Łazienki Park

Warsaw’s largest park is an anchor on the Royal Route and is an excursion of choice for families and couples on the weekend.

The park started out as the royal baths (Łazienki translates to “baths”) and was enriched in the 18th century by a grand plan during the reign of King Stanisław II Augustus. In these 76 leafy hectares are palaces, pavilions, 2 orangeries, an amphitheatre, a planetarium, follies, promenades, water features and monuments of national standing.

Hopping from one villa to the next, marvelling at the sumptuous Łazienki Palace, pottering around 4 museums or just relaxing in the greenery don’t miss the most prestigious of the monuments is for the composer Frédéric Chopin, designed in 1907 in the Art Nouveau style but delayed by the First World War and erected in 1926.