Tour 169 Poland & Medjugorje 13 days  
Warsaw, Swinice Warckie, Niepokalanow, Czestochowa, Wadowice, Zakopane, Krakow, Auschwitz, Lagiewniki & Medjugorje

YOUR TRIP INCLUDES:
crossbullet Round-trip air from New York to Poland (special Add-on Airfares from all US gateways)
bulet ALL AIRPORT TAXES & FUEL SURCHARGES!
bulet One way flight from Poland to Medjugorje
bulet 11 nights at centrally located first class hotels as follows: (or similar)
             ~ 2 nights: Radisson SAS, Warsaw
             ~ 1  night:  Mercure Patria, Czestochowa
             ~ 1  night:  Kasprowy, Zakopane
             ~ 3 nights: Radisson SAS, Krakow
             ~ 4 nights:  A modern home/Inn with private baths in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina
bulet Transfers as per itinerary
bulet Breakfast and Dinner daily
bulet Wine with dinners
bulet Transportation by air-conditioned motor coach
bulet Assistance of a professional local Catholic guide(s)
bulet Sightseeing and admissions fees as per itinerary
bulet Catholic Priest available for Spiritual Direction (English at 10:00am, and Croatian at 6:00pm)
bulet Mass daily & Spiritual activities (English at 10:00am, and Croatian at 6:00pm)
bulet Meeting with visionaries (if visionaries are in Medjugorje during your trip and pending availability)
bulet Visit to Community Cenacolo

bulet Luggage handling (1 piece per person)
bulet Flight bag & portfolio of all travel documents

 

Not Included: Lunches. Travel Insurance optional (www.206tours.com/insurance), Extended Cancellation Protection Plan @ $199 (www.206tours.com/cancellationprotection), Tips to your guide & driver (€7-9 per day). Items of a personal nature.



Sample Day-by-Day Itinerary:


Day 1 - USA  - Warsaw
Board a transatlantic flight bound for Poland. Dinner served on board.

 

Day 2 - Warsaw
Your tour director is at the airport to warmly greet you and soon you're comfortably settled at your hotel.  Upon arrival Mass at St. James Church, the church St. Faustina went when she arrived in Warsaw. The rest of the day is to relax. This evening enjoy welcome dinner and a show at a local restaurant.

 

Day 3 - Warsaw
After breakfast we visit all the landmarks of Warsaw: Old Town, Market Square, the Barbican, the Warsaw Ghetto monument, Lazienki Park, the Chopin statue, and the magnificently restored Royal Castle. Visit and  Mass at Visit 3-9 Zytnia  Street where Faustina entered the convent. Dinner and overnight.

 

Day 4 - Warsaw - Swinice Warckie - Niepokalanow - Czestochowa
After breakfast, we travel to Czestochowa, with a stop in Swinice Warckie to visit the parish church St. Casimir where St. Faustina was baptized Helen Kowalska. Continue to Niepokalanow, see a franciscan Monastery founded by St. Maximillian Kolbe and home of Basilica of Virgin Mary.  Next stop is the site of Poland's greatest pilgrimage shrine, Our Lady of Czestochowa.  Dinner and overnight.

 

Day 5 - Czestochowa - Wadowice - Zakopane
Mass and Visit Jasna Gora Monastery with the Black Madonna picture. One of the most important places of religious worship in the Christian world, with tradition of pilgrimages that goes back to the 14th century. Our Holy Father has frequently visited Jasna Gorna Monastery, known as the Shrine of the Black Madonna. We celebrate Mass at the Pauline Monastery and venerate the priceless treasures contained within, including the Miraculous Icon.  Next travel to Zakopane, with a stop along the way in Wadowice, the birthplace of Karol Wojtyla. Visit the church he was attended and was baptized as a child. Next we continue on to Zakopane, a resort village nestled in the splendor of the Tatras region. This afternoon we  take a cable car ride to the nearby mountaintop for extraordinary views. Dinner and overnight.

 

Day 6 - Zakopane - Krakow
Before we leave beautiful Zakopane,  for the great city of Krakow, we invite you to follow a short  distance on one of John Paul II's walking trails of the Zakopane region, a beautifully situated place within Tatras Mountains in the valley between Gubalowka and Giewont.  Zakopane and its vicinity is something of a mountain folklore reserve, with many pearls of typical wooden architecture. Horse-drawn carriages will take you to Kalatowki (optional). Admire picturesque landscapes of Polish highest mountains and visits the Hermitage of St. Brother Albert, founder of the Albertines Order. A short walk along colorful Krupowki Street for some last minute shopping in the local bazaar.  On route to Krakow we will stop at the Tieliczka Salt Mines. Upon arrival in Krakow, settled in, then perhaps a short stroll in the old city before or after your dinner.

 

Day 7-Krakow - Auschwitz - Krakow
After breakfast we explore Market Square and hear the silver trumpet of the bugler from St. Mary's Tower. Within the Cathedral you may pray before the extraordinary Wit Stwosz altar. The surroundings of the square have remained unchanged for almost 700 years and contain buildings of historic value such as St. Mary’s Church with the famous wooden altar, the Town Hall Tower, the Cloth Hall and the burgher’s houses. Tour the Cathedral, Coronation Chapel and the Royal Chambers where a superb collection of Arras tapestries is on view.  In the afternoon we go to Auschwitz, the notorious Nazi concentration camp. We will see the cell that imprisoned St. Maximillian Kolbe and the Martyrdom Museum recalling the horrors of the Holocaust. Return to Krakow for dinner and overnight.

 

Day 8 - Krakow - Full Day Visit to Lagiewniki
After breakfast we depart for our day's excursion to Lagiewniki. The capital of the Divine Mercy. It was here that originated the message of the Divine Mercy, which Christ Himself wished to pass on to our generation, through the mediation of St. Faustina. The Sanctuary houses grace-working image of Merciful Jesus and the relics of St. Faustina. We will visit the Shrine of Divine Mercy, St. Faustina's convent chapel, and we will visit St. Faustina's Tomb. Return to Krakow for our farewell dinner.

 

Day 9 - Krakow - Medjugorje
Early morning departure from Krakow for your flights to Medjugorje.  Upon arrival, you'll be greeted by a tour guide and/or driver who will then take you on the 2 1/2 hour drive by private coach to the village of Medjugorje.  Once there, you'll meet your fellow pilgrims and be introduced to your host family in whose modern and comfortable house you will be staying for the next four nights.

 

Day 10 to 12 - Medjugorje
Experience the beauty and peace of this simple village. During your stay in Medjugorje you will have the opportunity to share faith with pilgrims from all over the world.

Here are some of the activities you'll be sharing with our fellow pilgrims: Each morning at 10am we assemble at St. James Church for the English-language Mass (Feast days and Sundays English Mass is at Noon). Follow the path up Apparition Hill where the visionaries first encountered Our Lady. Touch and pray before the cross that commemorates the spot where Mary first appeared to the visionaries.

 

Each evening at 5pm or 6pm daylight savings time, we will join the villagers and pilgrims to pray the rosary. The apparition takes place at 5:40pm or 6:40 daylight savings time, and then stay on for Croatian Mass. Don't miss on Tuesdays and Saturdays Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and on Fridays Veneration of the Cross in the Church. Each evening during Croatian Mass, there is the Blessing of the Sick and blessing of the items you have with you.

Our guide will arrange meetings with the visionaries at their own homes provided that they are in Medjugorje during your trip, and pending their availability. We will have the opportunity to climb Krizevac Mountain, where in 1933 the villagers built a 30' high cross on the anniversary of Jesus' crucifixion. Visit and pray at "Blue Cross", which is a place of great healings and graces- a very special place at the base of Apparition Hill.

 

We will visit the community of Cenacolo.

 

* This part of  your trip in Medjugorje is meant to provide you with time for a personal retreat. As such, your time in Medjugorje is not designed to be a “tour”, but rather to provide you with time to pray, reflect, and explore on your own as you feel called. On arrival, you will have an orientation tour after which a representative of 206 Tours will be available should you have any questions or requests, however, you will not have a guide with you through out your stay. Daily Mass in English, as well as English confessions are available at St. James Church. During your stay in Medjugorje you will have full discretion over how your time is spent, in order to have the fullest spiritual experience possible. If you would prefer our traditional pilgrimage/tour of Medjugorje, we would recommend you consider our Tour #1 (www.206tours.com/tour1) which provides a tour escort and spiritual leader through out your stay.

 

Day 13 - Medjugorje - USA
After an early breakfast and heartfelt farewells, we leave by motor coach for Dubrovnik Airport (Split or Sarajevo) for return flights home.



Additional Information & Travel Tips

 

What to Know Before You Go to Poland

 

What to Know Before You Go to Medjugorje


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Travel Dates Land Only
(no airfare)
*Air & Land # of
Pilgrims
Jul 31 - Aug 12, 2012   $2,649 $4,749
Aug 28 - Sep 9, 2012   $2,649 $4,749
Sep 25 - Oct 7, 2012   $2,549 $4,299
Oct 23 - Nov 4, 2012   $2,549 $4,299
Nov 20 - Dec 2, 2012   $2,349 $3,899

 

 

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Single Supplement/Private Room $699
Land with Inter-European Flights one-way from Poland to Medjugorje
(no international airfare or arrival/departure transfers are included)
Please contact us for an affordable quote
Business Class Upgrade (one-way) $1,650
First Class available upon request
Children's discounts for children under 12 upon request
Clergy Discount 10%

 

 

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Tatra Mountains   Krakow, Poland
Tatra Mountains
Zakopane, Poland
  Main Square
Krakow, Poland
     
Wieliczka Salt Mines   Pope John Paul II Statue
Wieliczka Salt Mines
Krakow, Poland
  Pope John Paul II Statue
Shrine of Divine Mercy
Lagiewniki, Poland

 

 

Pilgrimage to Poland & Medjugorje Map

Our Lady of Czestochowa
Our Lady of Czestochowa
Czestochowa, Poland


St. Maximilian Kolbe Cell
Auschwitz, Poland

Saint James Church
Medjugorje

Old Town Warsaw Poland

Old Town
Warsaw, Poland

Prayer Service, Apparition Hill
Medjugorje

Franciscan Monastery Niepokalanow
Franciscan Monastery
Niepokalanow, Poland

Basilica Wadowice, Poland
Basilica
Wadowice, Poland



 
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