ORTHODOXY TRAIL PART 1 –MIELNIK, SIEMIATYCZE AND WINNICA WITH WINE TASTING TERM II
DATE 21.09.2024 (Saturday) PRICE: 220 PLN
REGULAR CLIENT OR CHILD PRICE: 198 PLN
Tour program:
Bus or coach pickup at 7:00 AM at Bank Square near the monument of Juliusz Słowacki in Warsaw, departure at 7:10 AM
SIEMIATYCZE
CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD - a temple built between 1999-2009, designed by Janusz Kenska from Warsaw. Brick, built in the shape of a Greek cross, has five domes.
CHURCH OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL - a classical temple, brick, oriented, built between 1865-1866, has seven domes.
MIELNIK
CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY – a temple built in 1823, adorned with many icons framed in beautiful rococo gilded frames, and the walls are covered with magnificent frescoes
CEMETERY CHAPEL OF THE GUARDIAN MOTHER OF GOD - in the Orthodox cemetery, built around 1777, allegedly in 1777 an icon of the Guardian Mother of God floated down the Bug River, it was pulled from the water and recognized as a sign from God. Currently, the icon is located in a brick church.
VIEWING PLATFORM AT THE CHALK MINE - a viewing platform from which the chalk quarry can be seen, the only operating open-pit chalk mine in Poland, next to it stands a plaque informing about the history of chalk formation
FREE TIME FOR LUNCH ( possibility of organizing a joint lunch and trying Podlasie dishes – potato babka or kartacze - lunch is an additional cost)
KOROL WINERY - visiting the winery and tasting 3 wines, the owner will tell us the history of Mielnik wines, we will learn how the winery was established, what grape varieties they cultivate, and about the methods of vine care.
Return to Warsaw
PRICE INCLUDES: transportation by air-conditioned bus or tourist coach, care of the guide throughout the tour, program implementation, local guides, donations in temples, entrance tickets, wine tasting, NNW insurance
The organizer of the trip is Polska Tours Sp.zo.o.
Registration: contact phone 607-165-873, email: polskatours@gmail.com, or through the Facebook page after confirming the reservation, payment to the account of Polska Tours Sp.zo.o.
account number: 45 1870 1045 2078 1076 5685 0001