Tours & Activities in Warsaw

This tour covers in detail the historical core of Warsaw - the medieval Old Town (UNESCO World Heritage area) and the second oldest district of Warsaw - the New Town.

On this tour you will learn about life in medieval Warsaw, powerful Polish kings, Warsaw becoming the capital of Poland, the siege of the city by the Swedes, Marie Curie, World War 2 destruction, communist regime, post-war reconstruction, and much more, all this sprinkled with legends and anecdotes.

We will explore the streets, backyards, and picturesque alleyways of the Old Town.
You will see:

• The Royal Castle
• Sigismund’s Column
• The Cathedral of Saint John
• The Magic Bell
• The Vistula River viewpoint
• Market Square
• Medieval defensive walls
• The Barbican
• Marie Curie’s birthplace
• a monument of the Warsaw Uprising

World War 2 tour explores the most important places related to dramatic war events: 

• Castle Square
• A former Nazi-German district
• Execution sites
• Pilsudski Square (former Adolf Hitler Square)
• The Jewish Ghetto. 

You can't understand present-day Warsaw without knowing what happened here 80 years ago. Warsaw was among the cities which suffered the most during World War II. 
The city and its inhabitants experienced the horror of bombings, and the terror of everyday life under the eye of the SS but also courageously fought in two uprisings: the 1943 Jewish Ghetto Uprising and the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.

All in one tour of the Warsaw historical city centre. Covers a wide range of different topics: monarchy, partitions, world war 2, and communist regimes. 

• The first half of the tour covers the Royal Route, which is the most elegant Warsaw street. Here in the 17th and 18th centuries, wealthy noblemen were building their luxurious residences, and 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.

Discover the turbulent history of the Warsaw Jews since the Middle Ages. Explore the remnants of the famous pre-war Jewish District which in 1940 was turned by the Nazis into the Ghetto and then completely destroyed in 1943.

We’ll show you the fascinating yet dramatic story of the Jews in Warsaw and tell you how the present Jewish community is making its way back to Warsaw after all the turbulent times. 

You will visit the following places related to the Warsaw Jews:

• the former medieval Jewish quarter
• Krasiński Park
• relic of Nalewki Street
• memorial of the Ghetto Wall
• Monument to the Heroes of the Uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto
• Mordechaj Anielewicz Bunker
• Umschlagplatz Memorial