The Perfect Weekend in Warsaw, Poland 🇵🇱

We will meet at the airport or at the accommodation depending on the arrival time. We will have time to get to know each other while playing some games and having dinner together 🍝🍷 so we can get ready for the full days of tourism 🗺️

After breakfast at the hostel we will head to the Old Town where we will do a free walking tour. It starts at 10:30 so we may have to wake up a bit early 🌅 For those who don't know a free tour does not mean it will cost nothing but it means that you are free to give whatever you feel like to the tour guide based on how you like the tour. I personally give around £5 - £10 or 5€ - 10€ or the equivalent every time I do one but this will be a personal decision. The tour will begin at the Nicolas Copernicus Monument and after we'll begin by walking past the residence of the former kings of Poland. Then the tour will take us through the market square looking at the colourful houses of Warsaw's Old Town. This part of the city had to be rebuilt after World War II due to the destruction caused by the Nazis. During the free tour, we'll discover the history of Warsaw and the main personalities who influenced its development, such as King Sigismund III. This monarch moved the national capital from Krakow in the 16th century. The guide will take us to admire the imposing Warsaw Barbican and the medieval city walls. The visit to the historical centre will allow us to meet some of the most famous Polish personalities while strolling through the streets where Marie Curie or Frédéric Chopin were born. The free tour ends with a return to the starting point after 2 hours 30 minutes. After the tour we will head to a nearby restaurant to try local food 🥟🇵🇱 If we are not too tired after the walking tour we could spend some time to do some shopping or we can go back to the accommodation to rest a little bit before going out again.

After shopping or after resting a little bit, we will head to a Palinka tasting experience offered by Airbnb. We'll start walking through the Prague district, which in a few years has become one of the most trendy areas of the Polish capital. There we'll see colourful murals and old factories that have gradually been transformed into new businesses - you'll love the lively atmosphere! The first stop of the tour will take place in a traditional bar where we'll drink vodka as the locals do and accompany it with a small aperitif. Why is this drink so famous in Poland? What ingredients are used to make it? We'll tell you all about it! We'll continue our tour through different bars until we reach the Polish Vodka Museum, located in the nineteenth-century building of the former Koneser distillery. Here you'll find some of the best vodkas from all over the country - the perfect place to continue learning all about this drink! After three hours of tasting up to a total of 10 different types of vodka, we'll conclude the tour back at the starting point and we'll go back to the hotel to sleep as we have to wake up super early on Saturday.

We have to wake up super early as the coach will be picking us up at our hotel. Our guided tour of the former concentration camp will take you to see the area where the inmates imprisoned here lived. The prison blocks and barracks retain a dark and mournful atmosphere, and it is sobering to imagine human beings being forced to live here, within the barbed wire fencing that surrounds the camp. You'll also see the crematoriums and the gas chambers where over one million people were killed, and the railway whose tracks ended at Auschwitz, which transported so many prisoners to their death. This day trip to Auschwitz is a deeply moving experience and the memorial and museum serve not only to honour those who suffered and lost their lives through this horrific experience, but also to educate visitors and a greater global audience in order to ensure that what happened here never happens again. Following the guided tour of Auschwitz, we will drive back to Warsaw. Our tour will end at 10 pm, dropping you off at our hotel.

It is our last day so we will wake up early and depending on our flight we can enjoy a bit more of shopping in the morning or go straight to the airport! Hoping you guys like this itinerary and want to join ❤️