4th World Congress of The World Society For Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Warsaw, Poland, September 1-4, 2005

All tours include entrance fees as per itinerary and touring in an air-conditioned bus with the service of an English-speaking guide. Rates for tours are based on a minimum of 15 participants per tour . Changes in routes, departure/arrival times may occur for reasons beyond our control. Departure and return is from/to the Intercontinental Hotel.

PRE CONGRESS TOURS

Tuesday, August 30, 2005 until Wednesday, August 31, 2005
KRAKOW HIGHLIGHTS’ SIGHTSEEING
2 day tour

Discover the city over one thousand years old, often called “little Rome ” and the “cradle of European culture”. We invite you to visit Krakow , the polish capital of culture and art with its highlights: The largest and most beautiful Market Square in Europe , St. Mary Church, Wawel Royal Castle , the seat of royal power up till XVII century and the Mythical Wawel Cathedral.

Optionally we also offer you half-day trip to Wieliczka Salt Mine with amazing underground galleries and chambers and Auschwitz Museum , situated on the site of the former death camp.

Rate per person: € 228 (includes 1 nights accommodation in a 4 star hotel, 1 lunch and 1 dinner)

Wednesday, August 31, 2005
ZELAZOWA WOLA – THE BIRTHPLACE OF FREDERIC CHOPIN
09:00 – 13:00

The tour will guide you along the old Kampinos Forest to Zelazowa Wola, located on the outskirts of Warsaw , where you can visit the modest manor house, the birthplace of Frederic Chopin. Now a museum, it has been refurbished with period pieces and exhibits dedicated to the renowned most famous polish composer.

Rate per person: € 36

Wednesday, August 31, 2005
WARSAW HIGHLIGHTS’ SIGHTSEEING
09:00 – 16:00

We invite you to visit to the Old Town, Warsaw’s prime attraction, registered on the World List of Cultural and National Heritage of UNESCO. This tour includes the Main Market Square and the Royal Castle. The Old Town Market Square vibrates with life at any time of day or night. Here in the open air, you can listen to both professional and amateur musicians, watch performances of theatrical groups, and admire the works of street artists. Romantic alleys and defensive walls, the Old Town streets leading to the Vistula River welcomes walkers. Swietojanska Street leads from the Old Town Square Market to Castle Square, dominated by the Royal Castle. The Castle is one of the foremost elements of the reconstructed Old Town complex. This unique post-war architectural reconstruction was honoured by the registering of the Castle in UNESCO’s World Cultural Heritage List. In Castle Square you can admire Warsaw’s most characteristic and oldest (erected in 1644) secular monument – Sigismund’s Column. The walk will enchant you with the atmosphere of various palaces, churches, bourgeois houses, governmental buildings, and the greenery of historic parks. Visit the Palace Upon the Water in the Lazienki Park complex, one of the finest examples of neo-classical architecture in Poland.

Rate per person: € 89 (including lunch)

POST CONGRESS TOUR

Monday, September 5, 2005
KAZIMIERZ
09:00 – 18:00

Kazimierz Dolny, the jewel of Polish Renaissance, combines splendid architecture with beautiful landscape. It attracts both tourists and artists. You will visit the parish church from 1620, admire Renaissance burgher houses, ruins of the Gothic royal castle, Renaissance granaries from the turn of the 16th century and visit the Jewish cemetery and the Goldsmith Museum . No matter the current season, be prepared for the magic of this little town.

Rate per person: € 76 (including lunch)