Self-guided walking tour

Warsaw Walking Tour: Palaces and Green Escapes (about 3 hours, 9 stops)

9 stops in walking order through Warsaw, from Ogród Botaniczny to Ogród Krasińskich: 8.1 km on foot, about 1 h 37 min of walking, 3 h 10 min in total with the story and a look around at each stop. Walking times come from the routed walking path, not a straight line. It is the route of “Palaces and Green Escapes”, a ready-made tour in the Guided Tours app.

Total
3 h 10 min
Distance
8.1 km
Walking
1 h 37 min
Stops
9

The stops, in walking order

  1. Ogród Botaniczny

    The University of Warsaw’s botanical garden on Aleje Ujazdowskie.

    8 min walk · 710 m

  2. Świątynia Sybilli

    A small wooden garden pavilion beside a pond, designed by Jakub Kubicki in a neoclassical interpretation of an ancient Greek temple.

    6 min walk · 530 m

  3. Pałac na Wyspie

    A palace on an island amid the water of Warsaw’s Royal Baths.

    9 min walk · 740 m

  4. Park Agrykola

    A historic urban park in Warsaw’s Śródmieście district, shaped within the Royal Baths landscape.

    8 min walk · 680 m

  5. Park Ujazdowski

    A historic Warsaw park beside Aleje Ujazdowskie, shaped from a former parade ground by garden designer Franciszek Szanior.

    17 min walk · 1.4 km

  6. Park na Książęcem

    An eighteenth-century aristocratic garden on Warsaw’s Vistula escarpment.

    25 min walk · 2.1 km

  7. Ogród Saski

    Warsaw’s oldest public park, created as palace grounds for King Augustus the Second and opened to residents in seventeen twenty-seven.

    8 min walk · 690 m

  8. Plac Żelaznej Bramy

    An open Warsaw square named for the former gate linking Wielopole with the Saxon Garden.

    15 min walk · 1.2 km

  9. Ogród Krasińskich

    A historic Muranów park that began as the garden of the Krasiński Palace before becoming a public space.

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The route line, 8.1 km, drawn from the tour’s routed walking path.

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