Gdansk Shore Excursions & Private Shore Excursions in Gdansk - Old Town, Solidarity & Stutthof
Gdansk is Poland's most historically resonant city - a place where the Second World War began on 1 September 1939 with the German bombardment of the Polish garrison at Westerplatte, and where it effectively ended politically with the birth of the Solidarity trade union movement on the Lenin Shipyard docks in August 1980. The city was almost entirely destroyed in 1945 and painstakingly rebuilt brick by brick from historical records - its Hanseatic Long Market, Gothic Town Hall, and the amber-paved merchant streets of the Royal Way are now among the finest reconstructed medieval streetscapes in northern Europe. Gdansk shore excursions from Private Shore Trips give you a licensed English-speaking guide and private vehicle exclusively for your group. Our Old Town of Gdansk private shore excursion is a 4-hour walking tour of the historic centre - the Long Market with its Neptune Fountain and Golden Gate, the interior of the Gothic Town Hall, and St. Mary's Church, one of the largest brick Gothic churches ever constructed, capable of holding 25,000 people and housing the famous astronomical clock that took 12 years to build. For guests who want to understand the full arc of modern Polish history in a single port day, our Stutthof Memorial and Gdansk Walking Tour is a 9-hour private shore excursion combining a visit to the Stutthof Concentration Camp Memorial - the first camp established by the Nazis outside Germany, opened in September 1939 - with an afternoon walking tour of the reconstructed Gdansk Old Town.
The European Solidarity Centre on the former Lenin Shipyard site is one of the most important political history museums in Central Europe - built where Lech Walesa and 17,000 striking shipyard workers signed the Gdansk Agreement on 31 August 1980, beginning the political process that ultimately ended Communist rule in Poland. The museum can be added to any private shore excursion in Gdansk on request. For guests who want to see all three Baltic Tri-Cities, our Gdansk, Sopot and Gdynia private shore excursion covers the Long Market in Gdansk, Sopot's famous wooden pier stretching into the Baltic, and the Art Nouveau architecture of Gdynia in an 8-hour day. All Gdansk shore excursions include a licensed guide, a private vehicle, and our back-to-ship guarantee. Reserve with a $50 deposit.
