Old Town Warsaw Walking Tour
Description
The excellent solution to explore Warsaw, if you don’t have much time. Join the walking tour with professional local Walkative! guide. The tour includes all the important landmarks of the city and covers the history of Warsaw and Poland – from the middle ages to the 20th century, including the Second World War and its consequences to the city, the communist era problems and paradoxes, as well as the 19th century Chopin’s Warsaw. You will hear a lot about Warsaw’s architecture, which is the best reflexion of the past times, famous people, historic events and facts related to the present times in Poland. The tour lasts 2,5 hours, it starts by the Copernicus Statue and ends in the New Town.
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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 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.
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!
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Please note that booking this tour you will be joining our general pay as you wish tour (tour in which it is up to the guest how to reward his or her guide). In this case the amount you pay covers the reservation fee and the guide's payment. If you wish to join a smaller, private tour let us know and we will organise it for you!
Reviews(447)
This was a fabulous walking tour, with a very knowledgeable guide. I appreciated her personal insights, and obvious passion about her city and its famous residents. It was a brilliant introduction into the history of Warsaw. The Old Town has been beautifully restored and is a "must see" in Warsaw. I loved all the little insights that she gave us: e.g. about the two hotels. It took nearly two and a half hours and is not for people who have mobility issues.
Great tour, excellent your guide Andrew - articulate and knowledgeable. I liked his passion and the delivery. I also enjoyed the fact that Andrew was polite and understanding the curiosity of our 12-year old son and treated him with care and respect.
Honestly, the tourist guide was rather unpleasant person, she was sarcastic and arrogant. She treated us like first grade pupils. Afterwards, she tried to be funny but sometimes the jokes were inconvinient. She showed unpleasentness towards Krakow, towards other nations, emphasisizing Warsaw as being the only victim of…. The only positive thing was that her English was perfect.
Hello, Thank you for sharing your feedback. We're sorry to hear that your experience with the guide's communication style left you with a negative impression, as this is not the experience we aim to provide. We appreciate your honest comments and will share them with the guide to help us improve, and we're glad to hear you found the guide's English to be excellent. Kind regards, Walkative!
Tom was a brilliant guide- so knowledgeable and humorous too. The walk was very interesting and we would definitely recommend.
Easy walking tour providing loads of Warsaw history. Guide was super knowledgeable and interesting to listen to. Well worth the $. Only negative was that there was little time to take photos and most of the key sites, we saw from behind.
It was very rewarding and instructive. A guide who was very committed and well-read and gave that little extra of his commitment. Lucky enough to attract interest.
Greeting , My husband and I really enjoyed the walking tour and the guide was awesome ! We kept us entertained with cute facts and jokes . The only minus was to that trip was flying ants 😕on the Market Place . For people who afraid of insects I would warn them to take a bug spray .? Otherwise we had a great time . Yuliya
So much information mixed with relevant stories, humour and irony. I am sorry I don’t remember the name of the guide but he was excellent. His English was amazing ….
He gave a lot of history about Old Town Warsaw and shared many interesting insights. Great way to have an introduction to Warsaw and Polish history.
It was amazing. Loved every part of it! Highly recommended!
