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ONE
DAY TOURS, Sunday, 24th September 2006
1.
Ojców National Park - the Paleolithic cave sites |
Hours: 08.30 - 19.00
08h30
- Coach departure from congress venue.
09h00
- Arrival in the Ojców
National Park.
Ojców National Park is one more site in Poland to be included in the UNESCO’s list of World Heritage. It is the smallest national park in Poland since it covers only 1,440 hectares in the Pr±dnik Valley. Tourists can see there virtually all of the natural components of a Jurassic landscape. The scenic river valley with 60 meter high slopes is dotted with fantastic lime rock formations, some as tall as 50 m or even more. There are also about 220 caves, often easily accessible, where numerous species of bats live. Beginnings of nature conservation in the area go back to 1924. The Ojców National Park was established on the initiative of Prof. W. Szafer. The Prof. W. Szafer Museum was opened in 1965 and houses a rich collection of numerous objects from the Park. Participants will visit the Prof. W. Szafer Museum, some caves and the ruins of the medieval Ojców and Pieskowa Skała castle, now a museum of historical interiors. The Pieskowa Skała Castle is called a "pearl of the Polish Renaissance". Since 1970, it has been home to an European art museum, a branch of the Cracow's Wawel Royal Castle. Lunch at "Złota Góra" restaurant in Ojców 19h00
- Arrival in Cracow
PRICE: 65,00 EUR per person The
above price includes:
2. The Neolithic flint mine at Krzemionki Opatowskie | Hours: 08.00 - 22.30 08h00 - Departure to Nowa Słupia 10h30
- Visit to Nowa Słupia with the Museum of Ancient Smelting Techniques displaying
"dymarki",
Walking through the ¦więtokrzyski National Park and the ¦wietokrzyskie Mountains - the Poland's oldest mountainous geological formation with the unusual screes ("goloborza"): heaps of broken quartzite rock on parts of the northern slopes below Mt Łysica (612m) and Mt Łysa Góra (595m). The ¦więtokrzyski National Park preserves the highest and most scenic parts, including the Fir Forest. On the second highest peak, Mt ¦więty Krzyż, stands the Benedictine abbey with the Holy Cross reliquary. 13h30 - Departure for Ostrowiec ¦więtokrzyski 14h00 - Lunch in local restaurant 15h00
- Sightseeing of the Neolithic
flint mine in Krzemionki Opatowskie, not far from Ostrowiec ¦więtokrzyski.
Dating back 5000 years ago, it is now an archaeological conservation area.
Several shafts, galleries and chambers are open to the public. Two underground
tourist routes are waiting for visitors, both of 100 meters in length.
The technology of flint mining and working is presented in the museum pavilion.
Fragment of a Neolithic village was also reconstructed.
17h00 - Departure for Sandomierz 18h00
- Short city tour of Sandomierz. Perched on the high Vistula bank, it is
one of Poland’s oldest and most attractive cities. Its unique Old Town
complex hosts the Gothic Opatów Gate, town hall (14th century) and the
Gothic cathedral. The most valued historic buildings are those of the Romanesque
St James' Church and the Dominican monastery with defensive belfry and
rich ornamentation. A labyrinth of underground tunnels where merchants
stored their goods spreads underneath the city, today a tourist route of
470 meters.
A scenic route leads south from Sandomierz to Cracow along the Vistula. 19h00 - Dinner in local restaurant in Sandomierz. 20h00 - Departure for Cracow 22h30
- Arrival in Cracow
PRICE: 90,00 EUR per person The
above price includes:
3. The Medieval salt mines in Wieliczka and Bochnia | hours: 08.30 - 16.45 08h30
- Departure from the congress venue to Wieliczka
09h45 - Visit of the Wieliczka salt mine. On the UNESCO's list of World Heritage, the Wieliczka salt mine (13th century) is one of the oldest world's mining sites still in uninterrupted operation. The underground tourist route leads through a labyrinth of galleries and caves with unique sculptures, all carved in rock salt. St Kinga's Chapel at the depth of 101 meters is the most beautiful chamber decorated with white crystal salt chandeliers and bas-relief sculptures carved in grey salt. There is even an underground health spa. The museum display shows mining tools and documents related to the mine’s history. 12h00 - Departure for Bochnia 12h30 - Visit of Bochnia salt mine The
salt mine in Bochnia (13th century) is one of the world's oldest.
The oldest and the most interesting parts of the mine - those which have been given conservation protection since December 11, 1981 - will be preserved. Some of the workings have been appropriately adapted and are now open to the public; the largest of the preserved chambers has been converted into a sanatorium. The 2.5 kilometres tourist route runs at the depth of 290 meters. The mine's largest cavern, the Ważyn chamber, has facilities for recreation and health treatment services. 14h30 - Lunch in a local restaurant in Bochnia 16h00 - Departure for Cracow 16h45
- Arrival in Cracow
PRICE: 70,00 EUR per person The
above price includes:
4. The Vistula River Valley near Cracow - palaeogeography & archaeology | CANCELLED
Places
to be visited: Piekary-Tyniec: Palaeolithic sites in the Cracow Gate,
Departure
for Zabierzów Bocheński-Trawniki: Holocene avulsion and meandering hills
on the Vistula flood plain Igołomia-Zofipole: loess terrace in the Roman
time; branch of Institute
of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
IMPORTANT
NOTES
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primitive smelting
furnaces from 2000 years ago. Demonstrations of iron smelting as it was 
