The best of Warsaw Guided Tour - Visit the capital...

The best of Warsaw

Time: 4-6 hours including driving time

Participants: 1-4 persons

For larger groups extra transportation (mini-van, bus) cost will be added - please contact for details

Type: walking and car tour

Price includes: guiding service, tax, car transportation, parking fees

Additional costs: Optional - Royal Castle entrance fee (5 € per person), Palace on the Water in Lazienki park entrance fee (4 € per person), Palace of Culture and Science panorama terrace (5 € per person)

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Warsaw has changed a lot since 1989 when the Communist regime ended. New opportunities for democratic Poland and its capital city resulted in rapid growth of life level - see a bit of history mixed with modern city of Warsaw.

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ROUTE: The Old Town, The Royal Route, Lazienki Park and Palace on the Water, today's Warsaw with Palace of Science and Culture and modern 21st century architecture (roof garden in Warsaw University Library, city centre skyscapers, modern Supreme Court building)

The UNESCO World Heritage Old Town is unmissable - quite literally, seeing as many of the city's attractions and a whole host of cafés, bars and restaurants are located within its environs. The Old Town is both a physical and symbolic expression of the city's spirit and determination to come back from the brink of annihilation at the end of World War II. Most visitors to Warsaw spend their first day strolling around the Old Town.

In addition to a number of palaces, Lazienki Park contains the Chopin Monument - where the annual Chopin Festival is held each summer - and the Orangerie, set within extensive 18th-century gardens. Palac Lazienkowski (Palace on the Water) is best viewed from near the monument to Jan Sobieski, on the bridge where Agrykola street crosses the water. Originally built in 1624, for King Zygmunt III Vasa, Zamek Ujazdowski (Ujazdowski Castle) now houses the Centre of Contemporary Art. The 1764 Palac Belweder (Belvedere Palace) was the residence of King Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski and later of Poland's 20th-century presidents. On warm summer days, rowing boats offer short cruises around the park's lake.