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YOUR journey
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Art & Culture 
Expert Scholar 
Food Tasting Tour 
Heritage 
UNESCO Heritage Sites
Program Itinerary
DAY 1
ON OUR WAY
Sun. Mar 28, 2027
- Depart from the US.
Overnight: Flight
DAY 2
1,000 YEARS OF JEWISH HISTORY
Mon. Mar 29, 2027
- Arrive at Warsaw Chopin Airport, where individual arrival transfers will greet you and bring you directly to your hotel for a smooth and comfortable start.
- 11:00 a.m. Meet your J² Expert Educator at the hotel for an introduction to Warsaw, the itinerary ahead, and the extraordinary 1,000-year arc of Jewish life in Poland.
- Get your first steps through Warsaw’s Old Town, rebuilt stone by stone after wartime destruction. Wander past cafés, squares, and historic streets that whisper stories of the Jewish presence that once animated them.
- Free time for lunch on own in the Old Town.
- Visit the Nożyk Synagogue, Warsaw's only surviving pre-war synagogue and a living center of Jewish life today.
- Meet Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich for an intimate conversation about Jewish Warsaw - its revival, challenges, and hopes for the future.
- Set out on a vibrant journey through ten centuries of Jewish life in Poland at POLIN Museum. Our rich heritage is brought to life through a powerful story of resilience and culture. Be inspired by the creativity and spirit of Polish Jewry, from its golden age to its destruction and up until today.
- Check into the hotel.
- Welcome dinner and orientation with your J² Expert Educator at a local restaurant.
Overnight: Warsaw
Meals: Dinner
DAY 3
MEMORY AND RESILIENCE IN WARSAW
Tue. Mar 30, 2027
- Meet with the US or Israeli Ambassador to Poland.
- Walk through the monumental Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery, where gravestones and mausoleums tell the stories of rabbis, activists, writers, and everyday citizens who shaped Jewish Warsaw.
- Enjoy lunch on own at the trendy Norblin Factory, a renovated industrial complex offering everything from Polish street food to global bites.
- Take a guided journey through the Warsaw Ghetto, including the Remnants of the Ghetto Wall and the Nathan Rapoport Warsaw Ghetto Memorial. Follow the footsteps of the Warsaw Ghetto Heroes along the Path of Remembrance, commemorating the heroic Warsaw Ghetto Uprising at Mila 18, and reflecting on the last moments of the Warsaw Jewish community at the Umschlagplatz - the gathering area of the Jews before they were sent to the death camp of Treblinka.
- Learn about the audacious resistance of the Ringelblum Archive at the Jewish Historical Institute, documenting daily life in the ghetto with extraordinary courage.
- Stop for coffee at the Warsaw JCC, a vibrant hub of contemporary Jewish life. Open discussion at the JCC with the leaders of Ec Chaim, Warsaw's Progressive community.
- Evening at leisure to explore Warsaw's nightlife on own.
Overnight: Warsaw
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 4
LIFE IN A SHTETL AND ITS TRAGIC END
Wed. Mar 31, 2027
- Depart the hotel and drive to Tykocin.
- The town of Tykocin will provide us with insights into the Jewish world of the shtetl. We’ll walk its streets and visit its Baroque synagogue with historic wall paintings that were reconstructed in the 1970s. The former beit midrash (study hall) is the setting for a museum about the town and its Jewish past.
- Just outside Tykocin, we’ll trace the footsteps of the town’s 2,000 Jews who in August 1941 were marched into the Lopuchowo Forest and executed. We’ll pay tribute to them and try to comprehend, in this quiet woodland with its mass graves and monuments, the last moments of Jewish community of Tykocin.
- Travel to the Lopuchowo Forest, site of the 1941 massacre of Tykocin’s Jews. Reflect on this tragic chapter in a quiet woodland marked by mass graves and monuments.
- Packed lunch en route.
- For many years, the world knew little about Treblinka. This extermination camp was leveled completely by the Nazis and very few inmates survived to give witness. However, it is now understood that this was one of largest killing centers of the Holocaust. Our focus will be on Treblinka as a place of Jewish heroism and not just of death. The educator Janusz Korczak was killed here because he refused to abandon the children from the orphanage he ran. We will also recall the prisoner revolt and escape attempt of May 2, 1943.
- Return to the hotel.
Overnight: Warsaw
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
DAY 5
JEWISH HERITAGE IN KRAKOW
Thu. Apr 1, 2027
- Check out of the hotel.
- Depart Warsaw by train to Krakow, traveling through Poland’s scenic countryside.
- Begin with an in-depth tour of Kazimierz, the historic Jewish Quarter. Once the center of Jewish life in Krakow for centuries, today it is a vibrant cultural and historical district. Our visit will include:
Overnight: Krakow
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 6
AUSCHWITZ: THE FINAL WITNESS
Fri. Apr 2, 2027
- Head to the Auschwitz–Birkenau complex, the largest of the Nazi concentration and extermination camps. Over 1.1 million people lost their lives in the Auschwitz camps. Our experience will include:
Overnight: Krakow
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 7
ECHOES OF HISTORY
Sat. Apr 3, 2027
- Take a guided journey following the Jewish community on their descent from Kazimierz, crossing over the bridge into the Jewish Ghetto of Podgorze, where the stories of victims and survivors converge. Here, you'll also connect with the figure of Oscar Schindler, whose factory nearby became a beacon of hope, saving over a thousand Jews from the horrors of the camps.
- Continue into Krakow’s historic Old Town, making your way to the Main Market Square, one of Europe’s most impressive medieval squares, where centuries‑old architecture and vibrant modern life come together in a lively public space.
- Spend the remainder of the afternoon at leisure, with free time to continue exploring the charming streets of the Old Town: whether browsing local shops, relaxing in a café on the square, or discovering one of the city’s many cultural treasures.
- Mark the end of Shabbat with a communal havdalah ceremony.
- Farewell dinner at Klezmer-Hois, an authentic Jewish-style restaurant in Kazimierz, where we will enjoy a meal accompanied by live Klezmer music.
Overnight: Krakow
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
DAY 8
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN
Sun. Apr 4, 2027
- Check out of the hotel. Individual departure transfers will bring you comfortably and conveniently to Krakow Airport for your return flight to the U.S.
- Depart with renewed understanding, powerful memories, and a deepened connection to the rich and complex story of Polish Jewry.
Meals: Breakfast
RATES & LODGING
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participants
20+
Cost p/p in double room
$5,490
Cost p/p in single room
$6,565
Warsaw: Hotel Bristol, a Luxury Collection Hotel
- Nights: 3
- Room Category: Classic
- Hotel Website
Krakow: Bachleda Luxury Hotel
- Nights: 3
- Room Category: Deluxe
- Hotel Website
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What to expect
- 6 nights' accommodations.
- 6 days of touring with a J² Expert Educator and local guides, in a luxury, climate controlled bus.
- All arrival transfers from the Warsaw airport.
- All departure transfers to the Krakow airport.
- Daily breakfast, 2 lunches & 3 dinners.
- Gratuities for your J² Educator, local guides, and drivers.
- Group train tickets from Warsaw to Krakow.
- Luggage transfer from Warsaw to Krakow.
- The J² adventures App available on the App Store & on Google Play (active 30 days before your departure and throughout your trip).
- Water on the bus.
- Porterage at the hotels.
- All site entrance fees & program fees as per your final program.
- This journey includes walking tours, cultural site visits, and hotel stays that may involve uneven terrain, stairs, and longer distances on foot. While we do our best to accommodate a range of mobility levels, a moderate level of physical fitness is recommended to fully enjoy the experience. For more information, please see the “Travelers with Physical Limitations” section in our full Terms & Conditions.
- Credit card fees.
- Flights to & from Poland.
- COVID related expenses, including tests.
- Late check out on the day of departure is excluded.
- Evening transportation when dinner is not included.
- Amendments to the program: In the event that any sites, programs or meals etc. are added to the program, an additional fee may be required.
- Personal extras: Items of personal nature such as laundry, wines, mineral water, beverages, coffee, tea, food other than the table d’hotel menu, passport and visa fees, insurance, and foreign port taxes, unless otherwise specified.
- US and foreign airport taxes, Q fuel surcharge and border taxes when applicable.
- This journey includes walking tours, cultural site visits, and hotel stays that may involve uneven terrain, stairs, and longer distances on foot. While we do our best to accommodate a range of mobility levels, a moderate level of physical fitness is recommended to fully enjoy the experience. For more information, please see the “Travelers with Physical Limitations” section in our full Terms & Conditions.
- Please review our terms & conditions (T&C’s) or request that we send you our full T&C’s. Until you do that, here is the small print, and other stuff you may want to know:
- Validity | All prices quoted are based on exchange rates as of the proposal date and are subject to change without notice. Rates are per person and are based on shared twin room occupancy.
- How to Make a Reservation | The quickest way to make a reservation is to register online or contact us by email. We accept VISA, MasterCard, and American Express credit cards. A non-refundable deposit of $675 is required in order to complete the registration process.
- For any assistance with this registration process or other trip-related queries, please email Customer Care: [email protected].
- Payments | The balance of your payment is due 120 days before your trip begins, or as specified in your invoice. You will receive an email reminder 2 weeks before this date. Various payment options are available as follows:
- Credit card | We accept Visa, Mastercard and American Express. Please check with your credit card provider regarding international processing fees. We are unable to process payments of over $1,000 over the phone. Please submit payment online via a credit card or by wiring funds via your bank.
- Domestic bank wire transfer | Payment should be wired in the same currency that is listed on your invoice. Please add the name of your group or invoice number as a reference and forward a copy of the transfer receipt by email. The bank transfer should clearly state the beneficiary’s name on the wire transfer.
- J² Adventures reserves the right to automatically cancel your reservation on that date and it may be subject to reconfirmation should the final payment not be received.
- Cancelation Policy | All cancelations need to be made in writing. The cancelation fee depends on the date when we receive written notification of your request to cancel your booking. Please note that the deposit is non-refundable.
- Cancelation fees | Cancelations made 120 or more days prior to departure incur the loss of the deposit. Cancelations made 119 to 46 days prior to departure incur the loss of 50% of the full trip cost. Cancelations made 45 days or less prior to the departure incur the loss of 100% of the full trip cost.
- Cancelation fees may also include: Hotel or supplier cancelation fees. J² Adventures reserves the right to adjust its terms of payment, including cancelation policies and initial deposits.
- Protect yourself from fraud by being cautious and vigilant when it comes to online theft. It is crucial to note that J² adventures will never send an email requesting you to transfer funds to a new account or to redirect a payment. We will never alter our account number or issue additional payment requests without first personally speaking to you and properly identifying ourselves. If you feel uncertain about any communication (scammers often impersonate legitimate companies via e-mail or by calling), halt and contact us directly through our toll-free number listed on our website to discuss any necessary payments. Refrain from responding to suspicious emails or clicking on links or attachments unless you are completely certain of their legitimacy. By following these guidelines and staying vigilant, you can significantly reduce your risk of becoming a victim of fraud.
- Please click here to view our full terms (T&C's). These T&C's apply to all reservations created within J2 Adventures.
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