Customized private tour in Gdansk

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any
Activity Level
MODERATE
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Private Tours
Customized private tour in Gdansk

Make the most of your visit to Gdansk with our fully customizable private tour. Choose what and when you want to see, and our expert managers will help you put together your perfect itinerary. Highly professional private tour guides, expert drivers and fast-track admission to museums will make your trip to Gdansk a truly memorable one!

       

Highlights
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  • Amber Museum
  • Golden Gate
  • Green Gate
  • Malbork Castle
  • Old Town
  • Oliwa Cathedral
  • Solidarity Square
  • St Mary Basilica
  • Stutthof Concentration Camp
  • Town Hall

The Amber Museum is located in the historical Gothic and Renaissance Fore Gate Complex of Długa Street. It consists of three parts: the Prison Tower, the Neck with the Prison House and the Torture Chambers. The Amber Museum presents the origins and properties of amber, as well as how the methods of collecting and processing have changed over the centuries. The most exciting is a unique collection of nature specimens – a priceless gathering of the natural forms of amber, including large chunks, animal and plant inclusions, amber in rare colours and various mineral resins. Also you can see Neolithic amber products and historical objects from Roman and early medieval times. Contemporary arts and crafts and modern jewellery products made by outstanding designers are displayed in an avant-garde setting using multimedia. Multimedia presentation offers an opportunity to find oneself in the middle of an amber forest, smell its scent or be a guest at a fashion show promoting amber jewellery. Three prison cells have been arranged for viewing in the Torture Chambers. The first cell presents preparation for an execution, the second cell is an example of a typical isolation room and, finally, the third cell houses a display of torture tools. Visitors can also familiarize themselves with details of a court trial of one of the Torture Chamber inmates.

1 hour

The Golden Gate is one of the most notable tourist attractions of the city. It was created in 1612–14 in place of a 13th-century gothic gate, the Brama Długouliczna (Long Street Gate). Both sides of the gate have attiques, with figures symbolizing the qualities of the ideal citizen

10 min

The Green Gate is located between Long Market (Długi Targ) and the River Motława. The Green Gate was clearly inspired by the Antwerp City Hall. It was built as the formal residence of Poland's monarchs. Today the Green Gate houses the National Museum in Gdańsk. Exhibitions, meetings, conferences and shows are held here. The Gdańsk office of former Polish President Lech Wałęsa is located in one of the rooms.

10 min

The Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork, located in the Polish town of Malbork, is the largest castle in the world measured by land area. It was originally built by the Teutonic Knights, a German Roman Catholic religious order of crusaders, in a form of an Ordensburg fortress. The Order named it Marienburg (Mary's Castle). The town which grew around it was also named Marienburg. In 1466, both castle and town became part of Royal Prussia, a province of Poland. It served as one of the several Polish royal residences, interrupted by several years of Swedish occupation, and fulfilling this function until Prussia claimed the castle as a result of the First Partition of Poland in 1772. Nowadays, the castle hosts exhibitions and serves as a museum.

1 hour

Old Town in Gdańsk can be found north of the modern city center. There are lots of exciting structures there, including: Gdańsk GranariesGdańsk MillsGdańsk Town HallMonument of King Sobieski, Polish Post, Preachers' House. The main streets of the Old town are Ulica Długa (Long Street) and Długi Targ (Long Market), a pedestrian walkways surrounded by buildings reconstructed in historical (primarily during the 17th century) style and flanked at both ends by elaborate city gates.

1 hour

The cathedral is dedicated to The Holy Trinity, Blessed Virgin Mary and St Bernard. In 1186 Sambor I of Gdańsk (son of Subisław I), Duke of Pomerania, founded the Cistercian monastery named “Beatae Mariae de Oliva” or “ad montem Olivarum” - the name which stayed with this church over the centuries. All the 23 altars of the cathedral are of great historical value. They are mainly Baroque and Rococo, partly made of marble. The interior also holds Rococo chapels of the Holy Cross and St John of Nepomuk, an ambo, tombstones, epitaphs, the Pomeranian Dukes tomb, the Kos family tomb, bishop’s crypt, antique chandeliers, canopies, and many other antiquities, including a feretory of great cultural value, showing Our Lady of Oliwa with an Infant Jesus. 

40 min

Solidarity is a Polish labour union that was founded on 17 September 1980 at the Lenin Shipyard under the leadership of Lech Wałęsa. In the 1980s, Solidarity was a broad anti-bureaucratic social movement, using the methods of civil resistance to advance the causes of workers' rights and social change. The square, named after this union is marked by the Monument to the fallen Shipyard Workers opened on 16 December 1980 near the entrance to what was then the Lenin Shipyard. It commemorates the 42 or more people killed during the Coastal cities events in December 1970. The protests were sparked by a sudden increase of prices of food and other everyday items. As a result of the riots, which were put down by the Polish People's Army and the Citizen's Militia, at least 42 people were killed and more than 1,000 wounded.

15 min

St. Mary's Church is currently one of the two or three largest brick churches in the world. The church is decorated within with several masterpieces of Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque painting. The most notable, The Last Judgement by Flemish painter Hans Memling, is currently preserved in the National Museum of Gdańsk. Other works of art are: Jerusalem Altar, 1495-1500 (currently in the National Museum in Warsaw), High Altar, 1511–1517, Michael of Augsburg, Ten Commandments, approx. 1485, Gravestone of Simon and Judith Bahr, 1614–1620, Abraham van den Blocke, Pietà, approx. 1420, Holy Mother of God sculpture, approx. 1420, Gdańsk astronomical clock, 1464–1470, Hans Düringer of Toruń, reconstructed after 1945, Organ set, partially transferred from the St. Johns church in 1985.

40 min

Stutthof was a Nazi German concentration camp built in a secluded, wet, and wooded area near the small town of Sztutowo 34 km (21 mi) east of the city of Gdańsk in the former territory of the Free City of Danzig. The camp was set up around already existing structures after the invasion of Poland in World War II, used for the imprisonment of Polish intelligentsia. The actual barracks were built in the following year by hundreds of prisoners enslaved in specialized commandos. Stutthof was the first camp outside German borders, in operation from 2 September 1939, and the last camp liberated by the Allies on 9 May 1945. More than 85,000 victims died in the camp out of as many as 110,000 inmates deported there.

1 hour

Gdańsk Main Town Hall is a historic Ratusz, one of the finest examples of the Gothic-Renaissance historic buildings in the city, built at the intersection of the Ulica Długa (Long Street) and Długi Targ (Long Market), in the most popular part of Gdańsk. The Main Town Hall houses the History Museum of the City of Gdańsk.

40 min

Detailed Program

Time Description
Meeting place: Daily, at your hotel lobby
09:00, 09:30, 10:00 or 10:30 Meet your guide at your hotel lobby

According to your pre-selected museum preferences, your guide will already have a fully customized tour program which you will follow during your private exploration of Gdansk

   We will happily customize each tour to include the sights that interest you most and will provide skip-the-line admission and special arrangements to maximize your experience. We care about our clients and want to make sure their tour time is used wisely and effectively.

Each day your tour will end at the location of your choosing - either back at your hotel or anywhere in the city where you desire to stay after the tour.
Evening tours We will be happy to assist you with planning your evening activities, please contact us for ideas!


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  • Professional tour guide 
  • Choose your language: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, German, Mandarin
  • Other languages are available on request
  • Comfortable a/c vehicle with a private driver
  • Admissions to selected museums with Skip-the-line where available
  • Audio head-sets for groups over 6 people to hear the guide clearly
  • Smiles and positive experience
  • Food & drinks
  • Gratuities
  • Evening entertainment (can easily be arranged on request, too)
Suitable for people with limited walking ability and wheelchair users.
  • The benefits of a private customized tour is that we can plan anything! 
  • Realize your tour dreams and make your visit to Gdansk a perfect one! 
  • Skip waiting lines, learn interesting facts, explore off the beaten track places!
  • Our professional private tour guides are highly experienced in dealing with the most sophisticated clients, families with little children, clients with special needs and those needing special assistance.
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