This year, two half-day sightseeing tours are included in the accompanying person´s registration package. IFLA and the National Committee are delighted to offer both tours for the accompanying person´s programme. Tickets for the half-day guided tours can be reserved during the online registration process or when registering onsite at the congress. Please note that these tours are subject to availability and require a minimum amount of confirmed bookings in order to take place.

Please note these tours are subject to availability.

1. Wrocław Panoramic Tour (walking tour)

Date: Monday, 21 August 2017
Time: tbc
Duration: 3,5 hours
Meeting Point: Marzurkas Travel booth in the Registration Area

Sightseeing of Old Town: Market Square (Rynek) dominated by the impressive 13th-century town hall and bordered by a rainbow of beautifully renovated historical buildings. Salt Square (Plac Solny), renowned for 24th traditional flower stalls. Swidnicka Street, for centuries this was the most important street in Wrocław often used by merchants travelling along the Amber Road from southern Europe towards the Baltic Sea. This part of the Old Town boasts several distinguished public buildings, department stores, hotels, churches and statues.

Cathedral Island: Ostrow Tumski or Cathedral Island is where the city of Wrocław was born. To get there from the University walk across Sand Bridge to Sand Island and the Tumski Bridge. This bridge has become the magnet for couples who leave padlocks chained to the ironwork in the hope that somehow it will keep them together forever. Whether it works or not we don’t know but the padlock sellers nearby seem to be happy with the arrangement.

English speaking guide.

2. The Most Beautiful Gardens of Wrocław (walking tour)

Date: Tuesday, 22 August 2017
Time: tbc
Duration: 3,5 hours
Meeting Point: Marzurkas Travel booth in the Registration Area

No visit to Wrocław is complete without a stroll in beautiful gardens of Wrocław.
Botanical Garden The Botanical Garden of the University of Wrocław, known as an ”oasis of beauty and peace” in the heart of a city, is a ”live museum” and a research and teaching centre as well as a favourite place to rest for the citizens of Wrocław. Szczytnicki Park, one of the largest parks in Wrocław, a landscape park with large composition and dendrological virtues, it occupies a space of approximately 100 ha. The main attraction of the park is the Japanese Garden established in 1913.

English speaking guide.