Warsaw
Travel Guide

Warsaw is Poland's capital and its biggest city with over 1 million inhabitants. It's placed in the middle of Polish territory, by the shores of river Vistula, and its known for being the city which was reborn from its ashes after World War II. Warsaw is a city which has seen both prosperous and war and decadence times, which has marked its architectural style as well as its locals personality. The city was reduced to... ruins during WWII and the streets became deserted since most of its population was Jewish. But after the war, the downtown was totally rebuilt and was declared Universal Heritage old city by UNESCO. Wandering its streets and squares you'll discover palaces, monuments and representative buildings from its past and you'll be able to grasp its great evolution to the city it is today.It also has many parks and green areas to relax and listen to live music, things which move it away from its dark, communist past. Thoug some may prefer Kraków, Warsaw is the growth engine of the contry and amazes every visitor.

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Warsaw Overview

Language

Polish, a Slavian language similar to Czech and Hungarian which has some similarities to Russian. If you can't speak any of them it's gon'na be difficult to grasp any word!

Weather

Warsaw has quite cool climate all year long. Summer and fall have mild temperatures with mostly sunny days. Daytime temperatue bein of about 15ºC - 19ºC (59ºF - 66,2ªF) but at night it may go down o 0ºC (32ºF), specially bu the end of fall. Winters are cold though temperatures are not fringe, snowing quite often though.

Money

Zloty (PLN). Though in EU, it's currency isn't the €uro but Zloty. It's best to always carry some cash since credit cards are not accepted everywhere. Hotels, restaurants, some shops or even some taxis take them though. Just remember to ask for the exchange rate they'll charge! The best place to exchange are Kantor exchange offices. Some of them are even 24/7!

When to go

Summer and fall, that's between June and Nomember. Winter and early spring may be too cold and it's not nice to wander around. But during summer and fall days are usually sunny, there's little rain and temperatures are nice.

Days

2 days. A weekend is enough to check all of Warsaw's old town and most interesting new places. Time enough to get the esence of this historical city.

Surroundings

Kraków (city)
Auschwitz (Nazi concentration camp)
Kampinos National Park
Zegrzyński Lake
Nieborów Palace
Prague (city)

Store Hours

Most shops open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. from Monday to Friday and Saturday 'till noon. Supermarkets usually open 8am to 10 pm. Some malls are open on Sunday too.