Hotels - Warsaw

Hotel Ibis (2 star hotel)

The Ibis Warszawa Stare Miasto hotel is located close to the old city of Warsaw and the Royal Palace. Only 12 km from Okecie international airport and 3 km from the railway station, it is ideal for weekends and longer explorations of the Polish capital. It proposes 333 air-conditioned rooms, a restaurant, a bar serving snacks 24/24, private covered parking and 6 meeting rooms for organising seminars and conferences. Wifi wireless Internet access for guests on a business trip. (from the Ibis website)

Hotel Mercure (3 star hotel)

Mercure Fryderyk Chopin. In the heart of the business precinct and walking distance from the old city. 10 minutes walk from main exhibition and convention centre. (from the Mercure website)

Hotel Polonia Palace (4 star hotel)

The most stylish and elegant address in Warsaw.
Polonia Palace Hotel is conveniently located in the city center of Warsaw, within the walking distance to all business, cultural and entertainment areas. The hotel offers 206 comfortable Deluxe Rooms, Suites and English Apartment.
After nearly 90 years of welcoming guests from around the world, including politicians, diplomats, famous artists and celebrities, the Polonia Palace Hotel closed its doors for a complete and major renovation in July 2001. The 24-month restoration works, carefully preserved and highlighted the architectural peculiarities of the building whilst at the same time added modern and stylish new elements. (from the Polonia Palace hotel website)

Hotels - Krakow

Holiday Inn Express - Krakow (3 star hotel)

Holiday Inn Express - Krakow. The Hotel is located in Cracow - the beautiful city, whose antique centre has been entered on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List. Cracow Hotel is the part of well known hotel chain Express by Holiday Inn, managed by InterContinental Hotels Group - the world biggest hotel company.

The Hotel is intended for tourists and persons travelling in business, individually or in groups.

It offers high quality services for reasonable prices. (from the Holiday Inn - Krakow website)

Novotel Krakow Centrum (4 star hotel)

Novotel Krakow Centrum is stylish 4 star hotel in the city centre, walking distance from the old city, and opposite the Royal Wawel Castle. WiFi and LAN Internet access. A perfect location for business and leisure guests. All rooms are air-conditioned. Complete wellness centre including swimming pool, sauna, Jacuzzi, beauty corner and massage service. Conference facilities with 340 m² of floor space.

Our restaurant, The Garden Brasserie, will delight you with a range of dishes including Polish and international specialties..(from the Novotel website)

Activities

Vodka tour

Koneser Vodka Factory has been working since 1897. According to the "Gorzelnik" newspaper, Koneser was the first factory in Warsaw to have electricity.

In 1928, when Polski Monopol Spirytusowy was established, the Koneser factory become the most famous. It was the first place to produce such vodka as Wyborowa, Luksusowa etc, which are still very popular in Poland and abroad. (from the Koneser website)

Tour of Warsaw Rising Museum

The fundamental goal of the Rising Museum is to conduct research and teaching activities directly related to the Warsaw 1944 Rising and to the legacy of the Polish Underground State. The Museum strives to achieve this goal mainly by accumulating, developing and preserving collections as well as by disseminating and popularizing knowledge on these subjects. Some of the other activities carried out by the Museum aim to integrate veterans’ and military circles and educate youth in the spirit of patriotism and respect for national traditions. (from the Warsaw Rising museum website)

Auschwitz

The grounds and buildings of the Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau camps are open to visitors in their entirety, with the exception of several blocks in Auschwitz I that house the administration, Museum departments, and storage. There is generally access to all barracks at Auschwitz II-Birkenau. The duration of a visit is determined solely by the individual interests and needs of the visitors. As a minimum, however, at least one-and-a-half hours each should be reserved for the grounds and exhibitions of Auschwitz I and for the Birkenau site. It is necessary to visit both parts of the camp, Birkenau and Auschwitz, in order to acquire a proper sense of the place that has become the symbol of the Holocaust. (from the Auschwitz website)

Wieliczka Salt Mine

The Wieliczka Salt Mine is an amazing world of underground chambers, salt lakes and crystal caves. It is the oldest salt enterprise on Polish land dating back to the Middle Ages. For centuries it was the source of the country’s wealth and the material foundation of its culture. Today it is the most popular Polish tourist attraction. (As featured on Michael Palin’s” The New Europe” BBC Series).