Torun Private Guided Tour from Gdansk

Toruń – a magical city smelling with the fragrant of ginger bread

Start – from your hotel or another convenient point in Gdansk
Form – private transport on the Gdańsk – Toruń route
Visiting time – 2 hours, commuting time- 4 hours both ways

Price – 320 euro per group for up to 4 persons

We invite you for a walk in the magical city where time has stopped. Toruń is one of the most important centers of cultural tourism in Poland, with historic buildings inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. We will pass the medieval old town, visiting the most important monuments and sacral buildings and listening to the stories of Nicolaus Copernicus – astronomer who „stopped the sun and moved the Earth”. During the visit, you’ll see world-class monuments – Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque, and find out why Toruń’s gingerbread was once a gold and how a simple rafter saved the city from the plague of frogs. In the tour program:

• Complex of Medieval defensive walls with gates and towers, including the remarkable Leaning Tower, built by the Teutonic Knights – the founding fathers of the city,
• The Old Market Square: the Town Hall – example of the most outstanding medieval bourgeois municipal architecture in Europe, one of the largest historic town halls in the world,
• The Old Market Square: beautiful historical burger house, including the baroque gem – House under the Star,
• The Old Market Square: the statues of Nicolas Copernicus and the Raftsman –figures commemorating the great astronomer and the hero of the urban legend,
• The ruins of the Teutonic Castle –the earliest Teutonic castle built in this region, a reminder of the times when today’s Polish lands were inhabited by the Teutonic Knights,
• Copernicus House – the great astronomer was born there,
• Medieval Churches: St Johns Cathedral, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church –historic gothic churches with magnificent, richly decorated interiors.

The sightseeing can be supplemented with workshops at the gingerbread museum, where you will learn the secrets of the ideal recipe and create your own gingerbread yourself! – 1 hour