Jewish Heritage and Holocaust Memorial Tour of the Former Ghetto

4.8
(13 reviews)

2 hours 30 minutes (approximately)
Offered in: English

The only in-depth walking tour in Warsaw which covers all the Big Ghetto (area where the 1943 Uprising was taking place) and which thematically covers the entire 700-year-long span of existence of the Warsaw Jews. This tour is much more than Holocaust memorial tour.

What's Included

free tourist map of Warsaw
Professional Local Guide Service
Tip for the guide :)

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point
Sigismund's Column

By the Sigismund's Column in the Castle Square (20-meter high stone column with a bronze statue on top), look for a guide holding an ORANGE UMBRELLA with a British flag on top. In case of parade/protest/concert, we will be starting from the red-brick defensive wall situated 100 m. further north.

End point
Umschlagplatz Monument

The tour ends by Umschlagplatz Memorial, two blocks away from the Polin Museum.

Itinerary

Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes (approximately)
  • 1
    Castle Square (Plac Zamkowy)

    At the meeting point we will be talking about migrations of medieval Jews and about the medieval Warsaw Jewish quarter, which was situated nearby.

    20 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 2
    Krasinski Palace

    One of the finest Warsaw aristocratic baroque palaces, surrounded by a beautiful park, residence of the mighty Krasinski family, protectors of the Warsaw Jews.

    20 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 3
    Warsaw Ghetto

    Relic of the former Nalewki street, with traces of the main Ghetto Gate and Ghetto Wall.

    20 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 4
    POLIN Muzeum Historii Zydow Polskich

    Memorial area in front of the main museum entrance featuring the famous Monument to the Ghetto Heroes.

    20 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 5

    Located by Miła street, Anielewicz Bunker Memorial Area: place where during the Uprising in the Ghetto was situated the headquarters of the Jewish Combat Organization.

    20 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 6
    Umschlagplatz

    Memorial of the deportation area. Here you will see the only 3 prewar buildings which survived in the Big Ghetto.

    20 minutes Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Supplied by Orange Umbrella Free Tour

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Cancellation Policy

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