90 - 0 days prior to the initial sailing date: 100% of the programme fare per person is due.

Payment in full is due at time of final payment. Bookings made within 120 days of sailing require full payment within seven days of booking or sooner, as specified by Silversea.

All Land Adventure fares are subject to change, and not guaranteed until payment is received in full by Silversea. All Land Adventures are non-transferable, and non-refundable, within 120 days of sailing. Minors under the age of 18 must be accompanied by someone 18 years of age or older. All Land Adventures are owned by independent contractors, and Silversea makes no representations and assumes no responsibility for the services provided by these operators. Land Adventures may be modified by the operators at their sole discretion.

VISA INFORMATION:

Please check with your travel professional for details regarding visa requirements for Finland. It is the responsibility of each guest to obtain all appropriate visas before cruising.

LOCAL CURRENCY:

The local currency for Poland is the Euro. Local ATMs are available in some locations visited, and credit cards are accepted in most larger shops and hotels (a shopping stop is planned during this programme).

Explore the evolution of Kraków, from medieval city to its place as a stunning modern metropolis, during this immersive, three-night overland excursion.

DAY ONE – Thursday, April 17, 2025 – Amsterdam/Kraków

After disembarking the ship, meet your guide and transfer to the airport for your flight to Kraków

After disembarking the ship, meet your guide and transfer to the airport for check-in and your scheduled flight to Kraków.  

Transfer to your hotel for check-in and some free time to freshen-up before dinner

Upon arrival at the airport, meet your guide and transfer to your hotel for check-in and some free time to freshen-up before dinner.

Dinner is at the hotel.

Overnight accommodations at the Stary Hotel – Krakow

DAY TWO – Friday, April 18, 2025 – Krakow

After breakfast, meet your guide and transfer to Kraków’s Old Town for a guided walking tour

After breakfast, meet your guide and depart for the scenic transfer to Kraków’s Old Town. For the Polish people, Kraków is a special city; the old capital of kings, the place where crowned and laid to rest. Today, the city of Kraków, an UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the key to understanding Poland and its place in Europe.

Tour the Old Town via the Planty Greenbelt, and see the Main Gate, Towers & Barbican

Upon arrival, explore the Old Town during a guided walking tour along a portion of the Planty Greenbelt, the divergent, approximately 2.5-mile-long (about four-kilometre-long) parkland that wraps around Kraków’s Kraków’s Old Town like a belt, and gives the town a character of its own. The park (actually, a series of parks) is comprised of a series of filled-in moats that once protected Krakow’s medieval city. The walls were largely demolished after 1807, save the part with the Main Gate, adjoining towers, and great Barbican.  

Pass through the old defensive walls, then visit the vast Old Town Market Square

Your guided walking tour begins with a stroll through the old defensive walls, then continues on to the vast Old Town Market Square, which is considered to be one of the largest town squares in Europe. The square’s surrounds have remained unchanged for almost 700 years, and contain landmarks of important historical value.

Pass by St. Mary’s Church, the Town Hall Tower, Cloth Hall, a local restaurant, and burgher houses

Pass by St. Mary’s Church with its famous wooden altar, Town Hall Tower, Cloth Hall, Wierzynek restaurant, and burgher houses. Every hour, you can hear the bugle call to the four corners of the world from the tower of St. Mary’s Church.

Next, drive on to Wieliczka and proceed for a delightful lunch at a local restaurant

Following your walking tour, re-board your coach and depart for the approximately one-hour drive to Wieliczka. Upon arrival, proceed for a delightful lunch at a local restaurant.

Visit the Wieliczka Salt Mine, a world-class tourist attraction and UNESCO World Heritage Site

Over 700 years, many generations of Polish miners have created this underground world, exceptional in its beauty, with rich interior decoration of the chapels, the original linings of the galleries and workings, and underground salt lakes. During your guided walking tour, marvel at up to 20 excavated chambers on three levels filled with beautiful statues sculptured from salt, as well as the Salt Works Museum.

Transfer back to your hotel for some free time to freshen-up before dinner

Leaving the Wieliczka Salt Mine, re-board your coach and transfer back to your hotel for some free time to freshen-up before dinner.

Enjoy a delicious dinner at a local restaurant

This evening, meet your guide and proceed for a delicious dinner at a local restaurant. After dinner, re-board your coach and transfer back to the hotel.

Overnight accommodations at the Stary Hotel – Kraków

DAY THREE – Saturday, April 19, 2025 – Kraków

After breakfast, meet your guide and transfer to the Kazimierz District for a guided walking tour

After breakfast, meet your guide and depart for the scenic, approximately 30-minute transfer to the Kazimierz District via tram.

About the Kazimierz District

The district south of the Old Town between the Wisla River and Dietla (where a tributary of the Wisla once flowed), Kazimierz was the centre of Jewish life in Kraków for over 500 years before it was systematically destroyed during World War II. During the Communist era, it became one of Kraków’s dodgiest districts and gradually fell into disrepair. Rediscovered in the 1990s thanks to the fall of the regime and worldwide exposure through the lens of Steven Spielberg, Kazimierz has re-bounded and is today Kraków’s most exciting district; a bustling, bohemian neighbourhood packed with historical sites, atmospheric cafes, and art galleries.

Proceed for lunch at a local restaurant in Oswiecim, then proceed to Auschwitz on-foot

Following a guided walking tour of this historic district, re-board your coach and depart for the scenic drive to Oswiecim. Upon arrival, proceed for lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch, a short, guided stroll brings you to Auschwitz.

About the Auschwitz Death Camp

The death camp in Oswiecim, known as Konzentrationslager Auschwitz, was, in fact, a complex of camps comprising the largest German Nazi death factory, where 1.1-million people, mostly Jews, perished. Auschwitz consisted of several units, including the largest one at Brzezinka (Birkenau). Of the millions of people brought there in the period of 1940-1944, only 60-70 thousand utterly emaciated victims survived the time of liberation of the camp.

Take a guided tour of the National Museum of Oswiecim

Upon arrival at Auschwitz, take an unforgettably shocking, moving, and evocative guided tour of the National Museum of Oswiecim, which is situated on the site of this former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp.

Transfers back to your hotel for some free time to freshen-up before dinner

Following your visit, re-board your coach for the transfer back to your hotel in Krakow, and some free time to freshen-up before dinner.

Savour a sumptuous dinner at a local restaurant

This evening, meet your guide and proceed for a delicious dinner at a local restaurant. After dinner, re-board your coach and transfer back to the hotel.

Overnight accommodations in a (insert type of room) Room at the Stary Hotel – Kraków

DAY FOUR – Sunday, April 20, 2025 – Kraków/Hamburg

After breakfast, check-out, transfer to the airport for your flight to Hamburg

After breakfast at the hotel, check-out, and transfer to the airport for check-in and your scheduled, flight to Hamburg Upon arrival, meet your guide and transfer to the port of Hamburg.

Transfer to the pier and ship

Upon arrival at the port of Hamburg, transfer to the pier and embark the ship.

Please note: This Mid-Voyage Land Adventure requires an extensive amount of walking for approximately 11 miles (about 18 kilometres), at times over uneven, cobblestone, gravel, and natural surfaces and inclines, with a few steps to negotiate to get on/off the coaches and board/de-board the airplanes, and up to 800 steps at the Wieliczka Salt Mine. This tour is recommended for active guests in good physical condition. This tour is not suitable for pregnant guests, guests with back and/or neck problems, guests with heart and/or respiratory conditions, guests prone to motion sickness, guests with a fear of heights, guests with claustrophobia, guests with limited mobility, and guests who utilise a wheelchair. Guests are advised to wear warm, comfortable clothing in layers with flat, non-slip, sturdy, and closed-toe walking shoes or sneakers, and bring sun protection, insect repellent, sunglasses with a strap, a weatherproof jacket, raingear, an umbrella, a small backpack for land visits (for cameras, bottled water, etc.), camera, medications, binoculars, and Euros or credit cards for purchases from the ship. Guests must be at least 14 years old to participate on this tour; minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian over 18 years old. Guests must be at least 18 years old to be served alcoholic beverages. Guests must carry their passports and ship’s ID at all times. The tour sequence, timings, and itinerary may vary. Crods are expected at all sites, due to Easter celebrations. Space on this tour is extremely limited; we suggest you book well in advance to avoid disappointment.

Programme Includes:

Three-night stay at the Stary Hotel – Kraków

Scheduled flights: Amsterdam/Krakow and Krakow/Hamburg (Economy-Class). Business-Class is available upon request at an additional charge and subject to availability, as most aircraft do not offer business seating

Participating airlines restrict baggage allowance to one soft luggage with a maximum weight of approximately 23 kilograms, plus one carry-on luggage with a maximum weight of approximately 8 kilograms and a maximum size of approximately 11.8x7.8x3.9 inches (about 30x20x10 centimetres). Supplement for excess luggage is to be paid directly at the check-in counter.

Three breakfasts, two lunches, and three dinners

All sightseeing and transfers as per itinerary

Not Included:

Any meals and drinks not specified above, gratuities to drivers and tour guides, laundry, telephone calls, cancellation insurance and other personal items.