Jewish Warsaw Sites Tour

We recommend this tour for those who are interested in the history of Jewish community in Warsaw before and during World War 2.
The day before the outbreak of World War II, Warsaw was the largest concentration of Jews in Europe. In 1939, for about 1.3 million residents, approx. 360 000 were Jews – which gave about 29% of the total population of Warsaw.

In April 1943, the Germans decided to finally liquidate the ghetto. An uprising broke out in response. The unequal fight lasted over a month. After the fall of the uprising, the ghetto inhabitants were finally exterminated and destroyed. Everything was razed – only a few buildings survived. This closed the history of pre-war Jewish Warsaw. That is why the little things that survive take on extraordinary importance: courtyards, cobbled rails, fragments of walls, and even empty spaces with many addresses.

We offer private guided Jewish Sites tour in Warsaw on request.

Tour schedule:

1.pick up from your hotel in Warsaw at chosen time
2.partly walking and partly driving tour – up to 4 hours during which you will see:

• the old Jewish district – the customary name of the former Jewish district of Warsaw, located northwest of the Old Town. It covered an area of approx. 2 600 square kilometers.
• Kirkut – the old Jewish cemetery – the only Jewish cemetery in Warsaw where burials still take place
• Nozyk Synagogue – the only active pre-war synagogue in the city that survived World War II
• former Jewish Ghetto area – it was the largest ghetto in German-occupied Europe. At its peak, in April 1941, it was inhabited by about 460 000 Jews.
• Umschlagplatz – the now non-existent railway ramp in Warsaw, which was used in 1942–1943 as a place of concentration of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto before being transported to the Treblinka extermination camp and the camps in the Lublin District.
• Ghetto Heroes Monument – commemorates the heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto, erected near the site of the first battles of Jewish fighters with the Nazis during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in April 1943.

Tour is available every day at chosen time (except Friday afternoon and Saturday)

Total duration time: up to 4 hours

Prices:

700 PLN total (1-2 persons)
280 PLN per person (3-5 persons)
230 PLN per person (6-7 persons)
Contact us (8 persons or more)

What is included:

• hotel pick up and drop off at chosen time
• private transportation by high quality air-conditioned vehicle
• a professional English speaking guide’s service
• up to 4 hours of guided sightseeing tour of the city
• entrance tickets to Nozyk Synagogue
• entrance tickets to Kirkut – Old Jewish Cemetery

This tour is available in following languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese and others

* the prices and availability in different languages may vary

If you wish we can extend the tour to the audio-guided visit in Polin Museum – Museum of the History of Polish Jews.
The initiative to create the Museum of the History of Polish Jews was born in the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute and gradually gained recognition both in Poland and abroad. Thanks to the support of individual and institutional donors from around the world in 1995, it was possible to start work on the museum project and continue them – as a social initiative – until 2005. The facility began operating at its new headquarters in April 2013, and the permanent exhibition was opened in October 2014.
In September 2014, the Museum added to its name the word “Polin” (“Poland” in Hebrew), referring to the legend of the appearance of the first Jews on Polish soil.

Total duration time including Polin Museum: up to 6 hours

Audio-guides are available in 12 different languages:

English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Belarusian and Yiddish

Prices:

• 1000 PLN per person (1 person)
• 560 PLN per person (2 persons)
• 420 PLN per person (3 persons)
• 380 PLN per person (4 persons)
• 350 PLN per person (5 persons)
• Contact us (6 persons or more)

What is included:

• hotel pick up and drop off at chosen time
• private transportation by high quality air-conditioned vehicle
• a professional English speaking guide’s service
• up to 4 hours of guided sightseeing tour of the city
• entrance tickets to Nozyk Synagogue
• entrance tickets to Kirkut – Old Jewish Cemetery
• entrance tickets to Polin Museum
• approx 1,5 hours visit inside Polin Museum with audio-guide in chosen language