Where to Stay in Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship

What is Warsaw known for?

Warsaw is known as the capital of Poland, the largest city of the country, on the Vistula in east-central Poland. The capital wears two faces. Its restored Old Town and the Royal Castle stand near the river, while the Palace of Culture and Science rises over the modern centre, marking a city rebuilt after the Second World War.

Warsaw is the seat of government.

What are the main landmarks in Warsaw?

Warsaw gathers its landmarks around the Old Town and along the Vistula. The great sights stand close. The Royal Castle and Sigismund's Column mark the edge of the Old Town, while the Palace of Culture and Science towers over the modern centre.

Two museums hold the city's memory. The Warsaw Uprising Museum and the Museum of the History of Polish Jews tell the hardest chapters of the capital, and Łazienki Palace sits in its park to the south.

What is the history of Warsaw?

Warsaw became the capital of Poland on the Vistula in east-central Poland, and grew around its Royal Castle. The court made the city. When the seat of the crown moved here, the town on the river spread out around the castle and the Old Town, rising as the political heart of Poland over the centuries that followed.

Palaces and churches lined Krakowskie Przedmieście as the capital grew. Warsaw held the centre of the country. The Second World War all but destroyed the city.

The damage was near total. Much of Warsaw was left in ruins, its Old Town, its churches, and the Royal Castle reduced to rubble, and the capital had to be rebuilt almost from nothing. The city came back stone by stone.

Rebuilt after the war, the Old Town of Warsaw was raised again to its old form on the Vistula, and the restored historic core stands once more at the heart of the Polish capital. The modern centre rose alongside it, and the Palace of Culture and Science came to stand over the rebuilt heart of Warsaw.

Where is Warsaw?

Warsaw lies on the Vistula in Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. The Vistula cuts straight through the middle of it. The capital spreads across both banks of the Vistula, its Old Town and centre on the western side and its outer districts reaching east over the river through the wider Masovian Voivodeship.

What is the climate of Warsaw?

Warsaw has a temperate climate with a continental edge, felt across east-central Poland. The seasons pull apart. Snow and hard frost grip the Vistula through the winter months, while summers turn warm over the capital, the open country around Warsaw giving the year its wide swing.

How do you get to Warsaw?

Warsaw is reached by air, by rail, and by road from across Poland. The lines converge on the capital. Trains run into the central stations, flights land on the edge of the city, and the main roads of east-central Poland gather on Warsaw, carrying travellers in toward the Vistula and the Old Town at the heart of Masovian Voivodeship.