Poland Tours for Experienced Travelers

This was a very well-organized and memorable tour with a wonderful On-Road Team, beautiful scenery, good weather overall, and a great group of fellow travelers. Helpful things to know before this tour: be prepared to pack an overnight bag for the overnight cruise between Helsinki and Stockholm (it helps with easier movement and the more compact cruise cabins), and bring charging cords for devices on the longer coach rides, as the buses have charging outlets. The rotating seat assignments were also a nice feature, allowing opportunities to meet different fellow travelers and enjoy varied viewpoints during the drives. The movies shown during the longer transit days were enjoyable and helped make the travel time more relaxing. The WhatsApp group set up before the trip made it possible to contact the Travel Director directly when a flight delay and tight connection led to a missed flight the day before the tour started. He quickly coordinated a later pickup time for the prepaid airport transfer after the flight was rebooked. The Insight tour driver was also excellent at navigating narrow city streets shared with heavy bicycle traffic. Overall, the tour was well organized, with comfortable Scandinavian-style hotels, a full but well-balanced itinerary, and plenty of memorable experiences. The group was punctual and easy to travel with, and the recap video shared by the Tour Director at the end was a nice way to reflect on the journey.

I particularly enjoyed visiting and learning about the history in each town center. Each town, large or small, provided its own unique window into how it helped to develop the country of Poland as it is now.

Great walks, good accommodation, tour leader very knowledgeable and friendly. Final restaurant for the group meal was bit of a let down, slow and unfriendly service, but otherwise everywhere we went was great. Would have been good for those with experience on water to have had the option to hire a kayak or canoe to make day 6 more interesting. Overall would highly recommend

Fantastic trip. Our guides Paweł and Asia were excellent; experienced; knowledgeable and aware of leading the hiking at an easy pace. The hotels were comfortable, the scenery and food wonderful. The itinerary worked very well each day, stopping mid afternoon in mountain huts for refreshments. This is the third trip a few of us from our hiking group in Spain have done with Explore and plan to do another. Can fully recommend this one for those with a good level of fitness and used to climbing uphill over some distance. The rewards are well worth it!

Loved the trip to Poland. The itinerary was packed with exciting things to do. All hotels were nice with the exception of the Golden Tulip. It seemed more like a 3 star hotel. I would not recommend the Zakopane Treasure Adventure as it was quite boring.

It was my first visit to Poland, and the trip proved to be a wonderful introduction to the country. Justina, our guide, was first-rate, engaging, funny, and very knowledgeable about the local history and culture. She was very good at letting us know the plans for next day. I thought the itinerary was well paced, with plenty of rest breaks and some free time built into the programme. The scenery was stunning and we were blessed with excellent weather and lovely fellow travellers. A really wonderful holiday.