5 Hour Tour to Warsaw Highlights

Highlights

Warsaw; capital and largest city of Poland

Learn about the celebrations and markets

Royal Castle; built in the Middle Ages

Warsaw

architectural, cultural, historical

Group Tour

5 Hours

Easy

English, Polish

Description

Learn the history of the old town in the Polish capital, wiped out almost completely in 1944 during Warsaw Uprising. Visit the Royal Castle. Explore the new town where all old town buildings were reconstructed to get a perfect match to the original look of the main square of 17th and 18th centuries; now declared UNESCO World Heritage Site of Culture.

Itinerary

Warsaw Highlights
- Explore the Old Town Market Square from the Middle Ages to the end of 18th century main square of Warsaw.
- Learn about the celebrations and markets that were organised here, and legal judgements that were passed on the condemned.
- Visit the central part of the market which was originally occupied by the town hall which was pulled down in 1817, and in 1944, during the Warsaw Uprising, the Old Town was completely wiped out.
- Proceed to the Royal Castle, built in the Middle Ages, the seat of Mazovian Dukes, from 1526 when Mazovia was incorporated in the kingdom of Poland and it became one of the royal residences.