What You Will Do
Voted the best European museum in 2016, with a Private Guide. Explore over 1000 years of Jewish history in Poland, from the Middle Ages, through the Holocaust, to present day. Optional: Jewish ghetto walking tour.
Choose one of our excellent tour options tailored to your needs and interests. Read the description of the options carefully as each option includes a different program.
2-Hours Private Guided Tour
During a 2-hour private guided tour, visit Polin Museum (tickets are included). Your private guide will tell you all about the things you’re interested in.
4-Hours Private Guided Tour
During extended 4-hours version you will explore Polin Museum and take a walk through former Warsaw Ghetto areas and get to know its history.
The Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews is one of the most important museums in Warsaw. On this private tour of this modern cultural institution you will get a detailed review of the over 1000 years long history of Jewish people in Poland.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Itinerary
Meeting Point
Meet your guide in front of the “Pomnik Bohaterów Getta”, street Zamenhofa 11, Warsaw 00-001, Poland
1
Palace of Culture and Science
Considered Poland's highest building, this monumental skyscraper is symbol of Warsaw. Great and interesting architecture outside!
2
Pomnik Bohaterow Getta
15 minutes
This is powerful monument to the Polish Jews and the persecution and Germany's occupation during WWII.
3
Jewish Cemetery (Cmentarz Zydowski)
1 hour
Established in 1799-1806, this scenic and nostalgic cemetery features marble and sandstone tombstones called masebas, which reveal delicately carved symbols and ornaments, and the symbolic grave of the famous writer and teacher Janusz Korczak who died in Aushwitz.
4
Fragment of Ghetto Wall
15 minutes
It is the perfect place to begin your exploration of the remains of the Ghetto. See its height, touch the construction and, hear the sounds of life going on as usual on the other side as those imprisoned in the Ghetto
5
Warsaw Ghetto
20 minutes
Established in October-November 1940, this small district, comprising only 2.4 percent of Warsaw's land area, is where more than 450,000 Jews were forced by the Germans to live in crowded conditions.
6
Nozyk Synagogue
30 minutes
The only surviving synagogue of the 400 which existed in Warsaw before the war. It has been refurbished and is now a functioning synagogue and is a 'must see' for any visitor to Warsaw. Possible to enter for request.
7
Jewish Historical Institute
The museum holds records, photographs, videos and artifacts from the Warsaw Ghetto during the Nazi occupation. It's only related with this tour.
8
Prozna Street (Ulica Prozna)
20 minutes
On route to the uprising museum the Prozna Street is located, as a history teacher with a special interest in the Nazi occupation and the Holocaust
9
Grzybowski Square
15 minutes
Square in the middle of Warsaw. The area was part of the Jewish Ghetto during WWII. Around the square you may find new Jewish theater and the hidden gem in the middle - the memorial garden and the beautiful fountain
10
POLIN Muzeum Historii Zydow Polskich
2 hours
The POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews is the first and only museum dedicated to restoring the memory of the civilization created by Polish Jews in the course of a millennium. There are surprises in drawers you can open, screens and objects you can touch, and much that you can see - artifacts, photographs, documents, and films.
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