About this experience
Discover the charming old town area of the city of Lublin on a day tour. Afterward, visit the former site of the second-largest concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland, the Majdanek State Museum.
Highlights
- See the second largest concentration camp in occupied Poland
- Discover the secret of the phenomenon of the Council of Four Lands
- Admire the charms of one of the oldest cities in Poland
What's included
- early morning pick up and evening drop off your accomodation
- transportation by car/minivan with an English speaking driver
- guided tour in Majdanek Camp
- guided tour in Lublin
- all entarnces and tickets are included
How to use
- Show Mobile Ticket
- At Redemption Counter
What to expect
You will go to the one of the oldest part of Poland. Early morning you will be picked up from your hotel and transfered to the one of the oldest city of Poland - Lublin by air-conditioned car/van with English speaking driver. Journey will take around 1,5 - 2 hours. First you will visit the second largest concentration camp in occupied Poland, after Auschwitz, known as Majdanek which was established by the Germans in 1940, in the wastelands a few kilometers beyond Lublin. You will have a sightseeng with the local Guide in choosen language. There you will see an exhibition on the policy of the Nazi authorities in the General Government, camp equipment, equipment and clothing, but also thousands of pairs of shoes stolen from prisoners and a pile of manure for the camp farm, the most important ingredient of which was human ashes from the crematorium.
After that you will be transfered to the town called Lublin. With the assistance of the same guide you will see Lublin, one of the oldest cities in Poland. It was here in 1569 that the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania signed the Union that created the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the largest state in Europe until the 18th century. From the sixteenth century, a phenomenon on a global scale operated here, the Council of Four Lands, i.e. the Jewish self-government, and from the beginning of the seventeenth century, a Jewish religious school "yeshiva" with the status of a royal academy. Today, you can visit the charming Old Town or walk along the promenade at the Krakow Gate.
Than you will have a free time ( around 1 hour ) for the lunch and rest. After that you will come back Warsaw to your hotel with your driver.