Distance: 2.699 km
Number of days: 10
Price: 999 EUR
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ALL AROUND POLAND |
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While riding All Around Poland, we will take you along the edges of our country. Thanks to this, you are able to get to know its diversity by undertaking a trip through many characteristic, sometimes contrasting regions of Poland. We start with visiting a 13-th century castle Drahim, erected by the Order of the Knights of Malta. Afterwards we visit an abandoned Soviet base, built in the era of communism. Through the Tuchola Forests, we ride to Gdansk where we sightsee the old town, with the famous 14-th century port crane in the front. From Gdansk we go to Frombork, a town where the great astronomer Nicolas Copernicus lived and made his discoveries. We visit his private observatory and use Fuocault’s pendulum proof, that our planet really spins. The following day of the trip we spend in Mazury – a region of 2.700 Replicas Relojes natural water reservoirs. We step by the Wolfs’ Liar – a secret bunker built for the purpose of being Adolf Hitler’s indestructible headquarters. We also see how ships sail on the grass, watching them on the Elbląg Canal. We spent one night in the heart of the Biebrza marshland, where we taste appetizing specialities of the local cuisine. One day we spend riding far from traffic and main roads, having in sight lands, that belonged to the Soviet Union until several years ago. That day, we ride along the eastern border of Poland, across regions that have recently been the poorest in the European Union. We have also prepared a day for a rest from the motorcycle saddle. We spend it in Zamość, a charming city in the East of Poland, with the old town belonging to the UNESCO world heritage list. Due to its architecture, Zamość is called the Padua of the East. From Zamość we move to the south – east outskirts of Poland – the Bieszczady mountains. Bieszczady is a relatively low urbanised region, where still, not many tourists come. The pearl of the Bieszczady mountains is Solina lake, picturesquely filling narrow valleys with its navy blue waters. From Bieszczady we head westwards into the following mountain ranges, i.e. Pieniny, Karpaty and Beskidy. At the Czorsztym reservoir we visit two strongholds, standing on its opposite banks. We spent a night in the capital of the Polish Tatra mountains i.e. Zakopane. We try to climb with the cable railway to the Kasprowy Wierch peak, reaching 1.987 m above sea level. Further, riding narrow, winding, mountain roads we go to Żywiec, famous of its brewery founded in 1856. We tour this brewery with the local tour guide. From Żywiec, we go to the border town of Cieszyn, where we visit the town’s Castle Hill. There is a historic donjon, estimated to have its origin in 1180. Its picture is also printed on the Polish 20 PLN banknote. The following day is completed by visiting a 13-th century, the third biggest castle in Poland – the Castle Książ. Going farther westwards, we stop by a phenomenal object, which is the Skull Chapel in Czermna. At the end we sightsee a small, artistic glassworks, where we can see utilitarian pieces of glass art being made by hand.
Distance: 2.699 km
Number of days: 10
Number of overnight stays: 9
Price: 999 EUR
What is included in the price: all accommodation, all breakfasts, 24h company of the group leader, local tour guides according to the following description. Accommodation at premises of minimum *** standard.
At noon a meeting with the group leader in Kołbaskowo, at the petrol station Orlen, 1 km from the German – Polish border. We start at once with a 140 km long section, to reach a 13-th century Castle Drahim, erected by the Order of Knights of Malta. After visiting the site, there is the possibility to have lunch at the castle. Then we ride to Borne Sulinowo, where we stay overnight. After being accommodated in a hotel, picturesquely located on the lake’s shore, we are taken by military vehicles to visit a town that did not exist on the maps until the late 80’s. We spend 2 hours with the local guide acknowledging the history of the town which was the Soviet military base in the times ruled by communism. Abandoned in the 90’s, it is nowadays completely empty. Apart from naked walls, nothing has been left.
Distance: 172 km
Included in the price: accommodation, company of the group leader, tour guide at the Castle Drahim.
Not included in the price: entrance ticket to Castle Drahim – 8 PLN, lunch at Castle Drahim – about 25 PLN, tour guide in Borne Sulinowo – 40 PLN (with transportation to the abandoned base and back to the hotel), petrol, other food and beverages.
Links:
http://drahim.pl/ - possible lunch - 25 PLN
http://www.bornesulinowo.pl/Turystyka/Ciekawostki/ciekawostki.htm
We depart at 8.00 a.m. from Borne Sulinowo, in order to have enough time to visit the town of Frombork in the evening. By the road through thick forests called Bory Tucholskie, we ride to the Regional Promotion Centre in Szymbark, where among others, the longest board in the world and an upside down house or the Kassubian hut is located. It is not far from Szymbark to one of the most important centres of the Hanza cities association – Gdańsk. We tour the old town of Gdańsk, with the famous 14-th century port crane in the front. From Gdańsk, we head towards Elbląg, but in order to avoid the heavily-trafficked-road Gdańsk – Warsaw, we turn northwards to Sobieszewo, where over the floating bridge and a ferry in Świbno, we cross the Vistula river and reach Elbląg. Continuing along the express road S22 and a local one 505, we arrive at Frombork, the town where the great astronomer Nicolas Copernicus lived and discovered his theories. After booking in, we walk around the town, sightseeing the most important historic objects and Nicolas Copernicus’ remains.
Distance: 317 km.
Included in the price: breakfast, 24h company of the group leader, English speaking tour guide at the Regional Promotion Centre in Szymbark, English speaking tour guide in Gdańsk, English speaking tour guide in Frombork, accommodation.
Not included in the price: entrance ticket to the Regional Promotion Centre in Szymbark – 10 PLN, entrance tickets to historic sites in Gdańsk, parking in Gdańsk – 2 PLN/h, lunch at the Regional Promotion Centre in Szymbark – 30 PLN, ferry fee – 5 PLN, entrance tickets to historic sites in Frombork – about 20 PLN, petrol, other food and beverages.
Links:
http://www.cepr.pl/en/index.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gdańsk
http://www.promswibno.pl/index.html
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brama_Żuraw_w_Gdańsku
http://www.frombork.pl/index.php?lang=en
The third day of our trip we start by visiting one of the seven wonders of Poland – the Elbląg Canal, represented by the Jelenie ramp. This ramp is equipped with special cars, which transports ships on rails. The phenomenon looks as if a ship sails on the grass. From the canal, we travel towards the Great Mazurian Lakes region. On the way, we suggest having lunch in Lidzbark Warminski, a town over which towers a Castle of the Warmia Bishops. Unfortunately we have no time to tour this beautiful building, as the following attraction of the day is the concrete bunker, called the Wolf’s Lair. It was dedicated to be Adolf Hitler’s main headquarters. The nearby forests hide the ruins of more than 200 buildings, which made up this mysterious place. From the Wolf’s Lair, using winding roads through Pilska Primeval Forest, passing beautiful lakes, we reach the heart of the broad Biebrza marshland. This marshland is one of the biggest mainstays of nature in Europe, being enclaved in the form of the National Park, covering 60.000 ha. We spend the night in a lonely, remote place, surrounded by marshland. There is only one road, built by the Russian Tsar, to get to our accommodation. Our hosts receive us with a grilled dinner, consisting of local specialties.
Distance: 366 km
Included in the price: breakfast, 24h company of the group leader, tour guide at the Wolf’s Lair, grill dinner at the Biebrza marshland, accommodation.
Not included in the price: entrance ticket to the Wolf’s Lair – 12 PLN, petrol, other food and beverages.
Links:
http://www.wolfsschanze.pl/en/index.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbląg_Canal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biebrza_National_Park
http://www.restauracja-starowka.pl/ - lunch 40 PLN
The following day of All Around Poland we intend for the contemplation of the eastern edges of Poland in silence and calm. We ride far from any traffic or big cities. We marked the route in a way to run along the eastern border of Poland. The only attraction of this day is a visit to the world famous stable of Arab horses in Janów Podlaski. After a lesson on how to breed a champion, we ride southwards having on the left hand side a view of the river Bug, beyond which lies the territory of Belarus and later the Ukraine. Due to the fact, that the eastern border of Poland is also the eastern border of the European Union, we meet many patrols of border guards. This day we are far from being in a hurry, even for a while. Additionally the roads are of poor condition, unsuitable for riding at higher speeds. We spend the night in Zamość, precisely in the heart of the old town, which is why Zamość is called the Padua of the East.
Distance: 441 km
Included in the price: breakfast, 24h company of the group leader, tour guide at the stable in Janów Lubelski, accommodation.
Not included in the price: petrol, other food and beverages.
Links:
http://www.janow.arabians.pl/
http://www.czarpolesia.com/restauracja.html - lunch 30 PLN
The fifth day of the trip we spent in Zamość, resting from the motorcycle saddle and sleeping noticeably longer than on other trip days. It does not mean that we have not prepared any attractions. Still before midday, we invite you to visit the town with the local tour guide. For those, who would still like to jump on the motorcycles, we have marked out a short route around Zamość. We suggest riding through the Roztocze Landscape Park to Krasnobród, where inhabitants of Zamość spent their holidays at the small lake. In Guciów, we can see how local huts looked a few centuries ago. Going farther, we stop in the shadows of a small, local brewery, which is located in the neighborhood of a baroque church picturesquely placed on a tiny island surrounded by water. Riding several kilometers further, we arrive at a town which embodies probably the most hard to pronounce sentence in Polish language, i.e. “W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie”, which means “In Szczebrzeszyn a beetle buzzes in the reed” (available for listening at Wikipedia). Inhabitants of Szczebrzeszyn put up a sizeable sculpture of this legendary insect. In the evening we come back to Zamość, to spend the easy-going rest of the day at the beautiful market square.
Distance: 80 km
Included in the price: breakfast, 24h company of the group leader, English speaking tour guide at Zamość, accommodation.
Not included in the price: petrol, other food and beverages.
Links:
http://www.zamosc.pl/zamosc.php?get=page,629
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwierzyniec
http://www.guciow.pl/index-e.htm
http://www.krasnobrod.pl/krasnobrod.php?get=page,,9
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szczebrzeszyn
We start from Zamość, moving from relatively flat land into Bieszczady, considered by many people as the most beautiful Polish mountain range. Quiet valleys, smooth hills covered by deciduous forests, crossed by swift, rivers, create the charm of this region. Quite a long first section of the day, we ride through forests and small Lesser Karpatian villages. We stop only in Przemyśl, where after lunch, we go to the bells and pipes museum (unfortunately one day a week the museum is closed). Przemyśl is famous for manufacturing these unusual items. Not far from Przemyśl, a late renaissance palace is located – the Krasiczyn Palace. Touring this object with an English speaking tour guide takes us 1 hour. From Krasiczyn, we start our adventure in the Bieszczady mountains, which gradually rise in line with the following kilometres covered by us. After Ustrzyki Dolne, we stop at one of many in this region, a wooden Orthodox church. The following route leads along more and more twisted and winding roads, in the direct neighbourhood of Solina Lake. Our accommodation is a very new hotel, located on the lake shore.
Distance: 284 km
Included in the price: breakfast, 24h company of the group leader, tour guide at the bells and pipes museum, English speaking tour guide at the Krasiczyn Palace, accommodation.
Not included in the price: entrance ticket to the bells and pipes museum – 8 PLN, permit for taking photos at the bells and pipes museum – 10 PLN, entrance ticket to the Krasiczyn Palace and its park – 10 PLN, petrol, other food and beverages.
Links:
http://www.muzeum.przemysl.pl/wieza/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=19&Itemid=42
http://www.krasiczyn.com.pl/
http://www.przemysl.pl/english/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Przemyśl_fortress
http://w-droge.pl/miejscowosci/34-miejscowosci/142-hoszow.html
http://www.dominikanska.com.pl – lunch 40 PLN
In the morning we go to the power plant, located inside the dam, which created Solina Lake. With a tour guide, we visit the dam and devices installed inside it. We get back to the hotel, collect baggage and run westwards through the following mountain ranges, i.e. Pieniny and Tatra. Narrow, slightly damaged roads lead us through lonely lands, where unbroken nature dictates the rhythm of life. In the afternoon we come to the Czorsztyn reservoir, where the landscape is dominated by two strongholds standing still on its opposite banks, i.e. Niedzica and Czorsztyn. After visiting Niedzica castle, we sail to the opposite bank in order to see, more ruin than a building. – Castle Czorsztyn. The last section of the seventh day of the trip lead us into the High Tatra, all the way to Zakopane – the capital of the Polish Tatra mountains. We spend the night close to one of the most famous promenades in Poland – Krupówki street, being the visiting card of Zakopane.
Attention: There is no possibility to book tickets for Niedzica Caste, waiting in a queue is unavoidable.
Distance: 322 km
Included in the price: breakfast, 24h company of the group leader, parking at the Solina dam, tour guide at the Solina dam, accommodation.
Not included in the price: entrance ticket to the Solina dam – 14 PLN, entrance ticket to Niedzica Castle – 12 PLN, guarded parking at Niedzica Castle – 6 PLN, boat to the other bank of Czorsztyn reservoir and back – 10 PLN, entrance ticket to the ruins of Czorsztyn Castle – 4 PLN, petrol, other food and beverages.
Links:
http://solina.pl/galeria/zwiedzanie-zapory/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niedzica_Castle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czorsztyn
http://www.promocja.zakopane.pl/?strona,podserwis,pol,glowna,0,0,mainpage,english,ant.html
http://www.czardaszniedzica.pl/ - lunch 35 PLN
No, we do not encourage you to drink beer in the Polish Tatra mountains. Before we arrive at the brewery in Żywiec, we try to get a cable railway and reach Kasprowy Wierch – one of the highest peaks in Poland (1.987 m). The decision whether to go uphill depends on the length of the queue to the cable railway. We have 1,5 hours to spend at the peak, with a magnificent view of the High Tatra mountains. After coming back to the hotel, we continue our route westwards, towards another mountain range – Beskidy. The whole section consists of winding roads running along high, rocky mountains. We arrive at Żywiec, where we sightsee a plant of one of the most well known Polish brewery trademarks – Żywiec. This is a possibility to get to know the history of the brewery industry as well as the technological changes, which have modernised the way of beer production. There is a tasting and a small gift included in the ticket price. There is also the possibility to have lunch on the brewery premises. We travel for the night to the Polish – Czech town of Cieszyn. For tireless travellers we encourage a tour of the Castle Hill in the old part of the town.
Distance: 202 km
Included in the price: breakfast, 24h company of the group leader, tour guide at the Żywiec brewery, accommodation.
Not included in the price: cable railway ticket to Kasprowy Wierch and back – 42 PLN, entrance ticket to the Żywiec brewery – 18 PLN, petrol, other food and beverages.
Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasprowy_Wierch
http://www.pkl.pl/zima/zimowa-oferta/kasprowy-wierch/kolej-linowakasprowy-wierch/galeria.html?tx_chgallery_pi1%5Bdir%5D=1&tx_chgallery_pi1%5Bsingle%5D=1&tx_chgallery_pi1%5Bpointer%5D=1&cHash=a972aabe4704f9e799e7bdb7bef8ccc5#c443
http://www.muzeumbrowaru.pl/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beskids
http://www.cieszyn.pl/?iLang=4
The last but one day of our trip we spend in the land of the Kłodzko Valley. Due to the relatively long distance to ride, our route goes partly on the main roads and partly on the old, side and winding roads, which is what makes them in bad condition. Close to Kudowa – Zdrój, we visit a very shocking site open for tourists, which undoubtedly is the Skull Chapel. There are bones of 24 thousand victims of the Silesian wars and the cholera epidemic, collected. From Kudowa – Zdrój, we move into the neighbourhood of the town Wałbrzych, where we tour the third the biggest castle in Poland – Castle Książ. We have an overnight stay in the town of Karpacz, at the restored villa from the late 19-th century. Karpacz lies at the foot of the biggest peak of the Karkonosze mountain range – Śnieżka.
Attention: Visiting the Castle Książ is undertaken in groups of a minimum of 15 persons. Due to this, our group is supposed to pay few PLN more per person.
Distance: 400 km
Included in the price: breakfast, 24h company of the group leader, tour guide at the Castle Książ, accommodation.
Not included in the price: entrance ticket to the Skull Chapel – 4 PLN, entrance ticket to Castle Książ – 25 PLN, permit for taking photos at Castle Książ – 6 PLN, permit for taking video shots at Castle Książ – 9 PLN, petrol, other food and beverages.
Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_Chapel_in_Czermna
http://www.ksiaz.walbrzych.pl/
http://www.hotelamalia.pl/restauracja_i_kawiarnia.html - lunch 60 PLN
From Karpacz we head towards Szklarska Poręba. The first section of the route we cover using a narrow mountain road, which is being used by the organisers of the Tour de Pologne championship. In Szklarska Poręba, we visit a small, family based glasswork, where artistic pieces of glass are manufactured. Before our very eyes the practised hands of an experienced glassworker manufactures pieces of art made of colourful glass. From Szklarska Poręba, with the use of mountain roads, the group leader leads the group until the A4 motorway, where he separates from the group. From there, only 20 km further you reach the Polish – German border.
Distance: 115 km to A4 motorway.
Included in the price: breakfast, company of the group leader until A4 motorway.
Not included in the price: entrance ticket to the glasswork – 6 PLN, petrol, motorway fee, other food and beverages.
Links:
http://www.lesnahuta.pl/galeria.php
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