Warsaw - Poland Attractions and Tourism World Travel https://www.youtube.com/user/World1Tube Warsaw - Poland Travel Guide, Tourism http://goo.gl/HmkEIN Getto Żydowskie (Jewish Ghetto) What is markedly absent from Warsaw contributes as much to its history as anything that has been preserved or reconstructed. Pre-war Warsaw had a Jewish population second only to New York. After the Nazi invasion, some 450,000 Jews were rounded up and forced into the city's so-called ghetto. A 3m (10ft) wall encircled the area, from the Palace of Culture and Science to the Umschlagplatz monument, at the corner of Ulica Stawki and Ulica Dzika. This stark monument marks the place from where Jews were despatched by train to the Treblinka concentration camp, following the Ghetto Uprising of 19 April 1943. Only three sections of the actual wall remain. Admission Fees: No Disabled Access: Yes Unesco: No Address: Jewish Ghetto, Warsaw, Poland Pałac Kultury I Nauki (Palace of Culture and Science) Varsovians are divided over this prime example of Socialist Realism. For decades , it was, at 231m (758ft), the tallest building in Poland and a reminder of Stalin's bravura - it was a gift from him to the city, built between 1952 and 1955. Detractors still reckon that the best views of the city are from the top of the structure since it is the only place in Warsaw where you cannot see the Palace of Culture and Science. The viewing platform on the 30th floor at 115m (377ft) does indeed give a terrific view over Warsaw. Besides offices, the building houses a concert hall, a multiscreen cinema, three theatres and two museums. Opening Times: Daily 0900-2000. Admission Fees: No (charge for the observation deck) Disabled Access: Yes Unesco: No Address: Plac Defilad 1, Warsaw, Poland Zamek Królewski (Royal Castle) Walking through the Royal Castle, you have to remind yourself constantly that most of it was reconstructed between 1971 and 1984, although the darker elements of the décor were salvaged from the ruins. The castle, located on a plateau overlooking the Vistula River, was built for the Dukes of Mazovia and expanded when King Zygmunt III Vasa (Waza) moved the capital to Warsaw. From the early 17th until the late 18th century, this was the seat of the Polish kings. It subsequently housed the parliament and is now a museum displaying tapestries, period furniture, funerary portraits and collections of porcelain and other decorative arts. Opening Times: Tues-Sat 1000-1600, Sun 1100-1600. Admission Fees: Yes (free on Sun) Disabled Access: Yes Unesco: No Address: Plac Zamkovy 4, Warsaw, Poland Pałac w Wilanowie (Wilanów Palace) In the mid-1600s, King Jan III Sobieski commissioned Augustyn Locci to build the baroque palace and garden of Wilanów for his summer residence. Construction continued from 1677 until the king's death in 1696. Called Vila Nova in Italian (from which the Polish name is derived), it remained popular with subsequent monarchs. Visitors can tour the interior and the gallery, which features portraits of famous Poles. Artistic handicrafts are on display in the Orangerie. Also here is the Muzeum Plakatu (Poster Museum), the first of its kind in the world. Poles have excelled in the poster arts since at least the end of WWII. Opening Times: Mon, Wed and Sat 0930-1830, Tues, Thurs and Fri 0930-1630, Sun 1030-1830 (May-mid-Sep); Mon and Wed-Sat 0930-1630, Sun 1030-1630 (mid-Sep-May). Admission Fees: Yes (free admission to the park on Thurs and the palace on Sun) Disabled Access: Yes Unesco: No Address: Ulica Wiertnicza 1, Warsaw, Poland Salonik Chopinów (Chopin Family Drawing Room) Frédéric Chopin only lived in Warsaw until he was 20 years old, but he is the city's most respected local boy. This drawing room or parlour, in his family's former home, is open to the public; the great composer's heart is interred in a pillar at the Parish Church of the Holy Cross (Kościół Parafialny Znalezienia Świętego Krzyża) next door. His body, however, lies in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. There is also the new and very high-tech Muzeum Fryderyka Chopina, located in Ostrogski Castle, with exhibits on the different phases of his life and career. Opening Times: Mon-Fri 1000-1400. Admission Fees: Yes Disabled Access: Yes Unesco: No Address: Ulica Krakowskie Przedmieście 5, Warsaw, Poland =========================================== Warsaw Museums, Warsaw Transport, Warsaw Tours, Warsaw Introduction, Warsaw Attractions, Warsaw Hotels, Warsaw Restaurants, Warsaw Shopping, Warsaw Nightlife, world travel video, Warsaw video, Warsaw, Warsaw Travel guide, Warsaw Tourism, Warsaw Vacation, Poland, Poland travel guide, Poland tourism, Poland vacation, Poland Attractions, Europe === Warsaw - Poland Travel Guide, Tourism, Vacation, Attractions, Travel Tips

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