The Birthplace of Poland: A Self-Guided Audio Tour of Poznań
Overview
Available languages
Mobile ticket
Are you looking for a way to see Poznan’s two oldest neighbourhoods without joining a tour group? Explore at your own pace with this affordable walking tour.
• See where Polish kings and princes are buried and what the city looked like over ten centuries ago
• Hear from producer Wiktor Marcinkowski, a local who’s passionate about sharing Poznan’s lesser-known sites
• Do it all in 45 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. VoiceMap has automatic GPS playback, with turn-by-turn directions. It also works offline.
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
What To Expect
Ostrow Tumski
This self-guided audio tour takes place in Poznan's Cathedral Island. You'll hear about the area while you walk and take in some of its many sights.
Ostrow Tumski - (Cathedral Island)
The tour starts in front of the scale model of the Island. You'll hear a bit about the island, and how VoiceMap works before you get going.
Options
The Birthplace of Poland: A Self-Guided Audio Tour of Poznań
What‘s Included
VoiceMap app for Android and iOS
Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
Lifetime access to this self-guided tour in English
Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route
Smarphone and headphones
Food and drinks
Transportation
Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
Reviews
13 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Highly Recommended!
Q1865BGlindap,Oct 3, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We have just returned from the Exciting Poland Pearls of Poland tour with a 2-day custom extension. This was a fabulous trip. Grzegorz at Exciting Poland is great to work with. He helped us to plan for our experience, providing useful information and guidance. Whenever we had a question, we received a very prompt response. The tour itself is a comprehensive excursion that took us to the highlights of the region. We really appreciate the fact that the tour groups are small. This makes for a much better experience. Our tour guide/driver, Witek, is the best! He took care of our every need, made excellent suggestions for restaurants and sites to see during our free time, and he is knowledgeable about his home country. We had great conversations and learned so much. During our extension, we were able to connect with our roots, finding the birthplace of our grandparents. This was a profound and emotional experience. We love Poland, its people, its history and its beauty and hope to return again in the future AND we will definitely use Exciting Poland to plan our trip. We recommend them without reservation.
Amazing display of sculptures
triciasL7457IP,Oct 3, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00To go into the Salt mines you can either walk down a lot of stairs or go down in a lift (there is a fee for this). Once down it is an amazing trial of passageways and artefacts and later sculptures made by some of the miners. This opens out into a huge area with lights and sculptures (one depicting the last supper). There are also smaller private chapels to view by prior arrangements. Return up from the Salt mines in the lift (free to go up). Shops and cafes are there.
Useless
366philipk,Jun 30, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00The guide had no idea where i was and i had no idea what i was supposed to be looking at. Complete waste of money. Unfortunately they were no proper walking tours available
Sweet surprise
gswanderlust,Apr 17, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00What a great little town. I was in Berlin and took a FlixBus to Poznañ for 2 days. It was an easy 3 hour ride and affordable. I stayed in the old town square which is quaint with lots of little shops and great restaurants. I visited castles, museums and some fantastic coffee shops. Highly recommend
Great guided tour
J2015HSchrisr,Dec 8, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Great guided tour, worked really well and good value too, the guide spoke good English and explained everything in an interesting way, thanks 😊
Great value, flexible, informative audio tour - would deinfitely recommend!
Blueskip,Oct 28, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This was a great little tour - perfect, low-cost, flexible and informative. We could run it at our own speed - take a break -recontinue. Excellent! I had a glitch at the start on my download, but it worked fine on the other download and my support query was responded to impressively quickly; all completely resolved within a few minutes. We can refer back to it after our initial walk round too! Would definitely recommend :-)
Can be highly recommended
Rikke Høy B,Sep 16, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Super nice walking tour, where you take a walk in the area on Cathedral Island yourself and get information about the area and its history. You can take things completely at your own pace and see things and places you would otherwise not have noticed. We subsequently took his tour in the city center as well - truly a brilliant concept.
Great tour!
Nomad651482,May 18, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00Walkative tour was great! Suzanne was so knowledgeable, easy to understand, and able to answer all sorts of questions! The only thing that made this tour a little tricky were the noisy roadworks in the square. But still, well worth it.
Easy to follow tour at your own pace.
965niels,May 1, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Super easy to use app which automatically plays the right guidance based on the GPS location of your phone. The narrator seems to know a lot about the architecture and the history of this place.
Audio guide
muclys,Apr 11, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00I found it good that the app recognized my location and you could stay at the points for as long as you wanted. For me the tour was a bit too short and not enough interesting points. Besides, I would have liked it if you could - optionally - go in depth to learn more.
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