Cracow MICE Manual _updated February 08_ - Viahansa.com
Cracow MICE Manual _updated February 08_ - Viahansa.com
Cracow MICE Manual _updated February 08_ - Viahansa.com
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City Tour <strong>Cracow</strong> – exploring hidden treasures of <strong>Cracow</strong><br />
The guests explore <strong>Cracow</strong> in an interesting, unique and<br />
active way with elements of <strong>com</strong>petition. We divide the<br />
group into smaller groups. Each group will have its<br />
Patron. (for example: Copernicus, Wawel Dragon, White<br />
Lady etc.) Each group receives maps, guides and a list<br />
of questions, which they have to answer during the tour<br />
in order to collect points for each well done assignment.<br />
Looking for the Dragon of the Wawel Hill<br />
Tracing the most famous legend of <strong>Cracow</strong> the participants<br />
have to find the places – land marks of the historical city.<br />
Pictures will be taken during the work of the participants.<br />
The winning group will be awarded.<br />
A popular version of Smok Wawelski's (the Dragon) tale<br />
takes place in Kraków during the reign of King Krak, the<br />
city's legendary founder. Each day the evil dragon would<br />
beat a path of destruction across the countryside, killing the<br />
civilians, pillaging their homes and devouring their livestock.<br />
In many versions of this story, the dragon especially enjoyed<br />
eating young girls, and could only be appeased if the town<br />
folk would leave a young girl in front of its cave once a<br />
month. The King certainly wanted to put a stop to the<br />
dragon, but his bravest knights fell to its fiery breath. In the versions involving the<br />
sacrifice of young girls, every girl in the city was eventually sacrificed except one, the<br />
King's daughter Wanda. In desperation, the King promised his beautiful daughter's<br />
hand in marriage to anybody who could defeat the dragon. Great warriors from near<br />
and far fought for the prize and failed. One day, a poor cobbler's apprentice named<br />
Skuba (in some versions: Dratewka) accepted the challenge. He stuffed a lamb with<br />
sulphur and set it outside the dragon's cave. The dragon ate it and soon became<br />
incredibly thirsty. No amount of drinking could quell his stomach ache, and after<br />
swelling up from drinking half of the Vistula river, he exploded. The apprentice<br />
married the King's daughter as promised and they lived happily ever after. This<br />
legend and the famous monument of the Wawel dragon you will look for during your<br />
tour.<br />
Balloon flights<br />
Great attraction. The average flight time is 1 hour. We<br />
strongly re<strong>com</strong>mend flights over Lesser Poland and the<br />
picturesque region called Jura Krakowsko -<br />
Częstochowska. The teams prepare the flight,<br />
participate in inflating balloons, fly and after that get the<br />
diplomas for finishing the successful flight.
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