International Conference – EUNIS 2010 23–25 June, Warsaw, Poland

Warsaw Sightseeing

1. The Old Town, included on the UNESCO World Heritage Site List.
2. The Royal Castle with its Square, residence of monarchs from 1596 to 1795, as well as the residence of the Polish President in 1918. There is also a chance to see King Sigismund's III Column - the first secular monument in Poland.
3. St. John's Cathedral, a Gothic church and witness to some of the most important events in the history of Poland with sarcophagi containing the remains of eminent Poles.
4. The Old Town Market Square and Barbican.
5. The former Jewish Ghetto, The Memorial to the Heroes of the Ghetto, UmschlagPlatz and Mila Street, site of the bunker where Mordehai Anielewicz, the leader of the Ghetto Uprising, committed suicide.
6. The Royal Route, with superb aristocratic residences and famous monuments, including the Holy Cross Church with its urns containing the hearts of both Fryderyk Chopin (1810-49), and Wladyslaw Reymont (1868-1925), the first Polish winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
7. The Royal Park, a walk in the most beautiful park in Warsaw commonly known as Lazienki or "The Baths"
8. Other important places of interest: the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Monument to the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 and the Monument to the Victims of Katyn.

The price for 3 hours sightseeing is 140 PLN per person (VAT tax included). That includes a minibus or a bus with a driver and an English speaking guide. Most of the tour is by bus, but there is also a walk through the Old Town and a sightseeing of the marvelous Łazienki Gardens with a Palace on the Water. During the summer we organize the tour 3 times per day: 9:45, 13:45, 17:30.

The tickets can be bought the same day at the Concierge Desk of Sofitel Victoria Hotel, which is open since 08:00 till 22:00.