Visit Wadowice the home town of Pope John Paul 2nd
Wadowice is the home town of the great Pope John Paul II located approximately 50 Km from Krakow. Book the Wadowice tour and you will be picked up from your accommodation in a private car or mini bus with a personal and professional tour guide.
The Wadowice tour includes the most important sights in Wadowice including the Pope John Paul’s house – which has now been converted into a museum and the church of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary located next to the Popeshouse (the Basilica). The tour also includes visiting the UNESCO listed world heritage site of the Kalwaria Zebrzydowska Sanctuary and a place of pilgrimage for many Catholics.
Wadowice is a small town of approximately 20,000 people, full of historic buildings and places linked to the Pope’s childhood.
| TOUR DETAILS | |
| Price: | 2 people 300 pln pp, 3 people 230 pln pp, 4 people 200 pln pp, 5 people 170 pln pp |
| Dates: | On request all year round |
| Times: | flexible |
| Language: | English, Polish, Spanish, Italian, French |
| Duration: | day trip |
| Other information: | Private Tour - Please book a min of 1 day in advance before 7.00 pm |
Private Wadowice tours from Krakow
7 Koscielna street is the house where Pope John Paul was born and raised. It is now a fascinating exhibition which illustrates and commemorates John Paul and his life and work in Poland until he left Krakow for Rome in 1978. The museum exhibits some of John Paul’s previous possessions such as family pictures and his prayer book.
The Basilica – The church of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This was the Parish church of the Pope to be, where he was baptized and served as an alter boy. It is a beautiful and well kept Baroque church located right next door to John Paul’s house. Inside the building you can see the baptismal font at which the Pope to be was baptized.
The Kalwaria Zebrzydowska Sanctuary – Poland’s first Calvary Sanctuary featuring the 17th Century Baroque church of the Angelic Mother of God and the adjoining Franciscan monastery. The Kalwaria Sanctuary an important pilgrimage for Catholics and also the place of the Virgin Mary’s cult.