Warsaw is a city of contrasts, where 300-year-old aristrocratic palaces are standing next to the Soviet blocks of flats. See these contrasts through the eyes of our experienced local guide, who grew up in communist-ruled Poland.
2in1 tour, ideal as the introduction to Warsaw. The first half of the tour covers the Royal Route, which is the most elegant Warsaw street. Here in the 17th and 18th century wealthy noblemen were building their luxurious residences, powerful religious orders were erecting their baroque churches, here in the 19th century Chopin lived and Marie Curie was studying. In the second half of the tour you will explore the 20th-century city centre, reshaped by communist architects and urban planners, with the most iconic Warsaw building: the Palace of Culture, the famous gift from Stalin to the People’s Republic of Poland, aimed to give Warsaw the new communist identity.
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The Royal & Communist Warsaw tour takes 2 hrs 15 min.
The Royal & Communist tour covers the southern part of the historical city centre with focus on the Royal Route and the communist period. The Old Town Tour covers the northern part of the historical city centre (the Old Town and the New Town) and focuses on mediaeval origins of Warsaw, period of monarchy, Warsaw Uprising and post-war reconstruction.
The Royal & Communist Tour ends near the Palace of Culture and Science.