If You Go: Prague and Warsaw

How to get thereThe lowest round-trip air fare between Boston and Warsaw at press time was $1,001 on Northwest Airlines. Between Boston and Prague, it was $935 on American Airlines. We took a 14-day Tauck Tour beginning in Poland and continuing to Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, and the Czech Republic. The $3,870 per person, double occupancy, covered hotels, ground transportation, most meals, and some incidentals. Tauck World Discovery, 800-788-7885 or www.tauck.com.What to doThis is the world of Chopin, Mozart, Strauss, and Beethoven, where opera, ballet, and concerts abound. Other attractions:Jasna GoraCzestochowa, Polandwww.jasnagora.pl/englishBaroque monastery where the Black Madonna holy icon is located.Old TownKrakow, PolandCharming square with a large craft market.Auschwitz-Birkenau StateMuseumOswiecim (40 miles from Krakow)

www.auschwitz.org.plInfamous Nazi death camps.The Great SynagogueDohany Street, BudapestMonumental, with seating for nearly 3,000; adjoining Holocaust memorial.Pinkas SynagogueJewish Quarter, Prague011-420-222-317-191Memorial to Jewish victims of the Holocaust; part of the Jewish Museum.Where to stayThe hotels on our tour all had excellent accommodations and locations.Le Royal Meridien BristolThe King's Walk, Warsaw011-48-22-625-2525Rooms about $136-$300.Hotel Francuski13 Pijarska St., Krakow

011-48-12-422-5122 Rooms about $109-$127.Where to eatRestauracja Kamienne Schodki Old Town Market Square 26, Warsaw

011-48-22-831-0822 Borscht and other regional dishes.Gundel RestaurantAllatkerti ut 2, Budapest

Famed spot where wienerschnitzel vies with duck and other pricey dishes.Restaurant-Caf MozartAlbertinaplatz 2, ViennaVienna's most famous coffeehouse.