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Location Frombork is the beautiful small town placed over the Vistula Lagoon with a nice view on the Vistula Sand-bar. The most important part of the town is the Cathedral Hill with many historical monuments including the Gothic cathedral, the Copernicus tower, where the great astronomer was making his observations, the Radziejowski tower with astronomical planetarium and 28-meter Foucault pendulum inside. Other interesting places are Saint Ann Chapel with natural medicine exhibition, XIV century Water Tower, nice main city square and couple of historical canonry buildings.If you are interested in history of the most famous citizen of this town, visit the Nicholaus Copernicus Museum on-line. Frombork is a typical touristic place with many small coffee bars and romantic restaurants. There is also the fishing port and the pier where each morning you can buy a fresh fish. During the touristic season there is a possibility to sail to Krynica Morska, a town placed at the Vistula Sand-bar just near the open sea and spend free time at the nice sandy beach. Frombork is surrounded by village landscape with small areas of wild forests and full of natural beauty estuary of Balda river. There is an amateur astronomical observatory at Zurawia Hill about 1.5 kilometer on the south of Frombork. 
Hotel The IMC participants will be accomodated in Kopernik Hotel, Kosicielna Street 2, 14-530 Frombork, Poland, phone: +48552437285, fax: +48552437300.The hotel offers:
Excursion We are going to organize an excursion to the Frombork Cathedral Hill. The excursion includes visiting the Nicholaus Copernicus Museum, the Copernicus Tower, the Radziejowski Tower, the Gothic Cathedral, the Saint Ann Chapel and astronomical show in the planetarium. The Cathedral Hill is in the walking distance form the Kopernik Hotel. |
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