Gdansk, from the Long Market out.
Amber-front walks, the Motlawa by boat, the day trip to Malbork Castle and the Tricity beaches. What each tour is really like, what it costs, and where to book it.
Bookings you will not regret.
First trip or fifth, these carry a Gdansk itinerary: the Main Town on foot, a boat down the Motlawa to Westerplatte, the hour out to Malbork, and a long table of pierogi in between.
Guided Round-Trip Cruise to Westerplatte
80-minute Gdańsk cruise to Westerplatte with live multilingual commentary, live music on the way back, and a bar. From $33.
From $33 per person
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★ 5.0Safe betMain Town Gdańsk Walking TourFrom $26644 reviews
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The largest brick castle on earth.
An hour up the Nogat sits Malbork, the Teutonic fortress that is the biggest brick building anyone ever raised. Trains run all day from Gdansk Glowny. Take the audio-guide and wander, or a guide who fills in the six centuries. Either way, cross the river for the photo everyone comes back with.
Which way through the Main Town?
The old town is small enough to cross in twenty minutes and deep enough to fill a day. Three honest ways to take it in, and every tour behind each one is already reviewed and priced.
The full story
On foot
2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $26 · 644 reviews
Down the Long Market past Neptune, into St Marys, then Mariacka to the amber stalls. A guide turns a pretty street into eight hundred years of a free city, a drowned one, and a rebuilt one. Two hours, and you read the town for the rest of the trip.
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Best views
From the water
50 min · from $19 · 719 reviews
The waterfront was built to be seen from the river, so board a boat. Glide under the old Crane and the granaries, past the black galleon, out to Westerplatte where the war began. Half the postcard shots of Gdansk are taken from this deck.
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Least walking
The easy roll
from $40 · 510 reviews
Short on time or short on knees, a guided golf cart covers the Main Town, the shipyard and the marina in an hour with a driver naming every gable. The most ground for the least effort, and a good first orientation before you go back on foot.
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The amber city after the sun drops.
Cocktails thirty floors up the Olivia Star, then down to the lantern light on Mariacka and the cellar bars off Piwna. Gdansk brews hard and pours harder. Go with someone who knows which door is worth the queue.
Pierogi, herring, and a lot of cheese.
Polish food is built for a cold coast: dumplings by the dozen, smoked fish off the Baltic, cheese-heavy plates and a shot of something clear to finish. A good food walk feeds you and reads the market at the same time.
The city was built by the sea.
Gdansk earned its money on water and still plays there. Paddle a kayak through the old canals at sunset, or take a yacht out of Sopot into the bay. Two speeds, one coast, both closer to the city than any street.
Where the last century turned.
The Second World War opened at Westerplatte on the first of September 1939. Forty years later, an electrician climbed the shipyard fence and the Soviet bloc began to come apart. The Museum of the Second World War and the European Solidarity Centre tell both stories plainly, a short ride from the Old Town.
Point the day, then book it.
Gdansk works in quarters. The Main Town for the gables and the amber. The Motlawa quay for the boats. The shipyard for the recent history. Sopot and Gdynia up the line when the sun is out.
Know what you are after?
Twelve doors into the same coast. Pick the one that sounds like your kind of day and every tour behind it is already reviewed and priced.
The whole coast is within reach.
A castle up the river, three cities along one bay, a spit of sand running out into the Baltic. Most of Pomerania is a morning away from Gdansk Glowny, and the return train is part of the day.
Three days along the Motlawa.
You will not run out of Gdansk, but you can see the shape of it in three. This is the sequence we would hand a friend landing at Rebiechowo tomorrow.
Day 1
The Main Town on foot
Through the Green Gate, up the Long Market past Neptune and the Town Hall, into St Marys, then down Mariacka for amber. Finish on the Motlawa quay with a beer and the boats.
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Day 2
The waterfront and the coast
A boat down the Motlawa to Westerplatte where the war began, back for herring on the quay, then the fast train up the line to Sopot for the pier and the beach at golden hour.
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Day 3
The castle day
An hour by train to Malbork, the largest brick castle in the world. Take the audio-guide slowly through the courtyards, cross the Nogat for the picture, and you are back in Gdansk by evening.
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