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History Trip to Kraków
Key Highlights
Location
Kraków
Subject
History & Politics, The Holocaust, WWII
Duration
4 days, 3 nights
Transport
Air
About this trip
This tour to Kraków is a perfect choice to aid students’ understanding of WWII, along with visits to sites such as Wawel Cathedral and the Salt Mines, which will give your young historians a valuable window into other areas of Polish history.
Sample Itinerary
Day 1 Find out more
- Fly from the UK to Poland
- Transfer to accommodation
- Jewish Quarter, Kazimierz
Day 2 Find out more
- Auschwitz and Birkenau
Day 3 Find out more
- Schindler’s Factory
- Wawel Cathedral with the Royal Tombs and Sigismund Bell
- Royal Chambers
- St Mary’s Basilica
Day 4 Find out more
- Depart accommodation
- Wieliczka Salt Mine
- Transfer to Airport
- Fly back to the UK
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Excursion Ideas
History
Wieliczka Salt Mine
Situated some 13km south east of Kraków, salt was extracted here for 700 years. Spread over nine levels there…
History
St Mary’s Basilica
This a Brick Gothic church adjacent to the Main Market Square in Kraków. It was re-built in the 14th…
History
Royal Chambers
The beautiful Gothic Wawel Castle in Kraków was built by Casimir III the Great, who reigned from 1333 to…
Excursion
Wawel Cathedral
The first cathedral church at Wawel, probably built around the year 1000. An audio-guided tour around Wawel Cathedral and…
History
Sightseeing tour to Jewish Quarter
This was the centre of Jewish life in Kraków for over 500 years, before it was systematically destroyed during…
History
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial
The camp is split over several sites, including Auschwitz-I, the original, smaller site, and Auschwitz-II Birkenau, the purpose-built death…
History
Obozow Jenieckich Museum – Stalag Luft 3 (Krakow)
The site of the former POW camp is now the 'Stalag Luft III Prisoner Camp Museum'. Famously known as…
Accommodation Options
Accommodation
Hotel Wyspianski
Krakow
In a great location 8 minutes' walk from the old town and main square. In a great location 8…
Curriculum Links
KS4 (GCSE)
AQA: Germany 1890–1945: Democracy and Dictatorship
Edexcel: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–1939
OCR: Living under Nazi Rule, 1933–1945
KS5 (A-Level)
AQA: Democracy and Nazism: Germany 1918–1945
Edexcel: Germany and West Germany, 1918–1989
OCR: The Nazi State and its Control, 1933–1945 / The Holocaust
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