Pieskowa Skala Castle and Czestochowa including the 'Black Madonna' Day Tour from Krakow
- Location:Krakow, Poland
- Duration:8 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
- TOUR Code:2145IT11
22 reviews of Pieskowa Skala Castle and Czestochowa including the 'Black Madonna' Day Tour from Krakow
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A wonderful day out. At the black Madonna there is so much to see. A placeof prayer for us catholics. Time was short, though our wonderful guide granted us another half an hour on our request. At the Castle we could have saved time to spend at Cztochowa.
This was a fantastic trip.Pieskowa Skala Castle is a definite must for all travellers. It's a beautiful place.Czestochowa is a fantastic spiritual place and the black Madonna worth the trip alone.A nun was our tour guide and she was amazing.The only down side was the maroon coach and the inadequate knee room .
The driver Andrew was very informative.
You get plenty of time ate the black madonna.
In the castle you get a good insight on the work of arts. Especially if the tourguide i very passionate about the object their.
Excellent tour with very knowledgeable guide. Art in Pieskowa Castle exceptional
This was a very good tour. There were 6 people in our group and the driverguide was excellent. I strongly recommend this tour if your are religious or want to see an aspect of Polish Catholicism. However, be warned that it is a two hour drive to Czestochowa and two hours back. In a car, it was a bit cramped. Our guide gave us lots of information about Poland and Polish history on the ride to and from Czestochowa. Czestochowa was very crowded with lots of pilgrims. We spent three hours there. two hours with the guide and one hour on our own The visit to Pieskowa Skala castle was about an hour long.
Great driverguide and well worth time spent.
Excellent.
At the last minute we decided to rather do the trip to the Tatra mountains because it was thought there would not be that much to see on this trip seeing as though the castles were ruins. We were expecting to go by coach but went by car with a wonderful guide who had been a school teacher with a great depth of knowlege and love of Polish history which really enriched this experience. We went to Zagapone and visited villages with 800 year old wooden houses that look brand new, as well as the studio of a famous mountain sculptor and bought some lovely items. Went around a unique cemetary - very unusual headstones maximising use of wood from the area. Visited a large open market and would have gone up in the cable car would have been great as there was snow on the peaks, but it was being repaired. Rounded the trip off with lunch at a Hungarian restaurant with huge open fire place, perfect. I think November is just the right time to visit Krakow and environs when it is not overrun with tourists and one can really absorb all that is there to be found.
I booked this tour solely for the trip to monastery at Czestochowa, and I was not disappointed. In addition to the chapel with the "Black Madonna", there were three very interesting and moving museums. Then on the way back to Krakow, we stopped at an amazingly well preserved castle with an interesting decorative arts museum. What a great day!
After Auschwitz, this was a very uplifting experience.
go if you are really into visiting pilgrimage sites...the 1;30 CHURCH vit whe the madonna is unveiled is a warm expoerience as everyone there is deeply involved in the experience...drive there not great...
Our guide mumbled into his boots a little and it was a bit rainy, but overall was a good trip.
The Pieskowa Skala Castle is extremely interesting, expecially when the tour guide speaks very good English and knowledgeable. Do expect a big crowd at the monastery of Jasna Gora.
A lovely trip into the countryside with a well informed and communicative guide. There were only four of us plus the guide and both the tour of Czestochowa and the Castle were wonderful. Our guide was particularly well versed in the museum at the castle. Would definitely recommend this trip to others.
I was very lucky in that there were only two of us on the tour! Probably not really good for the company but excellent for me. The Black Madonna was very interesting to see but be prepared for crowds, even in the off season. I was never really able to get up close to get a good full-on picture they were all taken from the side as we walked through the queue. The castle was nice, nothing spectacular. But on the whole it was an enjoyable trip and the guide was very knowledgeable.
