Exploring the living past

Itinerary for 8 days and 7 nights

1^st day - Arrival in Warsaw. Transfer from the airport, touring of Jewish monuments including the former Ghetto area, the Nozyk Synagogue, Mita 18 St., UmschlagPlatz, Korczak's Orphanage, Genscher Cemetery and the Jewish Historical Institute. Warsaw with its reconstructed historic landmarks dating back to the 14^th Century.

2^nd day - Departure form Warsaw to Tykocin, a shtetl in north eastern Poland. Visit 17^th Century Baroque synagogue, one of the most beautiful in Poland. On the way back to Warsaw, visit the Treblinka Death Camp.

3^rd day - Leave Warsaw for Lublin. On the way, a visit to the famous city of Kazimierz Dolny and its typical "shtetl architecture". Sightseeing of Jewish monuments in Lublin including the oldest cemetery in Poland and the famous Yeshivat Hochmey Lublin - the first modern yeshivah building.

4^th day - Visit to the Majdanek Concentration Camp and full day of sightseeing through Galicia, on the way to Cracow. Visit to the Palace of Lancut - a unique example of the 18^th Century Gentry architecture and newly restored Lancut synagogue.

5^th day - Cracow - sightseeing of Jewish section of Cracow - Kazimierz with its historical landmarks (Remuh and Alte Synagogues, cemetery and many others). Visit to the former Ghetto area. In the afternoon, explore the rest of Cracow including the famous Wawel Castle - former site of Polish kings and Old Town area.

6^th day - Full day at Auschwitz-Birkenau .

7^th day - Leave for Warsaw. On the way visit to Kielce, site of the infamous pogrom of July 4 1946.

8^th day - Departure from Warsaw. Optional - additional sightseeing of the city.