Self-Guided Walking Tours in Warsaw

Warsaw Old Town: Rebuilt After 1944, Then Down the Royal Route

You are standing on New Town Market Square, just outside the old city walls. This walk takes you through Warsaw's Old Town and down the Royal Route, from this square to Holy Cross Church and the Copernicus Monument on Krakowskie Przedmieście. Nine stops, about 2.2 kilometres, around 75 to 90 minutes. The church with the dome in front of you is St. Kazimierz. The townhouses around this square, and almost every façade you will see in the Old Town, were rebuilt after 1944, when German forces destroyed more than 85 percent of Warsaw's historic centre. That history is told at the stops ahead, especially at the Old Town Market Square and at Castle Square. We start here, in the New Town, and walk south.

Walking·1 h 30 min·9 stops·2.2 km