The back story
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Area guide
The Old Town and the New Town: the back story
The Royal Castle and Castle Square, the Old Town Market Place and the Mermaid, the walls and the Barbican, and the New Town beyond.
Area guide · Warsaw
Old Town & New Town: Our Favourites
The Royal Castle and Castle Square, the Old Town Market Place and the Mermaid, the Barbican and the New Town.
What's onThis week in Warsaw
What to see and do
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On Castle Square
Royal Castle in Warsaw
The royal residence on Castle Square, rebuilt after the war, and in winter the setting of the city’s great Christmas tree.
Plac Zamkowy 4, WarsawExplore View on map
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UNESCO World Heritage
Old Town Market Place
The heart of the rebuilt Old Town, with the Mermaid statue and the Museum of Warsaw.
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Organ festival in summer
St John’s Archcathedral
Warsaw’s cathedral in the Old Town, home of the International Organ Festival from July to September.
Świętojańska 8, WarsawExplore View on map
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Below the Old Town
Multimedia Fountain Park
The fountain park below the Old Town, with water, light and music shows in season.
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On the Market Place
Museum of Warsaw
The city’s own museum, in a row of townhouses on the Old Town Market Place.
Rynek Starego Miasta 28/42, WarsawExplore View on map
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Freta 16
Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum
The museum of Warsaw-born Maria Skłodowska-Curie, in the New Town.
Freta 16, WarsawExplore View on map
Where to eat
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In the MICHELIN Guide
MUND
Modern cooking at the PURO Hotel on Canaletta, by the Old Town.
PURO Hotel Warsaw Old Town, Canaletta 4, 00-099 WarsawExplore View on map
Bars
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In the Old Town
Same Krafty
Craft beer on Nowomiejska, between the Old Town Market Place and the Barbican.
Nowomiejska 10, WarsawExplore View on map
Where to stay
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Home of MUND
PURO Warsaw Stare Miasto
A design hotel on Canaletta, at the edge of the Old Town, home of MUND (in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide).
Canaletta 4, 00-099 WarsawExplore View on map
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On Podwale
Hotel Verte, Autograph Collection
A hotel on Podwale, the street that follows the Old Town walls.
Podwale 3/5, 00-252 WarsawExplore View on map
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In the New Town
Mamaison Hotel Le Regina
A boutique hotel on Kościelna, in the New Town just north of the Old Town walls.
Kościelna 12, 00-218 WarsawExplore View on map
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