Beautifully Renovated Apartment in Warsaw’s Spectacular Old Town
Just Steps From The Royal Castle, Old Town Market Square and Opera
Sleeps 5 (2 Bedrooms)
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A beautifully renovated 1st floor flat with balcony offering superb accommodation. Ideally situated to take full advantage of Warsaw’s many cultural, historical and social delights. Located within a historic building – the site of one of Poland’s courageous free presses during the German occupation. The living rooms face onto the 17th century Carmelite Church with open views up to the Opera. The bedrooms at the back face a quiet, private courtyard with mature trees and lilac bushes. Miodowa Street is a continuation of the ‘Royal Way’ - Warsaw’s most elegant palace lined street which runs from the Royal Castle and is filled with coffee-houses, shops and restaurants.
The accommodation offers a large comfortable sitting room. Dining room has a small work area with internet access. The double bedroom has a king sized bed and twin room has a sofa bed for a 3rd person. The bathroom has a corner jacuzzi bath. Fully equipped architect designed kitchen. 2 hrs from Krakow by train.
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| Rental Period | Per Night | Per Week | Per Month | Min. Stay (Nights) |
| 8 January 2012 - 6 June 2012 | £395 | 4 | ||
| 6 June 2012 - 22 June 2012 | £750 | 7 | ||
| 23 June 2012 - 20 October 2012 | £395 | 4 | ||
| 21 October 2012 - 21 December 2012 | £295 | 4 | ||
| 22 December 2012 - 5 January 2013 | £565 | 7 | ||
| 6 January 2013 - 1 June 2013 | £445 | 4 |
Notes on prices
Please do note that the prices shown are for two people maximum and that any additional guest (up to a max of 3 extra guests) would be charged at an additional £10.00 per day and the linen charge of £5 per person per stay.
Changeover day
Saturday is usually the preferred changeover day – although for late bookings this can be negotiable depending on other commitments.
Accommodation
| Bedrooms: | The double bedroom has a king sized bed. The twin room has two single beds with an additional sofa bed if required Both are comfortably furnished and quiet. Both bedrooms face the tree filled rear courtyard. |
| Bathrooms: | Fully tiled in mosaic and ceramic with a luxurious corner jacuzzi bath. Hand held shower. A recessed basin set into a mirrored alcove. |
| Kitchen: | The kitchen is fully equipped with four ring hob, electric oven, fridge/ freezer, microwave and washing machine/tumble dryer. |
| Utility Room: | A DVD player is provided to enable guests to watch DVD's (not provided). |
| Living Rooms: | The sitting room is large, airy and comfortable with three sofas and coffee table. There are double doors opening onto the balcony. The sitting room is separated from the dining room by an archway. The dining room has a large dining table with six chairs. |
| Other: | The flat is set around a light and airy entrance hall. A desk and work area with broadband internet access available makes the apartment perfect for business as well as holiday visits. There is a hotspot for internet access. |
| Cleaning/towels/ linen/maid service: |
Beds are made up ready for arrival and linen is provided for a weekly change (6 euros/£5.00 per person). There is however, no on-going cleaning service. For longer stays this can be arranged at an hourly rate of approx 30 zlotys per hour (£6ish). |
| Amenities/Facilities: | hob/stove oven fridge/freezer microwave washing machine tumble dryer iron/ironing board internet access central heating room fans |
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Notes on accommodation
The apartment has good security with an entry phone system.
It is however on the 1st floor and there is no lift which makes it unsuitable for wheelchair access. We ask that, for the comfort of subsequent guests, smoking be confined to the balcony or the gardens to the rear of the building and that guests avoid smoking indoors. Pets are (sadly) not allowed. Below the apartment is a small quiet Patisserie serving hand made doughnuts, pastries and its own coffee during the day. It belongs to the internationally renowned A. Blikle Company, family owned since its foundation in 1869 and long regarded as Poland’s finest.
Please do note that the prices shown are for two people maximum and that any additional guest (up to a max of 3 extra guests) would be charged at an additional £8.50 per day and the linen charge of £5 per person per stay.
Outside
From the small balcony one can stand and watch the passers by. There are privately maintained residents gardens to the rear of the building which offer shady, peaceful seating - in the heart of Poland’s capital city! The flat faces onto one of Warsaw’s most elegant streets, Miodowa which is lined with the baroque facades of churches and the courtyards of neo-classical palaces.
Golf
There are many international golf courses - the best being just up the Vistula at Rajszew.
Travel
Airlines: Easyjet flights - Luton. BA / Lot - Heathrow.
Buses: 50 metres Buses No.175 (city centre, central train station, airport)180, 116 (city centre, Wilanów)122, 195, 503, 518 (city centre - Nowy Swiat)Old Town Market Square 250 metres
New Town Market Square: 500 metres
Nearest metro: Ratusz (3 minutes walk)
Downtown Business Centre: 2km
Main railway station: 2km
International Airport: Frederick Chopin Airport (by taxi approx 20-30 minutes – 40 PLN approx).
Distances
Within a few minutes walk are many characterful restaurants – the gourmet Fukier’s in The Old Market Square, Le Regina in the New Town or the 5* Bristol (a 5 minute walk). Fabulous Thai, Chinese, Indian, Middle Eastern and specialist Pierogi restaurants. In the summer, dining is outside or, if you prefer, in the cool, candle-lit darkness of the old world Central European restaurants. Poland’s patisserie and coffee house tradition is omnipresent - from the streets to the parks!
Further details
There are innumerable ways to spend days in Warsaw – visiting the magnificent castles, palaces, churches, parks, museums, operas and theatres or wandering around the 18th century University area. There is the picturesque shopping the length of the Royal Way – the route to Europe’s only unaltered neo-classical park, the Lazienki, with its exquisite Palace on the Water. A stroll here, pausing for coffee and patisserie is a joy.
There are more recent historical landmarks – the Warsaw Ghetto Monument and the recently opened museum of the Warsaw Uprising. There's the Marie Curie Museum, art treasures at the National Museum, Modern Art at the Ujazdowski Castle, exhibitions at Poland’s foremost Zacheta Gallery, the Chopin Museum and the Botanical Gardens by the Old Observatory.
The wooded banks of the Vistula, one of the two natural city-centre riverbanks left in Europe are fabulous for walks or bicycling and just a few minutes walk from the apartment.
Within easy reach of the city are stunning country palaces and flower decked manor houses. Chopin’s birthplace at Zelazowa Wola and dozens of horse riding centres echoing Poland’s great cavalry tradition.
At the vast expanse of nearby Zalew Zergrzynski there’s every water sport – and for the brave, parachuting at Chrcynno.
Polands weather is wonderfully varied. Christmas and New Year are nearly always snowbound. The snowfalls, blue skies, dry air and hard frosts freeze the Vistula into a sheet of ice. April brings a dramatic, if unpredictable rise in temperature. There could be a heat-wave or blustery winds. Late Spring is usually warm and sunny (18-25 centigrade). Warsaw Summers are hot and sunny. The golden Autumn is wonderful as the maple trees turn burnished gold in the autumn sunshine.
Booking notes
Contact owner either by email or by telephone to enquire. Deposits confirm the booking with the balance payable before arrival. A damage deposit is also requested (and refundable providing all is ‘left as found’).
Guest comments
'This is a beautiful flat and the situation is utterly perfect! We had never realised Warsaw was so lovely. Keep it quiet as we will definately be back' - PJP. Sept 2005
'I could not get a better place to live during my last visit to Poland at the end of Nov 05. The location of the apartment is ideal - in the middle of Warsaw just steps from the Old Toen and yet the bedrooms are very quiet and relaxing. I got everything I wanted - superior accommodation with modern amenities, elegant interior design, great choice of trabsportation, walking distance to most attractions and many restaurants. I will not waste my time looking for anything else in Warsaw for my next visit to poland. Thank you for your hospitality too!' Dr. M. Laster. California.
'We loved the apartment and we loved Warsaw. Everything was just perfect' Stevenson Family, UK
'The apartment was wonderful. We were so impressed by the comfortable beds, the appointment and the lovely colours' Mrs Gaslin, US 2008
Owner profile
About the owner
I am half Polish (my Father came from Lvov), half Scottish - but brought up in the UK and I have to confess to not speaking any Polish (apart from basics). We visited Poland first in 1989 and fell completely in love with it. I think that those with Polish blood do feel a pull - and I am always thrilled at how many guests (and most are more intrigued rather than having family ties) also fall for Warsaw and Poland.
My children loved the apartment when they were young teenagers because they could step straight out of the apartment into a capital city centre and they adored the freedom and adventure of that. It says a lot for Warsaw that we were happy for them to explore the town on their own.
I don't live there full time but my brother and nephew do. They manage the apartment for me.
For booking and further information
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Janey Mason
Email: warsawapartment1@aol.com
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