We need some advice on the below itinerary. we are planning 34 to 36 days total.
1) Would you add a day in any place, as well as deleting a day.
2) At first glance, you might feel we are spending too much time in every city, but we are 70 years old, and prefer a more leisure schedule, plus we have alot of time available.
3) Not interested in adding any additional places, just need advice on time best served in the below towns. We will be traveling by train.
4) We have never been to any of these places, except Krakow
5) Logistic wise, is it better to go to Torun before or after Gdansk ?
Here is the preliminary schedule :
Plane from USA 1 day
Warsaw/ old town area 4 days
Torun 3 days
Gdansk / Malbork 7 days
Poznan / Gniezno 5 days
Wroclaw 5 days
Krakow / Kazimierz 6 days
Warsaw / other than old town 4days
Plane back to USA 1 day
We have been looking forward to this trip for 2+ years (health issues), so any insight you might be able to give would be extremely helpful !!
Posted by
TX, USA
5591 posts
What a lovely trip!
I am sure you COULD do different lengths of time, but I think you have done a good job of giving yourself a leisurely stroll through Poland. I don’t see any need to change anything - UNLESS you wanted to head north toward Gdansk to start your trip, then fly to Krakow and head back up to Warsaw (keeping all your Warsaw time together). It gives you a flight but saves some train backtracking. But your trip is fine as is.
You might look at the difference in cost of 1st class and 2nd class on the trains. Usually the price difference isn’t a lot and 1st might be worth it.
I am sorry you have had to put the trip off but hopefully all works out this time!
Posted by
OP
4 posts
Thanks so much for your advice. You made a great point about starting in Gdansk. When I checked airfare, I kept it simple, arriving and departing out of Warsaw, I will now check rates with your idea.
Also, I will make sure to check the rates on travel class with the trains, as you suggested.
Thanks for taking the time to write.
Posted by
TX, USA
5591 posts
Well if you haven’t already bought airfare in and out of Warsaw, take a look at flying in to Gdansk and out of Krakow (or vice versa). It might not cost more than a roundtrip.
Posted by
OP
4 posts
I will start working on that Sunday. !
Posted by
near San Francisco
6006 posts
I spent about the same amount of time in Warsaw and Gdansk and loved both for that length, finding plenty to keep me busy in town and with day trips from Gdansk.
If you're in Warsaw on a Sunday in the summer, you might enjoy a day in Lazienki Park and plan your time to catch their free Chopin concert.
I loved my time (4 days as I recall) in Wroclaw. With 5 days, you might like a day trip to the wooden churches of Jawor and Świdnica, where I spent the better part of a day, beyond just the church.