THE OLD TOWN-the oldest district of Warsaw dating back to 13th-14th century-with medieval architecture preserved, included on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list. Completely destroyed by the Germans during the Second World War, it was rebuilt after the war with the former urban structure faithfully conserved. Here you can find the St. John’s Cathedral-the mausoleum of great Poles, the beautiful churches of St. Martin, the Holy Virgin Mary and the most important square of Warsaw-the Market Square. Every house in this district has an interesting history and numerous legends. The whole of the Old Town area is surrounded by fragments of the old defensive walls ending with the 16th century Barbican.
THE ROYAL CASTLE -located in the Castle Square where stands the column of King Zygmunt III Waza, who moved Poland’s capital from Cracow to Warsaw in 17th century. The castle was bombed and burned during the Second World War by German aviators and reconstructed in the 1970s. You can visit here beautiful Royal apartments and halls of the former Parliament and Senate. The castle boasts one of the most magnificent art collection of the city, including the famous views of Warsaw by Marcello Bacciarelli and Canaletto.
THE NEW TOWN-built in the 14th-15th centuries. It is an important tourist attraction. On Freta Str. there is the Museum of Marie Sklodowska-Curie, the eminent Polish scientist, two-time winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics and Chemistry. From the New Town you can go to the Krasinski Square where stands the Monument to the Warsaw Uprising, dedicated to the heroes of the insurrection of 1944.
KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIESCIE- historic street situated on the Royal Route. Here you can find beautiful palaces and churches. Going along from the Castle Square we pass by the superb St. Anna’s Church with its classicist facade and richly decorated Baroque interior and the monument to the greatest Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz.
TEATRALNY SQUARE- here is the National Theatre built in classicist style (drama and opera), one of the largest buildings of the city.
UJAZDOWSKIE AVENUE- one of the most beautiful and most important streets in Warsaw. Here there are located government buildings (among them the Bureau of the Cabinet) and numerous embassies. This used to be a street of the aristocracy and rich bourgeoisie, from which the historic houses and places remain. Here are also located two most attractive parks in Warsaw-the Ujazdowski Park and the Lazienki Park, founded in the 18th century by the last Polish King Stanislaw August Poniatowski. In the park you can admire the Palace on the Water-the former summer residence of the king, the Theatre on the Island-a copy of the ruins of the ancient temple in Baalbek, the Sybil Temple-an imitation of an ancient Greek edifice. General admiration is always arisen by the Art Nouveau monument to Fryderyk Chopin that presents the great composer seated in artistic inspiration under a weeping willow tree curved by the wind. In the back of the Ujazdowski Park there is the Ujazdowski Castle built in the 17th century, today it houses the Centre of Contemporary Art, unique in Europe.
WILANOW- a splendid example of Baroque architecture. Here you will find the Royal Palace-the residence of the great Polish King Jan III Sobieski, victor over the Turks at the battle of Vienna in the 17th century. Original elements of the decoration of the interiors have been preserved in the king’s apartments, as well as the gallery of paintings. The palace is surrounded by a beautiful park arranged in the Baroque style.
NATIONAL MUSEUM- a collection of the most valuable works of Polish and foreign wooden sculpture form the antique period up to contemporary times, above all Polish painting and also a unique collection of Egyptian art from Farras. Among the foreign paintings you will find there works of Botticelli, Canaletto, Tiepolo, Cranch and others.
JOHN PAUL II COLLECTION-collection of paintings that includes over 450 works arranged in thematic groups: Madonna and Child, Bible and Saints, Mythology and Allegory, Landscape, Impressionism. The authors of these works include: Cranach, Rubens, Tintoretto.

Sightseeing in Warsaw:
The Old Town: the Column of King Sigismund III Waza, the Castle Square, the Royal Castle, St.John’s Cathedral, the Market Square, the Barbican, the New Town, the Royal Route: St Anna’s Church, Univeristy of Warsaw, Academy of Fine Arts, the Holy Cross Church, the former Jewish ghetto.
Lazienki Park–the most beautiful palace and garden complex in Warsaw, built by King Stanislaw August Poniatowski in the late 18th century, with the famous Chopin’s statue, Palace on the Water, the Old Orangery, the White House, the Amphitheatre, Greek and Egyptian temples, the Myslewicki Palace, the Musuem of Hunting.
Wilanow Palace-a splendid example of Baroque architecture, former residence of the great Polish King Jan III Sobieski, surrounded by a magnificent park. The palace contains a rich collection of furniture, objets d’art, ceramics and gallery of portraits.
National Museum-contains a collection of most valuable Polish and foreign paintings.
Jewish roots in Warsaw:
Half-day guided tour of Warsaw: remains of the former Jewish ghetto, Jewish cemetery in Okopowa Street, Nozyk Synagogue, Jewish Institute, Warsaw Ghetto Heroes Memorial, Umschlagplatz, Jewish theatre.