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- German
- Portuguese
- English
- Italian
- French
- Dutch
- Spanish
Warsaw was 90% destroyed in WWII. Every building you'll see in the Old Town was rebuilt from rubble by ordinary citizens who refused to let their city die. This self-guided audio walking tour on the Tourific app takes you through that story, from the clock tower that stopped when the bombs fell, to the tiny statue of a child soldier wearing an oversized helmet, to a hidden courtyard with a wishing bell that locals swear grants wishes.
You'll hear legends of sword-wielding mermaids and a basilisk that terrorised medieval cellars. You'll stand where a shoemaker became a colonel and where a few thousand fighters chose to die on their feet rather than in a gas chamber. Over 500 travellers have walked this route with us, and some have written to say it left them in tears.
Start anytime, pause for pierogi at a milk bar, go at your own pace. No group to keep up with, no fixed schedule. Works offline, available in 9 languages, and comes with a full refund guarantee if it's not for you.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
This is a self-guided audio tour on the "Tourific self-guided tours" app. To activate the tour, check your email for instructions from Tourific or your booking platform sent right after booking. Can’t find it? Search for “Tourific” in your email inbox and spam folder. OR contact us via support.
The tour ends in front of the Warsaw Ghetto boundary markers in the New Town
Itinerary
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1Castle Square (Plac Zamkowy)
Start where a king on a column watches over centuries of history, and an entire city decided to rebuild itself from memory.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2Archikatedra Sw. Jana Chrzciciela
Step inside a cathedral the Nazis destroyed with an armored vehicle packed with explosives
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3Rynek Starego Miasta
Meet Warsaw's mermaid — not the gentle kind, but a sword-wielding warrior
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
4Old Town
Discover other highlights of the old town like the terrace whose charming name translates to "Dung Hill" and the legend of the Warsaw Basilisk on Krzywe Koło Street
20 minutes • Admission ticket free -
5Warsaw Barbican (Barbakan Warszawski)
Pass through a fortress rebuilt with bricks shipped from cities across Poland
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
6New Town Square
Visit a quiet church where over a thousand people sheltered during the Uprising — and never left. Then pause at a communist-era cafeteria and find out why a full meal still costs less than a Western coffee.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
7Warsaw Ghetto
Locate a marker most visitors walk past without knowing they're standing on the edge of a walled prison that held 400,000 people.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
8Warsaw Uprising Monument
End at this honest tribute that speaks volumes about not just the uprising itself but the politics after the war
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
(Pass by)
Stand at the birthplace of a woman who attended an illegal underground university and later won two Nobel Prizes.
Admission ticket free -
Royal Castle in Warsaw - Museum (Pass by)
Look up at a palace that was blown apart with thousands of drilled dynamite holes — then rebuilt with citizens' savings.
Admission ticket free -
9Kanonia
Walk three times around a cracked bell that never rang — and make a wish locals swear it grants
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
10Statue of the Little Insurgent
Notice the oversized helmet on a tiny bronze soldier — it wasn't artistic license.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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