Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #15 in Warsaw, Poland

Legend

Churches & Art
Nature
Water & Wind
Historical
Heritage & Space
Tourism
Paid Tours & Activities

Tour Facts

Number of sights 32 sights
Distance 9.3 km
Ascend 139 m
Descend 117 m

Experience Warsaw in Poland in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in WarsawIndividual Sights in Warsaw

Sight 1: Royal Łazienki Park

Show sight on mapGet Ticket*

Łazienki Park or Royal Baths Park is the largest park in Warsaw, Poland, occupying 76 hectares of the city center. The park-and-palace complex lies in the Downtown district, on Ujazdów Avenue, which is part of the Royal Route linking the Royal Castle with Wilanów Palace to the south.

Wikipedia: Łazienki Park (EN), Website

308 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: New Guardhouse

Show sight on map

Nowa Kordegarda – a building located in the Royal Łazienki Park in Warsaw, on the west side of the Palace on the Isle, erected in the years 1779–1780 according to the design of Dominik Merlini and rebuilt in 1830.

Wikipedia: Nowa Kordegarda (PL)

122 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Palace on the Isle

Show sight on map
Palace on the IsleFred Romero from Paris, France / CC BY 2.0

The Palace on the Isle, also known as the Baths Palace, is a classicist palace in Warsaw's Royal Baths Park, the city's largest park, occupying over 76 hectares of the city center.

Wikipedia: Palace on the Isle (EN), Website

361 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Pomnik Jana III Sobieskiego

Show sight on map

John III Sobieski Monument is a sculpture in Warsaw, Poland, within the neighbourhood of Ujazdów in the Downtown district, in the Royal Baths Park. It is a sandstone equestrian statue of John III Sobieski, monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1674 to 1696, commemorating his victory in the battle of Vienna in 1683, against the Ottoman Empire. It was designed by André-Jean Lebrun and sculptured by Franciszek Pinck, and unveiled on 14 September 1788. It is placed on the Sobieski Bridge at Agrykola Street.

Wikipedia: John III Sobieski Monument (Warsaw) (EN)

105 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Hermitage

Show sight on map

The Hermitage Museum is a building located in the northern part of the Royal Łazienki Park in Warsaw.

Wikipedia: Ermitaż w Warszawie (PL)

307 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: Kanał Piaseczyński

Show sight on map

The Piaseczyński Canal, also known as the Royal Canal, is a canal located in Warsaw, near the Agrykola Park, which is part of the Stanisławowska Axis.

Wikipedia: Kanał Piaseczyński (PL)

686 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 7: Muzeum Legii Warszawa

Show sight on map

The Legia Warsaw Museum is a museum and stadium tour dedicated to Legia Warsaw club history in Warsaw in Poland. The museum, located at the Polish Army Stadium, was opened on 21 April 2006 and is open daily for tours.

Wikipedia: Legia Warsaw Museum (EN)

219 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Kościół Matki Bożej Jerozolimskiej

Show sight on map

The Church of Our Lady of Jerusalem in Warsaw is a Roman Catholic rectory church located in the Śródmieście district of Warsaw, at Łazienkowska Street. He belongs to the Monastic Communities of Jerusalem.

Wikipedia: Kościół Matki Bożej Jerozolimskiej w Warszawie (PL)

557 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 9: Park Tadeusza Mazowieckiego

Show sight on map

The Tadeusz Mazowiecki Park, formerly known as the Jazdów Park, is an urban park in Warsaw, Poland, located in the district of Downtown.

Wikipedia: Tadeusz Mazowiecki Park (Warsaw) (EN)

722 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 10: Ujazdów Park

Show sight on map

Ujazdów Park is one of the most picturesque parks of Warsaw, Poland. It borders Aleje Ujazdowskie, with its many embassies and Sejm building.

Wikipedia: Ujazdów Park (EN)

53 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Pomnik Paderewskiego

Show sight on map

The Monument to Ignacy Jan Paderewski in Warsaw is a monument located in Ujazdowski Park, commemorating Ignacy Jan Paderewski.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Ignacego Jana Paderewskiego w Warszawie (PL)

605 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 12: Park Jazdów

Show sight on map

Park Jazdów – a park in the center of Warsaw, located on the Warsaw escarpment in the area of Jazdów Street

Wikipedia: Park Jazdów w Warszawie (PL)

65 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej

Show sight on map

The Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art is a cultural institution in Warsaw, established in 1985, located in the building of the Ujazdowski Castle.

Wikipedia: Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski (PL), Website

255 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: Park Agrykola

Show sight on map

Agricola Park, also known as Agrykola Park, and the North Baths, is an urban park in the city of Warsaw, located within the district of Downtown. It is located to the north from the Royal Baths Park.

Wikipedia: Agricola Park (EN)

373 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 15: Chinese Garden

Show sight on map

The Chinese Garden in the Royal Łazienki Park is a chinoiserie garden located in the Royal Łazienki Park in Warsaw.

Wikipedia: Ogród Chiński w Łazienkach Królewskich (PL)

251 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 16: Pies As

Show sight on map

Ace the Dog is a sandstone sculpture located in Warsaw, Poland within the Royal Baths Park. It depicts a fictional pointing dog Ace, a main character of 1896 novel As by Adolf Dygasiński. It is a replica of a 1903 sculpture by Czesław Makowski.

Wikipedia: Ace the Dog (EN)

63 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: Old Orangery

Show sight on map

The Old Orangery, also known as the Old Orangery, originally the Great Orangery – a classicist orangery in the Royal Łazienki Park in Warsaw, erected in the years 1786–1788 according to the design of Dominik Merlini.

Wikipedia: Stara Pomarańczarnia (PL)

257 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 18: White Pavilion

Show sight on map

The White Pavilion, also known as the White Pavilion, is a classicist building located in the Royal Łazienki Park in Warsaw. It was erected in the years 1774–1776 according to the design of Dominik Merlini, who gave it the features of a suburban, summer villa.

Wikipedia: Biały Dom (Łazienki Królewskie) (PL)

147 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 19: Water Tower

Show sight on map

The Royal Łazienki Water Tower is a former water reservoir located in the Royal Łazienki Park in Warsaw.

Wikipedia: Wodozbiór w Łazienkach Królewskich (PL)

230 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 20: Skarpa warszawska

Show sight on map

Warsaw escarpment – the common name of the high (western) Vistula escarpment in Warsaw. This escarpment is the most characteristic natural element of Warsaw's terrain, shaping the landscape and spatial structure of the city.

Wikipedia: Skarpa warszawska (PL)

59 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 21: Henryk Sienkiewicz

Show sight on map

Henryk Sienkiewicz Monument is a sculpture in Warsaw, Poland, within the neighbourhood of Ujazdów in the Downtown district, in the western part of the Royal Baths Park. It has a form of a bronze statue of Henryk Sienkiewicz, a 19th- and 20th century novel writer, placed on a syenite pedestal. The sculpture was designed by Gustaw Zemła and unveiled on 5 May 2000.

Wikipedia: Henryk Sienkiewicz Monument (Warsaw) (EN)

242 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 22: Jan Olszewski

Show sight on map

The Jan Olszewski Monument is a monument located at Aleje Ujazdowskie in Warsaw, commemorating Jan Olszewski.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Jana Olszewskiego w Warszawie (PL)

232 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 23: Astronomical Observatory

Show sight on map

The Astronomical Observatory University of Warsaw is an institute that conducts astronomical research and teaching in astronomy. It is a part of Faculty of Physics University of Warsaw. The Observatory provides astronomy classes for BSc, MSc, and PhD students. Student telescope activities take place at the observing station in Ostrowik. The scientific research is conducted in a wide range of topics. Two main observing projects are long-term sky surveys: OGLE and ASAS. Both surveys take data using dedicated telescopes located at the Las Campanas Observatory, Chile. Scientific staff takes part in large astrophysical collaborations, both ground-based and satellite.

Wikipedia: Astronomical Observatory University of Warsaw (EN), Website

112 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 24: Botanical Garden

Show sight on map

The Botanical Garden of the University of Warsaw is a botanical garden located at Aleje Ujazdowskie 4 in Warsaw, which since 1818 has been under the care of the Warsaw School of Medicine, then the Royal University of Warsaw, and since 1916 the University of Warsaw, and renamed the Botanical Garden of the University of Warsaw.

Wikipedia: Ogród Botaniczny Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego (PL), Website

392 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 25: Roman Dmowski

Show sight on map

The Roman Dmowski Monument in Warsaw is a bronze statue, 5 meters tall, of Polish politician Roman Dmowski in Warsaw, on Na Rozdrożu Square at the intersection of Szuch and Ujazdów Avenues. It was unveiled on 10 November 2006. The statue holds a copy of the Treaty of Versailles and carries a quotation from Dmowski's book: "I am a Pole, so I have Polish duties...". The monument has been controversial.

Wikipedia: Roman Dmowski Monument, Warsaw (EN)

164 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 26: Ignacy Daszyński

Show sight on map

The Ignacy Daszyński Monument is a bronze statue in Warsaw, Poland, placed in the Crossroads Square, at the intersection of Szucha Avenue and People's Army Avenue. It is dedicated to Ignacy Daszyński, a socialist and politician, who was the first prime minister of Poland in 1918. The monument was designed by Jacek Kucaba, and unveiled on 11 November 2018.

Wikipedia: Ignacy Daszyński Monument (EN)

141 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 27: Mausoleum of Struggle and Martyrdom

Show sight on map

Mausoleum of Struggle and Martyrdom is a museum in Warsaw, Poland. It is a branch of the Museum of Independence. The museum presents the conditions in which Polish patriots and resistance fighters were jailed by Nazi Germany during World War II.

Wikipedia: Mausoleum of Struggle and Martyrdom (EN), Website

231 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 28: Syrena

Show sight on map

Syrena Theatre is a musical theatre located at 3 Litewska Street in Warsaw. He specializes in revue and satirical repertoire, and since 1997 also in comedy and music performances. Musicals are staged, and since 2009 also dramatic plays.

Wikipedia: Teatr Syrena (PL)

304 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 29: TR Warszawa

Show sight on map

TR Warszawa is a theatre in Warsaw, Poland, by Marszałkowska Str., 8.

Wikipedia: TR Warszawa (EN), Website

596 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 30: Church of the Ascension of the Lord

Show sight on map

The Church of the Ascension of the Lord in Warsaw is an Evangelical-Augsburg church located at Puławska Street in Warsaw. It was erected in the years 1902–1904 as an Orthodox garrison church dedicated to St. Peter and Paul. Property of the Evangelical parish since 1920.

Wikipedia: Kościół Wniebowstąpienia Pańskiego w Warszawie (PL)

663 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 31: Pomnik Tysiąclecia Jazdy Polskiej

Show sight on map

The Monument to the Millennium of the Polish Cavalry is a statue located at the Polish Cavalry Roundabout in Warsaw.

Wikipedia: Monument to the Millennium of the Polish Cavalry (EN)

453 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 32: Pomnik Lotników Polskich

Show sight on map

The Monument in Honour of Polish Airmen Killed in the Years 1939–1945 is a monument located in Pole Mokotowskie at the Łazienkowska Route in Warsaw.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Lotników Polskich (PL)

Share

Spread the word! Share this page with your friends and family.

How likely are you to recommend us?


Disclaimer Please be aware of your surroundings and do not enter private property. We are not liable for any damages that occur during the tours.

GPX-Download For navigation apps and GPS devices you can download the tour as a GPX file.