Itinerary
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Stop At: Warsaw, Warsaw, Mazovia Province, Central Poland
Tour’s schedule is organised in chronological order. The first part is looking for witnesses of the war in downtown Warsaw. The wounds are still visible - you just need to know where to look for them. Next, the guide introduces you to the international situation in the late 1930s and the WWII outbreak in 1939. It was the time of shock caused by nazi and communist (the Soviet Union captured eastern Poland) terror and the birth of Polish resistance.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Fragment of Ghetto Wall, ul. Zlota 60, Warsaw 00-821 Poland
The crucial part of WWII history in Poland is the tragedy of Jewish citizens who were oppressed and murdered by German Nazis. Poland was home to 3 million Jews, 300 000 of them lived in Warsaw. In 1940 German Nazis created Warsaw Ghetto and squeezed half a million Jews into it.
A few fragments of the Ghetto Wall running between the properties are preserved, as well as the walls of the pre-war buildings that marked the border of the ghetto. The three best-known parts of the wall are located in the former small ghetto, although some are periodically not accessible: the guide takes you to one of them.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Waliców, Warszawa, Poland
The Waliców street tenement house is, as we say, the last ghost from the Ghetto since it remains a ruin up to now. Also - there is a fragment of the Ghetto wall preserved in the same place.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Chlodna Street, ul. Chlodna, Warsaw 00-000 Poland
In 1941 Ghetto was divided into two parts by Chłodna street, used for East-West transfer traffic.
The wooden bridge was built near the intersection of Chłodna and Żelazna streets to link two parts. It reached the third floor of the buildings, which allowed the “Aryan” trams, German military transports and cars to pass beneath it, as we can see in many photographs.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Muranów, Warsaw, Poland
The next stop is the Muranów district. Again, the first impression is that it is just a regular neighbourhood filled with squared blocks of flats. But there is much more from the past to be discovered with the help of a guide.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Pomnik Bohaterow Getta, ul. Zamenhofa 11, Warsaw 00-001 Poland
The monument of the Ghetto Heroes and Polin museum are two symbolic and essential places where your guide takes you. Both are located near the spot where the first armed clash of the 1943 uprising took place. Yet, at the same time, it is where Polish, Jewish and German nations reconciled through several events throughout the last 50 years.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East, Muranowska, Warsaw Poland
On September 17th 1939, two weeks after the outbreak of WWII in Europe, Poland was attacked by the Soviet Union, and the Eastern part of our country was lost forever. After the fall of the USSR, the Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East was erected in honour of Poles deported to Gulags in Siberia, killed in executions and the victims of the Katyń massacres.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Warsaw Uprising Monument, plac Krasińskich, 00-263 Warszawa, Poland
Later in World War II, an agreement was reached between the Western Allies and the dictator of the USSR, Stalin; as a result, post-war Poland was about to become a country subordinate to the Soviet Union. The last attempt to avoid this fate was the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, which resulted in the Nazis destroying 85% of Warsaw. Red Army captured the empty city three months after the fall of the insurrection, in January 1945.
Duration: 10 minutes
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Traveler pickup is offered
Pickup service from hotels, Airbnb and apartments is available up to 3 kilometres from the city centre. If your hotel/apartment is farther or inaccessible by car, our advisor will suggest the closest and most comfortable meeting point. Please note that transfer from and to the hotel counts into the total time of the tour. Therefore, sometimes it is better to meet the guide in the city centre rather than spend time transferring from the far-located pickup spot.
3 hours(approx.)
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
Car is used mainly for transfers between locations where guests walk with their guide.
This tour can be booked instantly online for adults and children over 150 centimetres (4,9 ft). However, if you want to book a tour for a shorter child, please contact the tour operator to check the availability of seat boosters, which are obligatory in Poland.
Classic vintage minibuses are not equipped with air conditioning, and some are not equipped with seat belts (which is legal with classic vintage cars). However, they have a heating system for the winter.
The capacity of one minibus is 8 passengers. 5 minibuses are available.
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Posted By : michael_l
It all starts in a Zuk! Marcin was a great guide that takes you through Warsaw and polish history on his green Zuk van - we got an inspiring and engaged tour in the day that left us filled with awe and respect of the polish history - would absolutely do it again
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Posted On : 2024-03-04
Posted By : O2680ESannas
Marcin was an incredible guide. He was very knowledgeable, professional and fun to be around. Thank you so much for making this experience so memorable!
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Posted On : 2024-01-25
Posted By : S818SIandresf
Marcin is an excellent guide, provided lots of valuable and interesting information about Poland, its history, the war and the horrible decades of communism. The old car was great!!!
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Posted On : 2024-01-19
Posted By : E1959YKtt
This tour was amazing! Art is so knowledgeable and passionate about his City! Highly recommend!! There are so many sacred places that you would miss without Art!!
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Posted On : 2023-12-29
Posted By : 814travisn
They helped me connect with my family's history and taught me so much about my heritage and culture.
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Posted On : 2023-12-23
Posted By : 725vidarg
Its was a really Good tour. Our guide Marek was extremely knowledgable and funny. The van was as retro as we hoped with a little history attached to it. All in all we recommend this tour to all history buffs 👍
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Posted On : 2023-11-17
Posted By : V3078FPbillyb
Mark provided a great tour and an incredible amount of historical information. This should have been the first thing we did when arriving in Warsaw.
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Posted On : 2023-11-16
Posted By : P7586PGcatherinep
Thoroughly enjoyed this tour, time flew by with guide Marc who was so informative and insightful. Saw places we wouldn’t have found on our own and got a better understanding of how war and communism impacted the city, often literally. Very moving, I can see the city with different eyes now.
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Posted On : 2023-10-24
Posted By : stephen_C
We had a wonderful evening a.nd very interactive talk from our guide. Definitely one of our highlights and would recommend
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Posted On : 2023-10-21
Posted By : KayTisdell
Artur? Not sure how to spell his name. I had the best tour of my life with him. He knows everything about Warsaw history and he super funny. I would definitely go on a tour with him again.
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Posted On : 2023-10-08
