CHRISTMAS MARKETS OF POLAND PRAGUE AND GERMANY (CLASSIC GROUP)

• Transfers for your hotel depart from Kraków airport.
• Meet your Travel Director and fellow travellers at 17:00 for a Welcome Dinner with wine at a local restaurant.
• Afterwards, get your first taste of Polish old-world charm with a walk around the magnificent Cloth Hall in the Market Square.
• Wrapped in romantic gabled townhouses and Gothic spires, the festive Christmas Market stalls are a Disneyesque dream, offering all sorts of delicacies and delights – from Highland woollen slippers to amber jewellery from the Baltic.
• Maybe try the traditional oscypek cheese with cranberries, a delicacy from the Tatra mountains?

• Ascend Wawel Hill with your Local Expert to see the Renaissance castle and visit the cathedral – the final resting place of the Kings of Poland.
• Then cross the former Jewish Quarter of Kazimierz to Old Podgórze, the Old Town, to see Ghetto Square and remains of the Ghetto Wall.
• The rest of the day is at leisure or perhaps choose to visit the Wieliczka Salt Mine?
• There is time to explore the traditional Christmas Market located in the Old Town’s historic district.
• You’ll find yourself immersed in festive spirit as you shop for authentic Christmas decorations, gifts, toys and tasty treats.

• Journey to the city of Wrocław, known as the Venice of Poland, made up of five rivers, 12 islands and over 150 bridges.
• Enjoy an orientation of the market, located in Rynek, the historic main square which is surrounded by Baroque splendour and adorned with thousands of twinkling lights.
• Enjoy a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience as you taste delicious gingerbread.
• Using only local ingredients, they are baked following the traditional recipes of Lower Silesia region.
• Spend time exploring the vast array of stalls bursting with local crafts and tasty treats.

• This morning leave your hotel in Wroclaw and cross the Czech border, continuing your travels to the historic capital of Prague.

• Explore Prague with Insight Choice.
• Choose to walk the courtyards of the Castle and visit the imposing St. Vitus Cathedral.
• Alternatively, join your Local Expert through the Jewish Quarter and hear about the history, traditions and legends of the Jewish people.
• Then, down at the Old Town Square, Prague’s colourful Christmas Market contrasts with the Gothic skyline.
• Beneath a giant Christmas tree, draped in a blaze of lights, locals browse the decorative wooden stalls.
• Meet a local stallholder and savour a glass of Svařák, traditional mulled wine, along with the local Trdelník pastry.

• Cross the German border to Dresden.
• Gaze up at the Frauenkirche, risen once again from wartime ashes.
• Your guided exploration with a Local Expert will continue past the colossal ‘Procession of the Dukes’ mosaic, the cathedral, Semper Opera House and Zwinger Palace.
• During your free time perhaps seek out the delicious Christstollen, a Christmas cake recipe dating back to medieval times, or shop for a traditional Christmas pyramid. Then journey on to Berlin.

• Join a Local Expert to see the Brandenburg Gate, State Opera House, remnants of the Berlin Wall, Unter den Linden, and the beautifully-restored Reichstag building.
• Feel free to soak up the Weihnachtszauber, or Christmas magic, at the Gendarmenmarkt, which is Berlin’s most magnificent square.
• In the evening, join your friends for a festive Celebration Dinner with wine and good cheer at a local restaurant.

• Your journey draws to a close after breakfast.
• Departure transfers arrive at Berlin airport.

Departure Transfer: 07:00, 10:00