Visiting the Old town of Warsaw and Hotel Room Tour | Poland

Is it worth to visit the Old town in Warsaw? In this video I try to find the answer to myself as I travel to the Polish capitol.

I just love Old Towns, it’s the beating heart and the center of local culture and flavors of any city you visit. I had a chance to visit Warsaw briefly, so I could not miss out visiting the Old town! But here is the thing: as I talked to some local friends, some of them said that the old town isn’t really worth a visit. I thought to myself that can’t be right, I looked at google maps and saw the pictures and I was very curious. However, some of the reasoning on why it’s not worth to visit made some sense: The old town simply put isn’t that old. During World War II Warsaw was bombed heavily and basically destroyed to the ground. The center of the town had to be built again from scratch, however they wanted to bring back the old flavor and the houses are supposably restored to their former glory, or at least representing what it used to be like. So I visited the Old town of Warsaw to find out for myself, is it overrated, or is it something you can enjoy?

On my way I had to try Pierogi, a local dumpling style dish that has various fillings. Pierogi & Co was the place I found online and it did not dissapoint, if you want to visit the place for yourself, you can check it out here: https://goo.gl/maps/pim4T2c2pSkf3rCg6

I was lucky enough to stay at the Intercontinental Hotel, never been to a 5 star hotel before, and I had a really pleasant time during my short stay. In this video I am showing you what the room was like and what the view is from the 26th floor. https://goo.gl/maps/TJvxqdtexEozR3uq7

Warsaw was under 2 hours away by plane, so it’s easy to access it from my hometown of Budapest. I enjoyed my stay, and may return in the future to Warsaw and Poland, food was nice and there are a lot more places to visit in the city and the country as well (like Krakow of course :))