Top Warsaw Day Trips

This was an excellent, well-organized tour. I was picked up at my hotel and taken to Warsaw Central Station for the train to Krakow. Clear written and verbal instructions ensured I understood the day’s itinerary. In Krakow, we began with the Birkenau camp museum, where our knowledgeable English-speaking guide explained the exhibits and shared insights from survivors she had interviewed during her studies. We then continued to Auschwitz, where she provided another thorough account of the atrocities committed there. Afterward, we returned to the station with ample time to explore Krakow before our train, allowing me to shop and photograph this beautiful city. Overall, it was a very worthwhile experience. My only constructive suggestion is to present all upgrade options at the time of booking. The day before the tour, I learned about premium high-speed train service and alternative travel schedules between Warsaw and Krakow. Although I appreciated these options and chose to upgrade, I would have preferred to make those arrangements in advance rather than while already traveling in Poland. Offering these choices from the outset would make the experience even more seamless. Aside from this, the tour was excellent, and I highly recommend it.

I was in Warsaw for the EuroCrim academic conference and wanted to learn more about the city so I booked this bike tour. I would say the title 'half day tour' is misleading as it is only 2.5 hours, with 30 minutes break in the middle too. My guide was Marcin who is incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about the City of Warsaw. He took us on an 11 km ride around the city, stopping every 5-10 minutes for an explanation of the location. He provided a great balance of tragedy (Warsaw has endured a great deal) and hope as well as humour. I was asked to be the back-marker to ride behind everyone and although I did not mind doing this, Marcin is a fast rider and there were several slow riders in the group and so we became very spread out on a Saturday afternoon, meaning I got separated from the group a few times. Cycling on the roads and cyclepaths of Warsaw is not easy with so many pedestrians. I would recommend that everyone should wear a cycle helmet (provided but only if you ask). Thank you Marcin for a lovely few hours.

The trip to visit Wolf’s Lair from Warsaw was certainly a long day but absolutely worthwhile. Martin, our guide, practically has an encyclopedic knowledge of the Nazi occupation of Poland during WW2 and of the Soviet Union’s communist subjugation after that. He certainly has broader historical expertise as well. Wolf’s Lair is fascinating – a lot happened there that is difficult to capture in a short tour. But, it offers representative examples of the Nazi regime’s strength, vernabilities, as well as its flaws. Be sure to indicate which optional activity you want when you book the trip. It wasn’t clear when or how to do this so we only saw Wolf’s Lair and had a delicious meal at a local restaurant.