Warsaw and the Baltic States
From CAD $3,415
Guarantee
Group Tour
Easy
Rating
(10 reviews)
Experience Overview
Set out on an all-encompassing adventure of the Baltic capitals—journeying from Warsaw to Riga and on to Tallinn. Join a Local Expert in the Polish capital for an insider’s take on the city’s sights before hopping the Lithuanian border to Vilnius. After exploring the Old Town and the Gates of Dawn, the Gothic Trakai Castle beckons—an island fortress and architectural masterpiece on Lake Galve, that can only be accessed by wooden footbridge. Get to grips with Latvia as you barter with local stallholders at Riga’s Central Market—located in the massive aircraft hangers that once housed Zeppelins. Across the border in Tallinn, take your pick with the Insight Choice of a town hall square walking tour or a stroll through the Old Town to discover Estonian artisans.
Highlights
Dining Summary
- 3 Dinner (D)
- 7 Breakfast (B)
Choice Highlights
- Choose between two carefully selected activities
- Tallinn: Walk through the fairytale Old Town with your Local Expert and hear about Estonian arts and crafts.
- Tallinn: Join your Local Expert for a scenic walking tour of the city with panoramic views and a visit to the Town Hall Square.
Additional Included Highlights
- Personal radio headsets give you the freedom to wander during visits to famous highlights, without missing any of your Local Expert's fascinating commentary.
- Hotel and restaurant tips are included - you'll never have to worry about how much to give, nor search for foreign currency. We also include all taxes and porterage charges at hotels.
- We carry your bags for you and promptly deliver them to your hotel door.
- From time to time, your Travel Director will delight you with an Insight Flourish, which is a local specialty representing the destination.
- Stay connected with friends and family with our complimentary coach and hotel Wi-Fi (where available).
- If your arrival and/or departure flights are as per the itinerary start and end dates, then transfers are available at scheduled times. If your flights are outside these times, or you have booked additional nights accommodation with Insight Vacations, you may purchase transfers or make your own way from/to the airport.
Authentic Dining
- Warsaw: Your dinner is at Restaurant Zapiecek, an authentic local restaurant full of Polish charm and serving delicious traditional meals accompanied with wine.
- Vilnius: Your Travel Director offers you a varied selection of charming restaurants on your Dine-Around Evening, a culinary experience not to be missed.
- Riga: Wander through the maze of stalls in the Central Market and sample local delicacies.
- Tallinn: Enjoy an authentic meal in a local restaurant surrounded by your newfound friends at your dinner in Tallinn.
Insight Experiences
- Vilnius: Visit Užupis, a quirky neighborhood of Vilnius. Learn how a small community of artists created this self-proclaimed republic in order to revitalize post-communist Vilnius.
Make Travel Matter
- Warsaw: Visit the University Botanic Gardens with a biologist. The garden's main function is the protection of biological diversity and the conservation of endangered Polish wild species. This experience advances United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 15: Life on Land.
Top Rated Highlights
- Warsaw: Your Local Expert will show you the city's highlights. See the Old Town, Palace of Culture and visit the Chopin Memorial in the Lazienki Park before paying your respects at the Ghetto Heroes Memorial.
- Vilnius: See the Baroque Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, the neoclassical cathedral and the pretty Old Town.
- Vilnius: Visit the church of St Peter and St Paul and see the cathedral.
- Vilnius: Led by your Local Expert, explore the Old Town to see the Jesuit University and the Gates of Dawn.
- Trakai: Take in the idyllic lake setting as you cross the wooden footbridge to the red-brick Gothic castle.
- Šiauliai: Visit the unusual Votive Hill of Crosses.
- Riga: Sightseeing of Riga's Old Town with a Local Expert includes a visit to the Domkirk and seeing the city walls, the House of the Three Brothers and the castle of the Livonian Knights.
- Tallinn: Walk through the fairytale Old Town with your Local Expert and hear about Estonian arts and crafts.
- Tallinn: Join your Local Expert for a scenic walking tour of the city with panoramic views and a visit to the Town Hall Square.
Well-being
- Enjoy the comfort of Insight's luxurious, air-conditioned, 40-seat coach with double the standard legroom and onboard washroom. Our customized luxury coaches are sanitized before the start of your tour and are maintained to very high standards. Physical distancing measures have been implemented on our customized luxury coaches.
- Hand sanitizer is freely available on board for you to use throughout the day.
Trip Details
Product Code: 20871
Tour Type: Group Tour
Accommodation: Deluxe
Transport: Private
Guide Language: English
Travel Styles:
Family, 55+, Luxury
Tour Operator:
Insight Vacations (CA)
Supplier Code: 408.852A
Starts: Warsaw, Poland
Finishes: Tallinn (Estonia), Estonia
Duration: 8 days
Departures: Guaranteed
Physical Rating:
Easy
Includes
Price
Price per person: (Double Occupancy) CAD $3,415 ($427 /day)
Itinerary
Welcome to Warsaw! Relax and settle in before joining your Travel Director for dinner at an authentic local restaurant full of Polish charm that serves delicious traditional meals, accompanied by wine.
Accommodation: The Westin Warsaw
Meals: Dinner
A Local Expert will show you how well the Polish capital was restored after almost complete obliteration during World War II. This incredible restoration can be credited to the amazing detail of Canaletto's paintings! Pass the tiered Palace of Culture and stroll through Łazienki Park to the Chopin Memorial. Take a moment to reflect at the Monument to Ghetto Heroes, built in 1948 to commemorate the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943. Then walk to the Market Square in the Old Town. Join a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience as you visit the University Botanic Gardens with a biologist. The garden's main function is the protection of biological diversity and the conservation of endangered Polish wild species. The rest of the day is yours to enjoy at leisure. Don't miss the chance to visit Wilanow Palace, the residence of Polish King Sobieski, known as Victor of Vienna, or perhaps attend an exclusive private recital of Chopin music by a celebrated Polish pianist?
Accommodation: The Westin Warsaw
Meals: Breakfast
Pass Augustów and Suwalki during your scenic journey through Masuria, a region rich in lakes and vast forests. Cross into Lithuania and continue to the capital city of Vilnius.
Accommodation: Radisson Blu Hotel Lietuva, Vilnius.
Meals: Breakfast
See the Baroque Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, the neoclassical cathedral and the charming Old Town. Walk along the streets of bohemian Užupis, a Vilnius neighborhood that proclaimed itself a republic in 2002. Your Local Expert introduces you to its quirky history and artistic flair. A highlight of your travels will be a visit to the fortified island castle of Trakai. Originally built in the 15th century and now restored to all its glory, this red-brick castle is located on an island in Lake Galvė. Choose from a hand-picked selection of local restaurants for your Dine-Around evening.
Accommodation: Radisson Blu Hotel Lietuva, Vilnius.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Head north to visit the unusual Votive Hill of Crosses near Siauliai, the symbol of resistance against the Soviet occupation. Tonight, our hotel is set in the most ideal location of the city, overlooking Riga's Vērmane Garden and just a short stroll from the UNESCO World heritage Site of the city's Old Town.
Accommodation: Radisson Blu Elizabete Hotel, Riga.
Meals: Breakfast
Explore Riga's Old Town with your Local Expert, including a visit to the old aircraft hangars that now house the Riga Central Market, one of the largest in Eastern Europe. Enjoy the vibrant colors and flavors when sampling some of the local delicacies as you wander through the maze of stalls. Your travels continue along the shores of the Gulf of Riga and across the Estonian border to reach Tallinn. Hailed by travel aficionados as the new Prague, Tallinn is a lively city, where history and modern culture merge. From its brightly colored architecture to its quirky art scenes, Tallinn is made for the curious and creative.
Accommodation: Swissotel Tallinn.
Meals: Breakfast
Explore Tallinn with Insight Choice. Choose to embark on a panoramic walking tour leading to the Town Hall Square. Alternatively, stroll the fairy-tale Old Town and hear about Estonian artisans. Enjoy free time to browse Tallinn’s shops, famous for fine amber and silver jewelery. Join your traveling companions at a local restaurant for your dinner. Toast to your trip, as you savor a freshly prepared meal, rich with traditional flavors and accompanied with wine.
Accommodation: Swissotel Tallinn.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Your trip comes to an end after breakfast.
Meals: Breakfast
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Tour Operator
Insight Vacations (CA)
Part of The Travel Company (TTC) family of brands, Insight Vacations began operations in 1978 and is based in Cypress, CA. Journeys are featured to destinations, such as the U.S. and Canada, Europe, Latin America, North Africa, Asia, the UK and Ireland. The company offers are a variety of tours under the classifications of Regional Journeys, Country Roads, Discovery Journeys, Easy Pace trips, and Special Interest tours. Insight is the ideal name for the tour operator, as the journeys provided by Insight Vacations allow travelers to gain further insight into whatever destination they wish to explore. For example, Discovery Journeys are the ideal choice for first-time visitors to Europe. Itineraries include Dine-at-Home or Farm-to-Table experiences so travelers can learn more about how locals live and dine. Regional Journeys allow trip-goers to see a specific location in Europe that they have always wanted to see – Poland, Switzerland, Italy, etc. The carefully planned trips enable customers to immerse themselves in one specific region or country and to become acquainted with its culture, traditions, and people. For anyone seeking travel off the beaten track, Insight Vacations offers Country Roads – trips that lead travelers off the well-tread tourist trail to explore hidden gems where visitors can savor the local produce with Farm-to-Table dining. Some trips are offered under the Easy Pace travel style – the ideal trip choice for trip-goers who wish to slow their pace during their vacation. During these tours, vacationers stay at least 3 nights at each destination, giving them some additional time to explore a place and enjoy it. Regardless of the travel style, many of the vacations offered by Insight Vacations begin with Relaxed Starts – giving travelers time to sleep in a little, spend more time at breakfast, or explore an area on their own. The tour company prides itself on providing business class tours that features luxury coaches with 40 seats. While most coach touring operators provide vehicles with 53 seats, Insight Vacations has re-configured its motor coaches to hold up to 40 guests. This gives passengers extra leg room while traveling and offers them more space and privacy.
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Reviews
Anonymous - Traveled, May 2020
Warsaw and the Baltic states customer service prior to leaving was a lot to be desired. Due to the fact of not finalising this tour until it was nearly too late we were in fact to the point of me ringing her to book a very similar tour with another company when she and I looked once again to see if it was a definite departure before proceeding which luckily we had and it had only just been ticked. Which made it quite frustrating. This then had a follow on effect of trying to make flight arrangements along with availability of seats on the required flights extremely difficult so difficult that once again we were on the verge of canceling except that we are very fortunate to have an excellent travel agent. So for that part I rate you a 1 STAR. As far as the customer service from our tour director Maja Poljansek was fantastic she was and deserves a 5 STAR Read less Trip Rating 5 litinary was fabulous the hotels and their locations were in the very best
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/20/2020
Anonymous - Traveled, May 2020
They need to tell people when tours are a definite departure earlier. Also the Gold Seal protection insurance covers multiple tours when booked together. However if you need to cancel a tour you lose your Gold Seal insurance on the remaining tour/s. Would give 5 stars if they had an extra night in Riga, Latvia.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/20/2020
Anonymous - Traveled, May 2020
Great tour guide. Skip Warsaw and add Helsinki
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/20/2020
Anonymous - Traveled, May 2020
Insight always does a great job making their customers feel important. Their tour director is knowledgeable and caring. The time spent in each location gives you time to see the sights but also have time on your own to explore.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/20/2020
Anonymous - Traveled, May 2020
Certainly would recommend Insight to others. Excellent service and guide Chad and driver. Chads knowledge and presentation was excellent, and conveyed to us the culture and people of each Country we visited. Excellent itinerary but I would have liked one more day in Riga and one more day in. Tallinn, I felt these pis was a little too rushed. I actually paid and stayed an. Each day in Tallin. And needed this day to see all and get a better feel for the City.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/20/2020
Carol Griffin - Traveled, May 2020
Insight Vacations is my preferred travel group. Hotels are centrally located and customer service is excellent. Our tour guide, Alex Golovko, was the best tour manager I have ever had on any trip. He worked tirelessly to ensure everyone was having a good time and that their needs were met. The itinerary was perfectly suited for a short trip lasting a week. Many people wish they had more time in one city or another, but there isn't enough time for extended stays. Another type of tour might best be suited for longer stays in each city. Others didn't like paying for "optionals". But optionals are great. If a traveler has no interest in a side trip, or cultural dinner, they do not have to spend the money up front in the cost of the tour. The traveler has a choice. Some people are natural complainers and will complain about everything. I try to avoid those people. This trip was wonderful and I have recommended it to others.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/20/2020
Anonymous - Traveled, May 2020
Great itinerary. Wonderful hotels in central locations, which is so key. Learned a lot about the Baltic states. good pace and great hotels
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/20/2020
Anonymous - Traveled, May 2020
Whole experience was wonderful, from Joey the tour director who was super organized to the seasoned travelers to the sites. Tour at times felt short roughly a day and a half in each city, but there was enough free time built in where one could do things on their own.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/20/2020
Anonymous - Traveled, May 2020
Overall organization and attention to detail. More time in Riga, less time in Warsaw as part of the itinerary. For those wishing more time in Warsaw provide optional early arrival options, e.g Saltmines
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/20/2020
Maxleigh Derman - Traveled, May 2020
Knowledgeable guide, exttremly good driver avoided a head on disaster, I am a regular will be back All good, but, Lithuanian hotel still in the communist time zone.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/20/2020
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