Malbork Castle Tour from Gdansk
Description
We're the only company that offers regular tours so you can have experience in better price! This is shared transportation, shared guide tour in small groups. We use best English speaking museum guides, English speaking drivers and door to door service in comfortable AC minibusses. Small groups for your comfort.
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Itinerary
Our English speaking driver will pick you up from your hotel. You will receive a text message and email 12 hours before the tour with an exact pickup time. Drive to Malbork will take approximately 1 hour depending on the traffic.
We welcome you on our regular tour. You will be picked up from your hotel in Gdansk by English speaking driver in comfortable AC minibus, that will take to Malbork. Hired guide will tell you all interesting facts and stories, after visiting you will be taken back to hotel. Highlights: sightseeing the 14th-century Palace of the Grand Master, which at one time was the residence of the so-called Grand Master of the Teutonic Order visiting St. Mary’s Church watching the castle’s various permanent and temporary exhibitions like collection of weaponary, armor, flags and enormous Amber Museum.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We offer pickup from any location in Gdansk (hotel, hostel, apartment etc.). If your accommodation is not on a list, please provide us with the address in additional information and we will check if this is approachable for a pickup. There is also an option to be picked up from a meeting point at Shakespeare Theater.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- 2 participants needed to organize the tour
Reviews(63)
Amazing middle age castle! Mandatory to book a day vizit .
Arrive early to avoid queues. Hire guide to understand what you see. The tour takes 2 1/2 to 3 hours.
Malbork Castle is a truly impressive and beautiful castle. Although much of it has been rebuilt, it is fascinating to see how such an enormous and remarkable structure was constructed in the Middle Ages. The digital audio guide works very well and automatically detects where you are, providing the correct information about each room, corridor, building, or courtyard you visit. It is worth knowing that you cannot enter the castle without the audio guide and headphones. Unfortunately, we were not informed of this at the ticket office, so we had to go back to collect them. We also highly recommend buying a ticket for the tower, the view is definitely worth it. The only disappointment was the service at the ticket office. The staff seemed impatient and unfriendly, and we were even given the wrong number of tickets. Unfortunately, we also noticed that several other visitors in the queue experienced the same poor service. Overall, Malbork Castle is a place we would definitely recommend visiting.
Definitely worth it, debated this or going on our own via train and walking to the castle. So glad we went this route instead. Staff was fantastic, friendly, helpful and went out of their way to ensure the trip was nothing but pleasant. Live guide at the castle clearly loves what she does and was so fun, knowledgeable had great facts and stories.
An excellent tour - this gothic red bricked castle is amazing and very big. Severely damaged (80%+ destroyed) in World War 2, it has undergone major reconstruction. The reconstruction (still ongoing) has been done very carefully and there are a lot of original items in situ and on exhibit. We were collected promptly from our hotel by Simon ('Mr. Shuttle') who gave us a very good introduction to the area on our drive to the castle. Our castle guide, Alicja, was superb - extremely knowledgeable - no question was beyond her capacity to give a full answer. All in all an excellent tour - not to be missed!
Very good experience. We were very happy with Simón the driver, who also provided explanations, and Alicja the guide. But it is English.
Guide knew the castle like the back of her hand. Driver Simon knew the landscape and provided us with interesting tidbits that we were not aware of about the area. Like the storkes and moose.
The trip is titled Malbork Castle tour but I'd have to say that I learned more about Poland on the hour travel to and back than I did on the actual tour. Simon provided so many interesting stories. I would gladly book another trip with him. Regarding the castle, it is beautiful and I am so glad that they could reconstruct so much after WWII destruction. I really liked the draw bridges and gates. Our tour guide was well informed. I also enjoyed seeing the individual living quaters and the grand rooms. The only part of the tour that i felt was not needed is the amber exhibit as these can be seen in the Amber museum in Gdansk. There are a few negatives. This is not a place for the physically handicapped. There are many steps, some without handrails. I use a cane and had trouble maneuving several stairs. Also, most of the pathways are made up of uneven height stones which were difficult for many of our group after 3 hours of walking.
Great and very informative tour. The place is majestic and its History deserves to be written with capital H.
Massive and impressive — one of the largest castles in the world. The audio guide helps bring the history to life, though walking through everything takes time and energy.
