WALKING TOUR - THE LEGENDS OF WARSAW Activity Overview
Warsaw Legends Walk is a tour of the Old Town featuring stories you won’t find in any guidebook. Your guide will take the group into a world of devils, wizards, ghosts, the Basilisk and the mermaid—fairy tales and legends that have become a permanent part of the city’s landscape. Forget kings, churches and nobility: this tour is all about the supernatural, the imaginary and the fantastical, showing the Old Town from a completely different perspective.
Character of the tour: it’s a fact-based walk presented in a light, anecdotal way — no lectures or dates to memorise, with the focus on stories about people and places.
This isn’t exactly a historical walk. Instead, we’ll focus mainly on Warsaw’s supernatural, imaginary and fantastical side. We’ll hear stories about devils, sorcerers, ghosts, the Basilisk, the Mermaid and many others. After all, the Old Town isn’t just about kings, churches and nobility — it’s also about things philosophers never dreamed of: Warsaw’s fairy tales and legends.
Example route: from Castle Square through the streets of the Old Town — Piwna, Dunaj, the Market Square, Jezuicka, Kanonia and Świętojańska.
In addition to the guide, a coordinator will accompany your group. She’ll pick you up from your office or another location of your choice and take you to the meeting point with the tour guide. It’s also possible for all participants to meet directly at the tour’s starting point.
Live music – 1299 zł per group: this walk, such as a tour following the legends of Warsaw, can be enhanced with a street musician playing guitar or banjo. They will play, sing and add commentary throughout the route, performing classics of old Warsaw street music in the style of pre-war hits. This option naturally extends the walk by around 30 minutes.
The walk can be conducted in English for an additional fee.