Best of Warsaw Tour
Schedule: Friday 2 PM, Saturday & Sunday 10:30 PM
Area: Royal Route, Palace of Culture
Duration: 2 hrs
Starting Point: Sigismund’s Column
Price: as you wish
Language: English
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, here the most important events in Polish post-war history were taking place. In the second half of the tour you will explore the 20th-century city centre with the most iconic Warsaw building: the Palace of Culture, the famous gift from Stalin to the People’s Republic of Poland, aimed to reshape Warsaw’s historical city centre and give Warsaw a new communist identity.
To ensure safe distance and quality expierience our groups are limited to 20 people.
The Best of Warsaw tour takes approximately 2 hours.
The Best of Warsaw tour covers the southern part of the historical city centre and covers a wider range of topics (monarchy, Chopin, partitions, WW2, communism). 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 Best of Warsaw Tour ends near the Palace of Culture and Science.