Tours in Poland

4 hours – 5 hoursfrom AUD $103

First Time in Gdańsk? Private Tour of Old Gdańsk’s Highlights

When Sarah from our BugBitten team did this private tour of Old Gdańsk, she got a properly tailored trot through the city's medieval heart. A local guide steers you through the architecture and back alleys at whatever pace suits you, whether you're a history buff or just keen to wander and soak it in. You're looking at two hours, with entry to St. Mary's Church and tower included, plus a stop in an amber gallery. It's the kind of tour where the guide actually listens rather than barks facts—your interests shape the whole thing.

Gdansk Craft Beer Tasting Tour: 10 Varieties and Historical Tales

When Em from our team ran this Gdańsk beer tour, we got the real story behind the city's brewing legacy—not just another pub crawl. You'll start in a historic brewery tasting medieval-style beers that once shipped across Europe, then walk through Old Town hearing tales of an astronomer-brewer and the Grand Mill's brewing dominance. The second half shifts to a Main Town bar where you sample five modern craft brews and see how local makers push flavour boundaries today. It's a 2h 15m arc from medieval recipes to contemporary experimentation, mixing history with hands-on tasting.

Nature Walk and Wildlife Tour in Sobieszewo Island

When Jake from our team walked Sobieszewo Island with Ptasi Raj, we found a genuinely quiet corner of Poland where birdwatching actually delivers. This 4–5 hour nature reserve loop packs serious wildlife spotting — your English-speaking guide knows where to look, hands you binoculars, and reads the forest like a local. It's the kind of walk where you'll spot colourful songbirds, maybe catch movement in the undergrowth, and learn why this stretch of wetland matters. Suit yourself: keen naturalists and casual strollers both belong here.

Warsaw Small-Group Food Tour: 10+ Polish Tastings

★ 5.0 (20)

🍜 Food & Cooking

6 hours – 7 hoursfrom AUD $48

Warsaw Small-Group Food Tour: 10+ Polish Tastings

When Lily from our BugBitten team ran this Warsaw food tour, she hit four proper local spots in the Old Town over three hours, working through 10-14 dishes that actually matter — pierogi, żurek in a bread bowl, craft beer, vodka, modern street food, and dessert. The group stays capped at eight, so it feels intimate rather than rushed. You're walking through Castle Square and the lanes around it with someone who knows the neighbourhood's eating habits, not just the tourist checklist. Families are welcome (though vodka's adults-only), and dietary swaps happen with a heads-up.

Auschwitz Birkenau Memorial and Museum group tour from Krakow

When Mia from our team took this tour, we got a sobering, respectful walk through Auschwitz-Birkenau with a proper English-speaking guide who knew the history and treated the site with the weight it deserves. You're picked up from your Krakow hotel, driven out to the former concentration camp memorial in southern Poland, and given 3.5 hours on the ground with your guide covering both the main camp and Birkenau. It's heavy, necessary stuff — not a sightseeing tick-box. The skip-the-line entry saves hassle, and transport between the two sites is sorted. Allow 6–7 hours total.

Full Day Zakopane Quads/Buggy & Thermal Baths Tour from Krakow

🏔 Adventure & Sports

Full Day Zakopane Quads/Buggy & Thermal Baths Tour from Krakow

When Sarah from our team ran this full-day tour out of Krakow, we kicked off in Chochołów, a UNESCO-listed wooden village tucked into the Podhale region, where traditional highlander architecture still dominates. The real draw is the quad or buggy blast through Tatra Mountain terrain — muddy forest tracks, mountain paths, and open fields with a local guide steering you toward proper views or genuine off-road chaos, depending on which route you pick. Mid-ride there's a photo stop to breathe in the panoramas. After you're dusty and grinning, there's grilled oscypek (the local smoked cheese) cooked over a fire, then a soak in the thermal pools back at Chochołowskie Baths to ease tired muscles. The whole thing runs about 10 hours.

10 hoursfrom AUD $223

Lesser Poland Wooden Architecture Trail UNESCO Private Tour from Krakow

10 hours – 12 hoursfrom AUD $411

Lesser Poland Wooden Architecture Trail UNESCO Private Tour from Krakow

When Alex from our BugBitten team tried this day out of Krakow, the first thing that struck them was how quickly the city gives way to quiet countryside. This private tour heads south into Lesser Poland to see the wooden monuments that form part of the country's UNESCO-listed heritage. Most are Catholic and Orthodox churches, with their distinctive domes and turrets rising above small villages, though you'll also come across manors, palaces and rural and municipal buildings. The landscape is gentle farmland and tree-lined lanes, and the sites tend to be working parishes rather than polished tourist attractions, so you'll often share the grounds with locals going about their day. Alex noted that the mix of churches and manor houses gives the day more variety than you'd expect from a single theme. Expect a full day of roughly 10 to 12 hours, with hotel pick-up and drop-off included, so you can relax and let someone else handle the roads.

Sopot Private City Walking or Bike Tour with a local architect

1h 30m – 2 hoursfrom AUD $265

Sopot Private City Walking or Bike Tour with a local architect

When Lily from our team tried this Sopot walking tour, she got the real story of Poland's 1920s seaside glamour from a local architect who knows the place inside out. You'll trace the transformation from fishing village to European spa resort hotspot, spotting Chopin's villa, that famous wooden pier, and the belle-époque architecture that still defines the beachfront. The guide brings historical photos to show how the town's evolved, and you can choose to walk or bike depending on your pace. It's a tight 90 minutes to two hours, so you're getting genuine local insight without the museum fatigue.

Zakopane Private day trip from Krakow with Hot Springs, Cable Car

9 hours – 10 hoursfrom AUD $516

Zakopane Private day trip from Krakow with Hot Springs, Cable Car

When Em from our team tried this private Zakopane day trip out of Krakow, she went in wondering whether a car to herself would feel like a luxury or just a long drive. Zakopane is the Tatra Mountains' main base, a town of timber chalets and busy pavements where hikers, skiers and weekend day-trippers mix along the high street. Because the tour is private, the vehicle and driver are yours for the full nine to ten hours, covering the drive from Krakow, time in the mountains and the return. The route is a proven one, but you can ask the driver to adjust it if you spot a hidden gem you'd rather see. Hot springs and a cable car are part of the plan, and there are optional extras including snowmobiles, skiing and a winter sleigh ride. Travel time is counted within the day, so expect the total to shift a little with traffic. Em felt it suits a family or a group of mates who want to set their own pace.

Czestochowa Black Madonna Private Day Tour from Krakow

★ 5.0 (18)

7 hours – 8 hoursfrom AUD $529

Czestochowa Black Madonna Private Day Tour from Krakow

When Ben from our team took this private day tour from Krakow, we headed straight to Jasna Góra monastery — the spiritual heart of Poland and home to the famous Black Madonna painting. The 7–8 hour round trip covers the 120-odd kilometres north through rural Polish landscape, arriving at a hilltop monastery that's genuinely significant to the country's religious and historical identity. A 17th-century Swedish siege left its mark on the place, and you'll feel that weight walking the halls. It's quiet, contemplative, and genuinely moving — not a tourist tick-box.

Schindler's List excursion incl. Płaszów with Dutch guide

★ 5.0 (53)

7 hours – 8 hoursfrom AUD $182

Schindler's List excursion incl. Płaszów with Dutch guide

When Sarah from our BugBitten team did this Schindler's List tour in Kraków, we traced the film's actual locations across the city's most difficult history. A Dutch guide walked us through Płaszów concentration camp—including the commandant's villa and memorial—then into Kazimierz, the former Jewish ghetto where Spielberg shot much of the film. The 4-hour route connects Nazi occupation sites with the gritty reality of what happened here, moving between public transport stops and on foot. Kraków itself, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1978, carries the weight of Soviet and Nazi rule visibly in its streets. This tour sits heavy but matters.

Adrspach Teplice Rocks Filming Site of The Chronicles of Narnia

When Lily from our team did this tour, we headed into Adršpach-Teplice Rocks, a national nature reserve straddling the Polish-Czech border. It's a striking sandstone landscape—towering formations, narrow passages, and genuinely odd geology that felt otherworldly before we even clocked the Narnia connection. The reserve has a quieter, more rugged feel than typical tourist draws; you're walking through actual wilderness rather than a manicured site. The tour runs 7–8 hours and leans physical, threading you through the rock formations and pointing out where crews shot The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. It's a neat angle if you're into film locations, but the rocks themselves are the real drawcard.

Wieliczka Salt Mine with pickup and private Transport

★ 5.0 (43)

Wieliczka Salt Mine with pickup and private Transport

When Ben from our team booked this Wieliczka tour, we got the full package: hotel pickup, skip-the-line access, and a guided descent 140 metres into one of Europe's oldest salt mines. You'll spend about two and a half hours underground walking nearly 3 kilometres through cathedral-like chambers carved entirely from salt, past vintage mining equipment and baroque chapels. It's a UNESCO World Heritage site that genuinely lives up to the hype — the scale and craftsmanship hit different when you're standing in tunnels that have been worked since medieval times. The minivan ride from central Kraków takes the logistics stress out, and having a guide means you actually understand what you're looking at, not just wandering past pretty rocks.

Communist Warsaw: private tour by retro minibus with hotel pickup

When Alex from our team booked this private tour, we climbed into a proper Żuk minibus—the squat, boxy workhorse that defined communist Poland—and spent three hours threading through Warsaw's Cold War chapters. Your guide picks you up from your hotel and walks you through the rubble-and-rebuild years after World War II, the ideology baked into 1960s–70s tower blocks and urban planning, and the political crack-up of 1989. You'll see the Palace of Culture and Science, Constitution Square, and the old Communist Party HQ, all anchored by real stories rather than museum glass. It's intimate (max 8 passengers), historically substantial, and genuinely atmospheric—riding in a vintage minibus while learning how a city was flattened, reconstructed, and eventually freed.

Pierogi Class and Liquor Tasting with View on Warsaw

When Charlie from our BugBitten team did this Warsaw pierogi class, we found ourselves in a local's apartment learning to fold dough while the city skyline sprawled across the rooftop behind us. You'll make pierogi from scratch — the host supplies everything, aprons included — then eat what you've cooked alongside homemade liquors and Polish chat. It's a proper kitchen experience, not a tourist performance: just ten people max, a couple of hours, and a real sense of how Warsaw locals actually live and eat.

Warsaw Food Tasting Tour of Hidden Gems (Small Groups)

When Mia from our BugBitten team ran this Warsaw food tour, we hit five carefully picked local spots across three hours—the kind of places where actual Varsovians still eat, not tour groups. We started at a milk bar, a hangover from communist times that's now pure nostalgia, then moved through bigos joints, a proper neighbourhood bakery for pączeks, and wrapped with vodka. The angle here is straightforward: you're eating what Polish families eat, not what's been softened for tourists. Small groups mean you're not herded, and the guide threads Warsaw's history through each stop. Beats the Old Town crawl by a country mile.

Private Warsaw Chopin Airport One Way Transfer

When Jake from our team landed at Warsaw's Chopin Airport, this private transfer got him sorted without fuss. You're met at arrivals with your name on a tablet, bundled into a car, and driven straight to your Warsaw accommodation—no shared minibus, no waiting around. The driver tracks your flight, so delays aren't a drama. It's the no-stress option for landing in Poland's capital, whether you're solo or travelling with a small group. Handy if you've got luggage or just want to skip the tram queues after a long flight.

from AUD $41

Ojców National Park and Ogrodzieniec Castle Tour from Krakow

★ 4.9 (33)

7 hours – 8 hoursfrom AUD $207

Ojców National Park and Ogrodzieniec Castle Tour from Krakow

When Ben from our team ran this full-day tour from Krakow, we headed straight into the Ojców National Park and up to Ogrodzieniec Castle—two of the standout stops on Poland's Eagle's Nest trail. The Jurassic Highland landscape here is genuinely striking: limestone outcrops, dense forest, and those famous castle ruins perched on ridges. It's the kind of scenery that justifies the drive out from Krakow, especially if you're after walking boots and good photo ops over guided theatre. The route covers about 8 hours door-to-door, with transport sorted and admission included, so it's a fairly seamless day out.

Jewels of Lower Silesia

When Sarah from our team ran this 7–8 hour tour through Lower Silesia, she found herself standing before Książ Castle—Poland's third largest, a sprawling fortress that tells a messy, gripping story of German industrial power and wartime secrets. The castle dominates the landscape with genuine scale; you walk through aristocratic rooms, learn about the family's rise and collapse, then descend into WWII tunnels (audioguide in English) that burrow deep beneath. The day also sweeps you to the Church of Peace near Świdnica, a 17th-century wooden giant built under oppressive religious conditions and now UNESCO-listed. It's a region shaped by conflict and contradiction—perfectly captured in a single outing.

Auschwitz Birkenau Guided Tour Transport from Krakow

★ 4.8 (35)

Auschwitz Birkenau Guided Tour Transport from Krakow

When Noah from our BugBitten team booked this Krakow-based tour, he appreciated the straightforward logistics: hotel pickup, licensed guide, headphones to hear clearly in the crowds, and entry sorted. Auschwitz-Birkenau sits about 70km west of Krakow and demands respect and focus. This operator handles the transport and admin so you can concentrate on the weight of the place itself. The full experience runs 6.5 hours, including the drive each way, and suits most fitness levels — though the site involves considerable walking across open ground.

6h 30mfrom AUD $163

Private Electric Tour of Gdańsk Old Town Fun & Fast Experience

★ 4.7 (42)