FOLK ROUTE
FOLK ROUTE
POLISH FOLKLORE TOUR
Day 1
Gdansk
- transfer from the airport or ferry terminal
- check in at the hotel
- meals
Hotel in Gdansk in the Main City
Day 2
Wdzydze Kiszewskie – Gdansk
- transfer to Wdzydze Kiszewskie
- Kashubian Ethnographic Park in Wdzydze Kiszewskie
- lunch
- spare time
- return to Gdansk
- dinner
- accommodation
Lunch in a historical inn in the open-air museum
Dinner – beer feast with music live
KASHUBIAN ETHNOGRAPHIC PARK
The Kashubian Ethnographic Park area is 22 ha. It is Poland’s oldest open-air museum, founded in 1906. The museum depicts life of Kashubian and Kociewie village inhabitants between the 17th and the middle of 20th century. It consists of 49 objects of folk architecture – peasant and noble farmhouses, huts and manor houses, inns, a school, churches, windmills, a smithy and a sawmill.
Day 3
‘The Chequered Land’ – Slowinski National Park
- departure from Gdansk
- ‘The Chequered Land’:
– Albrecht’s Farm (No. 8) in Swolowo
or
– Museum of Slovinic Region in Kluki
- lunch
- Slowinski National Park – Polish Sahara
- dinner
- return to Gdansk
- accommodation
Tasting of homemade beer brewed with the use of traditional Slovinic recipes
Slovinic regional own made dishes for lunch
Dinner – game dishes
THE CHEQUERED LAND
‘The Chequered Land’ – the name derived from typical farmhouses built of timber framing. This kind of development was distinctive for prosperous Pomeranian houses from the beginning of 19th century. ‘The Chequered Land’ was inhabited by Slovincians – a relict population of Kashubians. Currently it is a home for descendants of post-war displaced persons from other part of Poland and Ukraine.
Day 4
Nowy Dwor Gdanski – Zulawy (delta area of Vistula) – Vistula Spit
- transfer to Nowy Dwor Gdanski
- Zulawskie Museum, short stroll by the town
- excursion by narrow-gauge railway to Rybina
- port of call in Cyganek
– Chata Zulawska – the old hut representative for the local architecture
– Cemetery of 11 Villages and gothic-baroque church
– lunch
- sightseeing of Rybina
– railway swing bridge
– pump house
- transit by bus to Jantar
- relaxation on the beach
- return to Gdansk
- dinner
- accommodation
Lunch – regional delicacies
Dinner – Dutch cuisine
Excursion by narrow-gauge railway
THE VISTULA SPIT
The Vistula Spit – this is a huge sandy dune. Its height in some parts exceeds 30 m. The Vistula Spit separates The Vistula Lagoon and Zulawy from Gdansk Bay. The eastern part belongs to Russian Federation. The localities of the spit were formerly small Kashubian fishing villages, today are popular resorts.
JANTAR
A small village called Jantar is proclaimed as the capital of Polish Amber Coast. The name comes from an Old Polish word for amber. It is said that exactly in this locality the sea washes out large quantities of amber and therefore this is a perfect place for amber hunting. Especially after storms, there is a big chance to find large and small nuggets among tiny shells and pieces of wood. The finals of World Championship in Amber Hunting take place in Jantar. If you don’t find your own nugget of amber you can take a bath in the sea or catch the sun on the beautiful, virgin, sandy beach.
ZULAWSKI HISTORICAL PARK
The Zulawski Historical Park in Nowy Dwor Gdanski is the most interesting exhibition in Pomerania devoted to the Mennonites – a religious Anabaptist minority in the Netherlands. After having experienced persecutions in the Netherlands the community decided to leave the country. The Mennonites resettled Zulawy and found there their new home.
Day 5
Hel
- cruise to Hel
- walking tour in Hel:
– Wiejska Street
– harbour
– timber framing, piscatorial cottages from the cusp of XVIII and XIX century
- lunch
- Fishery Museum
- beach
- return by ship or train
- dinner and accommodation in Gdansk
Lunch in Hel – fish of the morning catch
Dinner in Gdansk – Kashubian feast – folk music live
Cruise to Hel
Day 6
Kashubia – Sopot
- transfer to Gniewino
– ‘Kashubian Eye’ – viewing platform
- Nadole:
– heritage park – Puck Regional Museum
– Zarnowieckie Lake
- Salino – manor house
- transfer to Wierzchucino
- lunch
- Debki – beach
- transfer to Sopot
- dinner
- return to Gdansk
Lunch
Kashubian dishes in an old watermill
Dinner in Sopot
OPEN-AIR MUSEUM IN NADOLE
The heritage park in Nadole – a 19th century farm with original equipment.
ZARNOWIECKIE LAKE
Zarnowieckie Lake – the place where Zarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant was being built. The construction works were halted after Chernobyl catastrophe. Nowadays the dispute on the necessity of such an investment in the country has been revived. One of the locations currently considered for the plant is the abandoned construction site.
Day 7
Kartuzy – Szymbark
- transfer to Kartuzy
– The Assumption of the Virgin Mary collegiate church
– Kashubian Museum
- transfer to Szymbark
– The Regional Centre of Eductation and Promotion
- lunch
- return to Gdansk
- dinner
- accommodation
Lunch in Szymbark
Tasting beer from the local brewery
Traditional Gdansk dishes for dinner
Goldwasser tasting
Day 8
Gdansk
- transfer to the airport or ferry terminal
- meals
from 600 € per person*
* for 50-person group. The price includes accommodation in a double room in a 3-star hotel in Gdansk, meals, guided tour, guide assistance, bus transits, cruise, excursion by narrow-gauge railway and admissions. The price does not include transport to and from Gdansk.
The programme is addressed to groups from 10 to 50 people
The above offer is intended as information and does not constitute a commercial offer within the meaning of article 66 § 1 of the Polish Civil Code and other relevant legal provisions.
Legend
- hotel
- ferry or ship cruise
- horse riding
- knowledge
- shopping
- bus transfer
- canoeing rally
- monuments
- art
- attractions for kids
- meals
- amusement park
- workshops or team building
- car rental
- plane
- bike trips
- swimming pool
- active
- relax
- fishing
- walking tour
- diving
- nature
- spa
- nature study
- RIB
- narrow-gauge railway
- surfing
- adventure park
- bungee jumping
- go-karts
- golf
- off-roading
- zip-line
- shotting range or paintball
- quads
Polish folklore tour, folk tour (travel package) – Kashubian folklore, mennonites, open air museums, Goldwasser tasting, beer feast, traditional cuisine, folk music.