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(Since 1980 on the UNESCO heritage list)
Warsaw
has a reputation of being 85 % destroyed in the WW II. Visiting
the city is an experience, and not only for the reason that it is
a town in principle less than 60 years old. The City of Warsaw is
the modern business, cultural and entertainment centre of Poland
with 1.7 Mln. inhabitants.
Many skyscrapers appeared after 1990 in the new city centre. It
is not without a point that the Warsaw skyline now ranks 7th in
Europe leaving behind Milan, Berlin, Manchester or Barcelona. Here,
an interesting tension is produced by the oppositions of the past,
communist legacies and the market-oriented present. Warsaw is, however,
a surprisingly safe city with a busy, traffic-ridden downtown. Old
Town Apartments invite you into the most charming areas of the Polish
capital, a haven in the city centre.
Warsaw's Old Town is a painstakingly brick-to-brick recreation of
a Mediaeval City loaded with small charming lanes, stately homes,
vibrant squares, quiet courtyards with apple trees, and several
churches with spires rising up to the sky.
Strolling around the redbrick fortification walls you quickly assess
the town's moderate, but navigable size. The historic areas, however,
surpassed the stern boundaries of the 16th century old town. The
old centre is divided into four parts.
1. Old Town proper - the oldest historical core of Warsaw:
sumptuous Old Market Square, the Cathedral, Royal Castle, the Barbakan
wall. (stay in the old town)
2. New Town (16th century) - relatively Bohemian area with
the nicest cafes and deft food in the restaurants to go to. (stay
in the new town)
3. Mariensztat - light and atmospheric, located close to
the river. Mariensztat is simple and pleasant. Where time passes
slowly by. (stay in Mariensztat)
4. The Royal Route area - Krakowskie Przedmiescie, Nowy Swiat
and Plac Trzech Krzyzy - the most
beautiful Warsaw boulevard split into several sections. An old link
between the Royal Castle Square (in
the Old Town) and the summer kings' residences in the south
of the city (Lazienki and Wilanow).
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