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Insight Tours Europe & Britain: Poland
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In 'The Golden Age of Touring', select groups of travellers expected and received personalized service, balanced itineraries and carefully chosen, well located hotels. Over time, many of these desirable touring principles have long been forgotten - but not by Insight. We remain committed to the ideals of the Golden Age and have refined touring to deliver comfort, enjoyment and value, which is why more people choose Insight each year for their European holiday.
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Highlights of Eastern Europe (2012/13) with Insight VacationsInsight Tour Code: R958
Land Price From: $3,635.00
15 Days
Delve behind the former ‘Iron Curtain’ to find medieval charm, a rich culture infused with religious devotion and some confronting reminders of WWII. Tour Pace: This feature packed tour is well paced with two-night stays virtually throughout. This allows time for both sightseeing and leisure in each of the towns and cities visited. All driving days are of a reasonable length with frequent stops. Hotels: The location of Cesky Krumlov’s Old Inn hotel can’t be beat - it’s right on the main square. True to form, the Hilton, Sheraton and Marriott hotels on this tour are modern and stylish. In comparison, Budapest’s Corinthia Grand Royal is elegant and historical, reflecting the grace and charm of its location.
Insight Tours: Dining Highlights
- A Welcome Reception with light meal (WR)
- Dine around evening in Warsaw where you choose from a selection of restaurants (DA)
- Celebration Dinner with wine in Vienna (CD)
- 13 Buffet Breakfasts (BB) and 4 three-course table d’hôte Dinners, or Buffets, plus tea or coffee (D)
Insight Tours: First Class Services
- Escorted by a professional Tour Director
- Headsets for all guided visits and walking tours
- Enjoy the unique comfort of Insight’s luxury air-conditioned 40 seat coach with extended leg room and on-board restroom
- Insight Hotels include all service charges, taxes and porterage
- Insight Traveller Welcome pack
- Airport arrival and departure transfers at scheduled times on Day 2 and Day 15 (Should your flights not coincide with these transfers, please make your own way to/from the airport)
Insight Tours: Highlights
- Budapest: Enjoy skyline views from Gellert Hill. Walk through the cobbled streets of the medieval Castle Hill district to visit Matthias Church. Gaze out over the huge Parliament building from the Fisherman’s Bastion. Visit Heroes’ Square in Pest.
- Slovakia: See Oravsky Hrad Castle and some of Slovakia’s traditional wooden houses.
- Krakow: See the trumpeter in the tower of St Mary’s Church. Visit Wawel Cathedral. View Cloth Hall in the town square and the courtyard of Jagiellonian University.
- Oswiecim: Tour the former Auschwitz concentration camp.
- Czestochowa: See the Black Madonna in the monastery.
- Warsaw: Visit the Old Town and Chopin & Ghetto memorials.
- Berlin: See Tiergarten, Reichstag and Brandenburg Gate.
- Dresden: Admire the mosaic on the Saxon wall of the castle.See Frauenkirche, Cathedral, Zwinger Palace and Opera House.
- Prague: Visit St Vitus Cathedral in Prague Castle and the Old Town Square with its Astronomical Clock
- Cesky Krumlov: Join a local guide to visit the castle.
- Dürnstein: Call in at this charming riverside village.
- Vienna: Visit the State Apartments of Schönbrunn Palace. An entrée to Viennese café culture. See the Hofburg, Opera House, Parliament building and St Charles’ Church.
- Scenic Drives: Wachau Valley, Erzgebirge and Tatra Mountains.
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Highlights of Poland (2012/13) with Insight VacationsInsight Tour Code: E975
Land Price From: $2,285.00
10 Days
After the ravages of war and the yoke of Communism, Poland is now experiencing a renaissance. This tour looks beyond its stormy past to the rich culture and proud history. Tour Pace: There are no long driving days here. This tour is comfortably paced and well planned to allow for the right combination of sightseeing and leisure time. Hotels: It’s always reassuring to see names like Sheraton, Hilton, Rasisson Blu and InterContinental on your hotel list. Not to be denied, however, is the Hotel Bulwar in Torun, situated on the picturesque embankment of the Vistula river. While your welcoming Zakopane hotel reflects the local highland style.
Insight Tours: Dining Highlights
- 8 Buffet Breakfasts (BB)
- A Welcome Reception with light meal (WR)
- Dine around evening in Toruń where you choose from a selection of restaurants (DA)
- Highlight Dinner with folklore entertainment in Zakopane (HD)
- End-of-tour Celebration Dinner with wine in Warsaw (CD)
Insight Tours: First Class Services
- Escorted by a professional Tour Director
- Headsets for all guided visits and walking tours
- Enjoy the unique comfort of Insight’s luxury air-conditioned 40 seat coach with extended leg room and on-board restroom
- Insight Hotels include all service charges, taxes and porterage
- Insight Traveller Welcome pack
- Airport arrival and departure transfers at scheduled times on Day 2 and Day 10 (Should your flights not coincide with these transfers, please make your own way to/from the airport)
Insight Tours: Highlights
- Krakow: A walking tour of the Town Square shows you the Cloth Hall and St Mary’s Church. Ascend Wawel Hill to see the Castle, ‘Wawel Dragon’ and visit the Cathedral. Cross the old Jewish Quarter to visit the Oscar Schindler Factory Museum.
- Zakopane: Explore this famous resort town.
- Oświęcim: Tour the former Auschwitz concentration camp.
- Wrocław: See the mansions and flower markets of the Plac Solny, the Baroque splendour of the Main Market Square, and be introduced to Wrocław’s cheeky Gnomes.
- Poznań: Enjoy some time in the colourful Old Town Square.
- Toruń: Discover the outstanding medieval architecture with a local guide.
- Gdansk: Enjoy a guided tour of the town including the Westerplatte and Gdansk Shipyards.
- Sopot: See the ‘Crooked House’ and Europe’s longest wooden pier in this fashionable seaside resort.
- Malbork: Visit the largest brick Gothic castle in the world.
- Warsaw: See the Palace of Culture, admire the Chopin Monument in Łazienki Park, visit the Ghetto Memorial and the Historical Museum, followed by a walk through the Old Town.
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Northern Capitals and Russia (2012/13) with Insight VacationsInsight Tour Code: E947
Land Price From: $5,364.00
19 Days
Discover how these eight countries encircling the Baltic Sea have been shaped by conflict over the centuries; from the Thirty Years’ War to the end of the Cold War. Tour Pace: The clever use of boat and train, plus the two and three night stays makes this extensive itinerary quite reasonably paced. Seasoned travellers will know that border crossing formalities can extend the length of some driving days. Hotels: There are some great modern hotels here, reflecting the local style. You will appreciate the River Neva setting of the Courtyard St. Petersburg Vasilievsky. While the pride of the Radisson Blu Lietuva is the Sky Bar on the 22nd floor with magnificent views over Vilnius.
Insight Tours: Dining Highlights
- A Welcome Reception with light meal (WR)
- Dine Russian style in Moscow where your Highlight meal includes caviar, blinis, vodka and champagne (HD)
- Highlight Dinner at the hotel in Minsk (HD)
- Choose from a selection of restaurants in Vilnius (DA)
- End-of-tour Celebration Dinner with wine in Warsaw (CD)
- 17 Buffet Breakfasts (BB), 3 Lunches (L) and 3 three-course table d’hôte Dinners, or Buffets, plus tea or coffee (D)
Insight Tours: First Class Services
- Escorted by a professional Tour Director
- Headsets for all guided visits and walking tours
- Enjoy the unique comfort of Insight’s luxury air-conditioned 40 seat coach with extended leg room and on-board restroom
- Insight Hotels include all service charges, taxes and porterage
- Cruise in A-Class cabins with sea views and flat screen TV
- Afternoon train from St Petersburg to Moscow
- Insight Traveller Welcome pack
- Airport arrival and departure transfers at scheduled times on Day 2 and Day 19 (Should your flights not coincide with these transfers, please make your own way to/from the airport)
Insight Tours: Highlights
- Berlin: See the Reichstag and the Brandenburg Gate.
- Copenhagen: Visit the world-famous Tivoli Gardens and Christiansborg. See the Rosenborg Palace, Stock Exchange, Amalienborg Palace and ‘Little Mermaid’ statue.
- Stockholm: Visit the Gold Room in City Hall and see the Cathedral and the Royal Palace.
- Helsinki: Visit the ‘Church in the Rock’. See the Sibelius Monument and Finlandia Hall
- St Petersburg: Tour the spectacular Hermitage Museum. See the ‘Church of Spilled Blood’, Nevsky Prospect and cruiser ‘Aurora’. Hear the story of the siege of Leningrad.
- Petrodvorets: Cruise by hydrofoil to Peter the Great’s Summer Palace. Visit the beautiful gardens and fountains.
- Moscow: Visit the glorious metro stations. Tour Red Square, seeing St Basil’s Cathedral and Lenin’s tomb. Visit one of the Cathedrals inside the Kremlin walls.
- Minsk: See Victory Square and Church of St. Simon and Helena.
- Vilnius: Visit the church of St Peter and St Paul and see the cathedral. Walk with a guide through the Old Town to the Jesuit University, Gates of Dawn and the former Soviet headquarters of the KGB. Visit the restored red-brick Gothic castle of Trakai
- Warsaw: See the Palace of Culture, the Chopin Monument in Łazienki Park, visit the Ghetto Memorial and walk through the Old Town to enjoy a film about its reconstruction after WWII.
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Russia, Warsaw and the Baltic States (2012/13) with Insight VacationsInsight Tour Code: E977
Land Price From: $3,650.00
15 Days
Set out from a resurgent Warsaw for the burgeoning Baltic capitals. Your journey reaches its zenith with three nights in each of Russia’s great imperial cities. Tour Pace: This tour moves at a comfortable pace with two-night stays in Warsaw, Tallinn and Vilnius, plus three-nights in both Moscow and St Petersburg. This allows for in-depth exploration, as well as leisure time to shop, relax or indulge in optional excursions. Hotels: The Radisson Blu brand is synonymous with chic, style and elegance. The three properties in the Baltic States are all conveniently located. The Courtyard Marriott Pushkin claims to be one of the finest hotels in St Petersburg.
Insight Tours: Dining Highlights
- A Welcome Reception with light meal (WR)
- Choose from a selection of restaurants on your Tallinn Dine-Around evening (DA)
- Enjoy an end-of-tour Celelbration Dinner at a Moscow restaurant including wine and good cheer (CD)
- 13 Buffet Breakfasts (BB), and 4 three-course table d’hôte Dinners, or Buffets, plus tea or coffee (D)
Insight Tours: First Class Services
- Escorted by a professional Tour Director
- Headsets for all guided visits and walking tours
- Enjoy the unique comfort of Insight’s luxury air-conditioned 40 seat coach with extended leg room and on-board restroom
- One-way train journey from St Petersburg to Moscow
- Insight Hotels include all service charges, taxes and porterage
- Insight Traveller Welcome pack
- Airport arrival and departure transfers at scheduled times on Day 2 and Day 15 (Should your flights not coincide with these transfers, please make your own way to/from the airport)
Insight Tours: Highlights
- Warsaw: See the Palace of Culture, the Chopin Monument in Łazienki Park, visit the Ghetto Memorial and walk through the Old Town to enjoy a film about its reconstruction after WWII.
- Vilnius: Visit the church of St Peter and St Paul and see the cathedral. Walk with a guide through the Old Town to the Jesuit University, Gates of Dawn and the former Soviet headquarters of the KGB. Visit the restored red-brick Gothic castle of Trakai
- Siauliai: Visit the astonishing ‘Votive Hill of Crosses’.
- Riga: Visit Domkirk and see the city walls, House of the Three Brothers, Swedish Gate and the castle of the Livonian Knights.
- Tallinn: Stroll the cobbled streets of the Old Town to see the Weighing House, Pharmacy and Town Hall in the Market Square.
- Narva: See the Hermannsburg fortress.
- St Petersburg: See the great dome of St Isaac’s Cathedral, the fortress of St Peter and Paul and the cruiser ‘Aurora’. Drive down Nevsky Prospekt to see the Cathedral of Kazan. Tour the spectacular collection in the Hermitage Museum.
- Petrodvorets: Visit the gardens and fountains of Peter the Great’s summer residence.
- Moscow: Visit the glorious metro stations. Tour Red Square, seeing St Basil’s Cathedral and Lenin’s tomb. Visit one of the Cathedrals inside the Kremlin walls.
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