Warsaw itinerary: 1 to 7 days
Plans for one to seven days in Warsaw, day by day: the Palace of Culture and Science, Zachęta gallery, the Saxon Garden and the Royal Castle first, then Łazienki Park, the Copernicus Science Centre and the riverside Praga district, and the Warsaw Uprising Museum, POLIN and the National Museum as you add days. Every stop has a typical visit length.
How long do you have?
Map: 3 days
Warsaw in 1 day
Day 1
Palace of Culture and Science
Stalin-era skyscraper from 1955, Poland's tallest building for decades, with a 30th-floor viewing terrace over the whole city.
Zacheta
Zachęta National Gallery of Art, a 19th-century building on Małachowski Square showing changing exhibitions of Polish and international contemporary art.
Saxon Garden
Warsaw's oldest public park, laid out in the 1720s, with fountains, statues and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at its edge.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The surviving arcades of the Saxon Palace on Piłsudski Square, guarded day and night, with a changing of the guard every hour.
Royal Castle, Warsaw
Former royal residence on Castle Square, rebuilt after 1944, with restored state rooms, Canaletto's views of Warsaw and two Rembrandts.
Old Town Market Square
The heart of Warsaw's Old Town, rebuilt after 1945 with colourful merchant houses and the Mermaid statue.
Warsaw in 2 days
Day 1
Saxon Garden
Warsaw's oldest public park, laid out in the 1720s, with fountains, statues and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at its edge.
Palace of Culture and Science
Stalin-era skyscraper from 1955, Poland's tallest building for decades, with a 30th-floor viewing terrace over the whole city.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The surviving arcades of the Saxon Palace on Piłsudski Square, guarded day and night, with a changing of the guard every hour.
Grand Theatre, Warsaw
One of Europe's largest opera houses, home to the Polish National Opera and ballet, with a grand neoclassical facade on Theatre Square.
Day 2
Lazienki Park
Royal park of Stanisław August with the Palace on the Isle, an amphitheatre, peacocks and the Chopin monument with summer concerts.
Royal Castle, Warsaw
Former royal residence on Castle Square, rebuilt after 1944, with restored state rooms, Canaletto's views of Warsaw and two Rembrandts.
Old Town Market Square
The heart of Warsaw's Old Town, rebuilt after 1945 with colourful merchant houses and the Mermaid statue.
Zacheta
Zachęta National Gallery of Art, a 19th-century building on Małachowski Square showing changing exhibitions of Polish and international contemporary art.
Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
Warsaw's modern art museum, opened in 2024 in a new white building on Plac Defilad beside the Palace of Culture.
Warsaw in 3 days
Day 1
Palace of Culture and Science
Stalin-era skyscraper from 1955, Poland's tallest building for decades, with a 30th-floor viewing terrace over the whole city.
Museum of Evolution of Polish Academy of Sciences
Small natural history museum inside the Palace of Culture, best known for dinosaur skeletons and fossils found in Mongolia's Gobi Desert.
Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
Warsaw's modern art museum, opened in 2024 in a new white building on Plac Defilad beside the Palace of Culture.
Copper-Roof Palace
Baroque palace beside the Royal Castle, once home of Prince Józef Poniatowski, now showing an oriental carpet collection; limited opening days.
Day 2
Saxon Garden
Warsaw's oldest public park, laid out in the 1720s, with fountains, statues and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at its edge.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The surviving arcades of the Saxon Palace on Piłsudski Square, guarded day and night, with a changing of the guard every hour.
Grand Theatre, Warsaw
One of Europe's largest opera houses, home to the Polish National Opera and ballet, with a grand neoclassical facade on Theatre Square.
Warsaw Zoo
Historic city zoo in Praga, known for the wartime story of director Jan Żabiński, who hid Jewish refugees in his villa.
Day 3
St. Florian's Cathedral
Neo-Gothic cathedral in Praga with twin 75-metre spires, rebuilt after wartime demolition and visible across the river.
Royal Castle, Warsaw
Former royal residence on Castle Square, rebuilt after 1944, with restored state rooms, Canaletto's views of Warsaw and two Rembrandts.
Old Town Market Square
The heart of Warsaw's Old Town, rebuilt after 1945 with colourful merchant houses and the Mermaid statue.
Museum of Praga
Museum of the right-bank Praga district in old tenement houses, with a restored prayer house and stories of local life.
Antonina Lesniewska Museum of Pharmacy
Small museum on the Old Town Market Square showing a historic pharmacy, old instruments and medicine jars.
Copernicus Science Centre
Large hands-on science museum on the Vistula riverbank with hundreds of interactive exhibits and a planetarium; popular, so book tickets.
Fryderyk Chopin Museum
A modern multimedia museum on Chopin's life and music in the Ostrogski Palace; book a timed entry.
Miodowa Street
Elegant street between the Old Town and Krasiński Square, lined with baroque palaces and churches rebuilt after the war.
Warsaw in 4 days
Day 1
Palace of Culture and Science
Stalin-era skyscraper from 1955, Poland's tallest building for decades, with a 30th-floor viewing terrace over the whole city.
Museum of Evolution of Polish Academy of Sciences
Small natural history museum inside the Palace of Culture, best known for dinosaur skeletons and fossils found in Mongolia's Gobi Desert.
Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
Warsaw's modern art museum, opened in 2024 in a new white building on Plac Defilad beside the Palace of Culture.
Royal Castle, Warsaw
Former royal residence on Castle Square, rebuilt after 1944, with restored state rooms, Canaletto's views of Warsaw and two Rembrandts.
Copper-Roof Palace
Baroque palace beside the Royal Castle, once home of Prince Józef Poniatowski, now showing an oriental carpet collection; limited opening days.
Day 2
Saxon Garden
Warsaw's oldest public park, laid out in the 1720s, with fountains, statues and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at its edge.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The surviving arcades of the Saxon Palace on Piłsudski Square, guarded day and night, with a changing of the guard every hour.
Grand Theatre, Warsaw
One of Europe's largest opera houses, home to the Polish National Opera and ballet, with a grand neoclassical facade on Theatre Square.
Miodowa Street
Elegant street between the Old Town and Krasiński Square, lined with baroque palaces and churches rebuilt after the war.
St. Florian's Cathedral
Neo-Gothic cathedral in Praga with twin 75-metre spires, rebuilt after wartime demolition and visible across the river.
Old Town Market Square
The heart of Warsaw's Old Town, rebuilt after 1945 with colourful merchant houses and the Mermaid statue.
Day 3
Copernicus Science Centre
Large hands-on science museum on the Vistula riverbank with hundreds of interactive exhibits and a planetarium; popular, so book tickets.
Fryderyk Chopin Museum
A modern multimedia museum on Chopin's life and music in the Ostrogski Palace; book a timed entry.
Antonina Lesniewska Museum of Pharmacy
Small museum on the Old Town Market Square showing a historic pharmacy, old instruments and medicine jars.
Museum of Praga
Museum of the right-bank Praga district in old tenement houses, with a restored prayer house and stories of local life.
Warsaw Zoo
Historic city zoo in Praga, known for the wartime story of director Jan Żabiński, who hid Jewish refugees in his villa.
Day 4
Mokotów Field
Large open park south of the centre, popular for walking, cycling and summer picnics, with lakes and lawns.
Lazienki Park
Royal park of Stanisław August with the Palace on the Isle, an amphitheatre, peacocks and the Chopin monument with summer concerts.
Ujazdów Park
Small 19th-century landscape park on Ujazdów Avenue with a pond, old trees and a historic weighing station.
National Museum, Warsaw
One of Poland's largest museums, with Polish painting, the Faras Gallery of Nubian wall paintings and a strong medieval art collection.
Warsaw in 5 days
Day 1
Palace of Culture and Science
Stalin-era skyscraper from 1955, Poland's tallest building for decades, with a 30th-floor viewing terrace over the whole city.
Warsaw Uprising Museum
Multimedia museum in a former tram power station telling the story of the 1944 uprising against German occupation.
Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
Warsaw's modern art museum, opened in 2024 in a new white building on Plac Defilad beside the Palace of Culture.
Royal Castle, Warsaw
Former royal residence on Castle Square, rebuilt after 1944, with restored state rooms, Canaletto's views of Warsaw and two Rembrandts.
Old Town Market Square
The heart of Warsaw's Old Town, rebuilt after 1945 with colourful merchant houses and the Mermaid statue.
Day 2
Saxon Garden
Warsaw's oldest public park, laid out in the 1720s, with fountains, statues and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at its edge.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The surviving arcades of the Saxon Palace on Piłsudski Square, guarded day and night, with a changing of the guard every hour.
Grand Theatre, Warsaw
One of Europe's largest opera houses, home to the Polish National Opera and ballet, with a grand neoclassical facade on Theatre Square.
Warsaw Zoo
Historic city zoo in Praga, known for the wartime story of director Jan Żabiński, who hid Jewish refugees in his villa.
Day 3
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Award-winning museum in the former ghetto area covering a thousand years of Jewish life in Poland.
Copper-Roof Palace
Baroque palace beside the Royal Castle, once home of Prince Józef Poniatowski, now showing an oriental carpet collection; limited opening days.
National Museum, Warsaw
One of Poland's largest museums, with Polish painting, the Faras Gallery of Nubian wall paintings and a strong medieval art collection.
Museum of Praga
Museum of the right-bank Praga district in old tenement houses, with a restored prayer house and stories of local life.
St. Florian's Cathedral
Neo-Gothic cathedral in Praga with twin 75-metre spires, rebuilt after wartime demolition and visible across the river.
Day 4
Copernicus Science Centre
Large hands-on science museum on the Vistula riverbank with hundreds of interactive exhibits and a planetarium; popular, so book tickets.
Fryderyk Chopin Museum
A modern multimedia museum on Chopin's life and music in the Ostrogski Palace; book a timed entry.
Miodowa Street
Elegant street between the Old Town and Krasiński Square, lined with baroque palaces and churches rebuilt after the war.
Mokotów Field
Large open park south of the centre, popular for walking, cycling and summer picnics, with lakes and lawns.
Lazienki Park
Royal park of Stanisław August with the Palace on the Isle, an amphitheatre, peacocks and the Chopin monument with summer concerts.
Ujazdów Park
Small 19th-century landscape park on Ujazdów Avenue with a pond, old trees and a historic weighing station.
Day 5
Museum of Evolution of Polish Academy of Sciences
Small natural history museum inside the Palace of Culture, best known for dinosaur skeletons and fossils found in Mongolia's Gobi Desert.
Museum of Pawiak Prison
Museum on the site of the prison where Germans held and executed tens of thousands of Poles during World War II.
Antonina Lesniewska Museum of Pharmacy
Small museum on the Old Town Market Square showing a historic pharmacy, old instruments and medicine jars.
Zacheta
Zachęta National Gallery of Art, a 19th-century building on Małachowski Square showing changing exhibitions of Polish and international contemporary art.
Warsaw in 6 days
Day 1
Palace of Culture and Science
Stalin-era skyscraper from 1955, Poland's tallest building for decades, with a 30th-floor viewing terrace over the whole city.
Warsaw Uprising Museum
Multimedia museum in a former tram power station telling the story of the 1944 uprising against German occupation.
Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
Warsaw's modern art museum, opened in 2024 in a new white building on Plac Defilad beside the Palace of Culture.
Royal Castle, Warsaw
Former royal residence on Castle Square, rebuilt after 1944, with restored state rooms, Canaletto's views of Warsaw and two Rembrandts.
Old Town Market Square
The heart of Warsaw's Old Town, rebuilt after 1945 with colourful merchant houses and the Mermaid statue.
Day 2
Saxon Garden
Warsaw's oldest public park, laid out in the 1720s, with fountains, statues and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at its edge.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The surviving arcades of the Saxon Palace on Piłsudski Square, guarded day and night, with a changing of the guard every hour.
Grand Theatre, Warsaw
One of Europe's largest opera houses, home to the Polish National Opera and ballet, with a grand neoclassical facade on Theatre Square.
Warsaw Zoo
Historic city zoo in Praga, known for the wartime story of director Jan Żabiński, who hid Jewish refugees in his villa.
Day 3
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Award-winning museum in the former ghetto area covering a thousand years of Jewish life in Poland.
Copper-Roof Palace
Baroque palace beside the Royal Castle, once home of Prince Józef Poniatowski, now showing an oriental carpet collection; limited opening days.
National Museum, Warsaw
One of Poland's largest museums, with Polish painting, the Faras Gallery of Nubian wall paintings and a strong medieval art collection.
Museum of Praga
Museum of the right-bank Praga district in old tenement houses, with a restored prayer house and stories of local life.
St. Florian's Cathedral
Neo-Gothic cathedral in Praga with twin 75-metre spires, rebuilt after wartime demolition and visible across the river.
Day 4
Copernicus Science Centre
Large hands-on science museum on the Vistula riverbank with hundreds of interactive exhibits and a planetarium; popular, so book tickets.
Fryderyk Chopin Museum
A modern multimedia museum on Chopin's life and music in the Ostrogski Palace; book a timed entry.
Miodowa Street
Elegant street between the Old Town and Krasiński Square, lined with baroque palaces and churches rebuilt after the war.
Mokotów Field
Large open park south of the centre, popular for walking, cycling and summer picnics, with lakes and lawns.
Lazienki Park
Royal park of Stanisław August with the Palace on the Isle, an amphitheatre, peacocks and the Chopin monument with summer concerts.
Ujazdów Park
Small 19th-century landscape park on Ujazdów Avenue with a pond, old trees and a historic weighing station.
Day 5
Museum of Evolution of Polish Academy of Sciences
Small natural history museum inside the Palace of Culture, best known for dinosaur skeletons and fossils found in Mongolia's Gobi Desert.
Museum of Pawiak Prison
Museum on the site of the prison where Germans held and executed tens of thousands of Poles during World War II.
Antonina Lesniewska Museum of Pharmacy
Small museum on the Old Town Market Square showing a historic pharmacy, old instruments and medicine jars.
Zacheta
Zachęta National Gallery of Art, a 19th-century building on Małachowski Square showing changing exhibitions of Polish and international contemporary art.
Day 6
Poster Museum, Wilanów
The world's oldest poster museum, founded in 1968 beside Wilanów Palace, showing the famous Polish School of Posters.
Wilanów Palace
King Jan III Sobieski's baroque summer residence in southern Warsaw, with royal apartments and formal gardens running down to a lake.
Polish Army Museum
Military history museum covering a thousand years of Polish arms, now in a new building at the Warsaw Citadel.
Warsaw in 7 days
Day 1
Poster Museum, Wilanów
The world's oldest poster museum, founded in 1968 beside Wilanów Palace, showing the famous Polish School of Posters.
Palace of Culture and Science
Stalin-era skyscraper from 1955, Poland's tallest building for decades, with a 30th-floor viewing terrace over the whole city.
Royal Castle, Warsaw
Former royal residence on Castle Square, rebuilt after 1944, with restored state rooms, Canaletto's views of Warsaw and two Rembrandts.
Old Town Market Square
The heart of Warsaw's Old Town, rebuilt after 1945 with colourful merchant houses and the Mermaid statue.
Day 2
Copper-Roof Palace
Baroque palace beside the Royal Castle, once home of Prince Józef Poniatowski, now showing an oriental carpet collection; limited opening days.
Museum of Praga
Museum of the right-bank Praga district in old tenement houses, with a restored prayer house and stories of local life.
Day 3
Museum of Evolution of Polish Academy of Sciences
Small natural history museum inside the Palace of Culture, best known for dinosaur skeletons and fossils found in Mongolia's Gobi Desert.
Zacheta
Zachęta National Gallery of Art, a 19th-century building on Małachowski Square showing changing exhibitions of Polish and international contemporary art.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The surviving arcades of the Saxon Palace on Piłsudski Square, guarded day and night, with a changing of the guard every hour.
Grand Theatre, Warsaw
One of Europe's largest opera houses, home to the Polish National Opera and ballet, with a grand neoclassical facade on Theatre Square.
Day 4
Saxon Garden
Warsaw's oldest public park, laid out in the 1720s, with fountains, statues and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at its edge.
Antonina Lesniewska Museum of Pharmacy
Small museum on the Old Town Market Square showing a historic pharmacy, old instruments and medicine jars.
Miodowa Street
Elegant street between the Old Town and Krasiński Square, lined with baroque palaces and churches rebuilt after the war.
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Award-winning museum in the former ghetto area covering a thousand years of Jewish life in Poland.
Day 5
Polish Army Museum
Military history museum covering a thousand years of Polish arms, now in a new building at the Warsaw Citadel.
Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
Warsaw's modern art museum, opened in 2024 in a new white building on Plac Defilad beside the Palace of Culture.
Warsaw Uprising Museum
Multimedia museum in a former tram power station telling the story of the 1944 uprising against German occupation.
Day 6
Mokotów Field
Large open park south of the centre, popular for walking, cycling and summer picnics, with lakes and lawns.
Ujazdów Park
Small 19th-century landscape park on Ujazdów Avenue with a pond, old trees and a historic weighing station.
National Museum, Warsaw
One of Poland's largest museums, with Polish painting, the Faras Gallery of Nubian wall paintings and a strong medieval art collection.
Fryderyk Chopin Museum
A modern multimedia museum on Chopin's life and music in the Ostrogski Palace; book a timed entry.
Copernicus Science Centre
Large hands-on science museum on the Vistula riverbank with hundreds of interactive exhibits and a planetarium; popular, so book tickets.
St. Florian's Cathedral
Neo-Gothic cathedral in Praga with twin 75-metre spires, rebuilt after wartime demolition and visible across the river.
Day 7
Lazienki Park
Royal park of Stanisław August with the Palace on the Isle, an amphitheatre, peacocks and the Chopin monument with summer concerts.
Wilanów Palace
King Jan III Sobieski's baroque summer residence in southern Warsaw, with royal apartments and formal gardens running down to a lake.
Warsaw Zoo
Historic city zoo in Praga, known for the wartime story of director Jan Żabiński, who hid Jewish refugees in his villa.
Museum of Pawiak Prison
Museum on the site of the prison where Germans held and executed tens of thousands of Poles during World War II.
Watch: Warsaw in 3 days
A one-minute look at the plan: every stop, day by day, with the map.
When to go to Warsaw
May to September is the best time to visit Warsaw, with warm weather and free Chopin concerts in Łazienki Park on summer Sundays. Spring and autumn are mild and quieter. Winter is cold and grey, often below freezing, but the Christmas market and lights along the Royal Route brighten December.
Plan the rest of your trip
- Where to stay: hotels in Warsaw on Booking.com or Trip.com
- Skip-the-line tickets: museums and sights in Warsaw on Tiqets
- Tours and day trips: things to do in Warsaw on GetYourGuide or on Viator
- From the airport: a private transfer in Warsaw with Kiwitaxi
- Data on arrival: an eSIM for Poland from Airalo
- Last day: leave your bags in Warsaw with Radical Storage and keep sightseeing
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Tips for Warsaw
- Most Warsaw museums close on Mondays; the Warsaw Uprising Museum and POLIN close on Tuesdays instead, so plan museum days around both.
- Buy a 24-hour or 72-hour ZTM public transport ticket; it covers metro, trams and buses, and must be validated on first use.
- The Royal Castle and the Palace of Culture's 30th-floor viewing terrace sell timed tickets; book ahead in summer and on weekends.
- The free Chopin concerts by the monument in Łazienki Park run on Sunday afternoons from mid-May to late September.
- Several museums have one free-admission day a week (the Royal Castle on Wednesdays, for example); check each museum's site before going.
Make it your own
Open the guide in Andiamo Places to see every stop on a map with walking directions, move places between days, check opening hours for your dates, and add your own finds. After the trip, your photos become a journal and, if you like, a printed photo book.
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Photo credits
- Antonina Lesniewska Museum of Pharmacy: Thunderman83, Public domain
- Copernicus Science Centre: Wistula, CC BY 3.0
- Copper-Roof Palace: Wistula, CC BY 3.0
- Fryderyk Chopin Museum: Fryderyk Chopin Institute, Fair use
- Grand Theatre, Warsaw: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Lazienki Park: Bernardo Bellotto, Public domain
- Miodowa Street: MM, Public domain
- Mokotów Field: sfu, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Museum of Evolution of Polish Academy of Sciences: Suicasmo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw: Patryk Korzeniecki, CC BY 4.0
- Museum of Pawiak Prison: Thunderman83, Public domain
- Museum of Praga: Adrian Grycuk, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl
- National Museum, Warsaw: BurgererSF, CC0
- Old Town Market Square: Adrian Grycuk, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl
- POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews: Wojciech Kryński, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl
- Palace of Culture and Science: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Polish Army Museum: User:VargaA, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Poster Museum, Wilanów: Hubert Śmietanka, CC BY-SA 2.5
- Royal Castle, Warsaw: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Saxon Garden: Marcin Białek, CC BY-SA 3.0
- St. Florian's Cathedral: Adrian Grycuk, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: Alina Zienowicz Ala z, Public domain
- Ujazdów Park: Adrian Grycuk, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl
- Warsaw Uprising Museum: The original uploader was Cezary p at Polish Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0
- Warsaw Zoo: Adrian Grycuk, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl
- Wilanów Palace: This photo was taken by Przemysław Jahr Autorem zdjęcia jest Przemysław Jahr Wykorzystując zdjęcie proszę podać jako autora: Przemysław Jahr / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
- Zacheta: rdrozd, CC BY-SA 3.0
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