The Birthplace of Poland: A Self-Guided Audio Tour of Poznań

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Overview

Are you looking for a way to see Poznan’s two oldest neighbourhoods without joining a tour group? Explore at your own pace with this affordable walking tour.

• See where Polish kings and princes are buried and what the city looked like over ten centuries ago

• Hear from producer Wiktor Marcinkowski, a local who’s passionate about sharing Poznan’s lesser-known sites

• Do it all in 45 minutes or linger at stops along the way with complete control over when you start and finish

• Get unlimited use before your booking date and after it

• Use the virtual tour option at home

Once you’ve booked, you’ll receive a ticket with instructions and a unique code listed under “Before You Go”. Then simply install the VoiceMap app and enter your code.

The app displays directions to the starting point, and when you’re in the right place, just pop in your headphones and tap start. VoiceMap has automatic GPS playback, with turn-by-turn directions. It also works offline.

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Ratings & Reviews

Average Rating

4.38 / 5

13 traveller ratings

Highly Recommended!

Q1865BGlindap, Oct 2025

We have just returned from the Exciting Poland Pearls of Poland tour with a 2-day custom extension. This was a fabulous trip. Grzegorz at Exciting Poland is great to work with. He helped us to plan for our experience, providing useful information and guidance. Whenever we had a question, we received a very prompt response. The tour itself is a comprehensive excursion that took us to the highlights of the region. We really appreciate the fact that the tour groups are small. This makes for a much better experience. Our tour guide/driver, Witek, is the best! He took care of our every need, made excellent suggestions for restaurants and sites to see during our free time, and he is knowledgeable about his home country. We had great conversations and learned so much. During our extension, we were able to connect with our roots, finding the birthplace of our grandparents. This was a profound and emotional experience. We love Poland, its people, its history and its beauty and hope to return again in the future AND we will definitely use Exciting Poland to plan our trip. We recommend them without reservation.

Amazing display of sculptures

triciasL7457IP, Oct 2025

To go into the Salt mines you can either walk down a lot of stairs or go down in a lift (there is a fee for this). Once down it is an amazing trial of passageways and artefacts and later sculptures made by some of the miners. This opens out into a huge area with lights and sculptures (one depicting the last supper). There are also smaller private chapels to view by prior arrangements. Return up from the Salt mines in the lift (free to go up). Shops and cafes are there.

Useless

366philipk, Jun 2025

The guide had no idea where i was and i had no idea what i was supposed to be looking at. Complete waste of money. Unfortunately they were no proper walking tours available

Response from Host, Jul 2025

Hi there, I'm sorry that you were unhappy with your experience. When you were having technical difficulties, did you contact VoiceMap support via email or telephone? We are contactable by both telephone and email, so if you have technical difficulties, please reach out to us so we can identify what is going wrong. This is a popular tour that often receives great reviews, so I'm sorry to hear you were unable to do it. Please reach out to us at support@voicemap.me to request a refund. Best, Helene

Sweet surprise

gswanderlust, Apr 2025

What a great little town. I was in Berlin and took a FlixBus to Poznañ for 2 days. It was an easy 3 hour ride and affordable. I stayed in the old town square which is quaint with lots of little shops and great restaurants. I visited castles, museums and some fantastic coffee shops. Highly recommend

Itinerary

Ostrow Tumski

(Pass By)

This self-guided audio tour takes place in Poznan's Cathedral Island. You'll hear about the area while you walk and take in some of its many sights.

Ostrow Tumski - (Cathedral Island)

(Pass By)

The tour starts in front of the scale model of the Island. You'll hear a bit about the island, and how VoiceMap works before you get going.

The tour passes by the Church of Our Lady in Summo. You'll hear about the church including how underneath it there's a vast relic of Mieszko's palace and palace chapel.

Poznan Cathedral Of St Peter And Paul

(Pass By)

The tour passes by the oldest Polish cathedral, Poznan Cathedral. You'll learn about the cathedral while you walk.

The tour passes by the Archbishop's Palace. You'll hear about the building and its many iterations while you walk.

The tour takes you over the Jordan Bridge. You'll hear how the bridge was built, destroyed and rebuilt to finally reconnect Cathedral Island and Śródka District.

Srodka

(Pass By)

The tour takes you through the Śródka District which at one stage, was independent from the rest of Poland.

The tour passes by the Srodka mural which is one of the first wall paintings of this type in Poland.

The tour passes by Saint Margaret Church. You'll hear about the church while you walk.

Brama Poznania

(Pass By)

The tour passes by Brama Poznania. Porta Posnania Heritage Center is a state-of-the-art museum created in 2014 to show the fascinating issues connected with the areas of Cathedral Island and Śródka District.

The tour passes by the Cathedral Lock, a 19th-century element of the Prussian fortification system.

The tour passes by the Genius Loci. This modern museum shows not only the relics of the one thousand-year-old borough's walls but also 3D immersive films

The tour ends in front of the archdiocese Museum in Poznan. This place played an important role not only in the city but in the whole country from the 1500s until the 1700s.