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Through this link https:\/\/www.allintravel.pl\/promocje\/19th-international-saga-conference\/<\/a> you will find the booking system for all the excursions which are on offer during the Saga Conference. Please note that these excursions are operated by an external travel agency, and they may make some changes to them. For example, some excursions may have to be cancelled if there are too few attendees. Payment is only possible via bank transfer. All the necessary information is available through the link above. Once you have selected an excursion, please click the \u201cBook Now!\u201d button to complete the registration and payment. The deadline for booking an excursion is April 30, 2025<\/strong>. The conference contact with the travel agency is Remigiusz Gogosz, and if you have any further questions or problems please contact him at: remi.gogosz@gmail.com <\/a><\/p>\n Please note that every excursion (except Tour no. 5: Trekking) begins in Krak\u00f3w.<\/strong> After arrival in Krak\u00f3w, all participants will take part in a plenary lecture held at the Jagiellonian University. The participants will then split into groups depending on the excursion of their choice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1689168082887{border-left-width: 5px !important;border-left-color: #002e5a !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}”]\r\n \n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″]\r\n This excursion begins in Krak\u00f3w. After the plenary lecture, we will take the cruise on the Vistula river from Krak\u00f3w’s Kazimierz district to the Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec. While onboard, we will learn about the history of the city and see, among other things, the foothills of the Wawel Royal Castle, the legendary Forum Hotel, the Ko\u015bciuszko Mound, and the Zwierzyniec Monastery. The Tyniec Abbey is the oldest existing abbey in Poland with a history of almost a thousand years. We will visit its oldest parts (the cloister, church, refectory, chapter house) and the museum with its printing press. On the abbey grounds there is a Benedictine shop and a caf\u00e9, which offers a magnificent view over the Vistula River valley. We will also have lunch in the abbey. From Tyniec, we will travel a short distance by coach to the Wieliczka Salt Mine, which has been in operation since the 13th<\/sup> century and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We will follow the tourist route located at the depth of 135 m below ground and 3.5 km long, along which we will admire salt lakes and magnificent underground chambers. We will return to Krak\u00f3w by coach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1689168096999{border-left-width: 5px !important;border-left-color: #002e5a !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}”]\r\n \n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″]\r\n This excursion begins in Krak\u00f3w. After the plenary lecture, the participants will travel by coach to the Krak\u00f3w-Cz\u0119stochowa Upland, a geographical region located on the historical border of the Lesser Poland and Silesia provinces. The participants of the trip will explore fragments of the tourist route called the Trail of the Eagles’ Nests, which is a chain of castles and fortresses built on limestone rocks as tall as 30 m mostly by King Casimir the Great in the second half of the 14th<\/sup> c. We will visit the castle in Pieskowa Ska\u0142a (the Dog\u2019s Rock), see the famous rock formation called the Hercules\u2019s Club, and the ruins of the Ogrodzieniec Castle, which used to be the largest stronghold of the trail. On the way back, we will visit Olkusz, one of the oldest towns in Poland, along with its underground cellars and passageways. There, two exhibitions will provide us with information on the history of the city and the silver mining in the area. We will return to Krak\u00f3w by coach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1689168108959{border-left-width: 5px !important;border-left-color: #002e5a !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}”]\r\n \n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″]\r\n This excursion begins in Krak\u00f3w. After the plenary lecture, we will spend the whole day exploring the most renown sites of the royal city of Krak\u00f3w. During the walk, we will learn about the more than 1,000-year-old history of one of the most ancient cities in Poland. Our walk will begin with a visit to the Jagiellonian University, the oldest university in Poland founded by King Casimir the Great in 1364. We will then head to St. Florian\u2019s Gate and the Barbican. From there, we will walk to the Old Town Square, where we will explore the Cloth Hall and St. Mary\u2019s Basilica, and later proceed towards the Wawel Hill with its former Royal Castle. There, we will visit the Wawel Cathedral, the Castle treasury, and the former royal chambers. The tour will end on the Wawel Hill and you will have the time to explore Krak\u00f3w on your own.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1689168118744{border-left-width: 5px !important;border-left-color: #002e5a !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}”]\r\n \n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″]\r\n This excursion begins in Krak\u00f3w. After the plenary lecture, we will walk to Krak\u00f3w\u2019s Kazimierz, which is a unique quarter, shaped by the centuries of Christian-Jewish coexistence. Jews settled in Kazimierz in the middle of the 14th<\/sup> c. and lived in what effectively became a \u201cJewish Town\u201d. During our walk, we will walk along the Szeroka (Broad) Street with its synagogues, we will see a fragment of the defensive walls of Kazimierz, Helena Rubinstein\u2019s House, a memorial to the Holocaust of the Jews of Krak\u00f3w, and other places of interest. During the tour, we will visit two renown museums: the Oskar Schindler\u2019s Factory, which featured in Steven Spielberg\u2019s Schindler\u2019s List<\/em>, and the MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1689168127591{border-left-width: 5px !important;border-left-color: #002e5a !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}”]\r\n \n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″]\r\n This excursion begins in Katowice<\/strong> and does not begin after the Jagiellonian University plenary lecture. The participants will go directly to the Beskid \u015al\u0105ski mountain range for a gentle hilltop hike. We will ascend the Skrzyczne Mountain (1,257 m above the sea level) by a chairlift, walk along the hilltop trail towards the peak of Ma\u0142e Skrzyczne (the Little Skrzyczne, 1,211 m above the sea level), and continue the trek towards the Malinowska Ska\u0142a (the Raspberry Rock) along a slightly more strenuous incline, to descend towards the Bia\u0142y Krzy\u017c (the White Cross) saddle, where we will have lunch, finish the excursion, and from where we will travel back to Katowice<\/strong>.<\/p>\n NB: This excursion is not advisable for people experiencing the fear of heights as we are going to ascend the slopes of Skrzyczne in an open-top chairlift.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row content_placement=”bottom” el_class=”container”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1678681991625{margin-bottom: 5px !important;}”][vc_btn title=”back to the main page” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#002e5a” outline_custom_hover_background=”#002e5a” outline_custom_hover_text=”#ffffff” shape=”round” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-reply” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus.edu.pl%2Fwydzial%2Fwh%2Fen%2Fkonferencje-naukowe%2Fsagaconference2025%2F”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”bottom” el_class=”container”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1678681991625{margin-bottom: 5px !important;}”][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”393″ el_id=”navi” el_class=”container bg-gray”][vc_raw_html]JTNDaDIlMjBjbGFzcyUzRCUyMnBhZ2UtdGl0bGUlMjBjb250YWluZXIlMjIlM0VFeGN1cnNpb25zJTNDJTJGaDIlM0U=[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”container”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1689168082887{border-left-width: 5px !important;border-left-color: #002e5a !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1689168096999{border-left-width: 5px !important;border-left-color: #002e5a !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner […]<\/p>\nTour 1. Wieliczka-Tyniec<\/h3>\n
Tour 2. The Jura Castles<\/h3>\n
Tour 3. Krak\u00f3w<\/h3>\n
Tour 4. Krak\u00f3w (the Jewish Kazimierz)<\/h3>\n
Tour 5. Trekking<\/h3>\n