Overview
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Are you looking for a way to see Warsaw's Old Town without joining a tour group? Explore at your own pace with this affordable walking tour.
• Find out how this renowned part of the city, with its regal elegance, was repeatedly threatened by jealous rival powers that coveted Poland’s wealth
• Hear from the producer, James Cowan, an expert storyteller with several audio tours under his belt
• Do it all in 75 minutes or linger at stops along the way with complete control over when you start and finish.
• Get unlimited use before your booking date and after it.
• Use the virtual tour option at home.
Once you’ve booked, you’ll receive a ticket with instructions and a unique code listed under "Before You Go." Then simply install the VoiceMap app and enter your code.
The app displays directions to the starting point, and when you’re in the right place, just pop in your headphones and tap Start. Voice Map has automatic GPS playback with turn-by-turn directions. It also works offline.
Additional Info
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Please note: You won't be guided through any museums or other attractions mentioned en route. If you choose to enter and visit such places, you'll need to pay for it independently of this tour.
What To Expect
Warsaw’s magnificent Old Town has a turbulent and colourful history. Its beautiful buildings and atmospheric lanes were nearly lost forever when the city was reduced to rubble during World War II. On this walking tour I’ll bring the past back to life, much like the area’s inhabitants did as, piece by piece and stone by stone, they combed through the rubble to salvage what they could so Poland could miraculously replicate the Old Town using old photographs, original building plans, and even paintings of Warsaw street scenes by the famous Italian artist, Canaletto.
Our tour begins in the often-lively Castle Square, in front of its imposing Royal Castle. From there, I’ll show you some of the Old Town fortifications.
Options
Warsaw's Old Town A Self-Guided Audio Tour
What‘s Included
Lifetime access to this tour in English
VoiceMap app for Android and iOS
Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
Smartphone and headphones
Transportation
Food and drink
Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
Reviews
10 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Quick and not too dirty discovery of Warsaw
Rachid S,Aug 27, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Nice way to be one's own guide, on own's pace and rythm. Some stories seem to come strsight from imagination :-) wh8ch is OK for a fun tour...
Audio tour
Jaclyn G,May 29, 2025
- Review from Viator
1.00Could not get the tour to work properly, I downloaded the right app, but still the app kept routing me to my phone settings. Which confirmed I had location services on properly. Still, I was not able to start the tour in the app.
Beautiful warsaw
T8320THricha,Apr 26, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Beautiful city with great landmarks and so much history. Amazing to be here and get this authentic feeling. Great being in poland, Polska gurom!
Best storyteller ever
Destination591903,Apr 23, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Recommended! You will get lost into a detail story while walking the streels of old town. Well detailed easy to follow directions.
Highly recommend
K3861QMkatherinef,Apr 14, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Really well thought through tour. The live app works really well. Your was interesting and well paced and took us to all the sites we wanted to see, giving us insights of the town we would have missed without the audio guide.
A great way to learn the history and stories of old Warsaw
Wanderer48683819430,Oct 31, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00James' passion for the city shines through in this tour. He is a great storyteller, and it feels like he is there with you walking through old Warsaw. As a plus, the directions were very easy to follow as well. I highly recommend it!
Beautiful walk through the Old Town. Super audiotour!
Przemyslawwieczorek,Oct 17, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00I am currently back in Poland my home country and visiting Warsaw. I have done one of James's audiotours before on a trip to the UK. I really enjoyed that tour, so I was excited to see that he has also published an audiotour in Warsaw. I think this tour is even better than his Cardiff tour. I have visited Warsaw Old Town many times but this tour was like I see it for the first time. He tells its story like and expert but still easy to understand. You can hear his passion about how it was destroyed but rebuilt so beautifully. And then wonderful details about the buildings which I never noticed before. The music and sound effects bring everything to life. At the end of the tour I felt so proud of my country and my capital. I really recommend this tour.
Great tour
DarrenH4,Sep 15, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This was a great tour of the old town in Warsaw and gave me more info than what I had gleaned from other sources of information I'd obtained in the museums
Wonderful Audio Tour of Beautiful Old Town Warsaw!
thek682,Sep 10, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Wonderful audio tour of beautiful Old Town Warsaw. All the sad and uplifting stories from Warsaw's history wrapped into an excellent self-guided tour. The narrator is excellent and the directions from point-to-point are very easy to understand. I can't recommend this audio tour enough!
Old town experience
Voyager40032774054,Sep 4, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00I was visiting Warsaw not for the first time, but I had not had a chance before to be a tourist. I really enjoyed listening to the tour and walking around, that gives different perspectives on the old town . Listening to James could be compared like having a talk with a royal historian!
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