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Warsaw Highlights Walking Tour: Comprehensive Journey Through History and Landmarks
4.8
204 Ratings
Warszawa
Embark on a comprehensive walking tour of Warsaw’s highlights with a professional local guide. Explore the city’s history, landmarks, and architecture in just 2.5 hours!
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Krakowskie Przedmiescie - The main boulevard street of Warsaw, reminding you if the city’s royal past. Adorned with palaces, parks and monuments, including the Presidential Palace, Bristol Hotel and St. Cross Church, where the heart of Chopin is interred.
- Old Town - Old medieval core of Warsaw with its red roofs, colourful houses and the Royal Castle is the most unlikely UNESCO Heritage Site, as it was fully reconstructed following the near full destruction during WW2. The reconstruction was done so meticulously that you will have hard time telling that it’s not old, and it set the example for the rest of the world.
- New Town Square - Curiously named New Town, this part of the city was also established in the Middle Ages. It’s the place of birth of Maria Skłodowska-Curie. The Barbican, standing between the Old and New Town, is a conclusion ground of our walk. Thank you for joining!
What's Included
- Local guide
- Professional guide
- Pickup and drop-off from designated meeting points
What's Not Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Transportation to/from attractions
Additional Information
An optimal approach for those short on time looking to discover Warsaw. Partake in a guided excursion with a knowledgeable local Walkative! tour leader. The tour encompasses the city’s significant landmarks and delves into the history of Warsaw and Poland – from medieval times to the 20th century, including the impact of World War II, issues arising from the communist period, and the influence of the 19th century era known as Chopin’s Warsaw. The tour is an insightful journey into Warsaw’s architecture, acting as a window into its past, renowned personalities, historical incidents, and contemporary Polish affairs. The tour takes approximately 2.5 hours, beginning at the Copernicus Statue and terminating in New Town.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Location
Nicolas Copernicus Monument
Krakowskie Przedmieście
• Meeting point: we meet next to the Nicolaus Copernicus Monument.
• Start time: Participants are expected to show up 5 min before the start time. If you are late, your reservation will be cancelled and we cannot guarantee your spot.
• Look for a guide with a yellow umbrella.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(204 Ratings)
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Radha_g
Aug 1, 2024
Excellent guide - Good experience . Knowledge guide. I would recommend this tour to understand history of Poland and struggle people of Warsaw suffered
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Boroversrules
Jul 16, 2024
Insightful and funny! WE RECOMMEND - We had a vary insightful walk and the tour guide Andy (the one with the beard) was really knowledgeable and funny! Definitely recommend.
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Astrid
Jul 8, 2024
Great guide - Such a knowledgeble guide and with great humor. Flexible in his approach and engaging the group toom. Covered the history of poland and warsaw
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Lynne_n
Jul 8, 2024
Great way to start a trip to Warsaw! - Andres had really excellent enthusiasm for the information he was sharing which made it easy to follow along with. We learned a ton on the tour and appreciated his consideration for keeping us out of the pouring rain as often as possible! It was a great first day in Warsaw experience because it gave us some context as we explore old town over the rest of the trip!
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Paul_o
Jun 25, 2024
Great tour! - Great tour! My guide was super knowledgeable and funny! Highly recommend for learning history as well as being entertaining.
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Iainh498
Aug 1, 2024
A Good Way To See Warsaw! - It was a great way of seeing Warsaw, our guide was very knowledgeable! There were were polish sweets given out at the end with a quiz and there was break in the middle of our tour.
Overall it was interactive, interesting and fun.
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Jorge_c
Jul 4, 2024
Very good walking tour of Warsaw! - Very good tour! The tour guide was Jacek. He is knowledgeable, fun, and energetic! The communication with the organizing company was excellent and the operator is very responsive. I recommend anyone who wants to have an overview Warsaw to this tour.
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Nicholas_a
Jul 17, 2024
Disappointed in Viatour - Not a great experience mainly because after booking the tour with Viatour, the tour guide informed me that it could have been free if booked on a different site. Highly disappointed!
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Elena_b
Jul 8, 2024
not very informative - The guide (lucasz) was charming and described himself as "a storyteller," but he told more stories about the Rolling Stones and contemporary visitors than about the history of Warsaw. He would say things like "would you like me to tell you the story of (X)?" rather than just share the history. I left midway through the tour.
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Erika_n
Jun 30, 2024
Very disappointing - I expected to get an overview of Polish history but that is not what we got. What we got was a showman with bad jokes, forced audience participation and random trivia. He kept wanting the audience to ask him to tell us stories we had already paid him to tell. The stories he did tell us were conflicting, difficult to follow and non-chronological. He couldn’t answer the questions the audience asked and his English didn’t seem good enough to even understand the questions. Very disappointed.
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