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Whether it’s an intimate small event, or an over the top gala, we’ll “WOW” your guests with smart and flexible solutions, ranging from traditional flair to social chic or casual fun.

Getting to know people and meeting new clients and partners is an important element of a company development strategy. It is necessary to meet in order to achieve the desired goals.

Whether meetings are going to be organised for just a few people or for a larger group, is irrelevant. What counts is that a meeting is prepared in a professional manner. Business meetings are important at every level.

This is why we take great care to ensure that your meetings are conducted in an environment that offers favourable conditions for taking strategic decisions; we look after your comfort; we search for and offer you carefully selected places; we make every effort to ensure that your meeting is a success - a success that we can celebrate with you.

Poland isn’t disease - ridden place. Medical standards aren’t so as good as those found in most western European countries. In large cities hospitals offer all forms of treatment and modern diagnostic equipment. Private clinics are also available; treatment is not free of charge but is on a better standard. If you want to arrive to Poland you should have a medical insurance. Any special vaccinations aren’t required. At present SARS doesn’t threaten Poland.
Poland is rather a safe country for foreigners. But always be careful of your pocket and bag, because there are many pickpockets in Poland. You should be especially very careful in buses, overnight trains, narrow underpasses and streets. Street crime, which is occasionally violent, is high. Crime rates in Poland vary. Warsaw, Krakow, and other major cities have higher rates of crime against residents and foreign visitors. The tri-cities area of Gdynia, Sopot, and Gdansk has a high incidence of muggings, sometimes in broad daylight, which have sometimes involved aggravated assault.
Alcohol consumption is an integral part of Polish social tradition, and nondrinkers are relatively rare. Sometimes drunks can be dangerous so keep away from cheap drink bars. Don’t enter suburban areas alone.
The loss or theft of a passport should be reported immediately to the local police and the nearest embassy or consulate. If you are the victim of a crime, in addition to reporting to local police, please contact your embassy or consulate for assistance. The embassy/consulate staff can, for example, assist you to find appropriate medical care, to contact family members or friends and explain how funds could be transferred.

Entering a Polish home, whether you are an old friend or a stranger, you will be greeted with warm hospitality and a sumptuous meal. “Guest in the home, God in the home”, as the old Polish saying goes. Even seeing what’s on the menu can really make your mouth water.

For centuries the Polish kitchen has been the arena for competing influences from France and Italy, while it also borrowed extensively from more exotic tables: Tartar, Armenian, Lithuanian, Cossack, Hungarian and Jewish.

The traditional Polish cuisine combines the refined and elegant tastes introduced to Poland centuries ago by the French court of Henri de Valois – the first elected Polish king, with the wild, mysterious flavours of the Lithuanian forests, the sweet aroma of the dishes served for the Jewish Sabbath supper, and the fierce, rare taste of the sanguineous steak Tartare – originally made by the horse riders of Genghis Khan who used to place a slice of raw beef under the saddle for extra tenderness.

Locally made dishes specific to different parts of Poland will also spoil you for choice. Fresh water fish is the favourite dish in the north of Poland where lakes are in abundance; from the sandy plains of Mazovia in central Poland comes , and the Eastern belt is know for the world famous pierogi. Wielkopolska in Western Poland will treat you to aromatic duck dishes; Suwalszczyzna in the north-east tip of Poland offers the best potato dishes and Podhale at the foot of the Tatra Mountains is famous for kwasnica – sauerkraut soup and oscypek – a sheep’s milk smoked cheese. Wherever you go, you can enjoy delicacies that for centuries have been made of produce harvested in the forests, fields, meadows, lakes and rivers of Poland.

Any experienced Polish chef will tell you the real Polish cuisine is incomplete without cereals, fish, crayfish, venison and fruits of the forest. To better understand why Polish delicacies taste so good you should also know that they are typically made of organic produce prepared by natural methods, cooked in the traditional home-made style without artificial ingredients. The best chefs pass from generation to generation the ancient recipes for pancakes made of turnip cabbage, lobster butter, pickled wild hawthorn fruit for decorating venison…

The traditional Polish cookery books are full of recipes using ingredients that strangers will find most exotic. Sour cabbage and cucumber, cereals, dried mushroom, curdled milk and sour rye are but a few unusual ingredients to be savoured. But above all, cooking the Polish way also means putting your heart into it.

Situated South of Cracow is the Spisz Region, land of beautiful landscapes, interesting architecture and castles. The village of Dębno contains a precious large church - a relic of international class, an excellent example of the local builders carpentry. Inside there is a beautiful well preserved wall painting dating back to 1500. For many centuries, the Dunajec valley served as an important trade route to Hungary and so high on the cliffs on its both banks two strongholds were built, Czorsztyn Castle in XII century and Niedzica Castle in XIV century. Czorsztyn Castle was destroyed in a peasant uprising, but it has been partially restored and its ruins make for an adventurous visit. Niedzica Castle, in a delightful counterpoint, is in perfect condition. In fact, today, it is actually a working hotel in addition to housing a fine museum. Our trip begins at Czorsztyn Castle, but we stop in the fascinating, old wooden gothic church in Dębno Podhalanskie. Built in the XV century, it’s claimed to be the oldest surviving wooden church in Europe. The interior is richly decorated by local artists of the period. The church is entered on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List. Afterwards a lunch will be served in local restaurant. Then we continue to Niedzica Castle. At the end we’re going to Village Czorsztyn that is a complex of historic wooden villas, located on a picturesque peninsula at Czorsztyn reservoir in marvellous surroundings of Pieniny Mountains. It was built in 1990s.The idea of building the settlement was connected with construction of water dam on Dunajec. They decided to move some folk buildings and spa villas from the area that was going to be sunk under water of the future lake, and to create a tourist centre. The main goal of creating the centre was to save traditional and spa buildings. The buildings were given back their primary functions. Some of the buildings were adapted for hotels or restaurants; the most valuable farmhouse-cottage is now a museum. There you will taste oscypek - polish highlander cheese and sliwowica - polish plum vodka.

Just a short bus ride away from Cracow lies the Ojców National Park, the smallest and the most popular national park in Poland. It covers the surroundings of the Prądnik Valley and protects its spectacular Jurassic limestone landscape, with caves and oddly shaped rocks and steep white limestone slopes. There are various colour-coded trails to follow around the Park. In the centre of the Park is the old wooden church, built “on water” across the stream. Also in Ojców is situated the Łokietek Cave, with 270 meters of passageways and chambers, with underground lighting. Further within the Park is the Pieskowa Skała Castle (medieval, rebuilt during the Renaissance), with preserved medieval features and a beautiful renaissance courtyard. Inside the castle, there is a collection of Renaissance art. Near the castle is the most famous feature of the Park, the Hercules’ Club rock. At the first we visit National Park with Łokietek Cave and afterwards we’re going to Pieskowa Skała Castle. This castle is located some 30 km from Cracow, on the hill rising above the picturesque valley of the River Prądnik and surrounded by the forests of the Ojców National Park. The castle was founded in 14th century when king Casimir the Great ordered the construction of a castle intended as a part of the whole defence system created by the strongholds guarding the Polish-Silesian border. The castle also protected the important trade route connecting Cracow with Wrocław. Modernised several times, castle passed from one aristocratic Polish family to another. In the 18th century, when the castle was the property of the Wielopolski family, Pieskowa Skała was a famous hunting site. In the last years of the 19th century the neglected castle was rescued by a group of people that organized a pension there. After World War II the Pieskowa Skała castle was nationalised, restored and in 1970 opened as a museum - a department of the Royal Wawel Castle in Cracow. The end point of our tour is the Hercules’ Club rock.

We drive east from Cracow, just about 30 minutes of ride we get to Bochnia. The salt mine in Bochnia is one of the oldest in the world. Bochnia Salt Mine is less famous in comparison to Wieliczka, but it can be a pleasant surprise. The mine also dates back to medieval times and it has a sequence of very interesting chambers. In contrast to Wieliczka it is a bit off the beaten track, farther away from Krakow and it can be used as a spa for people with respiratory diseases. The 2.5-kilometer tourist route runs at the depth of 290 meters. The mine’s largest cavern, the Ważyn chamber, has facilities for recreation and health treatment services. Just close to Bochnia there is Wiśnicz - an interesting example of combination of Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque styles. The castle of Nowy Wiśnicz used to be the residence of the magnate Kmita and Lubomirski families, well-rooted in the region of Małopolska. The castle nicely combines features of defensive and residential architecture with particularly picturesque landscape. Today the exhibition arranged in the castle interiors shows us its history as well as the process of its reconstruction. One can see the sarcophagus of Stanisław Lubomirski, copper and brass utensils, and miniature models of residences from the Małopolska region.
Lunch in local restaurant is included.

The Slowacki Theater - where the Cracow Summer Opera and Operetta Festival is held was built in 1893 and reflects the high cultural ambitions of Krakow at the end of 19th century. The building was modeled on the Paris Opera and was designed by Jan Zawiejski. During the intermission the curtain which in fact is a huge Romantic painting by Henryk Siemiradzki is lowered. The people depicted in the curtain painting are individuals who contributed to the venue.

Kazimierz, the south-east quarter of Cracow, was the historical center of Cracow’s Jewish religious and social life. Kazimierz was an autonomous town built by Casimir the Great, who had offered the Jews of Western Europe shelter from the persecution they were then suffering. It was incorporated into Cracow in the 18th c. In 1939 over 70,000 Jews lived here. Our tour of Kazimerz takes you to the most important places in this area. You will see the places that Steven Spielberg used for his Schinder’s List; it documented their annihilation by the Nazis. You will visit the monuments: the renaissance style Old Synagogue built in the XVc, was the oldest existing synagogue in Europe, the original Remuh Synagogue and Temple synagogues still exist as well as the old Jewish cemetery. Accompanied by our guide you will visit the most interesting places of this area and on at the end of this tour you will stop at Klezmer Hois for a drink.