Old Town | Budget City Tour
EUR 12 per person
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Book a public tour (Budget City Tour) to the Old Town with a licensed city guide. Take a look at our overview and if you have any questions, please use the contact form at the bottom end.
Book now, pay on site
Book now and pay on the day of the tour.
No cancellation fees
You can cancel at any time. We just ask for short info if you have to cancel so that we can offer the free places to other guests.
No deposit
We do not require a deposit
Card payment possible
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Meeting point
Address: Plac Zamkowy 1
The meeting point is on the Castle Square with a very eye-catching 22-metre high column.
The city guide has a white umbrella with him!
What you can expect
The tour starts on Castle Square, where the city guide will meet the group.
After an introduction and explanations about what you can see here (St. Anne’s Church, Royal Castle, Old Town, National Stadium, Sigismund’s Column), you will go to the courtyard of the Royal Castle, only 100 metres from the meeting point away.. The palace is architecturally part of the entire ensemble of the Old Town and is therefore included in the World Heritage Site of the Old Town, which it became in 1980.
Then you will walk through Piwna Street, one of the most romantic corners of the Old Town. The city guide will show you narrow alleyways, at the end of which town musicians play and ice-cream sellers offer their wares. You won’t have to flow along with the tourists, because we know our own secret routes that allow you to enjoy the Old Town fully.
You will visit St. John’s Cathedral (from the outside), St. Martin’s Church from the outside), the medieval market square, enter the panoramic platform on the Warsaw “dunghill” and see a walled-in tank chain, the “German” bell, the city walls and the Barbican. Finally, the guide will show you the birthplace of Marie Curie before continuing to the last stop – the Warsaw Uprising Memorial.
Highlights
This is your city guide
Antoni was born in Poland and grew up in Germany. He studied at the universities of Bielefeld and Warsaw and has lived permanently in Warsaw since 2013. Since 2014 he has been guiding guests from all over the world through Warsaw as a licensed city guide and has been running his own tourism company Walking Warsaw since 2017.
Can I combine this tour with other tours?
We recommend booking our Budget City Tour to the Royal Route. Both tours are timed so that there is a long lunch break between them. The Royal Route tour goes from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm and the Old Town tour starts at 3 pm. The Royal Route tour ends where the Old Town tour begins.
Budget City Tour | Warsaw Royal Route
The guided tour along the Royal Route takes place daily (except Wednesday) at 10:30 am. After that tour, guests have enough time for a lunch break. It can be ideally combined with this tour. If you book a ticket for both tours, you save on the final price.
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Plac Zamkowy 1, 00-901 WarszawaMaximum group size
30 personsWheelchair accessibility
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Meeting point
Address: Plac Zamkowy 1 (Castle Square)
On the square stands a striking 22 m high column with a statue on top of it
The city guide has a white umbrella with him!
How to get
The tour
The guide will start the tour on time. However, if you are a few minutes late, look out for the white umbrella. At least 10 minutes after the start of the tour, you will surely find the guide on Castle Square.
You will first go to the inner courtyard of the Royal Castle, then through Piwna Street, past St John's Cathedral to the Panorama Terrace. The crowning glory is the Market Square and the Barbican, which has also been reconstructed.
The birthplace of Marie Curie in the New Town marks the end of the tour. The guide will bid farewell to the group at the Warsaw Uprising Memorial.
Take the opportunity to ask the guide about insider tips. He has more than enough of them!
We wish you a pleasant and informative tour!
End point
The tour ends at the Warsaw Uprising Memorial. From there it is an 8-minute walk to the meeting and starting point. From there it is only 5 minutes to reach the market square.
For further details, please ask the city guide, who will be available for a while after the tour.